NHL Hockey News

The NHL Playoffs have entered round two. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators have tried to beat on each other in an attempt to advance to the Conference Finals.

In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit.

The Los Angeles Kings are now the team bemoaning a late penalty while the San Jose Sharks celebrate a dramatic win.

Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season.

Brianwa Flores, left, and Katie Cosentino from Illinois State Lottery greet hockey fans before Game 2 of an NHL hockey playoff Western Conference semifinal between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

On a night when Sidney Crosby recorded his second career playoff hat trick and created a buzz around the hockey world with his jaw-dropping performance in the Penguins' 4-3 victory against Ottawa in Game 2 of their second-round series Friday night, it was up to the player with the worst plus-minus rating on the team to score the winning goal.

Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal has been diagnosed with a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, the team announced Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin played the last two games of the Washington Capitals' season with what the team says is a hairline fracture in his left foot.

Boston's Brad Marchand, right, takes New York's Mats Zuccarello into the glass during the third period.

Raffi Torres had to keep his thoughts to himself Friday, as the Sharks declared the suspended left wing off limits to media microphones.

Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL's most feared scorers, a wizard with the puck who is equally adept at setting up his teammates for easy plays.

Start with two NHL MVPs in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Add a future Hall of Famer like Jarome Iginla and a Norris Trophy finalist in defenseman Kris Letang.

Anaheim's Bruce Boudreau, Ottawa's Paul MacLean and Joel Quenneville of Chicago have been named finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the top coach in the NHL.

The New York Rangers entered TD Bank Garden Thursday night to open the Eastern Conference Semifinals three days after eliminating the Washington Capitals in what was, arguably, one of their most complete performances of the season.

LOS ANGELES Captain Dustin Brown tied it with 1:43 left and Trevor Lewis scored the tiebreaking power-play goal 22 seconds later, propelling the Los Angeles Kings to a stunning 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night and a 2-0 series lead.

Paul Stastny scored twice and added a pair of assists to lift the United States to an 8-3 rout of Russia in the quarterfinals of the 2013 World Hockey Championship.

Backstrom, who can become an unrestricted free agent this summer, is expected to be fully recovered in time for the beginning of the 2013-14. The 35-year-old Finn was injured during pregame warmups before Minnesota's playoff opener in Chicago.

San Jose Sharks winger Raffi Torres was suspended Wednesday, pending a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Thursday in New York, as a result of his hit on Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll in Tuesday's Game 1 of their series, the Los Angeles Times reported.

New York Islanders forward Matt Moulson, Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St.

Of course, they have to get it to him first and that's a tough task against the shot-blocking New York Rangers.