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Early Lightning Strikes Stop Panthers; Playoff Rematch on the Horizon

TAMPA - Brayden Point scored his team-leading 42nd goal of the season and Nikita Kucherov posted a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning skated by the Florida Panthers, 5-1, in their home finale on Tuesday evening. While the Panthers were without six of their...

Offensive Fervor Lifts Bolts Over Sabres

by Kenneth Cross | Apr 14, 2025

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Lightning gave up two goals to the Buffalo Sabres in the last 22 seconds of the first period in the Bolts' 7-4 dismissal of Buffalo on Sunday evening. The win ended four one-point losses in the last five games as the Lightning's latest three...

Red Wings’ Overtime Goal Stops Lightning

by Kenneth Cross | Apr 12, 2025

TAMPA - Detroit Red Wings' center Marco Kasper scored at 3:32 in overtime and the Red Wings shaded the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3, in a loss that once again thwarted the Bolts from being in position to secure a second seed in the Eastern Conference. The goal marked the...

Danault's last-minute goal saves Kings in wild G1

Phillip Danault scored his second goal with 41 seconds to play, and the Kings blew a four-goal lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the Oilers in the opener [...]

Skinner finally makes playoff debut, gets assist

In Edmonton's dramatic 6-5 loss to the Kings on Monday night, Oilers veteran forward Jeff Skinner, 32, finally made his Stanley Cup playoff debut after 15 seasons and a league-record [...]

Ovechkin nets 1st playoff OT goal, Caps top Habs

Washington star forward Alex Ovechkin made some personal history in the Capitals' Game 1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night, scoring the first playoff overtime goal of his [...]

Kraken change course, fire Bylsma after 1 season

The Kraken are seeking their third head coach in as many seasons after firing Dan Bylsma. More moves are expected, including Ron Francis to president and Jason Botterill to GM. [...]

Panthers won't know Tkachuk status until Tuesday

Florida forward Matthew Tkachuk, who hasn't played for the Panthers since Feb. 8 and hasn't played any games since the 4 Nations Face-Off two months ago, will skate Tuesday morning [...]

Off IR, Landeskog sits as Avs lose Game 2 in OT

The Avalanche, who activated Gabriel Landeskog off injured reserve earlier in the day, were led onto the ice by their captain Monday for warmups, prior to Game 2 vs. the [...]

Canucks decline Tocchet option, offer new deal

The Canucks won't exercise their option for head coach Rick Tocchet, but the franchise has offered him a new, more lucrative contract, president Jim Rutherford said. [...]

Ranking the top 50 players in the Stanley Cup playoffs: Where do Hellebuyck, MacKinnon, Kucherov land?

With the NHL postseason underway, here are the players projected to have the biggest impact. [...]