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Peter Laviolette

The Latest: Pens grab 3-0 lead after 1 in Game 1 vs Preds

The Latest on Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local): 9:09 p.m. It's 3-0 Pittsburgh after the first period of Game ...

Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby, Pekka Rinne

Hornqvist set to return for Pens, Fisher for Preds in Game 1

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators are set to each get an important player back for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup ...

Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Chris Kunitz, Bill Daly

Mystique vs. mayhem in unlikely Stanley Cup Final

The dynasty that once appeared so certain is again in the offing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Four victories against the ...

AP Sources: Caps to host Leafs in outdoor game at Navy

The NHL will play an outdoor game at a U.S. service academy for the first time when the Washington Capitals host the Toronto ...

Penguins ride maturity, resilience back to Stanley Cup Final

Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz stood shoulder to shoulder at center ice as midnight approached, crowd on its ...

Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin

NHL royalty vs. the rowdy neighbors in Stanley Cup Final

The Pittsburgh Penguins kept getting by even as their star players kept skating off the ice in pain. Even as the targets on ...

Kunitz's double-OT goal sends Penguins back to Stanley Cup

Chris Kunitz spent a portion of the spring nursing a lower-body injury and wondering if his time with the Pittsburgh Penguins ...

Game 7 offers chance at history for Penguins and Senators

Craig Anderson is a realist, the byproduct of 15 years playing the most demanding position in the NHL. The Ottawa goaltender ...

Hoffman's goal helps Senators beat Penguins to force Game 7

Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators bounced back nicely two days after a blowout loss put them on the brink of elimination

Nashville wants more history than just 1st Stanley Cup Final

The Nashville Predators, the final team into the NHL playoffs, are headed to the first Stanley Cup Final in franchise history

Predators reach 1st Stanley Cup Final, oust Ducks in 6 games

Different players just keep stepping up for the Nashville Predators, and now their magical postseason run has an even bigger ...

Carter Rowney

Desperate Ottawa tries to avoid elimination by Penguins

Guy Boucher has typically kept his team off the ice on off-days during the postseason. Not Monday. The Ottawa coach opted for ...

Preds win from ousting Ducks to reach 1st Stanley Cup Final

The Nashville Predators don't have their top center, and their captain is day to day with an upper-body injury. They still ...

Sidney Crosby, Craig Anderson

Penguins strike early, rout Senators 7-0 to take 3-2 lead

Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan calls it "getting to our game." It means he wants his team to attack opponents with ...

Pontus Aberg's goal puts Predators past Ducks 3-1 in Game 5

Pontus Aberg spent most of the season in the minors, and he had a part-time depth role for the Nashville Predators in these ...

Ryan Johansen, Kevin Bieksa

Predators left surprised, determined by Johansen's injury

The Nashville Predators are still stunned by the loss of top scorer Ryan Johansen to a season-ending thigh injury after Game ...

Resilient Penguins head home with momentum as Game 5 looms

The situation looked dire. On the road. Down a game. Starting a goalie that hadn't been on the ice for an opening faceoff in ...

Ryan Johansen, Kevin Bieksa

Predators face Ducks in Game 5 without star C Ryan Johansen

The Nashville Predators already face a daunting challenge when they attempt to take control of the Western Conference finals ...

Bobby Ryan; Matt Murray

Penguins turn to Matt Murray for Game 4 of Eastern final

The Pittsburgh Penguins will give Matt Murray his first start of the playoffs in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final ...

Nate Thompson, Ryan Getzlaf

Ducks even Western finals at 2, beating Predators 3-2 in OT

Corey Perry just keeps finding the net in overtime this postseason, and his third goal in extra time helped the Ducks tie the ...