9:57 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Albert Langlois, a three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He was 85. The team announced the death Sunday. Langlois played four seasons with the Canadiens from 1957 to 1961, winning the Stanley Cup with the team in ’58, ’59 and ’60. The defenseman also

10:43 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The well-rested Dallas Stars took it to the banged-up Tampa Bay Lightning with the play and physicality early and goaltender Anton Khudobin closed it out with 22 third-period saves to win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final 4-1 on Saturday night. Joel Hanley and Jamie Oleksiak

6:11 PM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman admitted on Saturday that he “would not be surprised” if the start date for the 2020-21 season “slips into later December, [or] could slip into January.” “There’s still too much we don’t know,” Bettman said Saturday, speaking from the Edmonton bubble ahead of Game 1 of the Stanley

10:17 PM ET Game 1 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final was a wonderful site for Dallas Stars fans, as their team took a 1-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning on goals from Joel Hanley, Jamie Oleksiak, Joel Kiviranta and Jason Dickinson; the lone goal for the Lightning came from Yanni Gourde. In case

7:00 AM ET So here we have it, a Stanley Cup being awarded in September. In a bubble. It will be either the Tampa Bay Lightning (whose only Cup win came back in 2004) against the Dallas Stars (lone Cup in 1999). It’s the first time two Sun Belt teams have faced off in the

7:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars are the final teams standing in the NHL’s postseason bubble, ready to battle for the second Stanley Cups in their franchises’ respective histories. But before they lift the Cup, one player will be handed the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the

8:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is out, Brayden Point is hurting and Anthony Cirelli is hobbling, too. The Lightning enter the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday against the Stars with several key players dealing with injuries the team somehow was able to withstand during an impressive run to

12:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mikko Koivu‘s extraordinary career with the Minnesota Wild is over. General manager Bill Guerin said Friday the team will not resign the 37-year-old Finn, whose contract is expiring. Koivu is the only full-time captain the club has had — he was appointed in 2009 after the

11:17 PM ET The 2020 NHL playoffs have nearly reached their final conclusion. The Dallas Stars are your champions of the Western Conference, while the Tampa Bay Lightning have joined them from the Eastern Conference. It was a season with lots of twists and turns — including a nearly five-month pause due to the coronavirus

4:13 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — The Stanley Cup will fly back from Edmonton with the winning team to its playing city. But after that, nobody knows how hockey’s most famous trophy will celebrate. The NHL and the Hockey Hall of Fame are weighing options on what to do next with the Cup. Typically, each