In the Stanley Cup playoffs, a series often can be decided by goaltending, special teams and roster depth to offset injuries.

The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs begin Saturday with 16 teams looking to etch their name onto Lord Stanley's Cup. Sergei ...

The Stanley Cup playoffs will air across ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and truTV. You can stream the TNT/truTV games on Max (with a ...

The latter of those matchups, which is Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars' meeting with the Colorado Avalanche should be the ...

The same B/R hockey team did its April duty for 2025, too, crunching the numbers and assembling this year's morning-line list ...

The playoff field features teams located across the US and Canada, from Washington and Montreal to Winnipeg and Edmonton.

Before we drop the puck on the best tournament in all of sports, let’s run through a handful of bets that hold value going into Round 1, starting with a Stanley Cup sleeper. If defense wins ...

Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 win over the ...

Fans, media and statistical models are all giving their takes and projections, but what do people inside the league think?

The Canadiens went 1-for-20 on the power play over their last nine games. As Eric Engels writes, it’s unimaginable they’ll make it out of their first-round series with the Capitals if that continues.

Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis has entered the Jack Adams Award conversation despite calls for him to be fired ...