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The Dallas Stars desperately need all hands on deck in the Western Conference Finals against the Edmonton Oilers, as things are getting away from them quickly. After coming back to win Game 1 in Dallas, the Oilers handled Dallas in Games 2 and 3 to take a 2-1 lead and take home-ice advantage. During Game […]

The Florida Panthers are just five wins away from winning the Stanley Cup for a second straight year, which would solidify them as an undeniable juggernaut in the NHL history books. They would not even have a chance to attain such greatness if not for their remarkable depth. Well, head coach Paul Maurice will have […]

The Dallas Stars lost forward Roope Hintz to injury in Game 2 of the 2025 Western Conference Finals. Hintz was slashed by Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse during the contest. Despite briefly taking warmups, Hintz did not skate for the Stars during their 6-1 loss in Game 3 against the Oilers at Rogers Place in […]

The Carolina Hurricanes lost the first two games of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals against the Florida Panthers. They are hoping to avoid a 15th straight defeat in the East Final on Saturday night. If they are to win Game 3, though, they nearly had to do it without forward Jackson Blake. Blake left Game […]

The Florida Panthers are looking to take a stranglehold on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final on Saturday night — but they’ll have to do it without one of their best players. Sam Reinhart, who has 11 points in 14 games this postseason, won’t suit up for the tilt, head […]

The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 on Thursday to win Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final. While the defending champs are two wins away from returning to the Stanley Cup Final, it’s not all good news. Panthers forward Sam Reinhart left the game with a lower-body injury, and Paul Maurice has a […]

The Florida Panthers are dominating the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals on Thursday night. However, it has not been an entirely smooth ride for the reigning Stanley Cup champions, with one of their key players leaving the game with an apparent injury. Panthers forward Sam Reinhart exited the game […]

The Carolina Hurricanes got squashed by the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. Despite the blowout loss, Rod Brind’Amour had some good news for Carolina’s blue line. The Hurricanes may get Jalen Chatfield back from injury, which may stop their playoff chances from spiraling. Here is the latest, per Kurt Dusterberg […]

The Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars will kick off their third-round series on Thursday night. After the Oilers’ win in 2024, it is the second straight year that the two teams have met in the Western Conference Finals. The Oilers have been missing a key piece on their blue line, as Mattias Ekholm has been […]

The Carolina Hurricanes hosted Game 1 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes hoped to pick up their first win in the East Final since 2006 in this contest. However, the Florida Panthers had other plans. Florida won 5-2 away from home as the Hurricanes struggled without top-four defenseman Jalen Chatfield. […]

The Edmonton Oilers are still alive in the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, as they are about to see action in the Western Conference final against the Dallas Stars. That series is set to start on Wednesday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, with the Oilers seemingly having the potential to get defenseman Mattias […]

Toronto Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube is a happy camper. Berube announced that he will have winger Matthew Knies for Game 7 on Sunday, per Sportsnet. Toronto is taking on the Florida Panthers, with a trip to the Eastern Conference final on the line. Knies participated in morning skate on Sunday morning. An image of […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are fighting for their playoff lives in Game 6. Auston Matthews and company are looking to force Game 7 against the Florida Panthers. It would be an incredible feat for Toronto after their brutal Game 5 loss to the Panthers at home. And they nearly lost Matthews to a gruesome injury. […]

It has been a while since the last time Edmonton Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm saw action on the ice. The veteran blue liner continues to be sidelined because of an undisclosed health issue, as he has not played a game yet in the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Ekholm, who last skated in a game […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers head back to Canada with their Stanley Cup Playoffs series tied at two. Controversy has followed this series through all four games, but no moment has garnered as much attention as the Anthony Stolarz injury. Stolarz was knocked out of Game 1 by Sam Bennett after taking an […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are searching for a solution to end their slump in their second-round series versus the Florida Panthers. Could netminder Anthony Stolarz be part of the solution this coming Wednesday, when Toronto tries to reclaim the series lead? Stolarz has not seen action since Game 1, which he was not able to […]

It’s hard not to feel bad for Calvin Pickard after bad injury luck could’ve cost him his starting opportunity. The Edmonton Oilers’ second-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights was shaping into an incredible story for Pickard. He won six games in a row dating back to Game 3 of Round 1, and had a […]

The Dallas Stars have been doing just fine without Miro Heiskanen as he recovers from an injury, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to see him return as soon as possible. The star defenseman will make the Stars even better, and if fellow countryman Mikko Rantanen keeps performing like he is, there might not […]

The Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers will meet on Monday evening in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals, with Connor McDavid and Co. leading the series 2-1. Golden Knights star Mark Stone exited Game 3 with an injury and didn’t return. So the question remains, is he playing tonight vs Oilers? Mark Stone […]

Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs was packed with intensity and physicality, but one moment stood out above the rest. Just five minutes into the final frame, Florida forward Evan Rodrigues took a brutal hit from former teammate Oliver Ekman-Larsson. A brawny defenseman, Ekman-Larsson leveled Rodrigues […]

