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The votes have been cast for the conference winners. In the East, the clear favorites were the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals. Can you imagine the excitement of Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin facing off in the conference finals? In t...

ESPN's Barry Melrose breaks down the second period of Game 7 between the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks....

ESPN's Barry Melrose breaks down the first period of Game 7 between the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks....

DETROIT -- It sure wasn't a boring morning at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday. The San Jose Sharks will be without leading-scorer Ryane Clowe, while the Detroit Red Wings will insert Mike Modano for the injured Johan Franzen (ankle). Sharks coach To...

No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning at No. 1 Washington Capitals, 7 p.m. ET The Capitals have been resting since finishing their first-round series Saturday, and the Lightning finished their seven-game series against the Penguins on Wednesday. These So...

Eastern Conference No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning Game 1: Friday at Washington, 7:00 p.m. (VERSUS, TSN) Game 2: Sunday at Washington, 7:00 p.m. (VERSUS, CBC) Game 3: Tuesdayat Tampa Bay, TBD (VERSUS, TSN) Game ...

Eastern Conference: No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 8 New York Rangers Game 1: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) Game 2: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) Game 3: Sunday, 3 p.m. ET (NBC, TSN) Game 4: April 20, 7 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) ...

Eastern Conference: No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 8 New York Rangers No. 2 Philadelphia Flyers vs. No. 7 Buffalo Sabres No. 3 Boston Bruins vs. No. 6 Montreal Canadiens No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning ...

With Chicago's 4-3 loss against Detroit on Sunday afternoon, fans must wait for the outcome of tonight's Stars-Wild game to see which West team will earn the No. 8 spot. In the meantime, the other three Western Conference series have been set: No....

Dany Heatley scored twice and Antti Niemi made 26 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to their eighth straight victory, 3-1 over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night....

New York Rangers (31-26-4) at Carolina Hurricanes (28-24-8), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-1 Carolina Starting goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist (23-20-4, 2.37 GAA) vs. Cam Ward (25-20-7, 2.74 GAA) Preview: Only two points separate these teams in the sev...

Montreal Canadiens (30-19-5) at Boston Bruins (30-16-7), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 3-0 Montreal Starting goaltenders: Carey Price (26-17-5, 2.32 GAA) vs. Tim Thomas (25-6-6, 1.80 GAA) Preview: The Northeast division is on the line Wednesday as riva...

Florida Panthers (22-21-5) at Boston Bruins (27-15-7), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 3-0 Boston Starting goaltenders: Scott Clemmensen 5-5-2, 2.43 GAA) vs. Tim Thomas (23-5-6, 1.84 GAA) Preview: Tim Thomas has dominated the Southeast Division, going ...

Pittsburgh Penguins (29-14-4) at New Jersey Devils (13-29-3), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-0 Pittsburgh Starting goaltenders: Brent Johnson (8-3-2, 2.04 GAA) vs. Martin Brodeur (8-18-2, 2.97 GAA) Preview: The Penguins take the ice without both Sid...