Latest Stanley Cup Finals News
Devils honor former Stanley Cup-winning coach Jacques Lemaire
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils honored former coach Jacques Lemaire, inducting the 11-time Stanley Cup champion into the team's Ring of Honor. The 79-year-old Lemaire, who coached the Devils to their first championship in 1995, was celebrated during a pregame ceremony...
Eichel having career year as he hopes to lead the Golden Knights to Cup contention
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jack Eichel came to Las Vegas in 2021 with lofty expectations that he has mostly fulfilled, including helping lead the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup championship two seasons ago. Now he has taken his game to an even higher level. He has 58 points...
Tom McVie, longtime Bruins assistant who also coached Capitals, Jets and Devils, has died at 89
BOSTON (AP) — Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship over Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers in the final year before the franchises were absorbed into the NHL, has died. He was 89. McVie was also the Jets’ first coach in the NHL...
Noesen's overtime goal lifts Devils past Lightning 3-2
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Stefan Noesen scored a power-play goal in overtime and Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves as the New Jersey Devils defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday night. Ondrej Palat and Jack Hughes also scored for New Jersey, which was coming off a 1-4-1 road trip...
Boqvist nets 2 in 3rd period as Panthers beat Utah 4-1
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jesper Boqvist scored twice in the third period and the Florida Panthers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-1 on Wednesday night. Sam Reinhart and Eetu Luostarinen each had a goal for the reigning Stanley Cup champions. Matthew Tkachuk finished with two assists, and...
Outdoor hockey is coming to Florida. The NHL will have games in Miami and Tampa next season
MIAMI (AP) — Hockey. Outdoors. In Florida. Next season, the NHL is making it happen — twice. The NHL announced Wednesday that the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will play host to the New York Rangers at loanDepot Park in Miami — home of baseball’s...
Panthers use short-handed goals to beat Lightning 4-2 in opener of home-and-home set
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen scored short-handed goals 42 seconds apart in the second period to help the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday to open a home-and-home series. The teams will play again Monday night at Florida. ...
Verhaeghe gets tiebreaking goal in 3rd period as Panthers beat Oilers 6-5
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the defending champion Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Monday in the rematch of the Stanley Cup Final. Niko Mikkola, Sam Reinhart, Jesper Boqvist, Matthew Tkachuk and...
Dustin Wolf makes 32 saves, Flames hand Panthers their 2nd straight shutout with 3-0 win
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dustin Wolf made 32 saves, Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist and the Calgary Flames handed the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers their second straight shutout, 3-0 on Saturday night. Coming off a 4-0 loss at Vancouver on Thursday night, Florida...
Leon Draisaitl is leading the NHL in goals and the surging Oilers on 'both ends of the ice'
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers needed just five seconds on their first power play of the game to take an early first-period lead in Minnesota, when Connor McDavid sent a slick cross-slot pass to co-star Leon Draisaitl for a textbook one-timer past Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson. ...
