Stanley Cup Playoff hockey is officially back. Just ask Brady Tkachuk and Jordan Staal. Just three seconds into the Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators' series-opening game on Saturday afternoon, ...

The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs opened with fireworks on Saturday afternoon as Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal dropped the gloves just three seconds ...

It took only three seconds for Jordan Staal, left, and Brady Tkachuk to drop the gloves in Game of Hurricanes-Senators. Josh Lavallee / NHLI via Getty Images RALEIGH, N.C. — Ottawa Senators captain ...

The playoffs started off with a massive bang, as in the opening game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Ottawa Senators, captains Jordan Staal and Brady Tkachuk dropped the gloves off the opening ...

No fighting in the Stanley Cup playoffs? Apparently, no one told the Ottawa Senators’ Brady Tkachuk and the Carolina Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal. As the puck dropped for Game 1 of their first-round NHL ...

The 2026 NHL playoffs opened with instant drama as Jordan Staal and Brady Tkachuk dropped the gloves just seconds into Game 1. The clash between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Ottawa Senators wasted ...

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs got started with a big bang on Saturday. Team USA folk hero Brady Tkachuk dropped the gloves with Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes in a battle of on-ice captains as ...

The most aggressive postseason in sports started with a bang between the No. 1 seed Carolina Hurricanes and second wild card Ottawa Senators, when Jordan Staal and Brady Tkachuk dropped the gloves off ...