MIAMI — The Florida Panthers on Sunday were reportedly close to acquiring forward Brady Tkachuk from the Ottawa Senators, a deal that, if completed, will unite star winger Matthew Tkachuk with his brother and bring yet another star hockey player to South Florida.

According to the Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Panthers are sending four ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken made their first deal of the summer Sunday, acquiring 23-year-old forward Mackie Samoskevich from the Florida Panthers.

Seattle paid Florida’s high price and dipped far into their draft capital, sending over both a first- and second-round draft pick. The first-rounder is the 2026 one they acquired from Tampa Bay...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — When the final horn sounded on the Carolina Hurricanes’ Stanley Cup championship, the players at the bench quickly hopped over the boards en masse to let the partying begin in Las Vegas.

All but Sebastian Aho. He turned in the opposite direction.

Aho’s first move was to jump back behind the bench and wrap Canes coach Rod ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — By anybody’s guess, the Carolina Hurricanes’ victory parade drew a massive number of people jammed elbow-to-elbow for more than a mile, a sea of red so enormous it conjured thoughts of Woodstock.

But the official number wasn’t just eye-popping, it very likely broke Raleigh’s record for most people in one place: 150,000...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Seconds after the puck dropped to start the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs, Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes dropped his gloves. He had been challenged to fight by Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators, captain versus captain, and Staal didn’t back down.

When it was over, Staal was the one on top, the winner.

And that’s...Read more

CHICAGO — Jonathan Toews, who captained the Chicago Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup championships in six years, is retiring from the NHL after 16 seasons, leaving a legacy as one of the organization’s all-time greats.

Toews, 38, announced his decision at a news conference Friday in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he played his final season in ...Read more

Jordan Staal was the first to lift the Stanley Cup, the Carolina Hurricanes captain letting out a few howling screams Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena.

Staal then skated toward his joyous teammates for the first handoff and gave the coveted trophy to … Frederik Andersen?

“I was surprised,” Andersen would say. “I was taken aback, a deer ...Read more

The Stanley Cup Final was settled Sunday night. And for the first time since the Florida Panthers watched the Golden Knights celebrate against them in Las Vegas in 2023, it wasn’t Florida hoisting the trophy.

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Golden Knights in six games, and finally, the 2025-26 NHL season came to its conclusion. The long ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — When it was over Sunday, when the dream had ended, when another third-period comeback just wasn’t in the cards, when yet another stop was made by Brandon Bussi, a fact stood out about this Stanley Cup Final:

The Vegas Golden Knights lost to a better team.

Certainly one that played better when it mattered most.

Carolina is your...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions again, nearly 20 years to the day of their first championship run.

Taylor Hall scored in the first period, Jackson Blake in the second, Nikolaj Ehlers into an empty net in the third and goalie Brandon Bussi locked the game down throughout, making 22 saves as the Hurricanes defeated...Read more

The Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup Champions, finally breaking through to win it all in their eighth consecutive trip to the NHL playoffs, and fourth trip to at least the conference final round in those eight years.

The scary thing for the Canes’ divisional opponents — and perhaps for the NHL? They’re not even close to the end of ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Coach John Tortorella confirmed on Saturday what was already expected, that center William Karlsson will not play for the Vegas Golden Knights in the do-or-die Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday.

“No,” Tortorella said when asked if Karlsson was available.

Karlsson left in the second period of Game 5 after being checked...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Two nights of shuteye, that is … if he slept, didn’t change the mind of Vegas Golden Knights coach John Tortorella, who bristled at a question on Thursday night about switching goalies in the Stanley Cup. Whether Vegas extends the series against the Carolina Hurricanes will be influenced on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena by Carter ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart said Saturday he was unfazed by chants from Carolina Hurricanes fans during the Stanley Cup Final regarding his involvement in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.

Carolina fans occasionally chanted “no means no!” toward Hart. The goaltender and four other players were acquitted ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It doesn’t take long in the Stanley Cup playoffs for a player to start feeling it.

There are the hard checks along the wall, body banging body. You go head-first into the boards after a cross-check. You take a shot flush to the face and the blood flows.

You take the pain. You go back on the ice. You’re playing for the Cup...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — He has the numbers, he has the awards, he has today’s spotlight.

Does he also have your adoration?

He has the Cups, he has the moments, he has the scoring titles.

Does he also have bragging rights?

Now that Nikita Kucherov has won his second Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player, is it fair to say he is the ...Read more

PLANO, Texas — Satan’s winning bingo card reads: “183, 287, 121, 820, 635, 20, 30, 35.”

Throw in the words “toll way” or “George Bush” and residents of North Texas are liable to burst into tears, for there is no rubric to the equation of driving anywhere in Dallas-Fort Worth does not come with pain, suffering and money.

After a...Read more

DENVER — Reflections have become celebrations.

The Avs have failed four consecutive seasons to reach the finish line. But did you see the speed, the passing, the scoring before the final lap? Amazing, right?

Sports make hypocrites of all of us.

And the Avs’ long-awaited, season-ending press conference Thursday nestled their leadership ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Vegas Golden Knights are on the brink for the first time this year after losing, 4-2, to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at Lenovo Center on Thursday.

The Hurricanes lead the series 3-2 and will have a chance to win their second Stanley Cup championship in franchise history in Game 6 at T-Mobile ...Read more