Western Conference race for players well underway before the NHL trade deadline
The NHL trade deadline is still three weeks away, and yet three of the top teams in the Western Conference have already made an addition
February 16, 2024The NHL trade deadline is still three weeks away, and yet three of the top teams in the Western Conference have already made an addition
February 16, 2024Things seemed to be very relaxed as the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils took turns testing the ice on the recently installed rink at MetLife Stadium in preparation for two big games in the NHL’s Stadium Series this weekend
February 17, 2024Brandt Clarke scored on a breakaway with 27 seconds left in overtime for his first career goal and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the slumping Boston Bruins 5-4
February 17, 2024Devils captain Nico Hishier had two goals and an assist, including the second-fastest goal to start an outdoor game, and New Jersey never looked back in beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 before 70,328 fans at MetLife Stadium
February 18, 2024The two Stadium Series games at MetLife Stadium this weekend increase the NHL’s total of outdoor games to 41
February 18, 2024The Pittsburgh Penguins have retired Jaromir Jagr's iconic No. 68
February 18, 2024Artemi Panarin scored 10 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers rallied from three goals down to beat the rival Islanders 6-5 in a Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium
February 19, 2024Adrian Kempe scored twice in the third period as the Los Angeles Kings rallied past the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1
February 19, 2024Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each had hat tricks for the Minnesota Wild, who faced a three-goal deficit in the second period before storming back with six unanswered goals and hanging on for a record-filled 10-7 victory over the Vancouver Canucks
February 19, 2024The scoring binge the NHL has been on the last few seasons spread to Minnesota with hat tricks for Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov in a record-filled 10-7 win over Vancouver
February 20, 2024It has been two years since hockey at the Beijing Olympics went ahead without NHL players because of COVID-19 pandemic-related scheduling issues
February 21, 2024The struggling Pittsburgh Penguins may be sellers at the trade deadline for the first time in decades
February 21, 2024Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach that mark in 28 years
February 22, 2024The Arizona Coyotes have put forward Adam Ruzicka on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract
February 23, 2024Patrick Kane looks rejuvenated at the moment in his first season with the Detroit Red Wings
February 25, 2024Patrick Kane scored on a breakaway 1:43 into overtime in his return to Chicago, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks
February 26, 2024NHL commissioner Gary Bettman called Winnipeg a strong market where “hockey matters,” and said he believes the Jets' falling attendance will be resolved
February 28, 2024Shane Pinto has been nearly a point-a-game player for the Ottawa Senators since returning from his half-season suspension for violating the NHL’s gambling policy
February 28, 2024The Vancouver Canucks have announced that four-time All-Star Elias Pettersson agreed to an eight-year contract extension
March 02, 2024The Washington Capitals have put Evgeny Kuznetsov on waivers
March 02, 2024The New Jersey Devils have fired coach Lindy Ruff
March 04, 2024The NHL-leading Florida Panthers have acquired forward Vladimir Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators for a pair of draft picks
March 06, 2024A top Democratic Virginia lawmaker is vowing to keep language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria out of the state budget
March 07, 2024The Toronto Maple Leafs joined the NHL trade deadline party by acquiring defenseman Joel Edmundson from the Washington Capitals
March 07, 2024Vladimir Tarasenko was born and raised in Russia, and has spent his NHL career playing in St. Louis, New York and Ottawa
March 07, 2024Fresh off adding center Casey Mittelstadt and defenseman Sean Walker, the Colorado Avalanche made two more moves by bringing in forward Yakov Trenin from Nashville and forward Brandon Duhaime from Minnesota
March 07, 2024Jake Guentzel is heading to Carolina
March 08, 2024The Carolina Hurricanes made another big move on NHL trade deadline day by acquiring center Evgeny Kuznetsov from the Washington Capitals, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press
March 08, 2024The Pittsburgh Penguins are bracing for life without longtime forward Jake Guentzel
March 08, 2024NHL teams combined to make 23 trades on Friday and dealt a total of 33 players along with more than 20 draft picks before the league’s deadline with some teams and players seeming to win and lose
March 09, 2024Alex Tuch scored the decisive shootout goal and the Buffalo Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit and a disallowed overtime goal in a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers
