(8) Los Angeles at (3) Phoenix, 9 p.m. (NBCSN): LA's Dwight King (above, reverting to an alternate but equally effective secondary personality) leads all players with 4 goals (2 of which were GWs)...

(1) NY Rangers at (6) New Jersey, 8 p.m. (NBC). The Rangers won Game Four on the road to lead the series 2-1. The Devils try to get a second split to take a tie back to New York.

(3) Phoenix at (8) Los Angeles, 3 p.m. (NBC): With only a single loss since the regular season ended, the Kings have won eight straight games; a ninth today will carry them to the Stanley Cup Final...

(1) NY Rangers at (6) New Jersey, 1 p.m. (NBC). With series tied at 1 apiece, action heads to Newark. Leading scorers: Chris Kreider, Dan Girardi, Artem Anisimov - 3 points (NYR); Bryce Salvador -...

(3) Phoenix at (8) Los Angeles, 9 p.m. (NBCSN): Western Conference Final action shifts to Hollywood as the Kings seek to build on a 2-0 series lead, headlined by forwards Dwight King and Jeff...

Last night's WCF result (8) Los Angeles over (3) Phoenix, 4-0: Kings rattled off another 40-shot effort on Mike Smith (36 saves) in a game which opened floodgates on the physical stuff, generated...

West we go as the 'Yotes attempt to salvage a split in their series-opening homestand... (8) Los Angeles at (3) Phoenix, 9 p.m. (NBCSN): despite allowing 3 goals Sunday, Mike Smith finished the...

Less than 48 hours after completing (yet another) Game Seven, the Rangers are right back on home ice for the Round Three opener... (6) New Jersey at (1) NY Rangers, 8 p.m. (NBCSN): each club won...

Seems like the postseason began only a week ago (for a few of us), but we're faced with a Conference Final, and it's a good one... (8) Kings at (3) Coyotes, 8 p.m. ET (NBCSN): season series tied at...

Closing out the second round from Madison Square Garden... (7) Washington at (1) NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN): Neither club has won back-to-back, nor scored more than 3 goals in any game. New York...

Final appearance for the Caps in 2011-12, or headed for the second round's only Seven Game set? (1) NY Rangers at (7) Washington, 7:30 (NBCSN): all but Game One have been one-goal affairs. As noted...

Another potential elimination game on the docket for this evening: (6) New Jersey at (5) Philadelphia, 7:30 (NBCSN) - Game Five: Devils (3-1) can close out what's evolved into a lopsided series;...

A trio of postseason games this evening, including one with elimination potential... (7) Capitals at (1) Rangers, 7:30 (NBCSN); Game Five, series tied at 2 (4) Predators at (3) Coyotes, 10:00...

One absurdly early game is behind us, and we thankfully learned something from it: Los Angeles defeated St. Louis 3-1 this afternoon; the Kings will be moving on to their first Western Conference...

A single Game Four on tap for us this evening, hailing from Ye Not So Olde Western Conference (oh Clarence Campbell, how we miss thee)... (3) Phoenix at (4) Nashville, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN): Though...

Two from the "N" and one from the "A" this evening... (5) Philadelphia at (6) New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN): Briere and Zajac have each scored two goals; series tied 1-1 (2) St. Louis at (8) Los...