CAROLINA HURRICANES vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC
SERIES: Carolina leads 3-1
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Hurricanes: Andersen (11-1 .928 / 1.44 3SO) Canadiens Dobes (9-9 .912 / 2.53 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Carolina / Montreal
A pair of Florida Panthers made a mark in Finland’s 4-1 win over Czechia in quarterfinal action from the World Championship in Switzerland...
A quintet of Florida Panthers will be in action today at the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland.
Captain Aleksander Barkov (2G/6A) and Anton Lundll (3G/2A) and the rest of Team Finland, who finshed second in Group A, will do battle with Marek Alscher (2G) and Czechia, who came in third place in Group B, at Swiss Life Arena in Zurich.
The early game in Fribourg, the most compelling of the quarterfinal round, will see Matthew Tkachuk (4G/3A) and the United States face-off agai...
CAROLINA HURRICANES at MONTREAL CANADIENS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Bell Centre – Montreal, PQ
SERIES: Carolina leads 2-1
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Hurricanes: Andersen (10-1 .923 / 1.56 2SO) Canadiens Dobes (9-8 .910 / 2.50 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Carolina / Montreal
Vegas 2, Colorado 1 (Tuesday)
Mark Stone and Cole Smith scored the goals, and Carter Hart stopped 20 of 21 shots faced, as the Vegas G...
COLORADO AVALANCHE at VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
WHEN: 9 p.m. ET
WHERE: T-Mobile Arena – Paradise, NV
SERIES: Vegas leads 3-0
ON THE TUBE: ESPN
PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Blackwood (1-0 .872 / 3.20 0SO) Golden Knights: Hart (11-4 .923 / 2.30 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Vegas
Carolina 3, Montreal 2 (OT) (Monday)
Andrei Svechnikov took a pass from Seth Jarvis and beat Jakub Dobes 14:06 into overtime to ...
CAROLINA HURRICANES at MONTREAL CANADIENS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Bell Centre – Montreal, PQ
SERIES: Tied 1-1
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Hurricanes: Andersen (9-1 .927 / 1.55 2SO) Canadiens Dobes (9-7 .909 / 2.51 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Carolina / Montreal
Vegas 5, Montreal 3 (Sunday)
The Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas is...
COLORADO AVALANCHE at VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: T-Mobile Arena – Paradise, NV
SERIES: Vegas leads 2-0
ON THE TUBE: ESPN
PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (7-3 .912 / 2.30 0SO) Golden Knights: Hart (10-4 .924 / 2.25 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Vegas
Carolina 3, Montreal 2 (OT) [Saturday]
Nikolaj Ehlers scored his second goal of the game off the rush 3:29 into overtime to give...
CAROLINA HURRICANES vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC
SERIES: Montreal leads 1-0
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Hurricanes: Andersen (8-1 .932 / 1.51 2SO) Canadiens Dobes (9-6 .911 / 2.48 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Carolina / Montreal
Vgeas 3, Colorado 1 (Friday)
Ivan Barbashev scored twice, including the game-winner, and Jack Eichel contributed a goal and an assist for the Vegas G...
COLORADO AVALANCHE vs VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Ball Arena – Denver, CO
SERIES: Vegas leads 1-0
ON THE TUBE: ESPN
PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (7-2 .911 / 2.32 0SO) Golden Knights: Hart (9-4 .920 / 2.35 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Vegas
Montreal 6, Carolina 2
Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice and added an assist, Phillip Danault and Cole Caufield ea...
CAROLINA HURRICANES vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC
SEASON SERIES: Montreal won 3-0
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Hurricanes: Andersen (8-0 .950 / 1.12 2SO) Canadiens Dobes (8-6 .910 / 2.52 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Carolina / Montreal
IIHF World Championship
Today’s games
Group A: Finland 7, Latvia 1
Group B: Canada 6, Norway 5 (OT)
Group A: Swi...
COLORADO AVALANCHE vs VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Ball Arena – Denver, CO
SEASON SERIES: Colorado won 2-1
ON THE TUBE: ESPN
PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (7-1 .878 / 2.20 0SO) Golden Knights: Hart (8-4 .912 / 2.37 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Vegas
IIHF World Championship (Tuesday)
Florida Panthers foiward Sandis Vilmanis registered four shots on in Latvia’s 3-1 loss to Austria in Zuric...
Alex Newhook scored the series-winning goal 11:22 into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 at KeyBank Center. First period tallies from Phillip Danault and Zach Bolduc gave the Habs an early two-goal lead, but the host Sabres would fight back to tie the tilt. Jordan Greenway was credited with Buffalo’s first goal with 6:19 left in the second period and Rasmus Dahlin’s marker at 6:27 of the third evened it up. Jakub Dobes bounced back from ...
Alright Florida Panthers fans, the time has come to make your selections for round three of the Litter Box Cats annual playoff predictions contest.
We are down to two series, so for this round, the points will range from 8 to 7 with an additional bonus points for picking the winner in the correct amount of games.
Bonus points will also be awarded if you can hit on the player who scores the winning goal in the series-ending game of both conference finals and the player who scores the ...
The Buffalo Sabres will host the Montreal Canadiens tonight in a do or die Game 7 that will complete the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal had a chance to win the series on home ice in Game 6 on Saturday, but the Sabres staved off elimination, riddling Jakub Dobes with goals in an 8-3 rout. Buffalo will be looking to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. The Canadiens made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021 before losing to t...