March 09, 2024Philadelphia coach John Tortorella reluctantly left the bench Saturday night after receiving a game misconduct and bench minor early in the Flyers’ game with the Tampa Bay Lightning
March 10, 2024Philadelphia coach John Tortorella was suspended for two games and fined $50,000 by the NHL on Sunday for unprofessional conduct directed at the officials by refusing to leave the bench area after a game misconduct
March 10, 2024Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito is a thinker and a problem solver
March 11, 2024Atlanta is making a third bid to land an NHL team after losing both the Flames and the Thrashers
March 12, 2024Jaromir Jagr is missing
March 14, 2024The NHL and NHL Players’ Association have reached an undisclosed settlement to resolve Corey Perry’s situation with the Chicago Blackhawks when they terminated his contract
March 14, 2024Counted out a mere month ago, the Buffalo Sabres have suddenly inched back into the playoff race following an 8-3-1 run
March 15, 2024The Professional Women's Hockey League has no designs on expanding its six-team base for the foreseeable future
March 15, 2024Alex Ovechkin scored twice and became the third player in NHL history to have at least 20 goals in 19 consecutive seasons as the Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 5-2
March 19, 2024Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon has died
March 19, 2024After years of feeling alienated by the NHL and campaigning to diversify the sport, Akim Aliu is getting another shot at playing pro hockey
March 20, 2024Jonathan Marchessault picked an especially good time to put together the best season of his 11-year career
March 22, 2024The NHL has suspended Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson six games for his stick to the face of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor
March 22, 2024Adam Fox scored 36 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 following a wild third period
March 27, 2024While the eight playoff teams in the NHL's Western Conference are all but settled, the race is on in the East, with three teams vying for two spots
March 27, 2024The city of Alexandria says negotiations to lure the NHL’s Washington Capitals and NBA’s Washington Wizards to northern Virginia have “ended” and the proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the teams “will not move forward.”
March 27, 2024The Nashville Predators have not lost in regulation since their planned trip to see U2 play at The Sphere in Las Vegas was canceled
March 27, 2024Goaltender Ivan Fedotov has finally joined the Philadelphia Flyers
March 28, 2024Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson is on the verge of reaching the 1,000 NHL games milestone, and pop singer Vanessa Carlton is part of the celebration
March 30, 2024The collapse of a proposal to relocate the Washington NBA and NHL teams to northern Virginia has set off an extraordinary round of bitter recriminations among some of the officials and companies that were parties to the deal
April 01, 2024Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer went into this season a little worried about the potential hangover effect after that long postseason run that ended in a six-game Western Conference Final
April 04, 2024A handful of teams hitting the skids late in the season has changed the complexion of the playoff races around the NHL
April 08, 2024Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, a person with knowledge of the meeting tells The Associated Press
April 13, 2024The Arizona Coyotes will likely be sold to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith shortly after the team’s final game and will include a provision guaranteeing current owner Alex Meruelo an expansion team if a new arena is built within five years, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press
April 13, 2024The playoff races across the NHL are coming down to the final week of the regular season
April 14, 2024Connor McDavid has achieved something only three other people in the NHL have ever done
April 16, 2024The Buffalo Sabres fired head coach Don Granato, making him the seventh coach to be ousted during what’s grown into an NHL-record 13-season playoff drought
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April 17, 2024The NHL is the only major North American professional sports league that has not expanded its playoffs in recent years
April 17, 2024The Dallas Stars will be the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since 2016
April 18, 2024The Coyotes closed out their 28-year Arizona tenure as winners, getting a goal and an assist from Dylan Guenther in a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers
April 18, 2024Mullett Arena buzzed like few times in the two years since the Arizona Coyotes moved in, the fans amped for one last desert hurrah
April 18, 2024With low-scoring games and a preponderance of deflected shots, randomness is much more likely to color NHL teams’ records than those of squads in the other four major US pro sports leagues.
