Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will...

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will...

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will...

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will...

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will...

The Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw has...

The Washington Capital blew out the...

For the first time since the 1969-70 season...

The 2015 Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago...

The Buffalo Sabres have the worst record in the...

The L.A. Kings are headed to their second...

Facebook made this great map of NHL Playoff...

He wore a slap shot to the face.

Blood, champagne and the Cup.

The NHL knows sportsmanship.

One of the great moments among all sports.

What a finish!

Hockey fans in Austin missed the game-winner.

41 years old and still a sublime passer.

Wanting the witness the magical #BostonStrong run.

Took a direct shot to the face.

"I love shinpads!"

With the Stanley Cup Finals starting tonight, one of the biggest differences between NHL players and those in the NBA Finals is the amount of money they make.

Sideways save.

Tough as nails.

Intent doesn't matter.

Ref should have let the play develop.

What a save!

The ultimate power play.

Review is not allowed for such a call.

Bruins were down three goals in third period.

The NHL is forcing its fans to choose.

Dumb.

Eric Gryba is likely facing a lengthy suspension.

Even non-hockey fans will get chills.

[credit provider=”NBC”] The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup last night for the first time in their 45 year history.And while the New Jersey Devils made the series interesting with back-to-back wins, game six was never in doubt.

The Los Angeles Kings are the Stanley Cup Champions. And in one of the great traditions in all of sports, commissioner Gary Bettman presented Lord Stanley’s Cup to captain Dustin Brown, who then passed it on to his teammates.

The Los Angeles Kings just won the Stanley Cup with a 6-1 blowout of the New Jersey Devils in game six of the finals.

Porn Star Taylor Stevens caused quite a buzz when she was spotted behind the New Jersey Devils bench during game four of the Stanley Cup Finals and on at least one occasion she appeared to successfully distract head coach Peter DeBoer.

The Los Angeles Kings are hoping to close out the New Jersey Devils tonight in game six and win their first-ever Stanley Cup. And they couldn’t have scripted a better start thanks to a horrible penalty by Steve Bernier in the first period.

There was an odd scene during last night’s Stanley Cup Finals game that has the interwebs and sports radio buzzing this morning.

[credit provider=”AP”] Game three of the Stanley Cup Finals between the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings drew just 1.7 million viewers on the NBC Sports Network. That is down 37% compared to last year, thanks in large part to the game being aired on the new NBC Sports […]

The Los Angeles Kings entered the Stanley Cup Finals on a roll, having lost just two games in their first three playoff series. Well, things haven’t changed much as the Kings took the New Jersey Devils to overtime, and then scored 8:13 into the first overtime period to give the […]

He will never admit this publicly, but if you could inject NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman with some truth serum, deep down, he had to be hoping for the New York Rangers to win the Eastern Conference Finals and set up a dream New York-L.A. matchup with the Los Angeles Kings […]

The Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup Finals after eliminating the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 5 Tuesday night.

The best team doesn’t always win the Stanley Cup. The hot goalie often does. And right now, there is no hotter goalie than Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings.

It used to be that Rangers head coach John Tortorella was a reporter’s dream. Never afraid to offer his opinion. Never afraid to attack an opponent with his words. But in this year’s NHL playoffs, things have changed, and now we wouldn’t blame the reporters if they were ducking for […]

Chris Kreider, the 21-year-old winger who the New York Rangers plucked out of Boston College just a month ago, notched a goal and an assist in last night’s big Eastern Conference Finals win over the Devils.

[credit provider=”NBC Sports Network”] With less than a minute remaining in game five of their second round series against the Washington Capitals, the New York Rangers trailed 2-1, and they needed a miracle to avoid facing elimination in game six.The hockey gods answered with a gift penalty, a tying goal […]

Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers completely laid out New Jersey Devils’ centre Dainius Zubrus with a vicious hit to the head Sunday.

The New York Rangers took a 2-1 series lead over the Washington Capitals with a marathon triple-overtime win in D.C. last night.

[credit provider=”NBC Sports”] When this month started, Chris Kreider was playing in the Frozen Four and helping Boston College win a college hockey championship. Three weeks later, he is scoring important goals for the New York Rangers, helping them become the favourites to win the Stanley Cup according to Bovada.lv.Just […]

[credit provider=”NHL.com” url=”http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20112012,3,114″] NBC and the NHL have to like the taste of their 10-year television deal right about now. The first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs are in the books, and the American television ratings for this year’s Quarterfinals are in the history books.NBC Sports announced Friday […]

This game seven between the New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panthers just had that feeling from the start that it was heading towards sudden death overtime. And the teams didn’t disappoint, taking it into double-overtime before this game-winner by Adam Henrique of the Devils after the puck to a […]

The New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in overtime Tuesday night to extend their series to seven games.

[credit provider=”NHL.com”] Phoenix Coyotes television broadcaster Tyson Nash went on ESPN Radio in Chicago (via SportsRadioInterviews.com) to discuss his controversial comments immediately following a hit that sent a Chicago Blackhawks player to the hospital.And during the interview, Nash reveals that his defence of the hit has led to death threats.

The Ottawa Senators evened their series with the NY Rangers 2-2 last night with an overtime win at home.

The increasingly violent NHL Playoffs got their scariest moment yet last night. Chicago Blackhawks defenseman forward Marian Hossa was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital on a stretcher after a brutal hit from Phoenix’s Raffi Torres.

The Boston Bruins took a 2-1 series lead over the Washington Capitals with a 4-3 win in D.C. last night.

This post was originally published at TiqIQ.

[credit provider=”NBC”] Over the last two weeks the NHL Playoffs have descended into an exhibition of violence in all its forms.The games have been secondary to the ritualized violence of fighting, and the outlawed violence of cheap shots and head hunting.

