The reigning champions Florida Panthers make their second attempt at booking their third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes for Game 5 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Final Wednesday.

The Edmonton Oilers are one win away from heading back to the Stanley Cup Final after defeating the Dallas Stars 4-1 in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday evening.

While watching the Edmonton Oilers' crusade for their sixth Stanley Cup championship and first since 1990, it's hard to imagine that the team led by Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl was founded by a Canadian Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War II.

One of the most iconic parts of winning the Stanley Cup is the one-by-one passing of the Cup from player to player during the postgame celebration of the team’s win. Each player, starting with the captain of the team (in the ‘99 Stars’ case, that was Derrian Hatcher), gets a minute or so to skate the Cup and soak in the moment.

Edmonton Oilers winger Zach Hyman is expected to miss the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs due to surgery for an upper-body injury he suffered in Game 4 against the Dallas Stars,

The Florida Panthers may be in the midst of another exciting Stanley Cup Playoff run, but there is still something quite large looming in their future.

The Buffalo Sabres acquired defenseman Bowen Byram before the March 2024 trade deadline from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for center Casey Mittelstadt. He quickly established himself as a solid addition to their blue-line corps, finishing this season with a career-best 38 points.

Corey Perry remembers playing on what felt like hockey’s biggest stage well before reaching a Stanley Cup final. The year was 2005. The NHL was locked out. Rabid fans in Canada were starved for