April 18, 2024The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City
April 18, 2024The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah at least initially
April 18, 2024The Los Angeles Kings earned a playoff rematch with Edmonton by jumping into third place in the Pacific Division with a 5-4 overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks
April 19, 2024Frank Vatrano scored three goals and the Anaheim Ducks finished their season on a high note, defeating the playoff-bound Vegas Golden Knights 4-1
April 19, 2024NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise
April 19, 2024Hockey fans across Canada are preparing themselves for the annual thrill and torment that arrives with the NHL playoffs
April 19, 2024Stefan Noesen grabbed a loose puck atop the crease and pushed it past Semyon Varlamov early in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 3-1 to open their NHL playoff series
April 20, 2024Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 victory over the the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series
April 21, 2024Carter Verhaeghe tapped in a pinpoint pass from Aleksander Barkov for the lead 58 seconds into the third period, Matthew Tkachuk added a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in Game 1 of their NHL playoff series opener
April 21, 2024A slew of big NHL names will be heading back onto NHL playoff ice on Tuesday night with 1-0 series leads
April 22, 2024Lindy Ruff is returning to Buffalo for a second stint as coach of the Sabres
April 22, 2024Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook scored 9 seconds apart late in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes complete a comeback from three goals down to beat the New York Islanders 5-3
April 23, 2024Defenses around the NHL playoffs have been depleted by existing and new injuries, from Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev and Colorado’s Samuel Girard being out long term to Carolina’s Brett Pesce going down Monday night and Washington being down to minor leaguers to fill its many voids
April 23, 2024Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers held on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 Tuesday night for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series
April 24, 2024In the moment, The Save kept the game tied
April 24, 2024The San Jose Sharks have fired coach David Quinn after two rough seasons as part of a massive rebuilding project
April 24, 2024Brad Marchand broke a tie midway through the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series
April 25, 2024Noah Hanifin broke a tie with an unassisted goal late in the second period and the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 3-1 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series
April 25, 2024Anze Kopitar fired a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner's glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series
April 25, 2024Alex Ovechkin has just one shot on goal through two games of the Washington Capitals’ first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers, which they trail 2-0
April 25, 2024Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series
April 26, 2024Defensemen Brent Burns and Dmitry Orlov got Carolina off to a fast start and the Hurricanes held on to beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday night for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series
April 26, 2024The problems for Dallas are two-fold
April 26, 2024The New York Rangers are one win away from the advancing after beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 to take a 3-0 lead in their first-round series
April 27, 2024Mathew Barzal scored his second goal of the game on a deflection 1:24 into the second overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in Game 4 on Saturday to avoid a sweep in their first-round playoff series
April 27, 2024Steven Stamkos scored his fourth and fifth goals of the series and the Tampa Bay Lightning avoided elimination with a 6-3 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the first-round playoff matchup Saturday night
April 27, 2024Brad Marchand broke the Boston playoff goals record with his 56th and the Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 4 on Saturday night to move within a victory of advancing to the second round
April 28, 2024Wyatt Johnston scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory over Vegas on Saturday night, cutting the defending champion Golden Knights’ series lead to 2-1
April 28, 2024Winnipeg forward Vladislav Namestnikov was taken to the hospital for evaluation after a puck hit him on the left side of his face in Game 4 against Colorado
April 28, 2024Elias Lindholm scored 1:02 into overtime as the Vancouver Canucks stunned Nashville 4-3 Sunday and grabbed a 3-1 lead putting the Predators on the brink of elimination in their best-of-seven, first-round series
April 28, 2024The New York Rangers have advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs after finishing off a sweep of the Washington Capitals with a 4-2 victory in Game 4
April 29, 2024The New York Rangers outmatched the Washington Capitals in nearly every possible way to move on to the second round of the NHL playoffs in dominant fashion
April 29, 2024The Seattle Kraken have fired coach Dave Hakstol after the third-year franchise took a significant step back following a playoff appearance in their second season
April 29, 2024Wyatt Johnston scored his third goal in two games, and the Dallas Stars beat the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 to even their first-round NHL playoffs series
April 30, 2024The Panthers will march on to the second round of the NHL playoffs after beating their in-state rivals the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-1 on Monday night
April 30, 2024Mikko Rantanen scored his first two goals of the playoffs in the third period, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets that clinched their opening-round playoff series in five games
May 01, 2024Jack Drury scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Stefan Noesen cleaned up a fluky puck bounce off the boards for another 8 seconds later as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 6-3
