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

With the NHL regular season now over, the picture is set for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. Which of the 16 teams left standing will lift Lord Stanley's Cup in June?

The Stanley Cup dream for 16 teams has been dashed, but for the fans of those teams, there is still plenty to root for in the ...

After the Minnesota Wild clinched their playoff spot on Tuesday, the FanDuel Sports Network flashed a graphic across the screen. The stat? Most Western Conference playoff appearances over the last 11 ...

While most pundits and insiders think Vegas will win this series handily, the Wild could stage an upset... If they play the ...

There are only three playoff teams - the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Colorado Avalanche, and the Los Angeles Kings - that are ...

Pavel Dorofeyev scored his team-leading 35th goal of the season to snap a 1-1 tie early in the third period as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated Vancouver 4-1 in the regular-season finale for both ...

The Vegas Golden Knights have controlled the Pacific Division for most of the season. Call it bad injury luck for the ...

In my last piece, I described the Minnesota Wild’s defensive breakdowns. The Wild has struggled to put the puck in the net ...

The Wild are back in the NHL playoffs, and after a season threatened but never fully derailed by injury, they're getting healthy at the right time.

The Wild needed one point entering Tuesday's regular-season finale to secure the first wild card spot in the Western Conference, which came after Joel Eriksson Ek tied the game for the Wild with 22 ...

The Minnesota Wild sent soon-retiring goalie Marc-Andre Fleury out for an overtime win after their place in the playoffs was ...