The Buffalo Sabres will host the Montreal Canadiens tonight in a do or die Game 7 that will complete the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal had a chance to win the series on home ice in Game 6 on Saturday, but the Sabres staved off elimination, riddling Jakub Dobes with goals in an 8-3 rout. Buffalo will be looking to advance the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. The Canadiens made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021 before losing to the ...
Rasmus Dahlin produced a goal and four assists, Tage Thompson had a goal and three assists, and Jack Quinn notched two power-play goals and had an assist for Buffalo Sabres, who routed the Montreal Canadiens by an 8-3 count at Bell Centre to send the series to a seventh game. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 18 shots he faced in relief after replacing Alex Lyon 10:14 into the first, when Jake Evans’ short-handed marker put the Habs up 3-1. Lyon allowed three goals on four shots. Jason Zucker, ...
Anton Lundell scored a power-play goal and collected an assist on Jesse Puljujarvi’s third period game-winner in Finland’s 3-1 victory over Germany at the IIHF World Championship in Switzerland. Aleksander Barkov, who played his first meaningful game since June, 17, 2025, had the secondary assist on Lundell’s first period marker, which came with Germany’s Maximillian Kastner off for tripping. Lundell, named the game’s best player, logged 15:58 of ice time, registered three shots on goal and wo...
The 2026 IIHF World Championship gets underway today in Switzerland and five Florida Panthers will be taking part, including recently recovered captain Aleksander Barkov. Joining Barkov on the Finnish squad will be fellow Cats center Anton Lundell. Matthew Tkachuk will play for last year’s winners, the United States, who struck gold at the tournament for the first time since 1933. Panthers prospects Sandis Vilmanis and Marek Alscher, who both got a taste of NHL action this season, will toil fo...
The Colorado Avalanche rallied from an early deficit before eliminating the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 at Ball Arena by a 4-3 count when Brett Kulak belted Martin Necas’ crossing pass by Jesper Wallstadt 3:52 into overtime. Down three after the first period, Colorado brought Scott Wedgewood into the game and got on the board on Parker Kelly’s deflection goal. Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon struck 2:10 apart late in third to send the game to overtime. Marcus Johansson opened the scoring and the ...
Pavel Dorofeyev roofed the rebound of Jack Eichel’s shot for his second goal of the game 4:10 into overtime to lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday. Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist, and Carter Hart finished with 34 saves for Vegas, who took a three games to two lead in the series. Beckett Sennecke scored in his fourth straight game of the series, and Olen Zellweger tied it for the Ducks with 3:05 remaining in regulati...
Parker Kelly’s first career Stanley Cup Playoff goal at 11:32 of the third period was the game-winner as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2 at Grand Casino Arena on Monday. Nazem Kadri, Ross Colton, Nathan MacKinnon and Brock Nelson, also lit the lamp, Martin Necas had two assists, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves in his first start this postseason for Colorado, who opened up a three games to one series lead heading back to Denver’s Ball Arena for Game 5...
Florida Panthers center Anton Lundell scored a goal, and Aleksander Barkov had an assist in Finland’s 5-1 victory over Sweden at the Beijer Hockey Games in Ängelholm, Sweden. The Finns won the four-day event with a 2-0-1 record. Finland will open the IIHF World Championship on March 15, versus Germany in Zurich.
Panthers defensemen Mikulas Hovorka and Marek Alscher saw duty in Czechia’s 5-1 loss to Switzerland. The Czechs finished the event in third place. Finland will open the IIHF World...
Jackson Blake scored his second goal of the game at 5:31 of overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes nipped the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 to complete the sweep at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday. Blake also drew an assist on Logan Stankoven’s marker, Taylor Hall had three helpers, and Frederik Andersen made 15 stops for the Hurricanes, who are a perfect 8-0 in the postseason. Tyson Foerster and Alex Bump scored, and Dan Vladar finished with 37 saves for the Flyers.
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal ...
Mitch Marner registered a natural hat trick and set up Brayden McNabb’s short-handed goal as the Vegas Golden Knights fricasseed the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 in Game 3 at Honda Center on Friday. It was the first hat trick of Marner’s postseason career. Shea Theodore and Brett Howden each had a goal and an assist, and Carter Hart made 31 stops for the Golden Knights, who took a two to one lead in the series. Beckett Sennecke and Chris Kreider scored the goals for Anaheim.
Alex Newhook notched a p...
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov returned to action on Thursday in Finland’s 5-4 loss to Switzerland at the Beijer Hockey Games in Ängelholm, Sweden. Barkov scored Finland’s only goal in the shootout, and Cats teammate Anton Lundell dished out three assists for the Finns, who will open the IIHF World Championship on March 15, versus Germany in Zurich.
Jordan Staal and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 victory over the P...
Josh Doan and Ryan McLeod each produced a goal and an assist to power the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 at KeyBank Center on Wednesday. Jordan Greenway and Bowen Byram also lit the lamp, Zach Benson had two assists, and former Florida Panthers keeper Alex Lyon made 26 saves for Buffalo, who are playing in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2007. Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach scored for Montreal, who got 12 saves from Jakub Do...