May 01, 2024Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal to put Dallas ahead late in the second period after Tyler Seguin took a shot to the face and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 5
May 02, 2024William Nylander scored twice, Joseph Woll made 22 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night to force a seventh game in the first-round Eastern Conference series
May 03, 2024Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Game 6
May 04, 2024Noah Hanifin broke a scoreless tie at 9:54 of the third period, Adin Hill stopped 23 shots and the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights kept alive their season by beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Friday night to force Game 7
May 04, 2024Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet won’t deny being among the NHL's final eight teams still alive means a lot
May 04, 2024Maple Leafs star and NHL goal-scoring leader Auston Matthews is available for their Game 7 matchup with the Boston Bruins
May 04, 2024David Pastrnak scored on a feed from Hampus Lindholm 1:54 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs
May 05, 2024Boston Bruins coach Jim Montgomery wanted to do something different with his team heading into a first-round Game 7 matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs
May 05, 2024Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer had so many emotions to process after a Game 7 victory over his former team
May 06, 2024The Rangers and Hurricanes were among the top special teams units during the regular season
May 06, 2024Jeremy Swayman stopped 38 shots, Brandon Carlo scored a goal just a few hours after his wife gave birth to their son and the Boston Bruins topped the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Monday night
May 07, 2024The St. Louis Blues have removed the interim tag from Drew Bannister's title and named him their full-time coach
May 07, 2024The season for the Florida Panthers cannot end on Wednesday night
May 07, 2024The San Jose Sharks won the draft lottery and earned the right to have the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft for the first time in franchise history
May 07, 2024Vincent Trocheck scored a power-play goal off a rebound at 7:24 of the second overtime to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes
May 08, 2024Miles Wood scored on a backhander 11:03 into overtime into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche, after trailing by three goals in the first period, beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 4-3 in the opener of their second-round Western Conference series
May 08, 2024The Carolina Hurricanes had the NHL’s second-best power play during the regular season
May 08, 2024The Colorado Avalanche had gone a full week since wrapping up their first-round series, and were down three goals in the first period on the road against the top-seeded team
May 08, 2024The biggest controversy so far in the NHL playoffs came in the first round when the Tampa Bay Lightning on the wrong end of a couple of questionable goaltender interference rulings in the game they were eliminated by Florida in the first round
May 08, 2024Ownership of the NHL's team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise's new name
May 09, 2024Conor Garland broke a tie with 5:34 left and the Vancouver Canucks overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the second-round playoff series
May 09, 2024Artemi Panarin redirected a pass between his legs at the crease to beat Pyotr Kochetkov just 1:43 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the second-round playoff series
May 10, 2024Dallas defenseman Miro Heiskanen scored two power-play goals, Roope Hintz had a goal and three assists and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 in Game 2 on Thursday night to even the second-round Western Conference series
May 10, 2024The New York Rangers have carried the form that made them the NHL’s best regular-season team straight into the postseason
May 10, 2024Vladimir Tarasenko and Carter Verhaeghe scored on the same Bruins double-minor, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 14 shots and the Florida Panthers beat Boston 6-2 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series
May 11, 2024Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series
May 12, 2024Tyler Seguin scored the tie-breaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series
May 12, 2024Aleksander Barkov slipped through three Bruins defenders to score the go-ahead goal and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over Boston and a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series
May 13, 2024Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist, Elias Lindholm also scored twice, and the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 to take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoff series
May 13, 2024For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination with Valeri Nichushkin, one of their top players, unavailable due to circumstances away from the ice
May 14, 2024Jordan Staal and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:06 apart in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes got four goals in the third period for a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5, staving off elimination for the second straight game
May 14, 2024Wyatt Johnston scored twice on the eve of his 21st birthday as the Dallas Stars pushed Colorado to the brink of elimination with a 5-1 win in Game 4 that came hours after Avalanche standout Valeri Nichushkin was suspended for at least six months
May 14, 2024Goaltender Connor Ingram has won the NHL's Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey
May 15, 2024Colorado defenseman Cale Makar scored two goals, the second after Casey Mittelstadt’s go-ahead tally in the third period and the Avalanche beat top-seeded Dallas 5-3 in Game 5
May 16, 2024Chris Kreider had a third-period hat trick to help the New York Rangers erase a two-goal deficit and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 to close out the second-round playoff series in six games and advance to the Eastern Conference Final
