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

Washington can advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a win over Montreal on Wednesday night.

Here are the playoff matchups, schedule and results for the first round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs (all times p.m. ET, ...

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 ...

After winning the first two games of the series on home ice and splitting a pair of games north of the border over the ...

Rod Brind'Amour had just watched his Carolina Hurricanes skate through a debacle of a first period, putting them in a three-goal hole on a night they had a chance to advance in the Stanley Cup ...

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 Minnesota Wild face the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Tuesday, ...

The NHL decided to fine a key teammate of Alex Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals following a controversial situation ...

The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers get their first chance this spring to close out the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

The New Jersey Devils face the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Tuesday, ...

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