The playoffs begin on Saturday, with five Canadian teams looking to bring the Stanley Cup home for the first time since 1993.

The Stars-Avalanche series leads USA TODAY's power rankings of the NHL's eight Stanley Cup playoffs first-round matchups. Here are the rest: 2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers One of these ...

With the Montreal Canadiens grabbing the second wild-card slot in the Eastern Conference with their 4-2 win over the visiting ...

If the Bruins want to try to pull a coach out of the college ranks, surely the top candidates would be David Carle from the University of Denver, Nate Leaman from Providence College and Jay Pandolfo ...

As the Eastern Conference race finally seems to be firming up, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the eight teams?

Before we get set to turn the page to the playoffs for some teams and the offseason for others at the end of next week, The ...