May 17, 2024The New York Rangers are in the Eastern Conference Final for the second time in three seasons after a big performance from Chris Kreider
May 17, 2024Matt Duchene scored at 11:42 of the second overtime after being involved in a play that led to a goal disallowed for goaltender interference in the first OT and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6
May 18, 2024Mike Sullivan has been selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics
May 18, 2024Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid added three assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night to avoid elimination and force a deciding Game 7 in their second-round playoff series
May 19, 2024The Vancouver Canucks have preached resilience all season long
May 19, 2024Aleksander Barkov had two game-winning goals in Florida's series against Boston
May 19, 2024The biggest factor in the direction of the Colorado Avalanche’s offseason plans may just hinge on trust
May 20, 2024The Nashville Predators have traded Ryan McDonagh back to Tampa Bay less than two years after acquiring the veteran defenseman
May 21, 2024The opportunity to give a talented team the extra boost it needs was an enticing one for Craig Berube
May 21, 2024Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney is ready to go with a goaltender rotation again next season if the team can make the math work
May 22, 2024The New Jersey Devils have hired Sheldon Keefe as coach less than two weeks after he was fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs
May 22, 2024Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his first shutout of the postseason, Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final
May 23, 2024The Dallas Stars got a tying goal from Tyler Seguin late in regulation, then had a four-minute power play early in overtime in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final
May 24, 2024The Winnipeg Jets promoted associate coach Scott Arniel to head coach Friday, replacing the retired Rick Bowness
May 24, 2024Barclay Goodrow scored at 14:01 of overtime and the New York Ranger beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Friday night in Game 2 to even the Eastern Conference final
May 25, 2024The Eastern Conference Finals have been a goaltender duel
May 25, 2024Mason Marchment scored for the first time since the playoff opener and the Dallas Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1
May 26, 2024Kaapo Kakko was back in the New York Rangers’ lineup for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Florida Panthers on Sunday, replacing injured winger Jimmy Vesey
May 26, 2024Alex Wennberg deflected home a goal 5:35 into overtime, and the New York Rangers reclaimed home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference finals with a 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers in Game 3 on Sunday
May 26, 2024New Seattle Kraken coach Dan Bylsma said current Coachella Valley assistant coach Jessica Campbell could be a candidate for a similar position with the NHL club
May 28, 2024The Florida Panthers peppered Igor Shesterkin with shot after shot, and the New York Rangers goalie had an answer for almost all of them
May 29, 2024Talks on a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHL Players' Association are set to begin in early 2025
December 03, 2024Mattias Janmark and Leon Draisaitl scored in a 51-second span in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Wednesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference final
May 30, 2024Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two quick power-play goals, Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 3-1 in the Western Conference Final to take a 3-2 series lead
June 01, 2024Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots, Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored, and the Florida Panthers are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year after beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night
June 02, 2024It's not exactly uncommon for a team that gets a championship shot and falls short one year to say that it'll be back the next
June 02, 2024Joe Pavelski might be out of chances to win a Stanley Cup title after the Dallas Stars came up short again
June 03, 2024Joe Pavelski says he's played his last game in the NHL after 1,533 games over 18 NHL seasons
June 04, 2024The NHL will become the first major sports league to provide a full game broadcast in American Sign Language to serve the Deaf community
June 05, 2024Firing a coach during the season is typically seen as a sign that a season has gone off the rails
June 05, 2024This seems so fitting
June 05, 2024Corey Perry won his first Stanley Cup championship in his second NHL season with the Anaheim Ducks
June 05, 2024The NHL is getting the “Drive to Survive” treatment, with a hockey series from the makers of the popular Formula 1 show coming to Prime Video in the fall
June 06, 2024The NHL team in Utah is down to six finalists for a name
June 06, 2024For the first time in his nine-year NHL career, Connor McDavid is playing for the biggest prize in hockey with the chance to lift the Stanley Cup for the first time
June 06, 2024Including playoffs, Florida coach Paul Maurice has 935 wins as an NHL head coach
June 07, 2024Sergei Bobrovsky backstopped the Florida Panthers to a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
June 09, 2024This one surely felt different to the Florida Panthers, for a lot of reasons
June 09, 2024Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was an eye-opener for the Edmonton Oilers
June 09, 2024Sure, Edmonton’s Corey Perry is in the Stanley Cup Final for a fourth time in five years, but he lost his three previous trips
June 10, 2024Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars has won the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award
June 10, 2024Evan Rodrigues had two goals in the third period, Niko Mikkola and Aaron Ekblad also scored and the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final
June 11, 2024The Florida Panthers have become experts at locking games down and dominating opponents in the third period
June 11, 2024As the Edmonton Oilers boarded their flight back to Alberta for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday, the Florida Panthers remained in South Florida
