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We're into the final 10 games of the regular season and the inevitable separation has occurred in both conferences, the inevitable eroding of faint playoff hopes for many teams juxtaposed against those teams now more concerned with gaining home-ice a...

A decade after his first NHL season, defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is on the cusp of playing in his first NHL playoff tournament. At least the St. Louis Blues, the team that acquired the highly coveted left-handed shooting defenseman from the Calgary...

Scott Burnside is not one to back down from a preseason prediction, even if the team he picked to win it all -- the Blues -- is struggling mightily.

On opposite sides of the continent Tuesday night, there were two big blown leads and conversely two mighty comebacks in games that make you wonder whether they're the kinds of contests that have longstanding ramifications. Let's start in Washingto...

A healthy Ryan Kesler is back in the Vancouver Canucks' lineup, but now the tast is to keep him that way, writes Scott Burnside.

VANCOUVER -- There is a tendency to want to romanticize the return of defenseman Wade Redden from hockey oblivion to the NHL. And why not? Redden was buried in the American Hockey League by the New York Rangers the past two seasons when his lev...

The trip comes to a close with the Blues running the table, beating Detroit, Calgary and, on Sunday night in an emotional tilt against one of the best teams in the NHL, squeaking by the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout, writes Scott Burnside.

From day to day, moment to moment, there is balance on the St. Louis Blues that Ken Hitchcock is responsible for either restoring or achieving, writes Scott Burnside.

The Blues executed their game plan in the first period to beat the Flames 5-2 on Friday night for their second straight win on a three-game road trip, writes Scott Burnside.

Trying to build on the team's 4-3 overtime win on Wednesday in Detroit has become a little more taxing for the Blues, writes Scott Burnside.

It is an "off day" in that the Blues don't play a game, but there is little that is "off" about it, writes Scott Burnside.

The Blues experienced the kind of relief that comes from erasing an early two-goal deficit en route to a 4-3 overtime win and limiting one of the most talented teams in the Western Conference to seven shots through the final two periods and overtime, writes Scott Burnside.

• 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 ...

-- The Blackhawks ran their record to an NHL-best 6-0 with a hard-fought 2-1 overtime win over Detroit on Sunday. Corey Crawford continues to prove that he's forgotten about last spring's playoff disappointment with a .933 save percentage and 1.78 GA...

It has been a week since the NHL returned from its self-imposed lockout exile. It's far too early to draw lasting conclusions but certainly enough to gather initial impressions, now that we're detailing power-play success over HRR and back-diving con...

--It was an absolutely huge win for the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night -- their first of the season -- as they edged the New York Rangers 2-1. The Flyers have been ravaged by injury and signed veteran Mike Knuble Thursday to plug a hole in their ...