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

BOSTON -- It all started the morning of Feb. 16, when the United States team for the 4 Nations Face-Off finally made it to ...

Tkachuk, who leads the Senators with 29 goals and has 55 points in 71 games, has missed eight games with an upper-body injury ...

The Bruins defenseman from Long Island lived out a childhood dream in February, representing the United States on a massive ...

One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who ...

Welcome to the last day of the regular season, hockey fans. Alex Ovechkin already broke the all-time goals record, the Jets ...

A month before NHL's playoff openers this weekend, Commissioner Gary Bettman was more than happy to defend the decision to ...

The postseason starts with a pair of Western conference matchups when the Winnipeg Jets -- who won the Presidents trophy for ...

Brady Tkachuk is going to get one game under his belt before the Battle of Ontario begins. The Ottawa Senators captain ...

Who's got advantages and disadvantages heading into Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Eastern Conference? Justin Bourne has some thoughts.

The Stars-Avalanche series leads USA TODAY's power rankings of the NHL's eight Stanley Cup playoffs first-round matchups. Here are the rest: 2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers One of these ...

The Leafs chose journeyman Dakota Mermis (twice!) because of his simple, competitive approach, varied experience and steady ...