The Carolina Hurricanes, by finishing second in the Metropolitan Division, earned home-ice advantage for the first-round ...

The Devils last made the playoffs two years ago, defeating the New York Rangers in seven games in the first round before ...

Defenseman Kaiden Guhle scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in their season ...

Nikishin is SKA's all-time leader in scoring by a defenseman with 177 points (54 goals, 123 assists) in 288 games. He set a ...

Drake Batherson scored the tying and go-ahead goals in the third period and the Ottawa Senators tuned up for the playoffs ...

Ovechkin set the all-time record, but Washington also got career years from Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome, who finished second ...

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

Tim Stutzle is enjoying one of his best seasons yet with the Ottawa Senators, and we expect the German forward to add another ...

Kaiden Guhle scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens wrapped up the last Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 4-2 victory ...

Montreal’s Bell Centre was rocking at the final buzzer on Wednesday night, as the Canadiens ended a three-year playoff ...

The Ottawa Senators scored four goals in a third-period rally and beat the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday night in the regular-season finale for both playoff-bound teams.

Teams of all competitive strains were aiming to head down the stretch on a good run, and it was accomplished in particular in ...