The New Jersey Devils had high hopes heading into the 2025-26 campaign, and the team fell well short of those expectations. This led to the Devils firing GM Tom Fitzgerald. Now, the team will look...

The NHL has been a tale of two stories when it comes to the playoff push this season. The Eastern Conference was a gauntlet, with 5-6 teams battling for the…

The New York Islanders will not be making the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but captain Anders Lee wishes to return to Long Island next season. The feeling is mutual, as Islanders’ general manager Mathieu...

The Vegas Golden Knights are headed to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the eighth time in their nine seasons. They made a late-season coaching change, firing Stanley Cup Champion Bruce Cassidy in...

With just a few days to go until the Flyers take on the Penguins in Philly’s first playoff series since 2020, plus decades of animosity built up toward the Pittsburgh fanbase, you probably don’t...

The Toronto Maple Leafs dramatically missed the playoffs in 2025-26, finishing second-to-last in the Eastern Conference. They were never close to the playoffs, stumbling out of the gate and never...

It was a disaster of a season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The season was not on a good track before Auston Matthews went down for the season due to a dirty hit from Radko Gudas of the Anaheim...

The Toronto Maple Leafs just finished a disaster season, missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since the 2015-16 season. After Auston Matthews sustained a season-ending injury,...

For the first time in six years, the Philadelphia Flyers are back in the Stanley Cup playoffs and naturally, the hockey Gods have tasked them with the Pittsburgh Penguins as a first round matchup....

The Detroit Red Wings’ season came to an end on Wednesday night. The Red Wings were blown out by the Florida Panthers, 8-1, to end their 2025-26 campaign. As the season came to an end, so did an...

The Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators are set for a first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup. Carolina will be the host team after clinching the best record in the Eastern Conference this...

The upcoming clash between the Flyers and Penguins will mark the eighth postseason battle between the Keystone State rivals.

*Nothing left for us to do but wait for the first round to begin, eh friends? Just hanging out, thinking about how the hockey season isn’t over, waiting for the schedule release, things of that...

The Florida Panthers closed their season with an emphatic 8-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, and Matthew Tkachuk made sure the message carried beyond the final buzzer. Despite missing the Stanley...

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The first-round series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers appears to be a gathering of old friends. Well, not exactly. The NHL’s two Pennsylvania franchises are resuming...

The Battle of Pennsylvania is on. Here's how to get tickets to Penguins vs. Flyers in the 2026 NHL Playoffs.

The Chicago Blackhawks extended general manager Kyle Davidson’s contract on Wednesday. As a result, he will be tasked with continuing to build a playoff-caliber team. This summer, he has to take...

The Columbus Blue Jackets were called out by head coach Rick Bowness after a crushing loss to end their season. Columbus was already eliminated from playoff contention heading into the game. And...

JT Compher and the Detroit Red Wings are not playing in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After being first in the East on January 25th, Detroit suffered an unimaginable collapse to finish seven...

The Leafs now have a 41.9% of retaining their 2026 first-round pick, which needs to stay in the top five to avoid losing it to the Bruins.

One of the biggest match-ups in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs features two teams from the Central Division as the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild prepare to face off. Not only are...

The Seattle Kraken have been eliminated from postseason contention. As a result, the team is only playing for pride at this point. Unfortunately, the grind of the NHL season takes no breaks. And...

These two ancient rivals are meeting for the ninth time in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the first times since the Bruins registered a 4-2 series victory in 2010. The Sabres are making their first...

The Chicago Blackhawks are not going to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2026. However, the future is certainly bright in the Windy City. Goalie Spencer Knight has emerged as a legitimate No. 1 option....

The New Jersey Devils missed the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and made some major changes as a result. The biggest domino to fall, at least to this point, came in the front office. The Devils fired...

Jaromir Jagr sits on the mantle with the best hockey players in history after incredible professional hockey performances in parts of five decades. The graceful Czech winger built a Hall... The...

SportsLine NHL analyst Scott Erskine gives an overview of the Eastern Conference matchup between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in the opening round of the postseason

Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere gave credit to his evaluators for targeting goalie Dan Vladar last offseason, which in turn helped the team make the playoffs for the first time...

Dan Vladar has been the Flyers' MVP this season and is the biggest reason the team is in the playoffs. His numbers prove he deserves Vezina consideration next.

After winning the Western Conference in back-to-back seasons, the Edmonton Oilers are gearing up for another potentially deep Stanley Cup Playoff run — and they’ll have Zach Hyman back for that...

The Penguins’ experience and Flyers’ toughness are key areas to watch in the Battle of Pennsylvania.

Sean Couturier was just 19 years old when the bright lights of his first Stanley Cup playoffs shone directly in his eyes. He didn’t blink. No, he actually went out and scored his first career...

The Flyers let the kids play in the regular season finale, and they beat the Canadiens, signaling that there's still so much more to come.

The eighth chapter in the playoff history between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins is about to be written. The Flyers have won four of the first seven series, but also lost...

The Carolina Hurricanes are fresh off winning the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history. They begin their quest to bring a Stanley Cup championship to Raleigh for the first...

The young stars of the Philadelphia Flyers all factored in the scoring of their 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet was happy with what he saw from the...

Let’s check in with 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh: Zay-gras? Is he Trevor Zegras’ cousin? Kinda makes it hard to believe you hate a guy if you can’t actually pronounce his name. I looked up this...

The Ottawa Senators are gearing up for a difficult first-round matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs — and they’re going to need captain Brady Tkachuk at full health...

You could describe the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2025-26 season with a list of different words, but none of them would be the word “perfect”. After their January swoon where they lost 11 out of 13...

The Utah Mammoth are preparing for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It is the first playoff berth in the history of the Mammoth, but an opponent for their first round of the playoffs has not yet been...

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The Flyers are the second-youngest team in the NHL’s postseason field this year.

The Buffalo Sabres hockey team and their fans are celebrating after the franchise’s long playoff drought is over. Now, more information is coming to light about how Buffalo was able to return this...

The New York Islanders’ 2025-26 season probably could not have ended any worse. After occupying a top-three spot in the Metropolitan Division for most of the campaign, the Isles imploded at the...

At long last, the Philadelphia Flyers are returning to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Welcoming them back to the dance will be the Pittsburgh Penguins, their longtime cross-state rivals. Home-ice...

Matvei Michkov bagged a goal and two assists in the Flyers’ regular season finale on Tuesday night, a 4-2 home win against the Montreal Canadiens: It’ll go down in the history books as a 98 point...

No member of the Philadelphia Flyers has won the Hart Trophy since Eric Lindros did for his 1994-95 season, but one player could at least get some recognition in the voting this season. When the...

The Dallas Stars are gearing up for a difficult Round 1 matchup against the Minnesota Wild, a series that will pit two of the National Hockey League’s best seven teams against each other. While...

The NHL playoff field is set. While some matchups in the West still need determining, we know who the 16 teams will be. The favorites are obvious: the Tampa Bay…