Alex Newhook notched the go-ahead goal with 8:53 remaining in the third period, and the Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 at Benchmark International Arena. Captain Nick Suzuki also scored for the upstart Canadiens, and goaltender Jakub Dobes stopped 28 shots. Dominic James lit the lamp for the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made seven saves. Montreal will face the Buffalo Sabres starting on Wednesday.
Cale Makar scored two goals in the ...
Logan Stankoven scored twice to extend his postseason goal streak to five games in the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 victory over Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 at Lenovo Center on Saturday. Frederik Andersen made 19 saves to post his second shutout of the playoffs, and Jackson Blake also tallied for the Hurricanes, who are unbeaten. Sean Couturier matched Stankoven with a game-high five shots, and Dan Vladar stopped 20 shots for the Flyers.
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The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 6 at TD Garden on Friday to take the series four games to two. It was Buffalo’s first postseason series win since 2007. Alex Tuch, Tuch, Mattias Samuelsson, Zach Benson and Josh Norris lit the lamp for the Sabres. Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson each had two assists, and former Florida Panthers goaltender Alex Lyon stopped 25 saves. David Pastrnak scored Boston’s only goal, and Jeremy Swayman finished with 22 saves.
Mitch Marner ha...
Alright Florida Panthers fans, the time has come to make your selections for round two of the Litter Box Cats annual playoff predictions contest.
Like the first round, the format for the division finals is a confidence picks set-up. This time the points will range from 8 to 5.
I am going to keep the bonus point in place for picking the series-winner in the correct amount of games to add a little more variance to the scoring.
Remember, the contest is done round-by-round and there...
Quinn Hughes scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, and had an assist, and the Minnesota Wild eliminated the Dallas Stars with a rousing 5-2 victory in Game 6 at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul. It was Minnesota’s first postseason series win since 2015. Former Florida Panther Vladimir Tarasenko and Matt Boldy also scored for the Wild, who got 21 saves from goaltender Jesper Wallstadt. Minnesota will take on the Colorado Avalanche next.
Leo Carlsson, Chris Kreider an...
Alexandre Texier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Jakub Dobes made 38 saves in the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday. Brendan Gallagher and Kirby Dach also scored for the Canadiens, who took a 3-2 lead in the series. Dominic James scored his first career playoff goal and Jake Guentzel also tallied for the Lightning.
Dan Vlader stopped 42 shots for his second shutout...
Kirill Kaprizov registered a goal and two assists to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 5 at American Airlines Center. Kaprizov had a hand in goals by Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy, and found the empty net to clinch it with two minutes remaining in regulation. Jesper Wallstadt made 20 saves, and Michael McCarron had the game-winning goal for the Wild, who took a 3-2 lead in the series.
David Pastrnak scored on a partial breakway at 9:14 of o...
Kris Letang notched the game-winning goal for the second straight game, and goaltender Arturs Silvos stopped 18 shots as the Pittsburgh Penguins staved off elimination again with a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 at PPG Paints Arena. Elmer Soderblom and Connor Dewar also lit the lamp for the Penguins, who got two assists from superstar Sidney Crosby. Alex Bump and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers.
Shea Theodore scored with 52 second remaining in overtime, giving th...
Josh Doan, Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs and Bowen Byram each had a goal and an assist, and former Florida Panthers keeper Alex Lyon made 23 saves in the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 rout of the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Atlantic Division-winners opened up a 3-1 lead in the series and will go for the knockout blow on Tuesday in Buffalo. The last time the Sabres won a playoff series was back in 2007.
Rocket Richard-winner Nathan MacKinnon potted two goals and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalan...
The Charlotte Checkers season came to a disappointing and sudden end when Julien Gauthier scored 14:50 into overtime to lift the Springfield Thunderbirds a 2-1 win in Game 3 at Bojangles Coliseum. Tobias Björnfot opened the scoring off an assist from Jack Studnicka 5:58 into the first period. The Checkers held the lead until Calle Rosen beat Cooper Black at 5:45 of the third. Springfield’s Georgi Romanov stopped 34 saves while Black made 22 saves for Charlotte, who didn’t get a goal from a for...
The Charlotte Checkers fell 5-2 to the Springfield Thunderbirds on Friday, sending the series to a decisive Game 3 tonight at 7 p.m. at Bojangles Coliseum. Defensemen Trevor Carrick and Ludvig Jansson scored the goals for Charlotte and Gracyn Sawchyn, Wilmer Skoog, Jack Devine and Brian Pinho were credited with assists. Cooper Black finished with 18 saves on 22 shots faced and took the loss.
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Lane Hutson blew a glorious shot past Andrei Vasile...
Bowen Byram and Noah Ostlund each had a goal and assist, Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal early in third, and former Florida Panthers goalie Alex Lyon made 24 saves in the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Sabres took a 2-1 lead in the series.
Logan Stankoven opened the scoring again and Jackson Blake also lit the lamp for the Carolina Hurricanes, who took a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Ottawa Senators with...
