History was made in the NHL this season, but not the kind that its most storied U.S. franchises wanted. The 2025 Stanley Cup ...

The Stanley Cup has been won by an 8-seed in the past. Top teams go out in the first round all the time. Even those who don’t ...

The playoffs begin on Saturday, with five Canadian teams looking to bring the Stanley Cup home for the first time since 1993.

Why you should get on board: They’re a young team that’s waited eight years to get back into the playoffs, and of all the ...

A rematch of the 2010 first round, when the Canadiens shocked the then-Presidents' Trophy-winning Capitals and made a surprise run to the Eastern Conference final. Washington did finish first in the ...

Unfourtunaley, the Vancouver Canucks will not be heading to the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The team fell six points short of the St. Louis Blues for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference.

The Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway Saturday as 16 teams will be looking to make a run at arguably the most prestigious ...

Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

The Presidents’ Trophy has been awarded annually to the team with the best regular-season record since the 1985-86 season.

For the second season in a row, the Tampa Bay Lightning will face off against the Florida Panthers in Round 1 of the Stanley ...

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Brad Free is based in Southern California covering Santa Anita, Del Mar and Los Alamitos. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1992 and is the author of "Handicapping 101: Finding the Right Horses and ...