Welcome to the NHL Playoff Buzz. The postseason got underway Saturday, and NHL.com has you covered with all the latest news.

It's been another lost year in Pittsburgh. The Penguins (74 points ... and breakout forward Aliaksei Protas (foot) are still out, while some other players may sit out for rest before the playoffs.

Two weeks since Alex Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer, he and the Washington Capitals turn their ...

Traded to the Oilers by the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Cody Ceci and a third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft on Aug. 18, ...

For the second time in NHL history, the Montreal Canadiens play the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs. Habs fans will be hoping it goes similar to how it went in 2010.

The Pittsburgh Penguins conclude their 2024–25 season on home ice tonight, hosting the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints ...

The Montreal Canadiens will return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2021 final when their first-round ...

One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who ...

Both Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson had four ... The Habs then went on to shock the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round before ultimately falling to the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern ...

The Capitals, who have secured top spot in the Eastern Conference, close out the regular-season portion of their schedule on Thursday night in Pittsburgh ... 24-year-old Aliaksei Protas ...

Head coach Spencer Carbery said Monday that Protas (foot) could return at some point during the Capitals' first-round series against the Canadiens, Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network reports ...