The Canadiens were always an unlikely playoff team, but a group that is young and hungry and defiant makes for a tough ...

On Wednesday night, Montreal (40-31-11, 91 points) beat the Carolina Hurricanes (47-29-5, 99 points), 4-2, in a home game, clinching the last spot in the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup playoffs ...

The NHL regular season ends Thursday. All the races have now been decided. Here are the updated standings and playoff ...

Playoff hopes for the Columbus Blue Jackets remained alive another day after Tuesday night's 3-0 victory over the ...

The Western Conference field was set by the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues with their wins on Wednesday. It's down to ...

The Stanley Cup playoffs begin this weekend as 16 teams battle it out for one of the greatest trophies in all of sports. The ...

Dylan Strome scored three times, and Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday night. It was Strome's third career hat trick. Charlie Lindgren made 33 saves for Washington, which ...

Adam Fantilli, Sean Kuraly, Jet Greaves and Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason discuss a 7-0 win over the Capitals to evade ...

Johnny Gaudreau’s jersey has occupied a stall in the Columbus Blue Jackets’ locker room all season after his tragic death last summer. With two games left in the regular season, his teammates are ...

On April 6, with Alex Ovechkin one goal away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record, fans spent thousands of dollars to get inside UBS Arena and 1.3 million viewers tuned into TNT/truTV to watch ...

Thanks to a Montreal shootout loss to Chicago on Monday, the Blue Jackets — despite everything — still have a shot at the postseason.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin completed his usual pregame routine with teammate Jakob Chychrun, but the ritual took ...