How this year's Stanley Cup contenders mirror past winners - ESPN
When the NHL playoffs start Saturday, they'll be dropping the puck on the most wide-open race for the Stanley Cup in four decades — if not longer.
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Arizona Coyotes fans devastated at prospect of losing their team
For the first time since 1997, no one from three generations of the Dunaway family group attended the Arizona Coyotes' fan appreciation night — the final game of the regular season — amid reports Wednesday's game against the Edmonton Oilers was the last one before the team is relocated.
Coyotes bid Arizona farewell with bittersweet win over Oilers - ESPN
TEMPE, Ariz. — Mullett Arena buzzed like few times in the two years since the Arizona Coyotes moved in, the fans amped for one last desert hurrah.
Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews blanked as quest for 70 goals denied - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — Auston Matthews came up empty in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 6-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the regular-season finale.
Lightning's Nikita Kucherov 5th NHL player with 100 assists - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Why Nikita Kucherov has the best case for the Hart Trophy - ESPN
Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning deserves to win the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player this season.
Capitals clinch playoff berth with unusual empty net goal - ESPN
PHILADELPHIA — T.J. Oshie shot the puck into an empty net and, in the process, scored one of the more improbable game-winning goals in recent NHL history and sent the Washington Capitals to the playoffs.
Regrading the biggest deals of the 2024 NHL trade deadline - ESPN
The 2023-24 NHL trade season was a fruitful one for most NHL teams. Whether adding players for a playoff run or picks and prospects to build their next contender, there was certainly no shortage of volume.