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PITTSBURGH -- It's a bit hard to get your head around it, but the start of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is relatively foreign territory for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators. That may explain the great collective exhalati...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In a playoff year that has been dominated by goaltending drama, Chicago Blackhawks netminder Corey Crawford is the King of Calm. On Tuesday night alone the Montreal Canadiens lost starting goaltender Carey Price to injury and th...

Scott Burnside reviews the big firings, hirings and signings since we last saw some hockey.

It is both a testament to his own determination and a statement on the very nature of the New Jersey Devils organization that Stephen Gionta is not only playing every night but is making a difference in these playoffs, writes Scott Burnside.

Whether Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi came together via happenstance or not, you could hardly find two more inexorably linked yet unique pieces of the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup puzzle, writes Scott Burnside.

Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has lived much of his professional life in the shadows of near-anonymity in one of the biggest hockey markets in the world. And he's OK with that.

Claude Julien and Alain Vigneault are on different sides of the coaching line in the Cup finals, but the paths they took to get here are eerily similar.

Growing up in a small town in Newfoundland with limited hockey opportunities, Bruins forward Michael Ryder forged a curvy road to the East finals.

So who is this mystery man who has led Tampa Bay to a surprising East finals berth? Well, Guy Boucher is a different kind of NHL coach.

It is the unforgiving nature of the postseason to single out the struggles of a single player as the reason for his team's failures, and Nicklas Backstrom's lack of scoring for the Capitals has been frustrating for all involved.

If you're trying to exorcise playoff demons like the Capitals are, what better way to start than by getting a monster goal from the ghost himself, Alexander Semin?

After living with the disappointment of an early postseason exit for almost a year, the Washington Capitals have another shot at playoff redemption.

How do you define an NHL dynasty these days? It's not the way of the Canadiens, Islanders or Oilers anymore.

There are more than a few parallels between this year's Cup finals and last year's. So what can the Flyers learn from the Penguins? Just forget about Game 5 and move on.

With the Flyers' series win over the Habs, a victory that vaults them into the Cup finals for the first time since 1997, there will be no more talk of Cinderella journeys.

After knocking off two giants in Washington and Pittsburgh, Montreal simply didn't get enough from its best players in the East finals.