The Vancouver Canucks have fired their general manager, Patrik Allvin, after a rough season in which the team came in last in the league.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter gets you ready for all eight matchups in the opening round of the NHL playoffs, featuring three Canadian teams.

Captain Auston Matthews was noncommittal about his future with the Toronto Maple Leafs in his first time speaking with media since suffering a season-ending surgery.

Connor McDavid had four assists and rookie Matthew Savoie scored his first career hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers secured second place in the Pacific Division and home ice to start the first round of playoffs with a clutch 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.

Alex Ovechkin hasn't decided if his final NHL game was Tuesday night. If it was, the Russian superstar made sure he got on the scoresheet.

The NHL playoffs kick off April 18, and the Montreal Canadiens have secured their spot. Here’s a look at how they got there and what their chances are of winning it all.

Nick Suzuki beat goalie Ilya Sorokin at 15:56 of the second period to give Montreal a 1-0 lead Sunday against the hometown New York Islanders, making him the first Canadiens captain in the storied franchise's history to reach 100 points.

Following the retirement of Hockey Night in Canada's After Hours host, go back in time and relive some of Scott Oake's career, dating back to the 1970's, covering hockey, football, baseball and Canadian university sports.

Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving and Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Jason Spezza will lead Canada's management team at the world hockey championship next month, Hockey Canada announced Monday.

Swiss hockey coach Patrick Fischer has admitted he used a certificate falsely claiming he'd been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get around China's travel restrictions for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Stanley Cup will have a new home this year after the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers had their season derailed by injuries.

Montreal Canadiens defenceman Noah Dobson will be re-evaluated in two weeks after suffering an upper-body injury in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, ruling him out for the beginning of the playoffs in a major blow to the blue line.

The Ottawa Senators are headed back to the playoffs after they shut out the New York Islanders Saturday afternoon and the Detroit Red Wings lost in regulation time.

The best way for the Edmonton Oilers to shake off a tough loss was to let Connor McDavid take over the game. One night after his team squandered three separate leads in an overtime defeat at Utah, McDavid delivered the kind of performance Edmonton needed.

Ottawa Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot will return to the roster when his team takes on the Florida Panthers on Thursday night, just 17 days after breaking his arm.

Alex Ovechkin says he is waiting until after the Washington Capitals' season is over to decide whether he's calling it a career or returning to play one more year.

Mark Scheifele's 900th career NHL point came exactly how one might expect: setting up Kyle Connor, his longtime linemate.

The Montreal Canadiens are playoff-bound again. Montreal clinched its spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday afternoon after the Detroit Red Wings fell 5-4 to the Minnesota Wild, making the Canadiens the first Canadian NHL team to secure a post-season berth.

Patrick Roy was fired as coach of the New York Islanders on Sunday, another late-season change in the NHL that comes with the team in the middle of a spring tailspin that has put its playoff chances in jeopardy.

Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined $2,500 US by the NHL on Friday for unsportsmanlike conduct.