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NHL Playoffs 2025

Matthew Tkachuk leans forward

Hurricanes get meme treatment after going down 0-3 to Panthers

NHL fans on Saturday added insult to injury as the Carolina Hurricanes got thrashed by the Florida Panthers for a third-straight conference finals game. The two teams were tied 1-1 heading into the final period of Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena in …

Mikko Rantanen playing for the Stars

Dallas Stars showcase ‘Finnish Mafia’ starting lineup

The Dallas Stars made some history Friday night in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals with their choice of starting lineup. The Stars started the game with their “Finnish Mafia” all on the ice together. Mikael Granlund, Roope Hintz, …

Wayne Gretzky in a suit

Wayne Gretzky made surprising move after Stars’ playoff win

Wayne Gretzky made a surprise appearance in one team’s locker room after they advanced to the Western Conference Finals, but it is not the team one might necessarily have expected. Gretzky attended Game 6 of the series between the Dallas Stars …

Referee Chris Rooney has his eye examined

Update emerges on NHL referee Chris Rooney after gruesome eye injury

NHL referee Chris Rooney was left bleeding profusely after he was hit in the eye with a stick during Sunday night’s Eastern Conference playoff game between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs, but fortunately there has since been a …

Brad Marchand in a Panthers uniform looking on

Brad Marchand blames Toronto fans, media for pressuring Maple Leafs

Brad Marchand had an interesting take on what partly caused the Toronto Maple Leafs to melt down in Sunday’s do-or-die game. Marchand was one of six different Florida Panthers to score in Game 7 of their second-round series against the Maple …

Mitch Marner yelling

Mitch Marner had furious message for his Leafs teammates

Mitch Marner was furious as Game 7 of his Toronto Maple Leafs’ Eastern Conference second-round playoff series with the Florida Panthers was slipping away on Sunday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario. While no goals were scored during the …

Maples Leafs fan throws a jersey onto the ice

Maple Leafs fans throw gear onto ice amid Game 7 meltdown

Toronto Maple Leafs fans on Sunday let their emotions get the best of them after watching their team get eliminated from the NHL postseason in embarrassing fashion. The Maple Leafs were ripped to shreds by the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of their …

Chris Rooney helped off the ice

Referee Chris Rooney exits after taking stick near his eye

Referee Chris Rooney exited Game 7 of the Eastern Conference second-round series between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, on Sunday night after taking a stick near his eye. The second period of the …

Mark Scheifele down on the ice

Mark Scheifele gets dropped on huge punch from Jamie Benn

Mark Scheifele got dropped on a huge punch from Jamie Benn late in Thursday’s game between his Winnipeg Jets and the Dallas Stars. Winnipeg was leading 3-0 in the third period, and a skirmish broke out near the benches. Scheifele was being …

Mason Marchment hitting a referee with his stick

Stars’ Mason Marchment gets away with hitting referee with his stick

Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment somehow got away with a blatant move during Sunday’s Western Conference semifinals Game 3 against the Winnipeg Jets. Marchment was frustrated after not drawing a penalty call on two occasions during the …

William Nylander in a suit

Leafs star Willam Nylander stuck wearing the same suit 4 games in a row

Toronto Maple Leafs star William Nylander has boxed himself into a quirky superstition. Nylander began wearing an olive-colored suit with no tie and tennis shoes to his games. He had immediate success while wearing that outfit, so he kept it up. …

Cole Perfetti celebrating his game-tying goal in Jets-Blues Game 7

Winnipeg Jets score wild game-tying Game 7 goal with 1.6 seconds left

The St. Louis Blues were a defensive stand away from advancing to the second round of the 2025 NHL Playoffs. Cole Perfetti had other ideas. Perfetti’s Winnipeg Jets trailed the Blues 3-2 with under two minutes left in their Game 7 first-round …

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin celebrates his Game 1 overtime winner against the Canadiens

Alex Ovechkin plays hero with OT winner in Game 1 vs. Canadiens

Alex Ovechkin’s history-making 2024-25 season continued on Monday night. Ovi was fantastic from start to finish in Game 1 of the Washington Capitals’ first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens at Capital One Arena in Washington, …

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