June 11, 2024Florida captain Aleksander Barkov practiced again after being knocked out of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final in the third period after Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl launched toward him and hit him in the head
June 12, 2024The San Jose Sharks have promoted Ryan Warsofsky to become the team’s new head coach after two years as an assistant under the recently fired David Quinn
June 13, 2024The Panthers arrived in Edmonton less than 24 hours before Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final after storms in South Florida delayed their lengthy cross-continental flight
June 13, 2024The NHL team that moved from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as the Utah Hockey Club during its inaugural season
June 13, 2024Aleksander Barkov and Sergei Bobrovsky led the way as the Florida Panthers moved within a victory of their first Stanley Cup title, holding on to beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in Game 3 of the final
June 14, 2024Vladimir Tarasenko has brought Stanley Cup-winning experience to the Florida Panthers in their pursuit of the first NHL championship in franchise history
June 15, 2024The Edmonton Oilers chased Sergei Bobrovsky from Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final by scoring five goals on 16 shots
June 16, 2024The Edmonton Oilers staved off elimination and avoided being swept by the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final thanks in large part to offense coming from some unlikely sources
June 16, 2024For the Dallas Mavericks and the Edmonton Oilers, the comeback efforts are just beginning and still have very long ways to go
June 16, 2024The Florida Panthers return home for another chance to win the Stanley Cup licking their wounds from an 8-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers that prevented the final from being a sweep
June 16, 2024The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers are spending nearly as much time flying as they are playing games during the Stanley Cup Final between the two farthest apart teams in NHL history
June 17, 2024Connor McDavid had two goals and two assists that added to his historic postseason, Evan Bouchard added three assists and the Edmonton Oilers fended off elimination yet again by beating the Florida Panthers 4-3 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night
June 18, 2024Yes, the Florida Panthers have lost their last two games and gotten embarrassed in one of them
June 19, 2024Connor McDavid has been the best player on the ice as the Edmonton Oilers rallied to force a sixth game in the Stanley Cup Final after falling behind 3-0 to the Florida Panthers
June 20, 2024The good news for the Florida Panthers is this: There’s a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night, and it’s on their home ice
June 22, 2024The Edmonton Oilers' penalty kill has been one of the major difference makers in the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers
June 22, 2024It’s the greatest offer a team could get at the start of a season: Reach Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and as an added bonus, play host to it in your rink
June 22, 2024The NHL draft is later this week and Boston University center Macklin Celebrini is the presumptive No. 1 pick
June 23, 2024It’s very simple for the Florida Panthers now
June 23, 2024It has been 31 years since an NHL team based in Canada won the Stanley Cup
June 23, 2024There was no collapse
June 24, 2024The Boston Bruins traded 2023 Vezina Trophy winning goaltender Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators on Monday in exchange for the Senators’ 2024 first-round draft pick, forward Mark Kastelic and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo
June 24, 2024The NHL draft is later this week and there are a handful of Russian prospects who could be picked
June 24, 2024Matthew Tkachuk decided to go for a little swim as his offseason was beginning on Tuesday morning
June 25, 2024The NHL playoffs running until late June and reaching Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final means there is no chance for a breather before the offseason
June 25, 2024Jeremy Roenick has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame after being eligible for more than a decade
June 25, 2024The NHL has unveiled new player jerseys for the 2024-25 season made by Fanatics
June 26, 2024Among the first handful of players to be traded around in the NHL this summer, there were few stunners
June 27, 2024Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon was the big winner at Thursday’s NHL awards show, taking home the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s MVP as the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s most outstanding player as decided by the NHL Players Association
June 27, 2024Forward Andrew Cogliano announced Friday that he is retiring after 17 NHL seasons, and the Colorado Avalanche said he will move into the front office.
June 21, 2024Forward Nick Cousins, who has been scratched from the last eight playoff games, will be in the lineup when the Florida Panthers visit the Edmonton Oilers on Friday in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
July 02, 2024Florida Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg will draw into the lineup on Tuesday for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise, Fla.
July 01, 2024Eric Tulsky was named the fourth general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday and 10th in franchise history.
July 01, 2024The Columbus Blue Jackets fired coach Pascal Vincent after one season on Monday.
June 29, 2024Game 4 was strike one for the Florida Panthers. They still have three more chances to put away the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final, beginning with Tuesday's home clash in Sunrise, Fla.
June 29, 2024Matthew Tkachuk and Connor McDavid just finished an epic battle in the Stanley Cup Finals and will be on opposite sides again during the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, the NHL announced Friday.
June 28, 2024Colorado Avalanche star forward Nathan MacKinnon won his first career Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player on Thursday.
