...night.Chicago dominated the final two periods in its first game in the Western Conference semifinals since it won the Stanley Cup in 2010. Marian Hossa scored the opening goal, and Patrick Sharp had an empty-netter and two assists to give him...

...players are finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy.Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Washington's Alex Ovechkin and John Tavares of the New York 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...

...Grabbing games 7-6 or 6-5 makes for good highlight fodder, sure, 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 when you leave the rink after the game and you're not really...

Over the span of four days, the Penguins acquired forwards Jarome Iginla and Brenden Morrow along with defenseman Doug Murray without touching the roster that has now ripped off 14 consecutive victories and counting.

...Living in Los Angeles, Chase believed the league had squandered all the goodwill built in the area after the Kings won the Stanley Cup. His weekly pickup games with friends became his only taste of the sport he loved because of the ongoing labor strife...

...exciting season we can."With much of the money from its $2 billion, 10-year contract with NBC back loaded toward the Stanley Cup playoffs in the spring ? and now perhaps early summer ? the league preferred to time the dispute for the start of...

...Angeles Kings finally got to begin their quest to hoist the Stanley Cup again.Several hundred fans packed wooden bleachers...games to become the first team seeded eighth to win the Stanley Cup. They are hoping to finish the season as the NHL's...

...Quick stopped 17 shots for the Kings, who returned every player from the first eighth-seeded playoff team to win the Stanley Cup.PENGUINS 3, FLYERS 1In Philadelphia, Tyler Kennedy and James Neal both scored goals to lead Pittsburgh past the...

...scored for New Jersey, which is off to its first 3-0 start since the 2002-03 season, the last time the Devils won the Stanley Cup.Mike Ribeiro and Mike Green scored for Washington in the final 7:15 of regulation to force overtime. The Capitals...