Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Either the Vegas Golden Knights or the Florida Panthers will win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history to end this remarkable NHL postseason. But which one of their players will be crowned as the most valuable player? Welcome to the final Conn Smythe Watch of the 2023 Stanley Cup […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. DALLAS — The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl was placed on a black tablecloth adorned with NHL logos, glistening under the arena lights. It was presented to the Vegas Golden Knights, who eliminated the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals Monday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. As […]

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Florida Panthers are bound for the Stanley Cup Final. Just as we all predicted. (Kidding.) In reality, Florida’s trajectory this season reads like the plot of a classic Disney movie, a tale of plucky underdogs fueled by self-belief slaying dragons and beating the odds en route to unexpected victory. And […]

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. SUNRISE, Florida — Legend has it a cat possesses nine lives, and always lands on its feet. Florida Panthers’ goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky seems to have taken those myths to heart. Like the creature emblazoned on the crest of his sweater, the 34-year-old Bobrovsky has survived — and eventually thrived — through […]

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov left the first period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday with a lower-body injury. He did not return for the second period and was listed by the team as questionable. Barkov missed the final 7:04 […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes spent Friday recovering from the sixth-longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history. Neither team practiced on the off day before Saturday night’s Game 2 in Raleigh, with Florida leading the series 1-0 after a 3-2, quadruple-overtime thriller. Game 1 finished at 79:47 of overtime […]

The second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs was perhaps less shocking than the first, with two division winners (the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes) making it through, along with the Central Division’s No. 2 seed Dallas Stars, and the Florida Panthers, whose Cinderella run continues after being the final team to qualify for the postseason. We’re now […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Arizona Coyotes plan to play the 2023-24 season at Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University despite a new arena plan hitting a roadblock. The Coyotes’ plan to build a new arena in Tempe as part of a $2.1 billion entertainment district was rejected by voters on Tuesday, throwing the […]

The conference final round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs is set to begin May 17. While the two Western Conference series rage on, we know the identity of the last two teams standing in the East. Thanks to series wins over the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils, the Carolina Hurricanes have made it back to the conference […]

The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs have been notable more for the unexpected than the expected. The regular-season juggernaut Boston Bruins and defending cup champion Colorado Avalanche were ousted in the first round. The final team to qualify for the playoffs — the Florida Panthers — is through to the Eastern Conference finals. Home-ice advantage has been largely nonexistent. And then […]