Nick Faris

1 week ago | thescore.com | Nick Faris

Incredible skill is the force behind the Oilers' string of thrilling comeback wins. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are the greatest postseason performers of their generation. Age and experience permit their teammates not to panic. Edmonton played with poise while coming from behind to eliminate the Kings for a fourth straight year and stun the Golden Knights in the Round 2 opener. This silvery Stanley Cup contender keeps trailing on the scoreboard, then triumphing late.

1 week ago | thescore.com | Nick Faris

Each second-round playoff matchup is set after delirious Game 7 triumphs from the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets. Here are significant questions for the eight teams still chasing the Stanley Cup. Will Maple Leafs get depth scoring? Clutch flourishes from Max Domi (overtime winner) and Max Pacioretty (series clincher) were the only goals Toronto received in Round 1 from bottom-six forwards.

2 weeks ago | thescore.com | Nick Faris

The steep downfall of the Pittsburgh Penguins led to head coach Mike Sullivan's exit Monday. The two parties' agreement to part ways wasn't foreseeable or justified until Pittsburgh slumped to 13th in the Eastern Conference this season. But it was seven years in the making. The Penguins haven't won a playoff series since 2018, when the archrival Capitals bounced them ahead of Alex Ovechkin's Stanley Cup breakthrough. The Islanders swept them in 2019.

1 month ago | thescore.com | Nick Faris

In recent years, elite North American hockey players had access to half of the opportunities they craved. NHLers competed nightly in league play and chased the sport's ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup. But the NHL spurned the international spotlight, while stars of the women's game got to clash for patriotic bragging rights and gold medals. The sport found the right balance in 2025. The hostile, riveting 4 Nations Face-Off was best-on-best hockey in its ideal form.

1 month ago | thescore.com | Nick Faris

The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings can't escape each other. Unless the Vegas Golden Knights tailspin out of first in the Pacific Division, these familiar foes will place second and third for a fourth consecutive year. They're on course to collide in yet another opening round of the postseason. These incessant brushes stem from the star-studded Oilers' surprising inability to win a division title. The franchise hasn’t done that since Wayne Gretzky menaced the Smythe Division in 1987.