Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz, a daily in-depth look at the 2021 NHL postseason. There is one playoff game scheduled for Friday and there were two Thursday.

The puck drops Saturday for the NHL's traditional 16-team postseason run to the Stanley Cup. There are some twists, including one team from Canada guaranteed entry to the final-four semifinals and one ...

We've had some remarkable -- and tense -- hockey so far in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and if Tuesday had a theme, it was stellar goaltending. Netminders in all three games stole the show. On Wednesday, ...

Under head coach Barry Trotz, the New York Islanders reached the NHL semifinals in 2020 and 2021 - the deepest playoff trips for the Islanders since their run of five straight trips to the Stanley Cup ...