Raised in the final years of the Soviet sports system by parents who were already accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every chance to succeed and, along the way, showed he didn't need ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

The Lightning host the Penguins in an Eastern Conference showdown. Welcome back to NHL Predictions here on Last Word on ...

Hope springs eternal, but that shouldn't just apply to baseball. We're looking at reasons for each NHL team to be hopeful in ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins might get ugly, and they could become ugly very quickly. One need only look at the frustration and ...

TAMPA -- Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to pass 100 points on the season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated ...

Joona Koppanen will usually stand out in just about any room he enters. At 6-foot-5, he is a hard fellow to miss. But even in ...

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-1 on Tuesday night.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have been playing some strikingly good hockey in recent weeks, all things considered. Then came ...

After blowing a two-goal lead to the Florida Panthers en route to a 4-3 shootout loss Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins will ...

The right winger has seven goals and 30 points in 64 games this year, and his contract with Severstal expires at the end of ...

The Florida Panthers have been playing without injured top forward Matthew Tkachuk for a month. They won't have suspended top ...