6:04 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights traded forward Evgenii Dadonov to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in exchange for Shea Weber‘s contract. There was no salary retained in the deal. Weber, 36, had captained the Canadiens since 2018. He did not play last season because of multiple injuries and was moved to long-term injured

1:35 AM ET DENVER — Andre Burakovsky was like a kid on Christmas morning before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. Only he ended up delivering the gift. Colorado’s big winger scored the game winner in overtime to lift the Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 for a 1-0 lead in

1:05 AM ET DENVER — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said “the right team won” Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, but that he believes the Colorado Avalanche haven’t seen anything close to his players’ best effort yet. “Give them credit for pulling it out,” Cooper said after the Avs won 4-3 in

5:19 PM ET We’re finally down to the two teams who will duke it out for the Stanley Cup. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche will meet Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ABC) for Game 1 of this best-of-seven championship matchup. 1 Related The Lightning need four more wins to complete the three-peat, which would

11:00 AM ET For the first time since 2009, the two preseason favorites will square off in the Stanley Cup Final. The Colorado Avalanche entered the season as +550 favorites while the Tampa Bay Lightning were 7-1 to win their third straight title. Now, the Avalanche are -175 favorites to win their first Cup since

6:38 PM ET DENVER — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said things are leaning towards Brayden Point returning to the lineup for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night against the Colorado Avalanche. “If it’s not tomorrow, then we really anticipate Game 2. But we’ll see how he is tomorrow,” Cooper

5:17 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights are hiring Bruce Cassidy as their new head coach, ESPN hockey analyst Kevin Weekes reported Tuesday. Cassidy, the longtime Bruins coach who was surprisingly let go by the team earlier this month, will replace the fired Peter DeBoer in Las Vegas. Cassidy was expected to be a hot

6:59 AM ET ESPN staff It’s all come down to this in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: The Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning are poised to square off for the sport’s ultimate prize. Will it be a three-peat for the Lightning? Or the first Cup in over 20 years for the Avs? Our ESPN

5:10 PM ET DENVER — Andre Burakovsky is close to feeling 100 percent again, days ahead of the Colorado Avalanche facing the Tampa Bay Lightning in Gam.e 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. The Avalanche forward blocked a shot off his leg in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Edmonton

7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant sat inside a conference room at Amalie Arena, discussing how his team’s surprising Stanley Cup playoffs run ended in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. On the other side of a wall sat coach Jon Cooper, surrounded by Tampa Bay Lightning conference