Henrik Lundqvist’s Future Is Unknown After Rangers Buy Out His Contract

If he chooses to continue playing after 15 years in New York, Lundqvist, 38, will join a crowded goaltender market during this free agency period.

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One of the Lightning’s Cornerstones Was Out. The Other Stepped Up.

With Steven Stamkos injured for much of the postseason, Victor Hedman scored 10 goals to help Tampa Bay win its first Stanley Cup in the pair’s 11 seasons together.

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Tampa Bay Lightning Win Stanley Cup in Pandemic ‘Bubble’

The Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars, four games to two, to win their second championship, in a season upended by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Hockey Needs Viewers. It Should Not Glorify Pain and Violence to Get Them.

A promotional video posted by the N.H.L. that glorified pain showed a disturbing embrace of violence by the league. The post has since been deleted.

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Steven Stamkos Is Out for the Rest of the Stanley Cup

Stamkos, the Lightning’s captain and one of the league’s top scorers, made his only postseason appearance in Game 3 of the finals against Dallas after being out with an injury.

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Stars Beat Lightning in Double Overtime to Force Game 6

Corey Perry’s goal gave Dallas a 3-2 victory and stopped Tampa Bay from clinching its second Stanley Cup.

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Miro Heiskanen Is Dallas’s Do-Everything Defenseman

Heiskanen, 21, leads all players at that position in points this postseason and has impressed greats like Nicklas Lidstrom with his play.

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Lightning Have Championship in Sights After Winning Third Straight Game

Kevin Shattenkirk scored on the power play in overtime to give Tampa Bay a 5-4 win and a lead of three games to one over Dallas.

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For the N.H.L. Bubble to Succeed, Everyone Had to Be Flexible

Broadcasters did interviews from high above the ice instead of rinkside. A popular cafe in Edmonton tailored its menu to athletes. And most players have gone weeks without seeing their families.

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The Lightning Gain Stamkos, and the Lead

The Tampa Bay captain played less than three minutes, but scored in a 5-2 win over Dallas in Game 3.

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In These Stanley Cup Finals, One Coach Can’t Lose

George Gwozdecky, a former Lightning assistant, once worked with Tampa Bay’s coach, Jon Cooper, and Dallas’s, Rick Bowness.

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Leon Draisaitl Wins N.H.L. M.V.P. Award

The Oilers forward led the league in points and became the first German-born player to win the Hart Trophy.

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With Kids in Sports Bubbles, These Parents Are Desperate for a Way In

Many parents are used to following their pro-athlete offspring from game to game. With the pandemic keeping them out of stadiums, some are getting creative.

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Behind Their Power Play, Lightning Even the Series

Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat scored two of Tampa Bay’s three first-period goals in its 3-2 win on Monday.

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Dallas Gets Goals From Unlikely Sources in Win Over Lightning

Defensemen Joel Hanley and Jamie Oleksiak each scored in the Stars’ 4-1 win, as Dallas took a 1-0 lead in the series over Tampa Bay.

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In These N.H.L. Playoffs, Backup Goalies Have Taken Center Stage

By the second round, six regular-season backups were functioning as No. 1s. One of them, Dallas’s Anton Khudobin, is in the Stanley Cup finals.

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Dallas Has Rallied and Tampa Bay Has Cruised. Now They’ll Collide.

The Stars have made a habit of coming from behind, while the Lightning have played only one six-game series.

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Lightning Eliminate Islanders to Advance to Stanley Cup Finals

Game 6, like Game 5, went to overtime with the Lightning on the power play. But this time, Tampa Bay won and moved on to the finals against the Dallas Stars.

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A Black Fan Club Sought to Diversify N.H.L. Stands. Now They’re Aiming at Its C-Suites.

Black Girl Hockey Club started as a group formed to help Black women feel more comfortable attending games, but has gotten the ear of executives who want to make the sport more inclusive.

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Tyler Amburgey, Devoted Hockey Player and Coach, Dies at 29

A physical defenseman, he loved hockey enough to be excited at the sight of a new pair of skates or shin guards. He died of the novel coronavirus.

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Capitals Hire Peter Laviolette, Hoping for More Deep Playoff Runs

Laviolette takes over Washington after back-to-back division championships followed by first-round exits in the postseason.

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The Lightning Lost Early Last Year. They Came Back Tougher.

After adding more veterans following a first-round defeat to Columbus, Tampa Bay needs one more win over the Islanders to reach the Stanley Cup finals for the second time in six years.

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Dallas Stars Advance to Stanley Cup Final

Denis Gurianov scored a power-play goal in overtime of Game 5 to send the third-seeded Stars to the final for the first time in 20 years, eliminating the top-seeded Golden Knights.

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Stars Are One Win Away From Winning the West

Anton Khudobin made 32 saves, including stops during a 5-on-3 penalty kill in the third period, in Dallas’s 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

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The Last Islanders Team to Advance This Far Sees a Little of Itself

As happened in 1993, the timely help of role players lifted the franchise to the conference finals. But behind in the series, 2-0, to Tampa Bay, these Islanders risk suffering the same fate.

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Tom Jernstedt, an Architect of March Madness, Dies at 75

A former backup college quarterback, he helped transform the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament into one of the biggest events in sports.

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N.H.L. Conference Finals Begin After Hectic Second Round

Three teams won Game 7s to advance. Dallas and Vegas start the action with Game 1 on Sunday night in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Islanders Defeat Flyers and Head to Conference Finals for First Time Since 1993

The Islanders shut out the Flyers, 4-0, in Game 7 of their playoff series and now face the Tampa Bay Lightning to decide who goes to the Stanley Cup finals.

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After Cancer Treatment, Oskar Lindblom Is Back in the Fray

Lindblom, 24, suited up for the Philadelphia Flyers for the first time since December on Thursday in a postseason elimination game and could play in Game 7 on Saturday.

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Once Up 3-1, the Islanders Now Face a Game 7

The top-seeded Philadelphia Flyers won their third game of the series after regulation, this time in double overtime, to fend off elimination.

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Inside a Power 5 Program Recovering in Real Time

At the University of California, Berkeley, athletes, coaches and administrators face the most complicated puzzle in sports: the return of college athletics. They are providing The Times an inside look at their journey’s ups and downs.

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John Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78

The first Black coach to lead a team to the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship, he helped mold N.B.A. stars like Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson at Georgetown University.

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