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The Athletic's Julian McKenzie and Cory Lavalette teamed up to answer questions about the Senators-Hurricanes first-round matchup.

We assembled a nine-person, anonymous panel to sort all 16 playoff teams into five tiers and tallied the average votes.

From a shocking coaching change to a revenge performance to deep runs for surprise teams, our staff makes postseason prognostications.

The Colorado Avalanche are the favorite to win the Stanley Cup, but it's still a wide-open race with a number of realistic contenders.

The Canucks' actions and words on Friday posed more critical questions than they provided direct answers.

The Winnipeg goaltender offered scathing criticism of his team's season at his exit interview on Friday.

A scheduling conflict has forced Florence + The Machine to move cities, days after the band had to postpone a show due to an NBA game.

Coach John Hynes on factors in the decision: "Personality is one. The current performance is one. The past performance is another."

Anything can happen in the playoffs, but the Avalanche are a force and are expected to make short work of the Kings.

Wild coach John Hynes said on Thursday that Hughes is dealing with an illness. He's expected to play Saturday, per a team source.