You can get a sense of how Las Vegas feels about the city’s newest hometown heroes, the Golden Knights, outside the New York New York hotel on the Strip — where Lady Liberty proudly dons her giant Golden Knights jersey. Her supersize display of civic pride measures 60 feet tall, […]
As amazing as the success has been for the Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle could actually top Sin City’s efforts. Probably not on the ice, but definitely off it. The Emerald City is vying to join the NHL as the 32nd franchise, with play to begin in 2020. Seattle’s KOMO TV […]
The Washington Capitals will play for the Stanley Cup after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 in the decisive Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Capitals will now advance to take on the expansion Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final, with both teams standing just four […]
T.J. Oshie scored twice and Branden Holtby made 24 saves as the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. That sets up an all-or-nothing Game 7 on Wednesday night in Tampa Bay, with the winner advancing to face the Vegas Golden […]
The improbable run of the Vegas Golden Knights reached yet another level on Sunday, as the NHL’s newest expansion team defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 to win the Western Conference finals in five games and move on to the Stanley Cup Final. The Golden Knights now await either the Tampa […]
After being dominated in Game 1 of the NHL’s Western Conference Finals, it looked like the Cinderella story may be coming to a close for the Vegas Golden Knights. Instead, they’re back to doing what they’ve done all season long–shocking the hockey world. The first-year expansion franchise is now just […]
Springtime in Washington DC usually brings two things — the brilliant bloom of cherry blossoms and impending doom for the local hockey team. This year, Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are writing a new script. The Russian superstar hasn’t been able to get his team past the second round […]
The World Hockey Championships have been perceived as the ugly step-sister of international hockey tournaments in recent years. But has a different aura about it this time around. The event has taken a backseat to the Olympics ever since since the NHL started sending its players to the Olympic Games […]
After Boston’s Game 7 victory over Toronto on Wednesday, the second round of the NHL Playoffs can begin and two games are set for Thursday night. The defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins will play at Washington, while San Jose travels to Vegas. The other two conference semifinal series are […]
The San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights were able to rest up after breezing through their first-round in the NHL playoffs — unable to play each other in round two until after the 14 remaining teams finished their best-of-seven series. By the end of the weekend, four teams had advanced, and […]
In only a matter of four games, less than a week, the Vegas Golden Knights have gone from one of the best stories in hockey history to one of the best bets to hoist the Stanley Cup. The Golden Knights not only opened as the favorites in their second-round matchup […]
The Vegas Golden Knights are proving that the surprising is becoming routine. The expansion team swept the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the NHL playoffs on Tuesday, and are the first team to advance to the second round. They became the third team ever in the NHL, […]
If the Los Angeles Kings are going to even the best-of-seven NHL Playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights, they will be doing it without Drew Doughty. The team’s star defenseman was suspended Thursday by the NHL for a hit to the head of William Carrier in the teams 1-0 […]
The NHL Playoffs begin on Wednesday and all eight games expect to have some level of intrigue. Some of the storylines include the Pittsburgh Penguins trying to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup and the Vegas Golden Knights trying to keep its magical season alive. The favorite to win the […]
They have been the favorite of oddsmakers late in the season, and now that the NHL Playoffs are set to begin on Wednesday, the Nashville Predators are maintaining that status. Bovada has the Western Conference winner at 7/2. Sportsbook.ag has them listed as the 9/2 favorite. Tampa Bay, which begin […]
Hockey fans know well that NHL teams always have an emergency goalie in the building, just in case the two they normally keep on the roster both go down in the same game. But they rarely ever see action, and they’ve never made a significant impact on a game – […]
Seattle hockey fans are going wild about the prospects of welcoming the NHL to their city, they just aren’t crazy about what the owners are proposing to call the new team. Names such as the Rainiers, Kraken, and Sea Lions all have been floated as possible monikers. The NHL Board […]
With the NHL regular season winding down, the teams trying to get into the postseason are doing more jockeying than the backstretch at Churchill Downs. Some clubs are in better position than others, while for a few organizations, like Buffalo, Arizona, and Chicago, their seasons are over. The Eastern Conference […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning look even more like a leading Stanley Cup contender after adding Ryan McDonagh and JT Miller to their roster in a blockbuster deal with the New York Rangers just before the NHL trade deadline. The Rangers were clearly in sell mode heading into the trade deadline, […]
The Boston Bruins have traded for All-Star forward Rich Nash in an effort to solidify their roster before the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Bruins acquired Nash in a multiplayer trade with the New York Rangers. In exchange for 33-year-old Nash, the Rangers will receive defenseman Ryan Lindgren, forwards Matt Beleskey […]
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