Stanley Cup Playoffs

For the third consecutive season, the Los Angeles Kings have been eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Edmonton Oilers. Leon Draisaitl scored two goals and the Oilers dispatched the Kings 4-3 in Game 5 on Wednesday night at Rogers Center in Edmonton. Alex Laferriere, Blake Lizotte, and Adrian Kempe all scored for the Kings…

Stuart Skinner stopped 33 shots for his first postseason shutout, Evan Bouchard scored on the power play midway through the second period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 in Game 4 on Sunday to move a win away from advancing. Skinner is the eighth goalie in franchise history to record a postseason shutout and the first…

Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, Zach Hyman also scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers rode the momentum of three first-period goals to a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round NHL playoffs series. Connor McDavid (one goal, two assists) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (three assists) also had three-point...

O Captain! My Captain! Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar played the hero role, rescuing his team from the brink of an 0-2 series hole. Kopitar delivered the game-winning goal, firing a breakaway wrist shot past goalie Stuart Skinner in overtime to give the Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers that evened their best-of-seven series at one game…

The third time might not be the charm for the Los Angeles Kings. Zach Hyman scored a hat-trick and the Edmonton Oilers routed the Kings 7-4 in Game 1 of their first-round series at Rogers Place on Monday night. Connor McDavid did not score but had a playoff-record five assists in the victory. “I thought we had a good start,…

Here’s what you need to know about the 2023 Stanley Cup Final.

Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep.

The Panthers and Hurricanes opened the 2023 Eastern Conference Final with a historically long game.