Music blared from speakers outside the Vegas Golden Knights’ practice facility while kids ran around with hockey sticks, batting a ball into a couple of nets. Pizza was available nearby. A similar scene played out a week later steps from the Florida Panthers’ arena before Stanley Cup Final games, with young fans playing inside an…

LAS VEGAS—Less than four hours before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final was set to begin Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities in Nevada arrested a man they say threatened to carry out a mass shooting at the arena where the Golden Knights would capture their first championship that night. An arrest report…

LAS VEGAS—Golden Knights games have always been as flashy as any show on the Las Vegas Strip, the sword-fighting mascot taking the ice before what seems like a legion of players marching out through the mirrored entrance into the roar of the crowd. If this team was ever going to win the Stanley Cup, it…

The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with a 9-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. Coach Bruce Cassidy, in a nod to the Knights’ brief history,…

The Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from winning their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history after claiming a 3–2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, June 10, in Sunrise, Fla. The Golden Knights, who lead the best-of-seven series 3–1, will look to clinch the championship Tuesday at home. Chandler Stephenson…

DALLAS—The Vegas Golden Knights kept their composure and got the best payback after an ugly hit early against their captain. They have a 3–0 series lead in the Western Conference Final and are now just one more win away from making it to another Stanley Cup Final. Ivan Barbashev scored a power-play goal after Dallas…

Alex Iafallo scored Los Angeles’ first two goals as the Kings earned a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs by claiming a 4–1 win over the host Vancouver Canucks on Sunday, April 2. Needing just one point to secure a spot in the postseason, Los Angeles (45–22–10, 100 points) grabbed two and leap-frogged Edmonton (99)…

The Colorado Avalanche made good on their vow to avoid a letdown in Game 2, and now they’re two wins away from winning it all. Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals each, Darcy Kuemper had 16 saves and the Colorado Avalanche demolished the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–0 in Game 2 of the Stanley…

After a long hibernation, the Battle of Alberta has returned to the NHL playoffs, prompting fond memories of the glory days of hockey, and a sign they might have returned. The last time the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers vied for the Stanley Cup was three decades ago. Moshe Lander, a resident of Edmonton and…

Hall of Famer Clark Gillies, a stalwart on the New York Islanders’ dynasty that won four straight Stanley Cup championships in the early 1980s, has died. He was 67. The Islanders announced Gillies’ death Friday night, with team president and general manager Lou Lamoriello saying “the entire Islanders community is devastated by the loss.” The…