Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin delivers a raw assessment of the Red Wings' 2024–25 collapse, as the NHL team misses the playoffs for the ninth straight year.

Before we drop the puck on the best tournament in all of sports, let’s run through a handful of bets that hold value going into Round 1, starting with a Stanley Cup sleeper. If defense wins ...

Which of the 16 teams in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs face the most pressure? The NHL on ESPN crew all shared their thoughts ...

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Long-time broadcaster Paul Edmonds believes this Winnipeg Jets team is built different from years past and that this group ...

Hockey fans, the most wonderful time of the year has arrived: the Stanley Cup playoffs. And the 2025 version might be as good ...

USA TODAY's Jason Anderson, Mike Brehm and Jace Evans provide their predictions for the Stanley Cup Final teams, the NHL champion and the Conn Smythe winner as playoff MVP: Stanley Cup Final: Carolina ...

Fans, media and statistical models are all giving their takes and projections, but what do people inside the league think?

The Athletic's NHL staff picks first-round winners, dark horse, biggest disappointment, conference champs, Cup champ and Conn ...

If a playoff game is tied after three periods, it goes into overtime. In overtime, 20 minutes are put on the clock and the ...

Florida coach Paul Maurice didn’t care about which team the Panthers drew for Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Knoblauch is also relying on two of his most successful recent experiments: Connor Brown on the top line and Ryan ...