The Vancouver Canucks need to get creative in order to accumulate more draft picks, and taking on a bad contract is one way ...

Evgeni Malkin, Steven Stamkos and players on the Lightning and Kings feature from 81st to 90th place among the NHL's top 100 ...

Hockey is a sport rich in tradition and history. Where the game distinguishes itself from others is in how it honors its ...

In love with the game since his childhood days watching the Oilers alongside his grandpa, Willie O'Ree Community Award ...

With this year's NHL draft lottery coming up on Tuesday, The Associated Press reviewed each team's lottery history, dividing the franchises into six distinct groups.

A decade after the NBA held its first draft lottery — with Patrick Ewing the grand prize — the NHL followed suit amid considerably less fanfare. Commissioner Gary Bettman was a former basketball man ...

The Dallas Cowboys made a splash to kick off the 2026 NFL Draft, trading up to No. 11 to select Ohio State All-American Caleb Downs, who many considered to be one of the top-three overall prospects in ...

Scoring 40 goals in a season is an accomplishment worth celebrating. Just save those laurels for someone not named Steven Stamkos. "My expectation when I signed here was to be playing playoff hockey ...

Earlier this season, there were legitimate questions about the talents of Steven Stamkos of the Nashville Predators. The longtime Tampa Bay Lightning star right winger produced only a single goal in ...

Eduardo A. Encina is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Lightning. Reach him at eencina@tampabay.com. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to ...

After the Nashville Predators fell 4-2 to the New Jersey Devils on March 26, Steven Stamkos was displeased at how the game unfolded. In particular, Stamkos was upset at a third period penalty call to ...