The Flyers and Penguins will face off in an NHL Stanley Cup playoff first-round series. See how the NHL playoff format works.

The 2026 NHL playoffs mean true overtime hockey is back. Three-on-three play and shootouts are out and there could be some very long games.

The Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. But if it feels like good teams are being eliminated too early, it's because they are.

The NHL playoffs have the best game action in all of sports. No trophy is more illustrious than the Stanley Cup. And yet, the playoffs have a clear formatting problem. It is not a new idea to call out ...

NHL playoff overtime, 2026, 5 on 5 sudden death, no shootouts. Long stretches of high-pressure hockey. And it’s already shown itself to be pretty intense. The game has already seen a couple of matches ...

The NHL regular season is just days away from concluding, with the attention of the hockey world shifting to the postseason and which teams will compete for the Stanley Cup. With two spots remaining ...

After three periods, there are different sets of rules for the regular season and playoffs in the NHL.

ST. PAUL, Minn.(AP) — The current concentration of power in the Western Conference makes the Central Division a good bet to be the star of the show in these Stanley Cup playoffs. Don't wait for the ...

More than a decade into the return of a division-focused playoff format, the arguments persist about whether it is the best thing the NHL can do to determine a Stanley Cup champion. For three years in ...

Over a decade ago, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman came up with an idea he thought was brilliant. He wanted to create more ...

The Lightning have first place in the Atlantic Division locked up, so they’ll be playing the second wild-card team in the Eastern Conference. Their players, however, are still paying attention to the ...

With nearly two full rounds in the books, here are the top takeaways that will influence the rest of the playoffs.