No. 1 Star: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks star became Hatrick Kane in Game 5, sending the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Final with a three-goal effort – including the series-winning goal at 11:40 of overtime. Chicago advanced to the Cup Final with a 4-3 win.
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No. 1 Star: Adam McQuaid, Boston Bruins
McQuaid's first goal of the playoffs was enough for the Bruins as they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 to sweep their Conference Finals series and advance to their second Stanley Cup Final since 2011.
No. 2 Star: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
Rask was...
No. 1 Star: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
Rask was rock solid for the Bruins, stopping 53 shots as Boston took a 3-0 series lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 2-1 double overtime victory. He now leads all goaltenders with 11 playoff wins and is second overall in save percentage (.940)...
Kings win! Awkward high fives!
No. 1 Star: Slava Voynov, Los Angeles Kings
The Kings defenseman perfectly set up Justin Williams’ goal 3:21 into Game 3 of the Western Conference Final, and then scored a broken-stick goal in the second period that ended up being the game-winner in LA’s 3-1...
No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
The Boston pest scored 28 seconds into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final, after a Sidney Crosby turnover. He closed out the scoring in a dominating first period by Boston with a perfectly placed shot that beat Marc-Andre Fleury, giving the...
No. 1 Star: Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks
Sharp had two assists in the Blackhawks' 4-2 win, setting up Bryan Bickell and Michal Handzus two minutes apart as Chicago doubled their lead midway through the second.
No. 2 Star: Andrew Shaw, Chicago Blackhawks
Shaw got the Blackhawks off to...
Justin Bieber attended Game 7 as a Johnny Depp character from a Tim Burton movie about the Crips.
No. 1 Star: Justin Williams, Los Angeles Kings
The Kings? forward continued his clutch postseason play, scoring the lone two goals in their Game 7 win over the San Jose Sharks. He now has...
No. 1 Star: Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks
Hossa had a goal and an assist in the Blackhawks' come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings. He scored the game's first goal just over three minutes in, then picked up an assist on Bryan Bickell's go-ahead goal midway through the third...
No. 1 Star: James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins
It was epic Neal time in Pittsburgh as the winger scored thrice in the Penguins' 6-2 rout of the Senators, leading his club into the third round of the 2013 postseason. Enjoy this clip of all three goals, unless you're a Senators fan, in which case...
Tom Cruise watched top gun and legend Anze Kopitar, far and away their best forward, make it rain, man, and help push the Sharks into oblivion as the Kings won this war of the worlds with their eyes wide shut. [NHL Video]
No. 1 Star: Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
The Red Wings goalie...
No. 1 Star: Daniel Paille, Boston Bruins
The catalyst for the Bruins’ dominating fourth line in Game 3, Paille set up Johnny Boychuk for the tying goal and then scored the game-winner on a funky bounce to give Boston a 2-1 win over the Rangers and a 3-0 series lead.
No. 2 Star: Antti...
Zack Smith finishes off Matt Niskanen with the stinky leg drop.
No. 1 Star: Craig Anderson, Ottawa Senators
Anderson stopped 49 of 50 as the Senators staged a stunning comeback over the Pittsburgh Penguins, tying the game with less than a minute to go and winning it, 2-1, in double overtime...
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.
No one is ever going to be totally happy with the ways in...
No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
The Bruins struck first, edging the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime of Game 1. Marchand scored the winner, and added an assist on Torey Krug's powerplay goal to tie the game early in the third period.
No. 2 Star: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings...
No. 1 Star: Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks
Before Sharp scored an empty-net goal to seal things in Game 1, he assisted on Marian Hossa's opening goal and later Johnny Oduya's midway through the third period that gave Chicago the lead for good. The Blackhawks would take Game 1 over the...
For six seasons, Derek Boogaard fought and bled in the National Hockey League as one of hockey’s most storied enforcers. He also popped pills and was administered injections to deal with the pain from those altercations.
Boogaard was found dead at 28 of an accidental overdose of prescription...
No. 1 Star: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
The Rangers goalie made 27 saves for his seventh playoff shutout, forcing a Game 7 with the Washington Capitals in a 1-0 win. Derick Brassard had the lone goal.
No. 2 Star: James Reimer, Toronto Maple Leafs
The Leafs goalie made 29...
"Thanks for being you, Nabby."
No. 1 Star: Brooks Orpik, Pittsburgh Penguins
He scored the series-winning goal in the 4-3 win, which is about all you need to do get a first star in my opinion. But if that's not enough, he also had an excellent game all-around, finishing a team-high plus-7 in...
No. 1 Star: James Reimer, Toronto Maple Leafs
Reimer kept the Maple Leafs' playoff hopes alive with 43 saves, including 18 in the third period as Toronto edged the Boston Bruins 2-1. Tyler Bozak (shorthanded) and Clarke MacArthur were the goal scorers for the Maple Leafs as they forced a Game...
Simon Despres relaxes in his invisible recliner.
No. 1 Star: Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks
Hossa contributed 2 goals and an assist in the Blackhawks 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, leading the Presidents' Trophy winners into round 2.
No. 2 Star: Tomas Vokoun, Pittsburgh Penguins...