The postseason starts now. With their place in the playoffs already locked in and with several of their stars resting up, the ...

The Avalanche and Panthers enter the Stanley Cup Playoffs as slim favorites to hoist the Stanley Cup at most major ...

Montreal’s Bell Centre was rocking at the final buzzer on Wednesday night, as the Canadiens ended a three-year playoff ...

NHL Playoffs are set to begin on Saturday, and there will be a bevy of options every night for the next few weeks. The league ...

Tkachuk hasn’t played for the Panthers since suffering a groin injury in February’s 4 Nations Face-Off. He said his “goal” is ...

The Panthers have dreams of a repeat in the playoffs if they can get past the injury issues that have plagued them in the ...

Jacob Markström has played more than 500 NHL games over the last decade and a half, but he’s played only 26 in the postseason ...

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

The first round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs will start on Saturday. Here are dates and TV channels for the opening games.

Tampa Bay, which finished as the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Division following the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-0 victory at the ...

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