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2024-05-01, 14:12NHLNHL Playoff Daily: The Vancouver Canucks decided not to flip the challenge coin
The Canucks could have challenged, but did not.
2024-03-18, 18:00NHL
What We Learned: Tampa Bay Lightning might be turning it around
The Lightning are winning a lot all of a sudden, and maybe more important, the goalie is up to his old tricks.
2023-10-23, 17:01NHLWhat We Learned: When do the Tampa Bay Lightning start to worry?
It's early, and the Tampa Bay Lightning have the talent to turn things around in an instant, but there are some concerning signs with this team.
2023-04-24, 15:31NHLWhat We Learned: the NHL has an officiating problem, is there a solution?
"Wow all the refs suck!" Okay and if they call the rulebook to the letter, the product sucks. There's no good answer here.
2023-04-15, 20:30NHLEP Rinkside 3 Stars: And so the NHL's regular season ends
The regular season is over and now the irregular(?) season begins.
2022-06-27, 07:51NHLHow the Colorado Avalanche defeated a dynasty to win the Stanley Cup
Abbey Mastracco looks at the key factors in the Colorado Avalanche's 2022 Stanley Cup championship win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2022-06-25, 06:26NHL'Sneaky P:' How Ondřej Palát went from a last-round draft pick to Stanley Cup star
Ondrej Palat's 12th Stanley Cup Playoff game-winner helped the Tampa Bay Lightning stave off elimination against the Colorado Avalanche. Abbey Mastracco with details in Denver on his career ascent.
2022-06-24, 18:50NHLEP Rinkside 3 Stars for Week 8 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs
EP Rinkside senior columnist compares the Stanley Cup Final to pro wrestling as he highlights the three top performances in the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final.
2022-06-21, 13:00NHLWill the Colorado Avalanche stick with Darcy Kuemper in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final?
Three games into the Stanley Cup Final the Avs have a decision to make about which goalie to roll with after a 6-2 loss in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Abbey Mastracco looks at the key storylines moving forward in the series.
2022-06-16, 15:00NHLAndre Burakovsky tilted the ice enough for the Avalanche to win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
Abbey Mastracco reports from Denver on Andre Burakovsky's contribution in the Colorado Avalanche's Game 1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2022-05-02, 14:26NHLWhat We Learned: Are Detroit Red Wings ready to enter a new era?
In the last big piece of news before the start of the playoffs, the Red Wings are going in a different direction behind the bench. The road they take will be critical.
2021-12-22, 17:262022 Winter OlympicsNHL opts out of Olympic participation due to COVID-19 surge
The NHL will not allow player participation in the upcoming 2022 Olympic Games and will use the time period initially slated for the Olympic break to try and make up some of the 50 games delayed due to COVID-19.
2021-10-08, 17:00NHLTrophy Watch: 5 potential candidates for the 2021-22 Jack Adams Trophy
Closing out our Trophy Watch series, Ryan Lambert looks at the field of candidates for the Jack Adams Trophy in the 2021-22 NHL season, awarded to the league's best coach.
2021-10-01, 17:30NHLTrophy Watch: 5 potential candidates for the 2021-22 Hart Memorial/Ted Lindsay trophies
EP Rinkside Senior Columnist Ryan Lambert kicks off a Trophy Watch series by looking at the players with the best candidacies for the Hart Memorial and Ted Lindsay trophies in the 2021-22 season.
2021-07-16, 17:04NHLDoerrie's Deets: Dispelling the biggest team-building myth
It’s been quite an eventful few weeks in the NHL, and it seems like if you put your phone down to make lunch, there’s a good chance you’ll miss big news. Here is Rachel Doerrie's take on all of the NHL news we've had over the last two weeks.
2021-07-06, 11:00NHLCanadiens' penalty kill is the true star of Game 4
Josh Anderson boldly said the Montreal Canadiens were not done after a disastrous performance in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. He made sure of that by scoring in overtime Tuesday night in Game 4 to force a fifth game against the Tampa Lightning. Once again, the Canadiens proved to be one tough out.
2021-07-01, 06:03NHLBlake Coleman trade paying dividends for Tampa Bay Lightning in Stanley Cup Final
Lightning GM Julien BriseBois took heat for giving up so many assets to acquire Blake Coleman. But Coleman's heroics now have Tampa Bay two wins away from a second-straight Stanley Cup, proving he was worth the cost.
2021-06-29, 12:04NHLNikita Kucherov keys Lightning to win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
Nikita Kucherov missed the entire regular season and was injured in the last round of the postseason, but you'd never know it the way he played in the first game of the Stanley Cup Final.
2021-06-28, 16:13NHLWhat We Learned: The irresistible power play meets the immovable penalty kill
The Montreal Canadiens got by the Vegas Golden Knights because they did not allow a single power play goal in the series. That’s it. Now they face the best power play in hockey in the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2021-06-14, 18:34NHLWhat We Learned: The Islanders brought their A-game to Tampa
The key to playing hockey at a high level is to not think. The New York Islanders' system forces everyone else to think while the Isles just have to execute.
2021-05-20, 04:22AHLAround The AHL: Tampa Bay, Syracuse, and Groulx are a match
Syracuse Crunch head coach Ben Groulx is back for more next season. Patrick Williams has more on the leader of one of the NHL's best development pipelines.
