Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

Thursday's seven-game finale pushed total attendance for the full, 1,312-game regular season to 23,014,458, surpassing the 23 ...

EDMONTON – Mark Messier loves Edmonton. The iconic Edmonton Oilers ’ alumni has the City of Champions blood coursing through ...

One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who ...

Alex Ovechkin ended the season with 897 goals after scoring in the Washington Capitals’ regular-season finale Thursday night.

The NHL has released the TV schedule for Round 1 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, which begin Saturday, April 19, on TNT.

It’s the hockey equivalent of Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron with his 756th home run, or LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his 38,388th point — a modern legend chasing down one of the most ...

Alex Ovechkin has a new chase to focus on in trading his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record for a second Stanley Cup ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Here's where Ovechkin stands in his chase of Gretzky's goal record (stats through March 27): Ovechkin has 36 goals and 24 assists in 56 games.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Alex Ovechkin is the NHL all-time goals leader, passing Wayne Gretzky with his 895th goal on April 6. To celebrate the ...

NHL all-time leading goal-scorer Alexander Ovechkin on Monday made an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show.