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The dust is still settling on the Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. While the blue and white were underdogs against the Boston Bruins and took the series to overtime of Game 7, the eight-year body…

The all-Canadian Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks is in full swing, and now both teams have stolen a bit of home ice from each other. Following a Game 3 win over the weekend, it's…

The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers continue to have a flair for the dramatic, with their all-Canadian Stanley Cup Playoffs series featuring another tense, one-goal game on Friday. With the series all tied up, the Oilers now get to host…

Welcome to another weekend edition of HNIC Coast to Coast! Canadian NHL action is starting to wind down, with just a handful of guaranteed games to go, but with a great series of action comes a lot of news involving…

After another early exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced the firing of Head Coach Sheldon Keefe on Thursday morning. Just as quickly, they began the search for his replacement, and that pursuit has become the…

The all-Canadian series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs got off to a scorching start on Wednesday, pivoting from a sure thing in one direction to a wild comeback in the other. The Vancouver Canucks now find themselves with a head…

While the Stanley Cup Playoffs are receiving the lion's share of focus in the hockey world, they aren't the only way to get your puck fix in the springtime. In fact, they aren't even the only way that's full of…

NorthStar Bets lists the Oilers as a -265 series favourite heading into Game 1 versus Vancouver (+215). The Oilers are currently listed as a co-favourite to win the Stanley Cup at +350, along with the New York Rangers, who are…

With the elimination of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets, there are just two Canadian NHL teams remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. At the end of this second-round series, though, there will only be one, as both the…

The Dallas Stars host the Colorado Avalanche in what is probably the most anticipated matchup of the second round. The last postseason meeting between the Stars and Avalanche was the 2020 second round, which Dallas won in seven games. The…

While many are enjoying the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and others are dissecting what went around in the first round, those whose teams never made it into the dance at all have their eyes peeled on a…

The Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers will meet in a rematch from last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. Florida won the series in seven games in 2023 after the Bruins took a 3-1 series lead. The Bruins went 4-0 against the…

Welcome back to a special edition of HNIC Coast to Coast! With just one game involving a Canadian NHL team this weekend, we'll take a quick look at how the four of seven teams that joined the playoff fray are…

It all comes down to this. In a situation that felt impossible just a week ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs have tied up their series with the Boston Bruins and head to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday Night. For…

Despite being on the verge of elimination in the opening round of the NHL Playoffs, the Nashville Predators just won’t go away. In what has been a tough, offensively challenging series, the Predators found a way to score when it…

The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes will face each other in the playoffs for the third time in the last five seasons. In 2020, Carolina (-140 series favourite) swept the Rangers in the best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifiers. However, in…

After snatching victory from the jaws of defeat on Tuesday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs get another opportunity to prolong their season on Thursday. With a return to home ice and a seed of doubt planted into the Boston Bruins,…

The Edmonton Oilers have an opportunity to punch their ticket into the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night, leading the Los Angeles Kings by a 3-1 margin in their series and now holding the home-ice gauntlet.…

Is this the last stand of the Toronto Maple Leafs as we know them? All signs seem to point to yes, and they're coming in hobbled and hurt. It's not the fact that they're losing this series to the Boston…