Joe Pavelski says he has no plans to play any more in the NHL after 1,533 games over 18 seasons, and never getting to raise the Stanley Cup.

There's first-line center upside with Konsta Helenius, which should intrigue the Flyers if he falls into their range at the 2024 NHL draft.

Former Sharks star Joe Pavelski said he doesn't plan to return to the NHL next season following the Stars' playoff exit.

Move over, Edmonton Oilers power play. The penalty killers are in the spotlight. The Oilers reached their first Stanley Cup final in 18 years in no small measure to a stingy penalty kill that hasn't given up a goal in their last 10 playoff games, and kept a clean sheet in 28 straight short-handed situations. The Oilers and Florida Panthers open the 2024 Stanley Cup final with Saturday's Game 1 in Sunrise, Fla. When Edmonton's vaunted power play went quiet the first four games of the Western Conf

EDMONTON — Hockey fans in Edmonton, and many who are far, far away, are counting down the hours until the Oilers hit the ice this weekend for the beginning of their first Stanley Cup final series in nearly two decades. Edmonton has been in party mode since the playoffs began April, and on Sunday night they beat the Dallas Stars to clinch a Cup berth. After the win, Oilers fans in the Northwest Territories celebrated under the midnight sun with a cavalcade of 50 or more cars, trucks and ATVs driv

The veteran Sharks nemesis is the first player in NHL history to accomplish the particular Stanley Cup Final appearance feat.

Like just about 98% of everything else in the known universe, the 2024 Stanley Cup Final is a win some, lose some proposition. On the one hand, the NHL finally has the opportunity to showcase the human highlight reel that is Connor McDavid, who, alongside Leon Draisaitl, powers a belief-beggaring Edmonton Oilers offense. On the …

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup final in a celebration reaching north of the Arctic Circle and drawing in fans from as far away as the Philippines.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time. The first two, well, didn't go as planned. Swept by Colorado in 1996. Beaten in five games by Vegas last year. This trip feels different. The Panthers are a different team than they were a year ago; certainly healthier, certainly better for the experience of getting to the final and falling short. They have had to beat three extremely good teams to get here — a state rival in Tampa Bay, a real cont

Connor McDavid is the best hockey player in the world and the biggest reason the Edmonton Oilers are in the Stanley Cup Final. The reigning NHL MVP, face of the the franchise and face of the sport is also the Oilers' best hope of winning a championship for the first time since 1990 and ending Canada's 31-year drought. McDavid leads all playoff scorers with 31 points in 18 games and is among the top candidates for the Conn Smythe Trophy. But he has had help along the way from longtime running mat