An offshoot of potential NHL expansion should be the Stanley Cup playoff format. As it stands, half the NHL’s 32 teams make the playoffs. But if the NHL kept its 16-team structure after bringing on ...

Close behind them are the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins. Since Jan. 1, all but the Islanders held those wild-card spots at one time ...

Barnet may just be the division's champions in waiting now, but the play-off race continues to have its twists and turns in ...

Canada manager Jesse Marsch explains his thinking after his emotions boiled over in a third-place match vs. the USMNT.

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You know things are looking up for the Montreal Canadiens’ in their 2025 playoff race when, even in defeat, things seem to go ...

The NHL’s Eastern Conference race for the final wild-card berth is coming down to a select few teams, and two of those teams ...

There's something for just about everyone on Saturday in the NHL, with 14 games being played throughout the day. The first ...

Rare is the nonconference game that pits two teams who have as much at stake as the New York Islanders and Calgary Flames ...

Here are the Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios for March 22: The Winnipeg Jets (idle) will clinch a playoff berth if ...

Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins (7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SN-PIT, NHLN, SN, TVAS) ...

Blues showdown on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+) could swing the race. Plus, full playoff projections, draft lottery ...