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BOSTON -- Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero and agent Kent Hughes, who reps star blue-liner Kris Letang, are slated to meet here in Boston on Wednesday, a source told ESPN.com. It only makes sense because Hughes lives in Boston and Shero is in town...

CHICAGO -- Oh baby, these guys are rolling. Was it really just more than a week ago that the Chicago Blackhawks found themselves on the brink of elimination, down 3-1 in a series with the Detroit Red Wings? Five wins a row later, and now the on...

Game 2 showed the Blackhawks' full array of firepower, and its coming together at the right time, Pierre LeBrun writes.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- There's a reason no team has won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and '98: It's damn tough. Reproducing the hunger and drive to go all-out over two months is mighty difficult. Once a play...

LOS ANGELES -- The Raffi Torres-Jarret Stoll hit seems to have had a bigger impact on the Sharks' lineup than the Kings in terms of line juggling. While the Kings will insert center Brad Richardson straight up as a replacement for the injured Stol...

The last time Original Six rivals the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks met in the playoffs was in the 2009 Western Conference finals, with the Blackhawks the young bucks still figuring things out and the Red Wings the veteran contenders en ro...

The Los Angeles Kings were surprise Stanley Cup winners last season. Pierre LeBrun takes a look at this season's team and see fives reasons it can repeat as champs.

The Minnesota Wild didn't get any help on the scoreboard Thursday night with both the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets winning. So Friday night's game with the Edmonton Oilers does indeed matter, the Wild needing a victory to clinch the...

Not on Z's watch. Those were Dan Cleary's words Tuesday when discussing how badly the Detroit Red Wings want to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time in 22 seasons. It just can't happen in Henrik Zetterberg's first tour of duty wearing ...

Sell, sell, sell ... win, win, win! The Dallas Stars continued their mystifying ways over the weekend with wins Friday night at Nashville and Saturday at home against San Jose. This stretches their season-high winning streak to five games and very...

The St. Louis Blues are a much better team on the back end after the acquisitions of Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold. But they're a little heavy in the numbers back there, as well, with nine defensemen on the roster. So you can expect the Blue...

The Dallas Stars have decided to trade Jaromir Jagr rather than sign him to a contract extension, a source told ESPN.com Tuesday. The Stars had been talking to Jagr's camp for three weeks about a possible extension, but over the past few days had ...

The St. Louis Blues are a much better team on the back end after the acquisitions of Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold. But they're a little heavy in the numbers back there, as well, with nine defensemen on the roster. So you can expect the Blue...

Perhaps the biggest name left on the trade market is Jay Bouwmeester. That's if he is indeed dealt. The Calgary Flames don't have to necessarily move him -- he's got one more year left on his deal (at $6.6 million), so he's not a pending unrest...

The San Jose Sharks have played the second-most playoff games, behind only Detroit, since 2004, when a nine-year run as a contender began with a trip to the conference finals. Because that run hasn't produced a championship -- although three confe...

NHL owners have made it official: The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets are heading east, as realignment was approved.