June 27, 2024Depending on which team executive is speaking, the 2024 NHL Draft in Las Vegas really doesn't begin until the second overall pick, or maybe even the fourth.
June 27, 2024The Edmonton Oilers and general manager Ken Holland parted ways on Thursday.
June 27, 2024The NHL on Wednesday announced rule changes for the 2024-25 season, including the ability for coaches to challenge delay of game penalties for a puck out of play.
June 26, 2024Hockey Hall of Fame member Glen Sather announced his retirement on Wednesday as the senior adviser to the owner and alternate governor of the New York Rangers.
June 26, 2024With no path to construct a new arena in the Phoenix area, Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo is abandoning his plans to revive the franchise, multiple reports said Tuesday.
June 25, 2024The Hockey Hall of Fame announced its next seven members on Tuesday, with NHL stars Jeremy Roenick, Pavel Datsyuk and Shea Weber among the Class of 2024.
June 25, 2024Canadians woke up on Tuesday scratching their heads in disbelief as the Edmonton Oilers' 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in a winner-take-all game extended the hockey-obsessed nation's
June 25, 2024When the final buzzer sounded and the Florida Panthers hoisted the Stanley Cup, all of the frustrations of needing a fourth chance to close the final series were washed away.
July 03, 2024The thrill of victory and agony of defeat that are at stake in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final are next-level.
July 03, 2024Kyle Okposo spent most of the season looking up in the standings from his position with the Buffalo Sabres, but thanks to a trade-deadline move, he's now playing for a chance to win the Stanley Cup
July 03, 2024Pressure? What pressure? That is the attitude of the Florida Panthers are they prepare for their third chance to close out the Stanley Cup Final on Friday against the host Edmonton Oilers.
June 20, 2024Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane is a game-time decision for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the visiting Florida Panthers on Friday, coach Kris Knoblauch said.
June 21, 2024The Columbus Blue Jackets signed forward Yegor Chinakhov to a two-year, $4.2 million contract extension on Friday. The contract runs through the 2025-26 NHL season.
June 21, 2024The Tampa Bay Lightning and longtime star Steven Stamkos are unlikely to reach an agreement on a new deal prior to the start of NHL free agency.
June 28, 2024The San Jose Sharks chose center Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft on Friday in Las Vegas.
June 28, 2024San Jose Sharks select Macklin Celebrini with first pick in 2024 NHL Draft
June 28, 2024The Utah Hockey Club stole the show on the second day of the NHL draft by making two big trades in a matter of minutes
June 29, 2024The Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals each made multiple trades on a busy second day of action at the NHL draft
June 29, 2024Steven Stamkos is still on course to become a free agent even after the Tampa Bay Lightning cleared significant salary cap space with trades made at the NHL draft
June 29, 2024The Tampa Bay Lightning got a head start on free agency by acquiring the rights to high-scoring winger Jake Guentzel
June 30, 2024They waited 30 years
June 30, 2024Forward Max Domi and the Toronto Maple Leafs agreed on a four-year, $15 million deal, the team announced Sunday. The two sides avoided going to free agency, which begins Monday at noon ET.
June 30, 2024Sam Reinhart missed the Florida Panthers’ championship parade
July 01, 2024The Nashville Predators made a big splash on the opening day of NHL free agency by signing Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei
July 01, 2024Stanley Cup hero Sam Reinhart agreed to an eight-year extension with the Florida Panthers through the 2031-32 season. The Panthers announced the deal but financial terms were not disclosed.
July 01, 2024The San Jose Sharks are signing veteran Tyler Toffoli to a four-year contract worth $24 million, multiple outlets reported Monday. The Sharks will be the 32-year-old center's seventh team.
July 01, 2024Steven Stamkos is signing a free-agent deal with the Nashville Predators, marking the end of a 16-year run with the Tampa Bay Lightning that included back-to-back Stanley Cup
July 01, 2024The Vancouver Canucks and forward Jake DeBrusk agreed to a seven-year contract worth $38.5 million amid a slew of signings.
July 01, 2024The Montreal Canadiens signed former No. 1 overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky to an eight-year, $60.8 million contract extension on Monday.
July 01, 2024Four of the past five Stanley Cup champions are based in a place with no state income tax, and the flood of talent to those locales continued in NHL free agency
July 02, 2024The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Jake Middleton to a four-year, $17.4 million extension.
July 02, 2024Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday
July 03, 2024