Welcome to The Athletic's live blog for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. This blog is a collection of the first round's news, analysis, injuries, predictions and much more as it happened.

Eastern Conference Western Conference (Photo: Glenn James / NHLI via Getty Images) Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry again took shots during an individual on-ice workout prior to Penguins practice ...

Judging solely by points accrued and end-of-year conference standings, the Pittsburgh Penguins regressed in Year 2 of Kyle Dubas’ tenure as general manager and president of hockey operations. The ...

There are eight NHL head coaching vacancies, but which team has the most to offer? We ranked all the openings on how ...

Tristan Jarry finished with 27 saves as Pittsburgh ... NBA Coach of the Year after leading Cavaliers to best record in Eastern Conference Atkinson led the Cavaliers to the No. 1 seed in the ...

The Capitals (51-21-9, 111 points) will be the top seed in the Eastern Conference entering ... The rest of it, it's hard to find a positive." Tristan Jarry made 28 saves against Boston and is ...

The Blue Jackets are three points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the Eastern Conference's final ... who had won two straight. Tristan Jarry stopped 28 shots. Senators 4, Flyers 3 (OT) Tim ...

WASHINGTON — Adam Fantilli scored twice, Jet Greaves made 29 saves to win his third start in four days and Columbus remained in playoff contention by beating Eastern Conference-leading Washington.

The Canadiens hold the second wild card in the Eastern Conference ... and Matt Grzelcyk had two assists for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry finished with 27 saves as Pittsburgh won for the third ...