Latest Stanley Cup Finals News

Dallas Stars in familiar hole after 6th Game 1 1oss. Avs look to put them down 0-2 again

May. 08, 2024 18:36 PM EDT

The Dallas Stars are in an all-too familiar hole. This is their sixth consecutive playoff series over three postseasons, the fourth at home, that they go into Game 2 after losing the opener. “It's not ideal, we know that. And it's definitely not the plan,” Stars...

Avalanche got legs under them in another comeback to beat fading Stars in 2nd-round opener

May. 08, 2024 03:12 AM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche had gone a full week since wrapping up their first-round series, and were down three goals in the first period on the road against the top seed. But once league MVP finalist Nathan MacKinnon and the Avs started getting back into the flow of...

St. Louis Blues remove interim tag and name Drew Bannister full-time coach

May. 07, 2024 17:50 PM EDT

Drew Bannister is returning as coach of the St. Louis Blues after getting the interim tag removed from his title and being named Tuesday to the full-time role. He signed a two-year contract that gives him the chance to oversee a bit of organizational retooling but also show he can...

Stars quickly go from tight series over reigning Cup champ to big-scoring '22 champ Avs in 2nd round

May. 06, 2024 18:36 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars got one day off between their Game 7 victory over last year’s Stanley Cup champion, and the start of what could be a drastically different second round in the Western Conference playoffs against well-rested 2022 champ Colorado. Coach Pete DeBoer and...

Radek Faksa scores in return, Stars oust defending Stanley Cup champ Golden Knights 2-1 in Game 7

May. 05, 2024 23:40 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Radek Faksa made a promise to his 2 1/2-year-old son when they were playing together before the Dallas Stars took the ice for Game 7. Faksa did indeed score in his return to the lineup after missing four games because of an undisclosed injury. His go-ahead goal came...

Panthers, Bruins set to meet again in playoff rematch, this time in Round 2

May. 05, 2024 23:14 PM EDT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — There are no shortage of storylines for this Florida-Boston rematch. There’s the Panthers, trying to move another step closer toward a return to the Stanley Cup Final. There’s the Bruins, looking to avenge a shocking upset in a Round 1 series last season....

Defending Stanley Cup champion Knights and top-seed Stars set for a not-unexpected Game 7

May. 04, 2024 16:49 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — There is one more game to go between the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights and the top-seeded Stars. That deciding Game 7 in Dallas on Sunday night will wrap up the first round in the Western Conference playoffs. “I feel like...

Adin Hill flashes old playoff form as Golden Knights beat Stars 2-0 to force Game 7

May. 04, 2024 14:56 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Beginning with Tyler Seguin on a breakaway, the shots came in waves at Vegas goalie Adin Hill. He stopped Seguin at point blank, saved Evgenii Dadonov's rebound and then stopped Seguin again. This was the Hill of last year's Stanley Cup championship...

Vegas and Nashville face elimination in Game 6 showdowns vs. Dallas and Vancouver

May. 02, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

Home sweet home ice? For Vegas, maybe. Nashville, not so much lately. The defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights return home to their “Fortress” on the Strip looking to avoid being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs after losing three in a row to Dallas. The...

Vegas retaliation on Stars forward Seguin costly as defending champion Knights now trail in series

May. 02, 2024 09:44 AM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin was briefly down on the ice with a bloody nose and a bit dazed after taking a shot to the face from Alex Pietrangelo. That big backhanded swing from Pietrangelo while the two were together against the board was certainly retaliation...