With the opening round in the books, here are the top takeaways that will influence the rest of the playoffs.

Asked about his new top defenseman and potential Olympic bubble player Thursday, Sullivan called him "an elite player in this ...

Winnipeg Jets: 1st in Central Division, 116 points, def. STL in Round 1 (4-3) Dallas Stars: 2nd in Central Division, 106 ...

That's part of a larger playoff trend. Through 47 first-round games, there were 307 goals scored for a 6.53 goals-per-game ...

No one will sleep better Sunday night than Neal Pionk. The Winnipeg Jets defenceman logged a staggering 46:15 of ice time in a 4-3 double-OT, Game 7 win over the St. Louis Blues. Pionk was also ...

Pionk logged three assists, three shots on net, six hits, four blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 4-3 double-overtime win over the Blues in Game 7. Pionk was forced into heavy usage ...

All key players played big roles. But the player that really stood out and perhaps made one of the most consistently big impacts had to be defenseman Neal Pionk. He finished the game with three ...

Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar shared their thoughts after the Colorado Avalanche lost Game 7 to the Dallas Stars on Saturdaay. The Avalanche had led 2-0 in the third period but gave up four goals.

Cale Makar is the most dynamic blue liners in the sport and, as you’d expect, has taken full advantage of Dallas’ positional weakness on a nightly basis. Makar has generated 61 attempts ...

Martin Necas scored his first playoff goal in a Colorado uniform. And a still snake-bitten Cale Makar scored his first of the series and had a three-point night. “That’s the theme of our team.

On deck this week is: You can’t stop Cale Makar, you can only hope to contain him. The Dallas Stars have actually done a pretty good job overall on Makar in this series, despite the Colorado ...

DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar broke in a new pair of skates Wednesday at an optional practice. Next up, breaking out of a scoring slump. “I’m not worried about him,” Avalanche coach Jared ...