The Oilers, last year's Stanley Cup runners-up, are back in the Western Conference Final as they eye the franchise's first championship since 1990. Connor McDavid and Co. dropped their first two games of this postseason, but have only suffered one loss since.

The Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers are playing like they're intended to show that 2024 was no fluke. The Oilers eliminated the Vegas Golden Knights Wednesday night on the strength of a 1-0 overtime victory to take their series 4-1.

With eight teams eliminated, let's rank the remaining potential matchups — from worst to best — based purely on narratives and vibes.

While the Muskegon Lumberjacks are focused on the Clark Cup Final, one of their former players is trying to help his team win a Stanley Cup.

The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs are here. The Winnipeg Jets are the NHL's top overall seed, having finished the regular season with the most points in the standings, and the Washington Capitals ...

Andrei Svechnikov scored the go-ahead goal with just under two minutes left and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 5 on Thursday night, winning the second-round series and advancing to the Eastern Conference final for a second time in three years.

The Stanley Cup playoffs will air across ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS and truTV. You can stream the TNT/TBS/truTV games on Max (with a premium subscription) and watch all the games with the help of a live TV streaming service like DirecTV, Fubo or Sling.

The entertainment value of the Stanley Cup playoffs so far has been through the roof. Despite the Vancouver Canucks’ absence from this spring, if you’re regularly tuning into NHL playoff games then you know that, without question, this is the best the NHL product has been in decades.

It’s over! The Edmonton Oilers have advanced to the Western Conference Final of the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.