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With Thursday’s win in Game 3 with the Philadelphia Flyers, the Carolina Hurricanes remained undefeated in their playoff games this spring.

The Anaheim Ducks and Vegas Golden Knights met three times during the 2025–26 season. Anaheim won all three games with a 4–3 score.

On Sunday, the Colorado Avalanche scored as many goals against the Minnesota Wild as the Montreal Canadiens had shots-on-goal against Tampa Bay Lightning.

Four games during the 2025–2026 NHL regular season between the Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes went into overtime, and three to a shootout.

The trio won 3 Stanley Cups from 2009 to 2017 but haven’t had much postseason success since. Sidney Crosby wants to keep the trio intact, but that’s unlikely.

The Stars once led the series but lost Games 4 and 5, and now have their backs against the wall leading into Thursday’s Game 6 in St. Paul.

Throughout their four-game sweep of the Ottawa Senators in Round 1 of the NHL postseason, the Carolina Hurricanes scored first in every game.

Buffalo took the lead in Thursday’s 3–1 victory in Boston when Alex Tuch put the puck past Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman in the third period.

The Philadelphia Flyers won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975. This season is the first time they qualified for the playoffs since 2020.

Los Angeles Kings’ forward Anze Kopitar, 38, just finished his 20th NHL season with the team, and will be retiring after the postseason.

The Colorado Avalanche won Game 1 of the best-of-seven series on Sunday with the Los Angeles Kings by a score of 2–1.

This weekend’s start of the Stanley Cup playoffs marks the 109th consecutive year of National Hockey League teams participating in the tournament.

The NHL will crown a new champion this year with the two-time defending champion Florida Panthers missing the playoffs.

The Devils haven’t qualified for the Stanley Cup postseason play in 12 of the past 16 NHL seasons.

The Islanders have lost five of their last seven games but are still in the hunt for a Wild Card spot in the postseason.

The Buffalo Sabres qualify for NHL’s Stanley Cup tournament for the first time in 15 seasons.

Brad Treliving was dismissed as Toronto’s general manager on March 30. The Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup in 1967.

Fired one year ago as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, prior to joining the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, John Tortorella coached five other NHL teams.

Of the 32 active NHL teams, 10 have never won the Stanley Cup. The Montreal Canadiens have won the most Stanley Cup championships (23).