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Blackhawks 3, Avalanche 2 * Blackhawks: extend NHL-record streak for games with a point to start season to 24 games (21-0-3) * Blackhawks: have earned at least one point in last 30 regular season games dating back to last season (2nd-longest such s...

No. 1 Vancouver Canucks at No. 2 San Jose Sharks (Canucks lead 2-1), 3 p.m. ET Patrick Marleau has scored in four consecutive games after going seven straight playoff games without a goal. The Sharks are 4-0 at home this postseason when scori...

No. 1 Vancouver Canucks at No. 2 San Jose Sharks (Canucks lead 2-0), 9 p.m. ET San Jose has lost eight straight conference finals games, one shy of the longest streak since the conference finals began in 1982. In their past five games, the Sh...

No. 2 San Jose Sharks at No. 1 Vancouver Canucks (Canucks lead 1-0), 9 p.m. ET The Sharks have lost seven straight conference finals games dating back to 2004. They have also lost three straight road games. Since the lockout, teams that won G...

No. 2 San Jose Sharks at No. 3 Detroit Red Wings, Game 6, 8 p.m. ET The Red Wings forced a Game 6 after trailing 3-0 in a series for the first time since the 1945 Stanley Cup finals, when they lost in Game 7 to the Toronto Maple Leafs. This w...

No. 3 Detroit Red Wings at No. 2 San Jose Sharks (Sharks lead 3-1), 8 p.m. ET All four games in the series have been decided by one goal. In last season's conference semifinals meeting, the Sharks won the first three games, lost Game 4 in Detro...

Since 1980, there has been only one year in which there were three sweeps in the conference semifinals. In 1995, the Flyers (versus the Rangers), Red Wings (versus the Sharks) and Blackhawks (versus Canucks) all swept their way into the conference fi...

No. 1 Washington Capitals at No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning (Lightning lead series 3-0), 7 p.m. ET Washington is trying to avoid becoming the third No. 1 seed to be swept in any round since conference seeding began in 1994 (2010 Sharks and 1995 Red Wi...

No. 3 Detroit Red Wings at No. 2 San Jose Sharks (Sharks lead 1-0), 3 p.m. ET Four of San Jose's five postseason wins have come in overtime. In Game 1, the Sharks outshot the Red Wings 46-25. The afternoon start does not favor San Jose as...

No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins at No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning (Pens lead 3-2), 7 p.m. ET The visiting team has won the past four games of the series. Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma is 5-1 in playoff series with all five series-clinching wins coming on ...

No. 3 Boston Bruins at No. 6 Montreal Canadiens, 7 p.m. ET Both teams have struggled on the power play this series. The Bruins have gone 0-for-11, and the Habs have gone 1-for-12. Carey Price has now lost six straight home playoff decisions. ...

No. 1 Vancouver Canucks at No. 8 Chicago Blackhawks, 8 p.m. ET The Blackhawks are trying to avoid becoming the third defending Stanley Cup champion to be swept in a best-of-seven series. The 1952 Maple Leafs and the 2003 Red Wings are the other tw...

No. 6 Montreal Canadiens at No. 3 Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. ET This is the 33rd postseason series between the Bruins and the Habs, the most common playoff matchup in NHL history. Montreal lead the series 24-8. The teams combined for 21 major pena...