The St. Louis Blues will be without leading scorer Vladimir Tarasenko for about five months after left shoulder surgery. The leaves the defending Stanley Cup champions vulnerable and their NHL betting odds to repeat will likely take a big hit.

Are the New Jersey Devils' Stanley Cup hopes already shattered after an epically slow start to the season?

New Jersey Devils' Stanley Cup odds were already shortening before the trade for Nikita Gusev. Now they've tightened even more.

That much was evident today, when the New York Rangers’ free-agent signing of star winger Artemi Panarin cut their odds down to win the next Stanley Cup by more than half from what they were just a few weeks ago.

Matt Grzelcyk's return to the Bruins from a concussion is more than a feel-good story. He'll have an impact, and an odds shift reflects that.

Will the Bruins be without their captain, Zdeno Chara, in the crucial Game 5 of their Stanley Cup Final against the St. Louis Blues?

Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals saw the Bruins lose a very important defenseman, Matt Grzelcyk, to a likely concussion after his head was hit into the glass by St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist.

The Boston Bruins now have a 77.2 percent chance of winning the Stanley Cup. At least, that’s what history says because, since 1939, that’s how often teams who win Game 1 in the Cup Final series go on to capture the trophy.

On Saturday, the semifinals of the tournament – which dates all the way back to 1920 – commence, with Finland vs. Russia and Canada vs. the Czech Republic. The championship game will be on Sunday, at Ondrej Nepala Arena in Slovakia (all games on NHL Network).

With the House having approved a sports betting bill, the state Senate seems very likely to approve. Assuming that happens, it will be left up to the voters to decide in November, and anything to do with sports in Colorado, especially Denver, usually wins.

Sportsbooks have been very pleased so far with the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs.