There will be eight series in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are all eight power ranked by watchability.

Kuemper finished those playoffs with a .902 save percentage and a 2.54 goals-against average. The numbers were good enough to ...

Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

The Stanley Cup has been won by an 8-seed in the past. Top teams go out in the first round all the time. Even those who don’t ...

Here we go again…For the fourth straight season, the Los Angeles Kings will be met with the Edmonton Oilers in the first ...

For the fourth consecutive season, the Edmonton Oilers will battle the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the Stanley ...

The Wild were 21-10-4 before his prolonged time on the shelf and 3-1-0 upon his return in April. Matt Boldy stepped up in his ...

Jacob Markström has played more than 500 NHL games over the last decade and a half, but he’s played only 26 in the postseason ...

With many of its top players sitting out ahead of their first-round playoff series against the Oilers, the Kings fall 5-1 to ...

A look at the matchups to open the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, first in the West and then the East with division and seeding ...

The NHL playoff seeding system has long been scrutinized. The idea that it will create new rivalries has been proven wrong ...

The Stanley Cup playoffs have arrived and the first series begin Saturday, April 19. The regular season has seen the stirring chase by Washington’s Alex Ovechkin to break Wayne Gretzky’s ...