Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck seems much more relaxed after his team narrowly avoided elimination in Game 7 against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
Hughes has two years remaining on his contract and Canucks president Jim Rutherford acknowledged the defenseman's desire to play with his siblings one day.
The Toronto Maple Leafs survived a furious third-period rally by the Florida Panthers in their 5-4 Game 1 Eastern Conference second-round win with an assist from the officials.
It seems the NHL is in a good place. Ratings are up, talent levels are high, and the league added two teams to get up to 32 in the not-too-distant past.
Just as the Florida Panthers got back into Game 1 of their East second-round series, the Toronto Maple Leafs put them back in a two-goal deficit. The Panthers trailed 2-0 when defenseman Seth Jones scored his second goal of the Stanley Cup playoffs on a power play with three minutes and three seconds remaining in the first period.
It's likely of little surprise to many hockey fans that the New York Rangers landed Mike Sullivan as their next head coach. He wasn't even on the market for an entire week.
For a mailbag published on Monday, Penguins insider Josh Yohe of The Athletic touched upon whether or not Crosby could request a trade following Sullivan's departure.
The conference quarterfinals are over, with six teams heading into the offseason after a series of six or fewer games and two (Colorado and St. Louis) gutted by Game 7 losses.
Thanks to Adam Lowry's double overtime goal, the Winnipeg Jets were able to win an instant classic Game 7 on Sunday against the St. Louis Blues, 4-3, to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
There were a lot of stars for the Winnipeg Jets in their come from behind Game 7 win over the St. Louis Blues. They could not have won without any of them.
The Dallas Stars just knocked off the Colorado Avalanche in a nail-biting seven-game thriller—and they did it without their top goal-scorer and a top defenseman.