BOSTON — Before the Stanley Cup Finals began, the Bruins-Blackhawks showdown was thought to be one of the most evenly matched in recent memory. Chicago is a well-rounded team, capable offensively as well as defensively, and has an excellent [...]

BOSTON – Patrick Kane often talks about the power play being one of the 2010 Blackhawks’ best traits en route to their Stanley Cup victory. Much has changed since 2010. And that power play’s effectiveness is right at the top of the list. The [...]

After hitting their biggest wall of 2013 at an inopportune time, the Chicago Blackhawks sure looked like the NHL’s top team in Game 5 on Saturday, as they overwhelmed the Detroit Red Wings 4-1. Let’s chat about the contest. The 45-25 shot [...]

If you put a lot of stock in the 2013 Memorial Cup, then the upcoming draft’s top forwards made a strong argument for the Colorado Avalanche’s No. 1 pick. Central Scouting’s second-highest (Nathan MacKinnon) and third-highest (Jonathan [...]

The Dallas Stars will look different in 2013-14, whether their new logo was really leaked or not. They’ll need a new head coach after recently hired GM Jim Nill let Glen Gulutzan go. While Nill noted that he would run a thorough search, it [...]

The San Jose Sharks rode some strong play from Antti Niemi, hard work overall and a few bounces to beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game 6 on Sunday, pushing this battle of California to the limit. Let’s discuss the events. The Kings and [...]

We asked yesterday about the fate of Alain Vigneault, and found out today — the Vancouver Canucks have dismissed Vigneault, along with assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown. “Alain, Rick and Newell worked tirelessly to lead this team [...]

The Ottawa Senators got off to a strong start tonight due in no small part to Milan Michalek‘s impressive shorthanded goal and goaltender Craig Anderson‘s early efforts. However the Penguins claimed the lead in the second and then the floodgates [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are on to the Eastern Conference final, and they appear to have found their stride in this second round. The Penguins knocked off the Ottawa Senators by a final score of 6-2 on Friday night, closing out the Eastern Conference [...]

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: An NHL player believes Boston’s Brad Marchand doesn’t play with respect for his opponents. All right, you’re trying to stop us but we’ll keep going. This time around it’s Rangers forward Derick [...]

The New York Rangers put up a decent fight, but the Boston Bruins made good on their second opportunity to finish off their second-round series by winning Game 5 by a score of 3-1. Let’s chat it out. How frustrated do you think Henrik Lundqvist [...]

After hitting their biggest wall of 2013 at an inopportune time, the Chicago Blackhawks sure looked like the NHL’s top team in Game 5 on Saturday, as they overwhelmed the Detroit Red Wings 4-1. Let’s chat about the contest. The 45-25 shot [...]

Torey Krug might be the surprise rookie addition of the 2013 playoffs, but one of the out-of-left-field guys from 2012 kept the New York Rangers alive in their second-round series against the Boston Bruins. Chris Kreider scored the winner to [...]

The L.A. Kings are one win away from a berth in the Western Conference final. The Kings, defending Stanley Cup champions, were by far the better team in a 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinal. The Kings [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks re-wrote some NHL records with a points streak during the regular season. Now they need to defy the odds by winning three straight games against the Detroit Red Wings in their second-round series. While frustrations are [...]

Jonathan Toews‘ lost his cool in a big way in Game 4 of the Chicago Blackhawks’ eventual 2-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. It’s bad enough that the much-touted captain remains without a goal in nine postseason games after [...]

Whether you lambaste the Chicago Blackhawks or simply praise the Detroit Red Wings’ key players, the bottom line is that Detroit is now off to a 3-1 series lead after shutting its division rivals down 2-0 in Game 4 on Thursday. Let’s discuss [...]

DETROIT – The power play got one last chance to redeem itself in the waning minutes of the third period. Down 1-0, the Chicago Blackhawks had another man-advantage opportunity to tie the game, another chance to get something, anything past [...]

Looks like yesterday’s report was accurate. The NHL-owned Phoenix Coyotes have indeed come to terms on a long-term contract with general manager Don Maloney. “We are very pleased that Don has agreed to sign a long-term contract extension [...]

New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella made big-money forward Brad Richards a healthy scratch in an eventual Game 4 win, but he insists that the two remain tight. Naturally, he insisted in a boisterous and profane way, as CSNNE.com’s [...]

It appears a significant step in the Phoenix Coyotes ownership situation will soon be taken. According to Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has scheduled meetings with he and city council members on Tuesday morning, [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are on to the Eastern Conference final, and they appear to have found their stride in this second round. The Penguins knocked off the Ottawa Senators by a final score of 6-2 on Friday night, closing out the Eastern Conference [...]

The Boston Bruins dominated the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of their first-round series, but they’ll need to win Game 2 without Andrew Ference. The 34-year-old defenseman received a one-game suspension for elbowing Leafs forward Mikhail [...]

Joel Quenneville led the Blackhawks to an amazing 36-7-5 record. Paul MacLean helped the Senators into the playoffs despite a rash of injuries to star players. Michel Therrien has been a great fit in Montreal. But based on what the Washington [...]

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser could be out for the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs with an injury, as per a pair of tweets from Ansar Khan of MLive.com. DeKeyser has broken right thumb, Holland said, Babcock said he thinks he’s [...]

The 2013 playoffs already featured one hit that drew a suspension, but the scariest moment of the young postseason came on Thursday when Montreal Canadiens forward Lars Eller was taken off the ice on a stretcher after this hit by Ottawa Senators [...]

People expecting a sluggish, defense-only chess match between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 were likely shocked to witness a wild affair on Thursday night. The Senators stole one 4-2 in a contest jam-packed with action. Let’s [...]

The Washington Capitals reminded the hockey world why they finished the 2013 season as one of the NHL’s hottest teams on Thursday, beating the New York Rangers 3-1 in Game 1. Let’s discuss the contest: Henrik Lundqvist kept an out-matched [...]

The St. Louis Blues are two wins away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs and knocking off the defending Stanley Cup champions. Blues defenseman Barret Jackman scored the winning goal with just 51 seconds remaining in the third [...]

If you tuned into the Anaheim Ducks-Detroit Red Wings game early in the third period, your first impression may have been that it was already over and remaining minutes were just a formality. Wrong. The Red Wings jumped to a 4-1 lead early in [...]