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The Penguins are more than Sidney Crosby and a dynamic offense, and that is just one of five reasons Scott Burnside cites for Pittsburgh being the favorite going into the playoffs.

It is almost a rite of spring, the annual pre-trade deadline move by Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero. It doesn't always have the intended result -- think Alexei Kovalev or Alexei Ponikarovsky in 2011 and 2010, respectively -- but it has worked of...

• On a night full of wacky stuff, you could hardly find a wackier game than the Buffalo Sabres' 7-4 win over Northeast Division-leading Boston. The Sabres had been winless in four. At one point, they trailed the Bruins 3-1 after the teams ...

Scott Burnside answers the biggest questions for the shortened 2013 season.

Scott Burnside looks deeply into his crystal puck to tell you what will happen in 2013.

From Malkin's season to Parise's future, Scott Burnside evaluates how we did answering our 10 burning questions from the preseason.

1. B's looking for consistency -- of the good kind The Boston Bruins carry a three-game losing streak into their game against the Florida Panthers on Thursday night and have not won more than two in a row since late December. The slump has jeopardize...

It appears we are now days away from the return of Sidney Crosby to NHL action, Part Deux. And once again the league is abuzz with anticipation. After talking to team doctors at Monday's home game against Phoenix, Crosby was cleared for contact...

There are lots of interesting names to kick around when it comes to handicapping the Vezina Trophy race as we hit the end of the calendar year -- some familiar, some not. Here's a look at our top five plus some honorable mentions. 1. Jimmy Howard,...

1. Surprising Stars? Maybe we shouldn't be surprisedMaybe it was the loss of former playoff MVP Brad Richards to free agency, or the uncertainty surrounding the team's ownership, or the way the Dallas Stars collapsed down the stretch last season. But...

Brad Richards decided in the end that he would take his considerable talents to Broadway and the familiarity of the man who helped Richards earn his one and only Stanley Cup ring, head coach John Tortorella.

The NHL unveiled the 2011-12 regular-season schedule Thursday. Here are a few of the events already on our radar: Oct. 6: Philadelphia Flyers at Boston BruinsThe Bruins will raise a Stanley Cup banner for the first time since 1972 and they couldn'...

While this sometimes compelling, often ugly, violence-stained Stanley Cup finals series between two long-suffering franchises remains indelibly etched in our memories, it seems an opportune time to examine the path we have traveled and the one we might travel in the coming months.

As the Capitals trail 2-0 in their series against the Lightning, it's difficult not to see similarities to last season's first-round debacle.

You're going to hear a lot about demons being exorcised as the second round of these playoffs starts. Vancouver hopes it's gone all William Peter Blatty on the Chicago Blackhawks. The Nashville Predators did some hocus pocus on Anaheim in getting out...

1. Handicapping the playoffs -- despite injuriesWe were talking to Jim Schoenfeld, assistant GM of the New York Rangers, last week about the Rangers' torrid play of late. But one of the reasons Schoenfeld refused to be drawn into any playoff discussi...