NHL Pacific Division News

Allan Maki shares his opinion on the previous night's NHL action and looks at the early news of the day Monday through Friday during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

A pair of major upsets for the teams playing in the elimination rounds of the World Championships.

Apr. 2, 2013; Glendale, AZ, USA; Phoenix Coyotes left wing Rob Klinkhammer skates out after being named a star of the game against the Los Angeles Kings at Jobing.com Arena.

San Jose Sharks winger Raffi Torres was suspended Thursday for the rest of the second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings as a result of his hit on Kings center Jarret Stoll in Game 1 on Tuesday night.

The Dallas Stars pulled the trigger on the move that we were all expecting them to, when they fired Glen Gulutzan earlier this week.

Only a few minutes into the third period of Game 2 between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings , center Anze Kopitar took a puck to the face and went down to the ice bleeding from the mouth: Kopitar headed to the dressing room, and the Kings' forward lines were scrambled to compensate.

Canada was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Championship for a fourth straight year with a 3-2 shootout loss to host Sweden on Thursday.

Chicago Blackhawks' Dave Bolland, left, takes Phoenix Coyotes' Rob Klinkhammer, right, to the ice during the first period of an NHL game on Saturday, Apr.

The Los Angeles Kings are on a bit of a run here in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They seem to have found their footing after dropping the first two games of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, rattling off five in a row, including Game 1 of their second round series against the San Jose Sharks .

In the third installment of our 2013 Coyotes draft profile series, we look at the OHL's Max Domi and how he would fit with the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Phoenix Coyotes have a very loyal fan base that will defend their team to the death if you discuss even the chance of them moving out of town.

There had been a lot of talk about what new Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill would do with head coach Glen Gulutzan .

San Jose Sharks winger Raffi Torres is looking at another suspension by the NHL after his controversial hit against Kings center Jarret Stoll on Tuesday night.

A new GM looks at things in new ways, so Jim Nill probably doesn't really carry the baggage of Stars fans.

The Blues' end of the year evaluations will take place in a couple of weeks, giving the coaches time to cool off from the disappointing season and look at things in perspective.

The second round of the 2013 NHL playoffs got underway on Tuesday, and players such as the New York Rangers' Derick Brassard, the Los Angeles Kings' Slava Voynov and the Boston Bruins' Jaromir Jagr are players who could be huge X-factors for their respective teams.

The Kings never trailed in a single playoff series last spring while racing to their first Stanley Cup championship.

Jonathan Quick stonewalled the San Jose Sharks with a 35-save shutout as the streaking Los Angeles Kings grabbed a 2-0 win in the opener of their Western Conference semi-finals series on Tuesday.

The Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees and will have surgery to correct the problem.

He was definitely missed during his two game suspension in round one, but Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader said the plan was not for his return to be the difference in his team's game 6 and 7 win over the Anaheim Ducks.