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We all like to point to statement games without acknowledging that those games and their importance last exactly the amount of time it takes to play the game. So you can rest assured that, although disappointed at being beaten 5-2 at Staples Center o...

On Saturday night, Martin Brodeur was again outstanding, turning aside 25 of 26 shots to lead the Devils to their second straight victory over a Kings team that until Saturday had been undefeated on the road and had not lost two games in a row all spring, writes Scott Burnside.

It is safe to say that Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi is now officially "all in." He meticulously built the nucleus of a team that should be ready to challenge the perennial big boys of the Western Conference. He fired his head...

For two weeks, we asked for your opinion on everything ranging from which team will win the Stanley Cup to where the next NHL franchise should go. Now, Scott Burnside weighs in with his thoughts on your votes. Which player will win the scoring tit...

You can tell the dog days of summer are upon us when everything old is breathlessly new again. Jaromir Jagr is back in the NHL. Alexei Yashin perhaps is not far behind. And the Philadelphia Flyers have a partying problem. This just in, go...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The movement of Jeff Carter, Mike Richards and Brian Campbell over the past few days raises the issue of long-term deals and whether they are suddenly more portable than many imagined when they became the rage in the past couple of...

If there was any doubt about whose team the Philadelphia Flyers were before Thursday's blockbuster trades of Jeff Carter and captain Mike Richards, there shouldn't be now. Chris Pronger, come on down. It will be a monumental shock if the former...

Regardless of how the coming season plays out for the Philadelphia Flyers, they will look back to this day in June 2011 as a moment of seminal change for the franchise. After battling the perception that his team was party central for the past cou...

The Flyers are calling Chris Pronger's status for Game 5 of the series against the Buffalo Sabres a game-time situation.

Stock upMatt Cullen, Minnesota Wild: One of the reasons the Wild signed the free-agent center in the offseason was to help with the power play. So far so good, as Cullen has three power-play markers, tied for the league lead. Cullen has two goals (bo...

Stock upMatt Cullen, Minnesota Wild: One of the reasons the Wild signed the free-agent center in the offseason was to help with the power play. So far so good, as Cullen has three power-play markers, tied for the league lead. Cullen has two goals (bo...

PHILADELPHIA -- Here are our five things to watch for in tonight's Game 3: 1. The Flyers' top trio: Not to put too fine a point on it, but if the Flyers' top line of Simon Gagne, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter does not get going, especially five-on-f...

Flyers GM Paul Holmgren said Monday it was still "a stretch" to suggest injured center Jeff Carter would return to action in the Eastern Conference finals against Montreal.

1. A couple of days after we noted that Jeff Carter was pitching a goose egg this spring, the big forward broke through with a two-goal, one-assist effort in Game 4 on Tuesday night to propel his Philadelphia Flyers to a commanding 3-1 series lead wi...

Will Jaromir Jagr ever return to the NHL? Should we care that Steven Stamkos recently got benched? Just a few of the things Scott Burnside is scratching his head over this week.