Captain Anze Kopitar, one of the last remaining links to LA's Stanley Cup championship teams, signed a two-year extension worth $14 million Thursday.
New Jersey's Taylor Hall, Los Angeles' Anze Kopitar and Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon are finalists for the 2018 Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player.
The host Lightning will have four players in the All-Star Game later this month: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Steven Stamkos. James Neal and Marc-Andre Fleury give Las Vegas its first two ASG nods.
Los Angeles Kings center Jeff Carter is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a cut on his left leg.
Jack Eichel joined his Buffalo Sabres teammates in forming a circle around center ice to begin a pre-practice stretching routine Wednesday, when he suddenly felt Jason Pominville give him a nudge.
The team that missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons remains largely unchanged, the biggest alterations coming behind the bench and in the front office. In today's NHL, is that enough to get the Kings back into the playoffs?