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The Utah Hockey Club experiment in Salt Lake City has now reached its fourth month. Utah has played 38 games since transitioning from the now defunct Arizona Coyotes, and the results have been up and down. Andre Tourigny’s team won four games in a row between December 12-20, just to drop five consecutive right afterwards. […]

The Ottawa Senators have come back down to earth following a six-game winning streak, and looked mortal against the Dallas Stars in Texas on Thursday night. The Sens were doubled up 4-2 by their cross-conference foes, and captain Brady Tkachuk was not at all happy with his club’s effort. “The second half was embarrassing. Embarrassing […]

The New York Rangers were in dire need of a victory on Thursday night after losing four consecutive games, and Mika Zibanejad stepped up. The 31-year-old scored his first goal in nine contests as the Blueshirts doubled up the Boston Bruins 2-1 at Madison Square Garden. The game’s opening goal was also the veteran forward’s […]

With the last Monday of 2024 falling the day before New Year’s Eve, we decided at ClutchPoints to change up the NHL Power Rankings a little bit this time around. Although capturing the week-to-week progress of each team is the usual goal of this exercise, we’re looking at the big picture on the verge of […]

Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson drive the bus for the Vancouver Canucks, but neither player will be available when the team welcomes the Seattle Kraken to Rogers Arena on Saturday afternoon. Hughes and Pettersson are both out with injuries, head coach Rick Tocchet confirmed on Saturday. The former leads the Canucks in scoring and is […]

Colorado Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player last season, and the Canadian superstar is making a great case to go back-to-back in 2024-25. The 29-year-old became the first player this season to reach 60 points after recording three assists in a 4-1 road victory over the Utah […]

It’s been another phenomenal regular-season for the Winnipeg Jets, who made history by winning 15 times in 16 tries to begin the 2024-25 National Hockey League campaign. Now a fantastic 25-10-1 coming out of the holiday break, Scott Arniel’s club is looking to one-up last year, when the team won 52 regular-season contests for just […]

Although Todd McLellan remains on the Los Angeles Kings’ payroll, the 57-year-old hasn’t coached a game since he was fired by the organization in February of 2024. That will change when the veteran bench boss coaches his first game behind the Detroit Red Wings’ bench on Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs — and […]

After back-to-back fifth place finishes in the Pacific Division — and two consecutive missed postseasons — the Calgary Flames are at least in the hunt in 2024-25. After winning 38 games in each of 2022-23 and 2023-24, the squad has already secured 16 in 34 contests, sporting a solid 16-11-7 record after the holiday break. […]

After a hugely encouraging 2023-24 National Hockey League campaign, the Philadelphia Flyers have struggled to find a similar level of success through three months of the new season. Heading into the holiday break last December, John Tortorella’s club was 19-11-4 and looking like one of the better teams in the Metropolitan Division. Although it ended […]

After a brutal start to the 2024-25 campaign, the Detroit Red Wings have fired their head coach. Derek Lalonde, who has been the bench boss in Motown since 2022, will be replaced by Todd McLellan, GM Steve Yzerman confirmed on Thursday. “Detroit Red Wings Executive Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman today announced that […]

After advancing to back-to-back Western Conference Finals the last two seasons, the Dallas Stars have established themselves as a perennial contender in the National Hockey League. Although the core has been unable to break through over the last few years, the Stars are just a half-decade removed from coming within two victories of capturing the […]

We’re now officially 34 games into the Utah Hockey Club experiment in Salt Lake City, and the results have been solid if unspectacular for the National Hockey League’s newest franchise. After a strong month of December heading into the three day holiday break, Utah sits 16-12-6 and just two points back of the final wildcard […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers turned back the clock on Monday night, playing a vintage barn burner in the final game for each team before the holiday break — and Sidney Crosby was right in the thick of things. The captain scored a goal and added three assists as the Pens beat the Flyers […]

For maybe the first time since the 2024-25 National Hockey League campaign kicked off three months ago, it’s going to be a relatively quiet week. The NHL will shut down entirely for three days beginning on Tuesday, with no games on the slate for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Boxing Day. Of course, it’s a […]

After five games on the shelf, Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek was activated off of injured reserve on Thursday, the team announced. The veteran was injured in a 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on December 7. Mrazek is set to backup Arvid Soderblom in Thursday night’s game against the Seattle Kraken at the United […]

Although the milestone came in losing fashion, Jamie Benn has now played more games than anyone else in the history of the Dallas Stars. The captain skated in contest No. 1,143 for the organization in a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night, per The Dallas News’ Kellen Bulger. […]

Although there was an opportunity for San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek to earn more playing time after Mackenzie Blackwood was shipped to the Colorado Avalanche, the 28-year-old’s quest will be halted after he suffered an upper-body injury on Tuesday night. Vanecek was backing up Alex Georgiev in a tilt against the Winnipeg Jets — […]

Although the Vancouver Canucks haven’t quite been able to find the magic that saw them win the Pacific Division along with 50 games in 2023-24, this iteration of the roster still projects as one of the better teams in the Western Conference. Rick Tocchet’s club is 16-9-5, good enough for fourth place in the division […]

