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After the opening two games between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins, the Stanley Cup final is tied at one game apiece for the first time since the lockout. Well, not this year's lockout. I mean, that would be true, but it wouldn't be very...

The Capitals and the Rangers meet (again) for playoff hockey.

Over the course of its history, the NHL has developed a long list of playoff traditions that hockey fans now hold dear: the playoff beard, the post-series handshake, the color-coordinated fans, and most important of all, booing Gary Bettman. Recen...

Now that the trade deadline has passed, it's time to look ahead to the final days of the NHL season. And that's literally all there is left — we're just 19 days away from the regular season wrapping up. In the coming weeks, there will be tim...

The Kings can't close the deal in L.A.

All eyes will be on Game 6 of the NHL's Eastern Conference finals this evening. And while we don't yet know whether the New Jersey Devils will eliminate the Rangers at home or whether New York will force its third Game 7 in as many series, regardless...

The men in the net — and the rest of the week in the NHL playoffs.

Dale Hunter has radically altered the Washington Capitals. He's slashed the ice time of the club's franchise forward, Alexander Ovechkin. He's taken a team that used to be the exemplar of run-and-gun hockey in the modern NHL and converted it into...

The very best of the NHL postseason.

The biggest question: Will anyone survive the Pittsburgh-Philly series?