Author: Mike Brehm, USA TODAY

The two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning fell 5-0 in Toronto in Game 1. There was a third-period brawl and first-period ejection.

As the NHL playoffs get underway Monday, each team has questions to answer on way to winning a Stanley Cup.

The Vegas Golden Knights will rely on rookie Logan Thompson as they try to make the playoffs. Here’s what still has to be decided in NHL’s final week.

Mike Bossy holds the NHL record with nine consecutive 50-goal seasons and won four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders in the 1980s.

The NHL trade deadline at is 3 p.m. ET on March 21. Here are some of the players that could be moved before then.

The March 21 NHL trade deadline is rapidly approaching. Analyzing the moves that have taken place before the final day.

The International Ice Hockey Federation banned Russia and ally Belarus from events and pulled the 2023 world junior championships out of Russia.

Asked whether he supports Putin amidst the invasion, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin said, “He’s my president but … I’m not in politics.”

After having a penalty called on him, a United States Premier Hockey League player struck an official and knocked him to the ice.

Buffalo Sabres goaltender Aaron Dell was suspended three games after hitting unsuspecting Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson.