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The NHL regular season has officially come to a close, and the playoffs are about to start, which means the Minnesota Wild will face the Dallas Stars in the first-round for the second time in the past four seasons. There’s quite a rivalry between these two teams, and there’s definitely no love lost between them….
The NHL has been a tale of two stories when it comes to the playoff push this season. The Eastern Conference was a gauntlet, with 5-6 teams battling for the last couple of spots. The East was more competitive all season long, and that, in turn, made it more difficult for teams to clinch a…
At the time, the Toronto Maple Leafs signing Calle Järnkrok was a depth boost for a team looking for more offence from the bottom half of their lineup. His quick and hard release gave the team hope that he could be a strong addition to that bottom-six. Four years later, and seasons riddled with injuries…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Get up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The NHL playoffs open Saturday afternoon with the Ottawa Senators visiting the Carolina Hurricanes, while the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens are also in the running to become the first…
The potential return (or departure) of Alex Ovechkin will be the biggest question of the 2026 offseason for Washington. That single decision will have a large impact on the direction of the team’s offseason plans with five pending unrestricted free agents (UFAs) and more than $30 million in cap space, including an unsigned 40-year-old captain…
First-Team Left Winger: Cutter Gauthier, Anaheim Ducks Second-Team Left Winger: Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings First-Team Center: Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks Second-Team Center: Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars First-Team Right Winger: Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth Second-Team Right Winger: Ivan Demidov, Montreal Canadiens First-Team Left Defenseman: Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens Second-Team Left Defenseman: Matthew Schaefer, New…
The Pittsburgh Penguins are headed back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where they will meet the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 1. Neither team was expected to make the postseason, but a renewed rivalry in the Battle of Pennsylvania is poetic. Penguins and Flyers Match Up Well The Penguins and the Flyers met four times during…
The Montreal Canadiens headed into the 2025 Trade Deadline as sellers and looked to add some future assets to the organization. Fans hoped that general manager (GM) Kent Hughes could execute a major deadline deal that would help make this team a Stanley Cup contender within the next couple of years. In the meantime, we can…
The Edmonton Oilers concluded their 2025-26 regular season schedule with a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place on Thursday (April 16). Oilers forward Matt Savoie notched his first career hat trick, while Colton Dach, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Josh Samanski also tallied for the home team. Vancouver got its lone goal from centre…
There may not have been high expectations for the Calgary Flames for the 2025-26 season. However, there were pretty high expectations for their 2024 ninth-overall pick, Zayne Parekh. Part of the expectations comes from a couple of defencemen breaking out the minute they set foot in the NHL. You may have heard of them: Lane…
