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Talk about a flair for the dramatic. The Boston Bruins, on the verge of blowing a 3-1 series lead against the plucky Toronto Maple Leafs, stormed back from a 4-1 deficit in Game 7 to tie the game in the waning moments of regulation and then win it 5-...

We're not privy to the NHL's marketing slogan for the 2013-14 season, but it might be something like "Go Big or Go Home, but Definitely Go Outdoors." Of course, if you read much of the negative commentary surrounding the NHL's decision to multiply...

Oh, hardly any storylines here. The Toronto Maple Leafs return to the playoffs for the first time since 2004 and find themselves in a clash with the Boston Bruins, whose trade of Phil Kessel to Toronto in September 2009 ultimately delivered Tyler Seg...

Jack Johnson's calm belies the decidedly jittery situation in which the Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves. Johnson was taking time before the Blue Jackets boarded their flight to Dallas, where they will play one of the most important games in...

The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season that would see six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadium across North America, sources told ESPN.com Tuesday.

Sorry, but it's still taking some time to get our head around the fact the Toronto Maple Leafs aren't just visiting from the NHL's land of the living dead but are actually back for good. It's always a bit quaint when a perpetually lousy team rises...

A trade deadline day that began at a snail's pace and finished with a great flurry of activity has, like all trade deadlines, the potential to alter the playoff grids in both conferences and perhaps even who hoists the Stanley Cup in late June. Lots ...

Promising starts for two Eastern Conference teams have been rendered moot by goaltending issues ranging from poor play to a lack of durability. That theme was on display Monday night in both cases. The New Jersey Devils extended their winless stre...

As we approach the halfway point of this shrunken NHL season, one of the interesting storylines has been the renaissance of two Original Six rivals whose recent history has been anything but historic. But there they were Wednesday night, the Montreal...

If there is one thing that separates the good teams from the mediocre and the great ones from the good, it's consistency of effort. Poor teams invariably see wild swings in effort and results, sometimes within a few days. Monday was ...

• Anyone who isn't taking the Anaheim Ducks seriously might want to start after the Ducks handed the red-hot San Jose Sharks their first regulation loss of the season, clipping them by a 2-1 count Monday night. Perhaps more interesting is ...

• 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 ...

--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 ...

--It was a night of triumph and pain for the Toronto Maple Leafs as they thumped the previously undefeated Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 Wednesday night, ruining the Pens' home opener. James van Riemsdyk, a key offseason acquisition, scored his first two g...

In the end, it doesn't really matter whether the Toronto Maple Leafs and the horde of suits that now own the game's most lucrative hockey team thought Brian Burke was a good GM or not. It's their team, this Brooks Brothers Brigade that assumed own...

Scott Burnside previews five teams desperate for a fast start in this shortened season.