The Vegas Golden Knights stole Game 3 from the Edmonton Oilers to cut the deficit to 2-1 in their Stanley Cup Playoffs series. Long before Reilly Smith’s ridiculous buzzer-beater, the Golden Knights lost Mark Stone to an upper-body injury. Despite missing the final two periods of the game, Stone is not ruled out of Game […]

Stuart Skinner or Calvin Pickard? It’s a question that Edmonton Oilers fans were preparing to mull over for the next two days. They hoped Pickard was close enough to a return that he could be the Oilers’ starting goalie for Game 4. However, Kris Knoblauch decided not to keep anyone in suspense and made the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs missed a great chance to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the second round against the Florida Panthers on Friday, losing a tight Game 3 in overtime against the defending champs. However, after winning the first two games at home, the Leafs have another chance to take full control of the […]

The Vegas Golden Knights were lucky to squeak out a win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 after the injury to Mark Stone. Stone missed the final 47 minutes of the game after colliding with Corey Perry, and there wasn’t much of an update from Bruce Cassidy about his captain’s status. “The potential loss […]

The Vegas Golden Knights crawled back into Game 3 against the Edmonton Oilers after going down by two, but they’ll finish the rest without Mark Stone after an apparent injury. Stone suffered what looked like a head injury when he fell to the ice and was clipped in the head by a knee from Corey […]

While the hockey world questioned the outcome of Game 2 of the Vegas Golden Knights—Edmonton Oilers series, Bruce Cassidy has much more important things to worry about. A controversial “trip” from Viktor Arvidsson sent Brayden McNabb into the boards and injured one of the Golden Knights’ key defensemen. There was no penalty on the play, […]

It isn’t the injury update that Toronto Maple Leafs fans wanted on Saturday morning, but Craig Berube revealed to reporters the latest news on Anthony Stolarz. The Leafs’ starting goaltender has been out of the lineup since Game 1 of the second round after a collision with Florida Panthers’ forward Sam Bennett, and it doesn’t […]

The Winnipeg Jets lost Game 1 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. Now, they have to defend home ice on Friday to squeeze out a split of the first two games. They got Mark Scheifele back in Game 1, and he scored a big goal in […]

The Vegas Golden Knights lost Game 1 to the Edmonton Oilers on home ice on Tuesday night. After taking a 2-0 lead early in the game, they wilted down the stretch, allowing four straight goals to lose the game. They were without two of their key players for that game and may be again on […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs hope to claim a two-game series lead over the Florida Panthers when the two rivals reconvene for Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series on Wednesday evening. Toronto will not have goaltender Anthony Stolarz between the pipes after he was hurt in Game 1 following a collision with Panthers forward […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a one-game lead over the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Semi-Final, but now they’re without goaltender Anthony Stolarz, who emerged as their starter thanks to his strong play in the 2024-25 regular season. Stolarz was forced from Game 1 after his former Panthers teammate Sam Bennett collided with him; […]

Not only has the 2024-25 NHL season come to an end in extremely disappointing fashion for the St. Louis Blues, but it also appears as though the career of Blues defenseman Torey Krug may be over. Krug missed the entire 2024-25 NHL season after undergoing ankle surgery in September, and now general manager Bill Armstrong […]

The St Louis Blues lost to the Winnipeg Jets in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday. That ended a season that started with a coaching change and featured a franchise-record winning streak. Vibes should be high in St Louis next season, as Jim Montgomery enters his first full season behind the bench. […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs feared the worst when Anthony Stolarz left Game 1 against the Florida Panthers with an injury. There was speculation that the concussion spotter took out Stolarz, but we soon learned the real reason. He went to the bench at the television timeout and began vomiting from a possible head injury, which […]

The Carolina Hurricanes lost Frederik Andersen midway through Game 4, which left Pyotr Kochetkov to hold down the fort for the final two games of their series against the New Jersey Devils. Kochetkov did a fine job, stopping 14 of 15 shots in Game 4 and then 31 of 35 in Game 5 for back-to-back […]

Sam Bennett escaped supplemental discipline for his hit on Anthony Stolarz, but could not keep avoiding the media. After last night’s game, the Florida Panthers declined to make Bennett available for comment, but he finally faced the music on Tuesday morning. It makes sense, as the Panthers likely wanted to avoid him saying anything to […]

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett will be on the ice in Game 2 when his team tries to level their second-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. The NHL, however, is reportedly not slapping Bennett with a suspension or any supplemental disciplinary action, according to Darren Dreger of TSN and Chris Johnston of […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs received bad news on the injury front when Anthony Stolarz had to exit the arena on a stretcher after a Game 1 hit from Sam Bennett. Stolarz exited the game after feeling discomfort during a television timeout, and Joseph Woll replaced him. He was sent to the hospital for further evaluation, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs opened their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series with a win that was both electrifying and historic. In a 5–4 victory over the Florida Panthers at Scotiabank Arena, the Leafs tied a long-standing franchise record for the most goals by defensemen through the first seven games of a postseason, with seven total […]