Day: May 13, 2025

As we approach the elimination games in Round 2, here are the major storylines — and what comes next.

Ken Holland, who won four Stanley Cups as an executive with the Detroit Red Wings and helped lead the Edmonton Oilers to a runner-up finish last season, is expected to become general manager of the Los Angeles Kings, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

Taylor Hall and Sean Walker came up with big third-period goals that the Carolina Hurricanes needed to stay in control of their Game 4 playoff win against the Washington Capitals.

Edmonton’s Calvin Pickard is expected to miss the remainder of the Western Conference series against the Vegas Golden Knights due to an injury, according to a TSN report Monday, and he was not on the bench later that night, when the Oilers won Game 4.