There may be an upset or two early, but the usual suspects in the Eastern Conference are the most likely to make a run in the ...

For the second season in a row, the Tampa Bay Lightning will face off against the Florida Panthers in Round 1 of the Stanley ...

A mid-season injury to Matthew Tkachuk at the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off opened the door for the Panthers to make some ...

Ovechkin set the all-time record, but Washington also got career years from Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome, who finished second ...

A rematch of the 2010 first round, when the Canadiens shocked the then-Presidents' Trophy-winning Capitals and made a surprise run to the Eastern Conference final. Washington did finish first in the ...

One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who ...

Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

“He went after it pretty good today,” Maurice said of Tkachuk. “He won’t skate tomorrow. He'll skate on off days going into ...

The Panthers have six days between the end of the regular season and the start of their first-round of the playoffs against ...

The question on everyone’s mind when it comes to the Florida Panthers these days is whether Matthew Tkachuk will be available ...

The Panthers will have all their injured players in the lineup for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Lightning.

Brad Marchand on the Florida Panthers seems like the most perfect fit. Now, another gritty player on the team, Matthew ...