The Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning usually would play the runner-up Dallas Stars two times the next season, but now they meet eight times.
Author: Mike Brehm, USA TODAY
Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils to feature sponsor decal on helmets this season
The Washington Capitals will wear a decal for Capital One and the New Jersey Devils for Prudential Financial during practices and games.
The NHL is back. Here are the winners, losers of realignment for 2021 season.
The NHL is gearing up for a Jan. 13 start to a 56-game season and will have a new, temporary look with altered divisions.
Virginia Tech players opt out of playing in bowl, ending nation’s longest streak at 27 years
Virginia Tech had played in a bowl for 27 years in a row, but coach Justin Fuente said of players’ tough season, “I think they sacrificed enough.”
Indianapolis Colts at Las Vegas Raiders: Live stream, how to watch, odds, time
The Raiders are right behind the Colts in the playoff race, and Derek Carr and Philip Rivers will renew their rivalry.
No. 2 Gonzaga cancels next four games after positive COVID-19 tests
Saturday’s showdown between No. 1 Baylor and No. 2 Gonzaga was called off due to COVID-19 on the Bulldogs. Now Gonzaga will lose four more games.
NFL orders shutdown of team facilities Monday and Tuesday to slow spread of COVID-19
The NFL said it came to its attention that players and staffers had out-of-town Thanksgiving guests. Teams playing Monday and Tuesday are exempt.
Florida football coach Dan Mullen, reporter Kassidy Hill have joking exchange about Christmas lights
Dan Mullen sees reporter’s Christmas lights during Zoom news conference, jokingly reminds Kassidy Hill they shouldn’t go up until after Thanksgiving.
Canucks’ Braden Holtby, delayed at border, finally gets into Canada with pet tortoises
Goalie Braden Holtby, delayed by paperwork at the border as he tried to bring the family tortoises into Canada, is safely in, as are Honey and Maple.
Longtime Sharks star Joe Thornton to pursue Stanley Cup with Maple Leafs
Joe Thornton, 41, the NHL’s leading active scorer, signed a one-year deal with Toronto at the minimum $700,000 after 15 years with San Jose.