The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs begin on April 19. The Winnipeg Jets are the NHL's top overall seed, having finished the ...

Will the playoff field shrink Wednesday night? Here are keys to each game, plus Tuesday's recaps, Three Stars.

Washington Capitals' Tom Wilson and Montreal Canadiens' Josh Anderson got into a period-ending brawl on a team bench that ...

Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day our writers here at Last Word on Hockey look at the games and give in-depth ...

The Carolina Hurricanes became the first NHL team to advance to the second round when they beat the New Jersey Devils in the second overtime on Tuesday night. Wednesday, they could be joined by the ...

Carolina and Montreal have played twice in the postseason, the Hurricanes winning each series, the most recent six games in the 2006 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Before relocating to Carolina for ...

The Capitals look to close out the series as we continue our Stanley Cup Playoffs odds series with a Canadiens-Capitals ...

The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs features 16 teams in eight best-of-7 series, which start Saturday. Today, NHL.com ...

The Washington Capitals hoped that having to win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs in overtime, after blowing a 2-0 lead in the final 10 minutes, would be enough of a lesson. But in Wednesday ...

Andrei Vasilevskiy has been exceptional coming off a loss in the playoffs, and we expect the former Vezina winner to play a ...

The Montreal Canadiens face the Washington Capitals in Game 2 of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on ...

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, delivering thrilling moments and historic performances. Day 5 saw some of the most intense action yet, with the Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars, and Los ...