3:31 PM ET The Stanley Cup playoffs’ most famous aesthetic tradition might be the bushy beards players grow until they’re eliminated. But off the ice, there’s another tradition that’s a bit more fashion-forward: custom-made playoff jackets for the players’ significant others. Playoff Hockey Challenge Pick the winners and crown your Stanley Cup champion! Check Your
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1:28 PM ET TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Lightning have been here before. Down 3-1 in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Maple Leafs. On the brink of elimination in Game 5 on Thursday. And yet, the Lightning see no reason to panic. After all, Tampa Bay didn’t win back-to-back Stanley Cups in
7:00 AM ET It started as a series of blowouts. It became a matchup defined by comebacks. What’s remained the same throughout is that the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning haven’t lacked for drama in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. And the Leafs have got their foes on the ropes. Let’s recap:
8:00 AM ET The NHL is launching its first fan experience on the online gaming platform Roblox that will bring hockey-inspired games and customizable team jerseys to the metaverse. NHL Blast, announced by the league Thursday, “will allow hockey fans and the Roblox community to hang out and play in a new online space that
7:00 AM ET Complaining about Stanley Cup playoff officiating is a rite of the season, like watch parties and rally towels. The coaches complain about officiating. Like Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour admitting that “I’m a little pissed, to be honest with you” when an unpenalized slash from New York Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau broke
11:41 PM ET The Florida Panthers stunned the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 overtime win in Wednesday’s Game 5, defiantly avoiding what could have been the first elimination of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Matthew Tkachuk‘s goal at 6:05 of overtime gave new life to the Panthers, who had dropped consecutive games at home — games
9:06 PM ET Dallas Stars forward Joe Pavelski will be a game-time decision on Friday for Game 6 of its first-round Western Conference playoff series with the Minnesota Wild. Pavelski has not played since April 17 after sustaining a concussion in the second period of Game 1 of the series, when the Stars fell 3-2
8:21 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets won’t have star forward Mark Scheifele for Thursday’s Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights, but they could have forward Nikolaj Ehlers for the first time in the opening-round series. Scheifele left in the first period of Monday’s Game 4 with an upper-body injury, and Jets coach Rick Bowness
2:56 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes forward Jack Drury has resumed skating after being knocked from Game 4 against the New York Islanders following a jarring hit into the boards, coach Rod Brind’Amour said Wednesday. Drury missed the Hurricanes’ Game 5 loss to the Islanders on Tuesday after the hit by
2:30 PM ET TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs welcomed Michael Bunting back from suspension — but not into their lineup. Bunting, who served a three-game ban for elbowing and interference on Tampa defenseman Erik Cernak in Game 1 of the Leafs and Lightning Eastern Conference first-round playoff series, skated as an extra at his