...leader in coaching wins, led the club to six Northwest Division titles, two Presidents' Trophy titles and a 2011 Stanley Cup final appearance.But Vancouver was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in the past two seasons.It was...

...a few hours before the Kings played host to the Sharks in Game 2. Stoll wasn't expected to play for the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings.Stoll didn't return to Game 1 after Torres hit him late in the second period of the Kings' 2-0...

...in the Western Conference semifinals since it won the Stanley Cup in 2010. Marian Hossa scored the opening goal, and Patrick...bit more important than theirs."During the defending Stanley Cup champions' 2-0 victory over the Sharks, Stoll was...

...26 seconds left in the third.The only time Toronto has come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a series was the 1942 Stanley Cup finals against the Detroit Red Wings. The Leafs trailed 3-0 in that series before reeling off four consecutive wins...

...president Pierre Lacroix is stepping down after 18 seasons and two Stanley Cup titles.Josh Kroenke will replace Lacroix, who will serve as an adviser...Islanders are vying for the award.The winner will be announced during the Stanley Cup Finals.

...Ottawa put a punctuation mark on its dominance in moving on for the first time since 2007, when the Senators lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to the Anaheim Ducks.The victory gives Ottawa time to rest up and heal bruises from the physical series before...

...last year, becoming the first No. 8 seed to hoist a Stanley Cup. Since the salary cap became part of the league's...fortunes in the playoffs after following up its first Stanley Cup in 49 years with back-to-back first-round exits.The...

...and the Kings won their third in a row.Anze Kopitar also scored and Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who won for the fifth time in six games.OILERS 3, COYOTES 2 (SO)In Edmonton, Alberta, Jordan Eberle...

...the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Saturday for their third consecutive victory.The defending Stanley Cup champion Kings, coming off a 2-0 home loss to Dallas on Thursday in which they had 40 shots, were shut out for the...

...but it's hardly the way to get a firm grip on the Stanley Cup."There was a handful of games we won early this year...through the regular season, preparing for a third straight Stanley Cup. But then, as a No. 1 seed with 119 points, the Penguins...