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ST. PAUL - It was just a matter of time before the highly touted defensive Wild prospect got his first NHL point.

The Florida Panthers may have just surprised much of the hockey world.

The Barrie Colts beat the Kingston Frontenacs 6-4 in game seven to win the second-round series and remain undefeated on home ice during the postseason.

The NHL’s 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs are less than a week old, but five teams are already in a 2-0 series deficit in their first-round matchup.

The Battle of Ontario continues, with the Ottawa Senators hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 3 on Thursday night.

We have a special guest for a special playoff edition of The Hockey News Big Show.

LAS VEGAS -- "And now, the end is near. And so I'll face the final curtain. ... I've lived, a life that's full ... I've traveled each and every highway. And more, much more than this, I did it My Way."

It has been a rough year injury-wise for several Pittsburgh Penguins' prospects.

Game 2 was an uncharacteristically bad showing for the Vegas Golden Knights, losing 5-2 to the Minnesota Wild, and they'll be looking to turn things around as they head out onto the road for Game 3.

The wait is over.

The Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues have swapped the Golden Boy for the Gateway Arch, as the Stanley Cup opening round matchup shifts from Manitoba to Missouri for Game 3 on Thursday night.

Goaltending can make or break a team.

A new roster update is officially live in NHL 25.

EDMONTON – In the words of everyone’s favorite wise monkey, “it is time.”

The New Jersey Devils have announced that they have recalled Brian Halonen, Mike Hardman, Nathan Legare, Marc McLaughlin, Topias Vilen, Colton White, and Isaac Poulter from their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Utica Comets.

If there’s one thing that has held about Juraj Slafkovsky since the start of his career, it’s that he’s always his harshest critic. On Wednesday night, it was still the case after the Montreal Canadiens dropped game two of their first-round series against the Washington Capitals 3-1.

Day 5 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs involved some big returns.

Providence Bruins goaltender Michael DiPietro has been awarded the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award, it was announced Wednesday.

After losing game one of their first-round series 3-2 in overtime, the Montreal Canadiens needed a win on Wednesday night against the Washington Capitals. Despite calls for Arber Xhekaj to be inserted into the lineup, bench boss Martin St-Louis decided to stick with his six defensemen. However, he moved Ivan Demidov away from Patrik Laine and Alex Newhook by swapping him with Joel Armia.

The Rockford IceHogs have a plethora of players who are in the plans of the Chicago Blackhawks. Whether they make it to the NHL on a full-time basis one day remains to be seen for a few of them.

The Florida Panthers will look to build on their series-opening victory when they hit the ice on Thursday night in Tampa.

The Wheeling Nailers not only came back home to WesBanco Arena trailing 2-0 in their first-round playoff series against the Norfolk Admirals, but they were starving for a goal after back-to-back shutouts.

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog took his first shift in the NHL since winning the 2022 Stanley Cup final.

The Pittsburgh Penguins just wrapped up their 57th season, missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. Despite their lack of recent successes, the franchise has played in the playoffs 37 times and won five championships.

Welcome to The Hockey News Playoff Frenzy Live, streaming nightly during the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs.

Ottawa Senators prospect Luke Ellinas scored in overtime of game seven to win the series for Kitchener and complete a reverse sweep of the Kitchener Rangers. It is the first OHL reverse sweep since the Guelph Storm achieved the same feat during the 2019 playoffs.

The Vegas Golden Knights have recalled seven players from the Henderson Silver Knights to form their playoff taxi squad.

On Wednesday morning, following the Ottawa Senators’ tough 3-2 overtime loss in Toronto, winger Drake Batherson stepped in front of the media in Ottawa and took full responsibility for his role in the Maple Leafs' game-winning goal.

For the first time in what feels like a while, the Philadelphia Flyers have a strong contingent of young talent featuring for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL Calder Cup playoffs.

Carolina Hurricanes general manager Eric Tulsky revealed Wednesday on a Zoom call with local media, that new defenseman Alexander Nikishin has not yet technically signed his contract with the team.

The Calder Cup Playoffs are going to begin on Wednesday night for the Rockford IceHogs. They will skate against one of their biggest rivals, the Chicago Wolves.

The LA Kings host the Edmonton Oilers face-off for game two of their first round series following thriller in series-opener

By now, most Sharks fans have likely heard the news on Alexander Georgiev. But if you haven’t, here’s the deal — he won’t be back in San Jose.

This is a big development for the Washington Capitals. The big forward has a lot of scoring in his stick. The reported injury is a skate cut on his foot and he looks like he is moving without much issue.

While the Montreal Canadiens were one goal away from winning game one of their first-round series against the Washington Capitals, the D.C. outfit outrageously dominated when it came to scoring chances.

Although it is probably way too early to ponder how the deadline acquisition of Andrey Kuzmenko will play out for the LA Kings in the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs, I am going to do it anyway. Fans and followers of both the 2012 and 2014 Cup winning teams are well aware of what bringing in the right piece at the right time can do for one's team, especially when it's the likes of Jeff Carter and Marion Gaborik.

The Bruins ranked among the NHL's worst offensive teams in the 2024-25 season. Fixing that should be the top priority this summer.

The Winnipeg Jets have pulled ahead two games to zero in their opening round, best-of-seven matchup with the St. Louis Blues.

Tkachuk and Domi made headlines on Day 4 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs – but it wasn’t Keith and Tie.

For most of this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t know what to do with Max Domi — or where he fit in.

The Vegas Golden Knights entered Game 2 hoping to take a 2-0 series lead, but will now head to Minnesota with the series tied after Kirill Kaprizov imposed his will, helping the Minnesota Wild win 5-2.

It was another overtime classic etched into the history of the Battle of Ontario on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena – and it was a hometown player who sealed the deal.

The Bruins need to be much better at finding the right players in the draft and developing them.

Ridly Greig stood before Anthony Stolarz and received a few chops and shoves before getting knocked down by the towering goaltender shortly after.

One thing that Montreal Canadiens’ fans have to be noticing is the magical year that Washington Capitals star, Alex Ovechkin is having. I’m afraid his two-goal game is just the tip of the iceberg.

It all comes down to this: the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Discover bold NHL predictions for the 2025-26 season, including Minnesota's rise, potential 100-point defensemen, Nashville's comeback and the Penguins era's end.

The Ottawa Senators are heading back to the nation's capital empty-handed, and it figures that Tie Domi’s son would eventually emerge as a factor in the Battle of Ontario.

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