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Panthers Rally for Six Goals in Preseason Game One The Florida Panthers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 in NHL preseason action, overcoming an early deficit and scoring five of the final seven goals to pull away in a high-scoring matchup. Carolina opened the scoring at 6:04 of the first period when Dominik Badinka scored his

Brad Marchand Expected to Spend October Rehabbing Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand is expected to miss at least the first month of the 2026-27 NHL season as he continues to recover from offseason surgery. Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Thursday, following the team’s first day of training camp, that Marchand will spend the month of

Florida Panthers Reload for Another Stanley Cup Run The Florida Panthers enter the 2026-27 NHL season looking to put an injury riddled nightmare behind them and reestablish themselves among the league’s elite Stanley Cup contenders. After finishing 40-38-4 with 84 points and missing the playoffs entirely in 2025-26, general manager Bill Zito has aggressively reshaped

In one of the most stunning moves of the NHL offseason, the Ottawa Senators have traded captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers, reuniting him with older brother Matthew Tkachuk and creating one of the league’s most formidable star pairings. The trade, announced Sunday by both clubs, sends Brady Tkachuk to South Florida in exchange

If anyone expected a tight, low-scoring Stanley Cup Final between two of the NHL’s most structured defensive teams, the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights have delivered the exact opposite. In a series where two-goal leads have become as fleeting as a desert breeze, the Hurricanes continued the trend Tuesday night, storming past the Golden

In a Stanley Cup Final already filled with drama, Game 3 delivered one of the wildest nights in recent NHL history. The Vegas Golden Knights appeared to have complete control Saturday night, building a four-goal lead and watching star forward Mitch Marner produce a historic scoring outburst. Yet what seemed destined to be a comfortable

The Stanley Cup Final is heading to Las Vegas all tied up. Seth Jarvis scored on a power play 3:56 into overtime, capping a dramatic Carolina comeback as the Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 on Thursday night at Lenovo Center. The victory evened the best-of-seven series at one game apiece

The Stanley Cup Final began with fireworks Tuesday night, and when the dust settled, the visiting Vegas Golden Knights once again proved why they have become one of the NHL’s most resilient postseason teams. After falling behind by two goals in the opening period, the Golden Knights stormed back and received the game-winning goal from

The Carolina Hurricanes are headed back to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in two decades. Powered by a relentless attack and a suffocating defensive effort, the Hurricanes routed the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday night, capturing the series four games to one and earning

The Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006 after a dominant 4-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday night at Bell Centre. Carolina now leads the best of seven series 3-1 and can clinch the Eastern

The Vegas Golden Knights are headed back to the Stanley Cup Final after delivering a defensive masterclass Tuesday night, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final to complete a stunning four-game sweep. A series that many expected to be long and explosive instead became a showcase of Vegas’ relentless

The Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from another trip to the Stanley Cup Final after delivering one of the most dramatic comebacks of the postseason Sunday night. Trailing by three goals after the opening period, the Golden Knights stormed back to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 in Game 3 of the Western Conference

The Eastern Conference Final is headed north tied at a game apiece after the Carolina Hurricanes responded with the type of gritty, relentless effort that defined their postseason run, edging the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime Saturday night in Game 2. After being overwhelmed in the opener, Carolina returned to its aggressive identity and leaned

The Vegas Golden Knights opened the Western Conference Final with a commanding performance Wednesday night, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Defenseman Dylan Coghlan scored his first playoff goal to spark Vegas, while goaltender Carter Hart turned aside 36 shots in a stellar effort that frustrated Colorado

The magic keeps following the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7s — and once again, Alex Newhook delivered the defining moment. Newhook scored 11:22 into overtime Monday night as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a dramatic Eastern Conference second-round Game 7, clinching the series 4-3 and sending Montreal to the NHL semifinal

The Vegas Golden Knights are headed back to the Western Conference finals after delivering a dominant postseason statement Thursday night, rolling past the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 in Game 6 to clinch their second-round playoff series four games to two. Led by another dazzling performance from Mitch Marner and a late scoring surge from Pavel Dorofeyev,

The Carolina Hurricanes are headed back to the Eastern Conference finals after another dramatic postseason victory, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime in Game 4 to complete a commanding second-round sweep. Jackson Blake delivered the series-clinching moment 5:28 into overtime, scoring his second goal of the night to send Carolina to its third Eastern

The Western Conference Second Round opened with a game that looked more like an All-Star showcase than a playoff chess match. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild 9–6 on Sunday night in Denver, taking a 1–0 series lead in one of the strangest postseason games in recent memory. A tight, defensive battle was expected

The Montreal Canadiens survived a tense, grinding Game 7 on Sunday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 to win their Eastern Conference First Round series 4–3 and punch their ticket to the second round for the first time since their run to the 2021 Stanley Cup Final. It was a series defined by razor-thin

The torch may be passing in the Western Conference and it happened in Anaheim. The Anaheim Ducks stunned the NHL world Thursday night, eliminating the two-time defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers with a commanding 5-2 win in Game 6 to clinch the series 4-2. For a franchise that hadn’t won a playoff series since