11:57 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri could be facing yet another postseason suspension. Kadri received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for a high hit on Boston Bruins winger Jake DeBrusk late in the third period of Game 2 in the teams’ first-round series. The Bruins won 4-1 to

1:46 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov has been suspended one game after boarding Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Markus Nutivaara on Friday night during Game 2 of the teams’ first round series. Game 3 is Sunday in Columbus. Kucherov, who led the league in scoring with 128 points (41 goals, 87

8:17 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Columbus Blue Jackets followed up their Game 1 surprise with an emphatic win over the heavily favored Tampa Bay Lightning, one of three series that moved to 2-0 on Friday night. The one that’s tied up was delightfully contentious. Here’s what happened last night, and what to watch for

12:23 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Tampa Bay Lightning have lost their first two games to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the most shocking development of the Stanley Cup playoffs thus far. Now they might lose star winger Nikita Kucherov to suspension for a boarding penalty in Game 2 on Friday night. Kucherov was given a

7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the St. Louis Blues, and rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington is standing in the middle of a madhouse. The Bell MTS Centre in Winnipeg provides one of the NHL’s most raucous home-ice advantages, as generations of Jets-obsessed Manitobans assemble in white shirts

7:06 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The current playoff format just isn’t fair, because a legitimate Stanley Cup contender like the Boston Bruins must play a powerhouse team in round one like the… Toronto Maple Leafs? Toronto played a complete game to knock down the Bruins at home in Game 1, though this series is far

10:16 AM ET Emily Kaplan Greg Wyshynski After three Stanley Cups and a decade of dominance, it’s easy to forget that the Chicago Blackhawks looked very much like the current Florida Panthers when then-GM Dale Tallon hired Joel Quenneville as his coach in 2008. They had a collection of young stars that weren’t quite yet

6:56 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN They say anything can happen in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and yet one of the greatest regular-season teams in NHL history blowing a three-goal lead to lose on home ice to the lowest seed in its conference felt stunning to the point where “anything” wouldn’t cover it. Here’s what happened

3:52 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Pavelski‘s face was numb, but his spirits were high. The Sharks captain opened the scoring in Game 1 of San Jose’s series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a goal that sparked the Sharks to an emphatic 5-2 victory on Wednesday night. But with the

6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Slava Voynov is appealing the suspension imposed by the NHL after it determined he committed acts of domestic violence. Jonathan Weatherdon, a spokesman for the NHL Players’ Association, said Wednesday that the organization had filed an appeal on behalf of Voynov. Players have the right to