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This time, the Sharks can head home without shame, but will they have another chance next season? What this team looks like in 2010-11 is anyone's guess.

Making sure your top lines don't get too much ice time will be key during this shortened season, writes Pierre LeBrun.

MONTREAL -- Nazem Kadri was flying. Mike Kostka was the best defenseman on the ice for either team. Ben Scrivens looked right at home. Of course for these three Maple Leafs, it's the middle of their 2012-13 season, the trio having spent the first ...

Pierre LeBrun reviews five teams with the best home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

It's the Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks in ESPN.com's Game of the Week.

Here's the best news of all, perhaps, for Boston Bruins fans: This team won't be blown up the way the Chicago Blackhawks were a year ago. Somewhat dampening the Cup celebration last summer in Chicago was the necessary and painful offseason roster ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The home team is 4-0 in these Stanley Cup finals. Overall, the home team is 15-2 in the Cup finals dating back to 2009. That's a daunting statistic for the Bruins. "It's a best-out-of-three series with Vancouver ...

The two best teams in the NHL dropped the puck for Game 1 of the Western Conference finals in Vancouver on Sunday and here's what we observed from the Canucks' come-from-behind 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks: • The general thinking wa...

Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis took center stage on the eve of his team's seventh game with the Blackhawks, expressing his frustration with the officiating in the series.

Now we find out if the St. Louis Blues, one the best stories in the NHL early this season, truly are the sum of their parts and not just a team relying on a few key parts. Because right now, they're missing a number of them. T.J. Oshie is the l...

Now we find out if the St. Louis Blues, one the best stories in the NHL early this season, truly are the sum of their parts and not just a team relying on a few key parts. Because right now, they're missing a number of them. T.J. Oshie is the l...

Two weeks ago the Toronto Maple Leafs demoted Jeff Finger and his $3.5 million salary to the AHL, which served as an unofficial memo to the remaining 29 teams in the NHL: "We have $4 million in cap room now; make us your best offer." At first, tha...

Two weeks ago the Toronto Maple Leafs demoted Jeff Finger and his $3.5 million salary to the AHL, which served as an unofficial memo to the remaining 29 teams in the NHL: "We have $4 million in cap room now; make us your best offer." At first, tha...

Just one week into the NHL season and already we had teams under the gun. If there's a team that really needed a win, it was the New Jersey Devils, and they got it the way they know best -- with a Martin Brodeur shutout against Buffalo on Wednesda...

Just one week into the NHL season and already we had teams under the gun. If there's a team that really needed a win, it was the New Jersey Devils, and they got it the way they know best -- with a Martin Brodeur shutout against Buffalo on Wednesda...

DETROIT -- Kirk Maltby has retired from the NHL, and 29 teams are happy. "I was a pain in the ass," he said Tuesday at his retirement news conference. And one of the very best at it, too. He knew his role and played it to a T. Penalty killer...