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June 2026

  • Vegas Golden Knights center Brett Howden (second from left) celebrates with goaltender Carter Hart after Saturday’s win.

    Stanley Cup final: Vegas win Game 3 in double OT as epic Carolina comeback falls short

    The Golden Knights blew a four-goal lead before Shea Theodore’s double-overtime winner gave Vegas a 5-4 victory and 2-1 series lead over Carolina
  • Carolina Hurricanes players celebrate after the winning goal by Seth Jarvis in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final.

    Jarvis scores in overtime as Carolina rally past Vegas to level Stanley Cup final

    Carolina erase a two-goal third-period deficit, survive a controversial goaltender-interference review and beat Vegas 4-3 in overtime to square the series at one game apiece
  • The Golden Knights' Pavel Dorofeyev (16) celebrates between the Hurricanes' Jalen Chatfield (5), Alexander Nikishin (21) and goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) after a second-period goal.

    Hertl’s late winner lifts Golden Knights past Hurricanes in wild Stanley Cup final opener

    Vegas erased a two-goal deficit and survived a seesaw thriller in Raleigh as Tomas Hertl’s late goal secured a 5-4 victory and an early edge in the Stanley Cup final

May 2026

  • The Hurricanes' Eric Robinson celebrates following Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final, where Carolina eliminated the Montreal Canadiens to reach the Stanley Cup final.

    Carolina Hurricanes finally break through to reach first Stanley Cup final in 20 years

  • The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after defeating the Colorado Avalanche

    Vegas sweep favored Colorado to make third Stanley Cup Final in nine seasons

August 2025

  • Standing on the ice, he holds the giant trophy on its side

    Notes and queries
    Why do sports trophies look so hideous?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

June 2025

  • Panthers Stanley Cup Hockey<br>Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk, front. and defenseman Gustav Forsling pour beer from the Stanley Cup onto fans at the Elbo Room, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the morning after defeating Edmonton in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

    Florida Panthers crack and dent Stanley Cup during championship celebrations

  • Stanley Cup Oilers Panthers Hockey<br>The Florida Panthers celebrate with the Stanley Cup after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

    Florida is now the Stanley Cup’s semi-permanent home. What does that mean for Canada?

  • 2025 Stanley Cup Final - Game Six<br>SUNRISE, FLORIDA - JUNE 17: Matthew Tkachuk #19 of the Florida Panthers celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period in Game Six of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 17, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

    Merciless Panthers win second successive Stanley Cup after beating Oilers again

  • Sam Reinhart of the Florida Panthers celebrates his playoff-leading 15th goal during Saturday’s third period.

    Brad Marchand helms Panthers past Oilers to brink of Stanley Cup repeat

  • Oilers stun Panthers in biggest Stanley Cup final road comeback in 106 years

  • Stanley Cup final: Panthers score six in Game 3 demolition of Oilers to take series lead

  • Brad Marchand the hero as Panthers clip Oilers in 2OT to level Stanley Cup final

  • Stanley Cup final: Draisaitl’s OT winner caps Oilers’ comeback over Panthers in Game 1

  • Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war

May 2025

  • Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates his goal with Mattias Ekholm and Corey Perry during Thursday’s Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

    McDavid and Oilers finish Stars to book Stanley Cup final rematch with Panthers

  • Florida Panthers v Carolina Hurricanes - Game Five<br>RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 28: Anton Lundell #15 of the Florida Panthers celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during the second period in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Lenovo Center on May 28, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

    Reigning champion Panthers beat Hurricanes to reach third-straight Stanley Cup final

April 2025

  • This postseason will be the fourth year in a row that LA will face the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs

    Stuck on repeat: NHL’s playoff format keeps delivering déjà vu matchups

    From Kings v Oilers to Leafs v Bruins, the league’s divisional structure has turned once-thrilling postseason clashes into stale reruns. Is it time for a change?

June 2024

  • ***BESTPIX*** 2024 Stanley Cup Final - Game Seven<br>SUNRISE, FLORIDA - JUNE 24: Aleksander Barkov #16 of the Florida Panthers lifts the Stanley Cup after Florida's 2-1 victory against the Edmonton Oilers in Game Seven of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 24, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

    The Florida Panthers – and their rats – found a redemption that still awaits the Edmonton Oilers

  • Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe celebrate the Florida Panthers’ opening goal in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

    Panthers beat Oilers in Stanley Cup Final Game 7 as Canada’s drought continues

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