TAMPA --Ten games into the NHL regular season, the Tampa Bay Lightning's penalty kill was floundering. This was a team whose penalty kill had finished in fifth place in the NHL in 2023-24, at 83.3 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. --It's rare that a penalty-killing unit can so consistently turn disadvantages into game-changing sequences. The penalty kill of the Carolina Hurricanes is the exception. The top penalty ...

It doesn't take much for NHL playoff games to get chippy. While fighting is accepted as part of hockey, some actions don't fly with officials. Mistakes can lead to penalties and power-plays, and power ...

A second-period penalty against Ottawa Senators‘ Ridly Greig sparked a strong reaction from former NHL players, some of which suggested it helped tilt Game 1 in favor of the Toronto Maple Leafs on ...

Never a penalty. Definitely a penalty. Rarely has a refereeing decision divided opinion like this. And that is saying something given how much weekly outrage they provoke. And rarely have so many ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Tomas Nosek had been dealing with the guilt of his puck-over-the-glass penalty ever since the Florida Panthers lost Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on the ensuing power-play ...

When it happened, you were probably already getting ready to switch over to the Detroit Tigers ALDS game, but if you missed it, there was a really weird penalty on the Bengals that looked like a ...

The Edmonton Oilers spent plenty of time in the penalty box Monday night—85 total minutes—during their 6–1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to fall behind 2–1 in the ...

The Edmonton Oilers have a 2-0 lead in their second-round series with the Vegas Golden Knights following back-to-back wins on the road. After taking Game 1 by a score of 4-2, the Oilers edged out a ...

Has any team ever had as tough a run as this? From February 25 to April 2, Atletico Madrid faced an eight-game stretch that featured three matches against La Liga leaders Barcelona (including a ...

Two of the defining factors in the Western Conference Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars was going to be depth scoring and special teams. Those two defining factors were, well, ...