For The Win » Mike Brehm

Washington's Alex Ovechkin said after a Game 6 loss that the Capitals would win Game 7 in New York. He got off to a good start on that (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/nhl-watch-capitals-alex-ovechkin-opens-scoring-in-game-7

After five consecutive stellar outings, Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop was due for a bad one. He wasn't able to pull off the series (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/lightning-ben-bishop-pulled-brutal-goal-nhl

Montreal Canadiens tough guy Brandon Prust had an eventful final shift in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. First, he tripped up (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/brandon-prust-nhl-tosses-glove-at-bench-rips-referee

The hockey world has been waiting for Steven Stamkos to break free. After all, he hadn't scored in the playoffs since Game 1 of the 2014 (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/nhl-steven-stamkos-goal-lightning-canadiens

Could we be seeing the final NHL game at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum today? If the Washington Capitals win in Game 6, then the (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/new-york-islanders-nhl-preview-nassau-coliseum

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop had a goalie's worst nightmare Thursday night - an own goal. But his was twice as difficult to take (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-lightning-ben-bishop-unlucky-twice-on-own-goal

The Calgary Flames can clinch a trip to the second round tonight and the Nashville Predators are trying to avoid a first-round ouster. That (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-rookie-calder-trophy-finalists-ekblad-stone-gaudreau-forsberg

If it works once, why not try it again? St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who stunned the hockey world by doing the Forsberg (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-vladimir-tarasenko-goal-forsberg-move-blues-wild

Two of the NHL's best underdog stories will try to stay alive at home tonight. The Ottawa Senators overcame a 14-point deficit in the (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-preview-senators-jets-look-to-avoid-elimination

Overtime can be a tense time for a goalie as one shot can send you home a loser. But Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne created a (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-pekka-rinne-loses-puck-in-equipment-for-nearly-three-minutes-predators-blackhawks

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien had to serve a four-game suspension near the end of the season for cross-checking. Monday, in (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/watch-nhl-dustin-byfuglien-corey-perry-shove-video

Winnipeg Jets fans had plenty of time to prepare for this. After all, it had been 19 years since the former Jets last played a playoff game (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-whiteout-winnipeg-jets-fans-anaheim-ducks

When people are talking about the whiteout in Winnipeg, they aren't talking snow. But a snowstorm is accompanying Monday's first Stanley (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/winnipeg-jets-anaheim-ducks-whiteout-nhl-preview

Sunday's second period didn't start off well for New York Islanders defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky. He was flattened by the Washington (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-lubomir-visnovsky-bowled-over-sets-up-goal-islanders-capitals

The second-best thing that can happen today in hockey is that a team can go up 2-0 in a playoff series. But the most important thing is one (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/connor-mcdavid-nhl-draft-lottery-preview

Ottawa coach Dave Cameron is preaching discipline as the Senators face Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban in Game 2. The Ottawa (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/senators-canadiens-pk-subban-game-2-nhl-preview

The biggest question on the second day of the NHL playoffs: Can it come close to matching the first day? Wednesday's games included an (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-playoffs-second-day-preview

The 2013 Montreal Canadiens-Ottawa Senators series got nasty quick, and this year's version is following the same path. Montreal Canadiens (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-canadiens-pk-subban-ejected-for-slash-on-mark-stone

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price has been nearly unbeatable this season and is a favorite to win the Vezina Trophy and possibly the (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-watch-canadiens-andrei-markov-carey-price-own-goal

The Montreal Canadiens have the NHL's greatest pregame show and they drew applause with video of Jean Beliveau, who died this season, (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-canadiens-senators-mark-reeds-tributes

Connor McDavid has outshined Jack Eichel this season to be the consensus No. 1 pick at the upcoming draft. So on the day that Eichel (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/watch-connor-mcdavid-scores-five-goals-nhl-draft

Congratulations, tank-happy Buffalo fans. Congratulations, Sabres general manager Tim Murray. You got your prize. The Sabres guaranteed (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/sabres-connor-mcdavid-jack-eichel-nhl

Six-time Stanley Cup winner Kevin Lowe's career ended right before Vinny Lecavalier's was starting up, so there was no bad blood between (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/keegan-lowe-vinny-lecavalier-fight-nhl

The Ottawa Senators and Calgary Flames hold the key Thursday to making the NHL playoff picture clearer - or a lot murkier. The red-hot (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/senators-flames-nhl-preview-kings-jets-rangers

The Pittsburgh Penguins' game against the Ottawa Senators is huge. Win in regulation and the Penguins make the playoffs. Lose and the (...)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/nhl-penguins-sidney-crosby-scores-10-seconds-into-game-ottawa-senators