Ivan Provorov has continued to hear his name swirling in trade rumors in 2024-25 — it makes sense considering the Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman is a pending unrestricted free agent on a lacklustre team. But his agent made it clear the 28-year-old Russian doesn’t want to go anywhere. “Ivan is happy to be in Columbus, […]

The last time the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers met at Rogers Place, Connor McDavid’s club forced a winner-take-all Game 7 after winning 5-1 in Game 6 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final back in June. But on Monday night, it was Florida coming out on top in Edmonton, prevailing 6-5 in the first meeting […]

Exactly 164 days ago, the Florida Panthers captured their inaugural NHL championship, defeating Connor McDavid and his Edmonton Oilers in one of the most thrilling Stanley Cup Finals in recent memory. After opening up a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, the Cats allowed the Oil to march all the way back, with the storied […]

Although the Vegas Golden Knights failed to win back-to-back Stanley Cups after being ousted by the Dallas Stars in a tight Round 1 series in 2023-24, the squad again looks like one of the premier teams in the Western Conference. Through just over a quarter of the season, Vegas is 19-7-3, good enough for first […]

After one of the best regular-seasons in franchise history in 2023-24, the Winnipeg Jets are trying to do even better this time around. The 2024-25 iteration of the roster won 14 of its first 15 games, entering the National Hockey League record books in the process. Although the team has been on a bit of […]

Alex Ovechkin hasn’t played a game for the Washington Capitals since breaking his left fibula in a game against the Utah Hockey Club on November 18 — but The Great Eight is getting close to a return. Ovechkin joined his teammates for practice on Saturday, The Hockey News’ Sammi Silber confirmed. The 39-year-old began Saturday’s […]

It’s mostly been nothing but good times for the Minnesota Wild in 2024-25, but Thursday night against the Edmonton Oilers will be an immediately forgettable day. The Wild were crushed 7-1 by the Oilers on home ice, and they lost key defenseman Jake Middleton long-term in the process. The 28-year-old left the game just 37 […]

Scott Laughton was the unlikely hero for the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night, scoring all four goals for his team in a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Wells Fargo Center. Although two of them were into an empty net, it was the first time the 30-year-old has achieved the feat. The veteran […]

Nikita Kucherov was otherworldly for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night, recording a goal and six points as the Bolts crushed the Calgary Flames 8-3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. In the process, No. 86 tied a couple of Tampa Bay single-season records — both the six points and five assists, according to NHL.com’s Aaron […]

The Edmonton Oilers put on a show against one of the National Hockey League’s best teams on Thursday night, crushing the Minnesota Wild 7-1 at Xcel Energy Center — but it could have come at the cost of star defenseman Evan Bouchard. The 25-year-old was injured on a questionable hit by Wild forward Ryan Hartman […]

Multiple players on the Vancouver Canucks enjoyed career-best campaigns in 2023-24, and Brock Boeser was no exception. The 23rd overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft scored 40 goals for the first time, adding 33 assists for 73 points in 81 games. Boeser was also a catalyst in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, recording 12 […]

The Florida Panthers have most of their Stanley Cup winning core locked up long-term — Sasha Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Gustav Forsling should all be part of the equation in South Beach for the foreseeable future. But what about Sam Bennett? The 28-year-old has been a key piece of the squad’s […]

Josh Norris has long been considered a key piece of the Ottawa Senators’ core, but in the midst of another difficult season in Canada’s capital, the center could be on the trade block ahead of the March 7 deadline. The Senators have already listed the player as a trade candidate this season, per several reports, […]

In a battle of teams struggling mightily in the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers outlasted the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday night, defeating their cross-divisional foes 3-2. Mika Zibanejad was a catalyst for the Blueshirts, scoring his 300th goal in the triumph; it was just New York’s third win in 11 tries […]

Although the Philadelphia Flyers remain in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race through over a quarter of the 2024-25 season, president of hockey operations Keith Jones made it clear the front office will not be looking to improve the roster ahead of the March 7 NHL Trade Deadline. “We’re not going to be […]

The Dallas Stars were dealt a brutal injury blow last week, as Tyler Seguin will undergo major reconstructive hip surgery and is expected to miss 4-6 months. It’s even worse considering Seguin had found prolific success on a line with Matt Duchene and Mason Marchment this season, recording 20 points in 19 games. The silver […]

The Nashville Predators have been the National Hockey League’s worst surprise in 2024-25, currently sitting 32nd in league standings and mired in a seven-game losing skid. The Preds just can’t buy a victory these days, but head coach Andrew Brunette believes his team is snakebitten despite not winning a game since November 23. “I guess […]

The Jacob Trouba saga is officially over in New York. The Rangers moved on from their captain on Saturday, shipping him to California and the Anaheim Ducks for a player and a pick. With $8 million in cap space reclaimed after the 30-year-olds departure, general manager Chris Drury has some flexibility to make a move […]

The last time NHL players competed against each other internationally, it was back in 2016 during the outstanding, best-on-best World Cup of Hockey. Canada came out on top in a thrilling final eight years ago in Toronto, and after nearly a decade of waiting, they’ll continue vying for hockey supremacy against Finland, Sweden and the […]

After finishing just below .500 last season and failing to advance to the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Seattle Kraken are on a similar trajectory in 2024-25. After a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday night, the Kraken have fallen to 13-14-1 — good enough for sixth place in the Pacific Division. […]