One goal games have been very common this year in the Stanley Cup Final. All five games have been decided by one goal. Saturday nights 2-1 Chicago Blackhawks win over the Tampa Bay Lightning now put the Blackhawks one win away from hoisting the Stanley Cup. Veteran forward Patrick Sharp put the Blackhawks on the scoreboard at the 6:11 mark...

  The surprises started at the drop of the puck when Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop did not get the start in net. 20 year-old rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy got the nod as Bishop was forced to not dress due to an undisclosed injury. Vasilevkiy played very well, and stopped 17 of 19 shots he faced. The Chicago Blackhawks were only...

  The Tampa Bay Lightning did not sit back on there heals when they went into the third period with a lead in Game 2. The result was a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida The Lightning win evened the Stanley Cup Final at one game apiece. The Lighting opened the scoring at...

NHL / NHLPA COMPETITION COMMITTEE STATEMENT  Co-chairs of the NHL / NHLPA Competition Committee – Mathieu Schneider, National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) Special Assistant to the Executive Director, and Colin Campbell, National Hockey League (NHL) Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations – issued the following statement on new rules recommendations after the Competition Committee met in New York: Expanded...