BUFFALO SABRES at BOSTON BRUINS
WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: TD Garden – Boston, MA
SERIES: Tied 1-1
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Sabres: Luukkonen (1-1 .821 / 4.19 0SO) Bruins: Swayman 1-1 .932 / 2.54 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Buffalo / Boston
CAROLINA HURRICANES at OTTAWA SENATORS
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Canadian Tire Centre – Ottawa, ON
SEASON SERIES: Carolina leads 2-0
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Logan Cooley scored the game-winning goal with six minutes remaining in regulation to help the Utah Mammoth win their first Stanley Cup Playoff game in franchise history with a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. The series is now even at a game apiece.
Defenseman J.J. Moser tallied 12:48 into overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored his first post...
Jordan Martinook notched the game-winning goal at 13:53 of double overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory, and a 2-0 series lead, over the Ottawa Senators at Lenovo Center on Monday.
Dan Vladar made 27 saves and rookie Porter Martone scored for the second straight game for the Philadelphia Flyers, who defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in Game 2 at PPG Paints Arena to take a two-game lead over the Sidney Crosby and company.
Wyatt Johnston scored t...
The Charlotte Checkers completed the 2025-26 AHL regular season by splitting a weekend set with the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Bojangles Coliseum.
Lehigh Valley’s Yaniv Perets made 39 saves and Christian Kyrou and Jackson Edward scored the goals as the Phantoms blanked the Checkers by a 2-0 count on Saturday. Cooper Black stopped 13 of 14 shots faced and defenseman Trevor Carrick registered a game-high nine shots on goal.
The Checkers rebounded with a 4-1 win in the sea...
The Charlotte Checkers completed the 2025-26 AHL regular season by splitting a weekend set with the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Bojangles Coliseum.
Lehigh Valley’s Yaniv Perets made 39 saves and Christian Kyrou and Jackson Edward scored the goals as the Phantoms blanked the Checkers by a 2-0 count on Saturday. Cooper Black stopped 13 of 14 shots faced and defenseman Trevor Carrick registered a game-high nine shots on goal.
The Checkers rebounded with a 4-1 win in the season f...
The Charlotte Checkers completed the 2025-26 AHL regular season by splitting a weekend set with the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Bojangles Coliseum.
Lehigh Valley’s Yaniv Perets made 39 saves and Christian Kyrou and Jackson Edward scored the goals as the Phantoms blanked the Checkers by a 2-0 count on Saturday. Cooper Black stopped 13 of 14 shots faced and defenseman Trevor Carrick registered a game-high nine shots on goal.
The Checkers rebounded with a 4-1 win in the season f...
COLORADO AVALANCHE vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS
WHEN: 3 p.m. ET
WHERE: Ball Arena – Denver, CO
SEASON SERIES: Colorado won 3-0
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (31-6-6 .921 / 2.02 4SO) Kings: Forsberg (16-12-5 .910 / 2.57 3SO)
PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Los Angeles
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WHEN: 5:45 p.m. ET
WHERE: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL...
The Florida Panthers are still the defending Stanley Cup champions, but not for long as this year’s NHL postseason kicks off with a trio of exciting games today.
The Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators will meet for the first time ever in the playoffs this afternoon. The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will faceoff for the third time in the postseason this evening. And prime time sees intrastate rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers do battle in the playoffs for the f...
Alright Florida Panthers fans, sucks we didn’t make the postseason, but the time has come to for you to make your selections for another edition of the Litter Box Cats playoff predictions contest.
The contest is done round-by-round and there is an overall winner at the end of the playoffs, so make sure to get in at the beginning if you want to have a chance at ending up top Feline come July.
We will again use the confidence pool set-up.
If you didn’t play last year or you’re unf...
The Florida Panthers closed out the 2025-26 campaign by routing the Detroit Red WIngs by an 8-1 count in front of an appreciative crowd at Amerant Bank Arena.
Rookie Wilmer Skoog collected his first NHL point when he got to a loose puck along the boards and fed veteran Vinnie Hinostroza, who quickly fired the puck past John Gibson from just outside the right circle 4:57 into the tilt.
The Panthers doubled their lead at the 5:37 mark of the second when Marek Alscher sent the puck down...
The Florida Panthers (39-38-4) will complete the injury-ravaged 2025-26 campaign when they host Detroit Red Wings (41-30-10) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in the season finale for both squads who will miss the playoffs.
Cole Reinhardt opened the scoring to extend his goal streak to three games and potted the game-winning marker with 1:50 left in regulation to lift the Panthers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday. Daniil Tarasov made 24 saves and Mackie Samoskevich also li...
Cole Reinhardt opened the scoring and potted the game-winning goal with 1:50 remaining in regulation to lift the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.
With the Panthers applying heavy pressure in the offensive zone, Donovan Sebrango backhanded the around the boards to Luke Kunin, who centered back out to Reinhardt, and he snapped off a shot that beat retiring Jonathan Quick from the left circle to give the Panthers their 39th win of this lost, injury-ravaged campaign.
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The Florida Panthers (38-38-4) will play its penultimate game of the 2025-26 season when they host fellow also-rans the New York Rangers (33-38-9) tonight in a battle of the backups at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida snapped a four-game losing streak on Saturday by cruising to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena. The line of Eetu Luostarinen (1G/2A), Mackie Samoskevich (1G/2A) and A.J. Greer (1G/1A) combined for eight points, and all three players hit the 30-point p...