In the second period of last night’s playoff game between the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks, Henrik Sedin was laid-out by Dustin Brown, with one of the more violent collisions you will see in the NHL.

Yesterday’s Flyers-Penguins game was 60 minutes of fighting, slashing, and head-hunting interrupted briefly by short bursts of actual hockey.

For the second straight game, the Chicago Blackhawks tied their first-round playoff game against the Phoenix Coyotes in the closing seconds. And unlike game one, Chicago took advantage of the opportunity and evened the series with a goal in overtime.

Unfortunately, the lasting memory from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs is the Vancouver Riots. And that is unfortunate, because these might be the best playoffs in pro sports.

If the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to advance past their hated rival, the Philadelphia Flyers, in the first round of the NHL playoffs, they will need Sidney Crosby playing at his best.

At the end of Game one of the NHL playoff series between Nashville and Detroit, Predators defenseman Shea Weber slammed Henrik Zetterberg’s head into the glass.

Chris Kelly saved the Boston Bruins from a Game 1 embarrassment against the 7th-seeded Washington Capitals with a sizzling slap shot in overtime. The Bruins won 1-0.

We got our first thrilling moment of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last night.

Nashville’s huge Game 1 win over the Detroit Red Wings was completely overshadowed by Shea Weber slamming Henrik Zetterberg’s face into the glass in the final moments.

[credit provider=”AP”] Daniel Sedin, one of Vancouver’s hopelessly bland Swedish twins, said something newsworthy for the first time in his life after Monday’s Game 6.“We’re going to win Game 7,” he told The Vancouver Sun.

[credit provider=”AP”] It’s kind of gotten lost in all the LeBron-mania, but there’s another pretty good championship series going on right now you should probably be playing attention to.The last two games of the Stanley Cup Finals have been blowouts, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t had their share of […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”http://www.apimages.com/OneUp.aspx?st=dl&id=9baefac27e0e4356a903dc9f6332b070&showact=results&sort=relevance&sh=10&kwstyle=and&dbm=PThirtyDay&adte=1307421449&ish=x&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&rids=9baefac27e0e4356a903dc9f6332b070&page=1&xslt=1&mediatype=Photo”] BOSTON (AP) — Shortly after the Boston Bruins lost Nathan Horton to a frightening injury, they found a dazzling offensive rhythm that got them back into the Stanley Cup finals.Andrew Ference and David Krejci each had a goal and an assist during Boston’s four-goal second period, Tim […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] BOSTON (AP) — Although the Boston Bruins realise they returned home from Vancouver with a daunting series deficit in the Stanley Cup finals, they already know an 0-2 hole isn’t necessarily a grave.After all, this isn’t even the biggest jam they’ve faced in these playoffs. The Bruins […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”http://www.apimages.com/OneUp.aspx?st=dl&id=da7413453e314e51be26b43bf9ab5942&showact=results&sort=relevance&sh=10&kwstyle=and&dbm=PY2010&adte=1307017652&ish=x&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&rids=da7413453e314e51be26b43bf9ab5942&page=1&xslt=1&mediatype=Photo”] Vancouver certainly has a flair for the dramatic.An overtime goal scored 11 seconds into the extra period by Alex Barrows gave the Canucks a 2-0 series lead over the Boston Bruins. The Canucks won the game 3-2. 

[credit provider=”Flickr/HockeyBroad” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/hockeybroad/5101305319/”] NEW YORK (AP) — The opener of the Stanley Cup finals drew the best preliminary rating for a Game 1 in 12 years.The Vancouver Canucks’ last-second 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins earned a 3.2 overnight rating and 6 share on NBC on Wednesday. That’s up 14 […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Facing elimination in the Eastern Conference finals, the Tampa Bay Lightning knew they could count on Martin St. Louis to make a difference.The six-time NHL All-Star has a knack for thriving in big games.

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin didn’t hesitate to compare winning Olympic gold to the chance to play for the Stanley Cup.For Sedin, who won the Olympics with Sweden in 2006, it was just as important to earn a trip to the Cup […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”http://www.apimages.com/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=Bruins%20Lightning&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=24h&sh=10&kwstyle=and&adte=1306239173&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&rids=6148dad21d0749efa1b07e0be46a84d5&dbm=PThirtyDay&page=1&xslt=1&mediatype=Photo”] BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand was sitting on the bench when he saw Tampa Bay’s Steve Downie get the puck at the edge of the crease, with nothing but an empty net to shoot at.”I thought for sure it was going to be a goal,” the Bruins […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] For the last few weeks, it has been easy to dismiss the Devils’ historic run as meaningless.  The team was so far out of contention its streak wasn’t worth mentioning.No longer.

[credit provider=”Zimbio.com” url=”http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/RZvVSDa3jCc/Phoenix+Coyotes+v+Anaheim+Ducks/EsO1oVvQ7kl/Viktor+Tikhonov”] If you’re anything like me, you really want to follow the NHL.I love the sport, and enjoy going to games. But when push comes to shove – and there are multiple NBA games on each night, top-25 college basketball games, and a constant stream of NBA and […]

If we learned anything last year, we know that seeds mean nothing in the NHL playoffs.

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] I’ll admit it, I may have spoken too soon a month and a half ago when I said the Devils were already eliminated from the playoffs. In my post I explained that the Devils, “would have to start winning at a record pace to earn a spot in […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] It may sound premature, after all the Devils are still months away from being “officially” eliminated from playoff contention, but the numbers say that the team has virtually no hope of extending its string of 13 straight postseason appearances.In the five years since the lockout, the 8th […]