Hockey fans, the most wonderful time of the year has arrived: the Stanley Cup playoffs. And the 2025 version might be as good as ever, with what looks like a wide-open race going into the postseason.

Along with Draisaitl, forward Zach Hyman will return for Game 1. He missed the last three games of the season with an ...

For the fourth straight year, the Edmonton Oilers will face off against the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the ...

Rounding out the NHL Playoff Power Rankings is a Devils team that is going to have to prove everyone wrong. Nobody is giving ...

Here are who they think will make the Stanley Cup final, who will win it all, some of the standout players and more. (Don't ...

The Winnipeg Jets, led by top scorers Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele, are entering the 2025 NHL Playoffs with a strong ...

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

There may be an upset or two early, but the usual suspects in the Eastern Conference are the most likely to make a run in the ...

The Oilers won the best-of-7 series against the Kings in five games last season on their way to the Stanley Cup Final. Edmonton won in six games in 2023 and battled back from 3-2 down to win in seven ...

The Presidents' Trophy for best regular-season record has already been clinched by the Winnipeg Jets, who are hoping an ...

A look at the matchups to open the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, first in the West and then the East with division and seeding ...

The final games of the wild 2024-25 regular season are tonight, and today the NHL released its TV schedule for Round 1 of the ...