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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Lost in the drama which ended Game 2 in the Sharks-Kings series -- with Los Angeles scoring twice in the final two minutes to steal a 4-3 win -- was a neat little story about a player trying to pick himself off the scrap heap. ...

LOS ANGELES -- Now we find out about these San Jose Sharks. We find out about their character and resiliency. Because for many a team, having two goals scored 22 seconds apart in the final two minutes of a playoff game that seemed readily in ha...

LOS ANGELES -- As expected, Raffi Torres paid the price for being Raffi Torres. Eric Gryba got two games, Justin Abdelkader got two games, but Torres got the rest of his playoff series (three to six games) absolutely because of his repeat offender...

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 San Jose Sharks still talk to this day about their bitter disappointment from losing the 2011 Western Conference finals to the Vancouver Canucks. They felt the five-game series loss was such a misrepresentation of how close the level of play real...

In the end, they circled back, as the whole hockey world knew they would. The standoff that began months ago came down to one last hour of dramatic back and forth. The Vancouver Canucks lowered their demands in a Roberto Luongo deal in the final 6...

Thanks to Kari Lehtonen's 40 saves, the Dallas Stars moved to within one point of the eighth and final playoff spot in the West with a 2-0 win at Los Angeles on Thursday night. In the process, they further muddied the picture for GM Joe Nieuwendyk...

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.

It is like the schedule maker knew, right? The Winnipeg Jets welcome the New York Rangers to their hostile environment Thursday night with the two clubs tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. After spending most o...

Team USA and Team Canada will find out who fills out their respective Olympic preliminary groups for Sochi, Russia, after qualification tournaments wrap up across the pond Sunday. Olympic qualifying tournaments in Germany, Latvia and Denmark that ...

The Western Conference claimed the Stanley Cup and had some of the playoffs' best moments, writes Pierre LeBrun.

Even with the talk of the 1942 Leafs echoing in their ears, the aura of calmness exuded by the Devils starts at the top with GM Lou Lamoriello, writes Pierre LeBrun.

This has not been a great Stanley Cup finals through four games. And I don't blame the players one bit. They're dog-gone tired. They are beat up. And some are playing hurt. Perhaps both teams will find a second gear Saturday night in Game 5, but at t...

Five key factors helped the Los Angeles Kings go from conference doormat to being one win away from the Stanley Cup championship, writes Pierre LeBrun.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Drew Doughty's goal in the first period won't soon be forgotten in Stanley Cup finals history. "Great play," said Kings head coach Darryl Sutter. "It's a 200-foot play. It's one of those coast-to-coast things. Win or lose tonight, ...