SportsLine NHL analyst Scott Erskine gives his thoughts on who to back in Wednesday's Stanley Cup Playoff games ...

Where to start. The team played what might be the best and most complete Oilers hockey game this century. Seriously. The high ...

The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers open against ... especially with all that turnover they've had, so we'll see what they've got.” Los Angeles is one of the hottest teams ...

But Bednar said the decision to hold MacKinnon out was made because winning another Stanley Cup is most important to him, so expect to see a refreshed MacKinnon in Game 1. 5. Jekyll and Hyde.

Canadian fans have exhibited quite a bit of patience waiting for the Stanley Cup to make its return north of the border. How much longer will they have to wait? That's up to the five Canadian ...

local fans were so hungry for an NHL team that tickets to the home opener went for $1,000 or more. Yet this new version of the Jets hasn't won a Stanley Cup, either. And it's not because the team ...

Among the hallmarks of the Stanley Cup playoffs has long been its penchant ... in the top five [for liability] every single year. So this year it's not a team we have to worry about." ...

A month before NHL’s playoff openers this weekend, Commissioner Gary Bettman was more than happy to defend the decision to not expand the bracket like other professional leagues around North ...

The Stanley Cup playoff s are here, the bracket is set and with the first series begin Saturday, April 19. All four rounds of the playoffs are best-of-7 and the first team to 16 victories wins the ...

6. There's nothing blue about red-hot St. Louis. St. Louis finished the season on a 21-5-4 run. Center Robert Thomas played a sheltered role as a rookie, when the Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019 ...

There are 16 NHL teams that have a chance to win the 2025 Stanley Cup entering the first round of the NHL playoffs. But the odds for those 16 teams are very different. The Winnipeg Jets ...