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Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom have been synonymous with the Washington Capitals franchise for the past two decades. The trio of Stanley Cup champions have suited up for more combined games in the nation’s capital than any other player, and Carlson leapfrogged Backstrom during Monday night’s 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. […]

Exactly five months ago, on a warm June evening in Sunrise, the Florida Panthers captured their second consecutive NHL championship. It wasn’t quite as thrilling as the year before, when the Edmonton Oilers erased a 3-0 deficit before coming up just short in a one-goal Game 7 — but it was a terrific series nonetheless. […]

It’s been tough sledding so far for the Calgary Flames, who sit 5-12-2 and dead last in the National Hockey League through 19 games in 2025-26. But they were able to secure a rare victory on Thursday night, shutting out the San Jose Sharks at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Head coach Ryan Huska didn’t mince words […]

The Colorado Avalanche are in the midst of a storybook start to the 2025-26 campaign, leading the NHL with a sparkling 12-1-5 record after a 6-3 doubling up of the Buffalo Sabres at Ball Arena on Thursday night. It was the fifth consecutive win for the Avs, who are looking like a powerhouse in the […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the top team in the National Hockey League and looking to capture more than just the President’s Trophy in 2025-26 — but they’ll have to manage without a key piece of the forward core for the foreseeable future. Valeri Nichushkin, who was injured during Tuesday night’s 4-1 victory over the Pacific […]

In October of 1997, the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks kicked off the NHL Global Series with back-to-back games in front of 10,500 spectators at the Yoyogi Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Since that debut contest — which was won for the Canucks by Pavel Bure — there have been 45 other international regular-season contests, spanning […]

The Boston Bruins have just begun adjusting to life without Elias Lindholm — who was placed on injured reserve on Saturday — and they’ll be without two other key players in a rivalry matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena. Both Charlie McAvoy and Casey Mittelstadt will be unavailable for the all-Atlantic Division […]

The 6-5-4 Edmonton Oilers are waiting patiently for the return of star forward Zach Hyman. Although his original target date of November 1 has passed, head coach Kris Knoblauch revealed that the plan is for the 33-year-old to play at some point in the next week. “Whether he gets back in on Monday [against the […]

The Calgary Flames are off to a hugely disappointing start in 2025-26, winning just four of their first 15 games and currently sitting dead last in league standings ahead of a home matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. If the team can’t right the ship, it could spell the end of veteran forward […]

Artemi Panarin is off to his worst start with the New York Rangers since signing an $81.5 million megadeal with the team in the summer of 2019. It’s not ideal for the pending unrestricted free agent, and the Russian star shaved his head to try to get back to his usual, highly productive self, he […]

The Anaheim Ducks have been one of the big surprises of the 2025-26 NHL season, roaring out of the gates to a 9-3-1 start — and scoring more goals than any other team in the process. The Ducks earned their fifth straight victory on Thursday night, beating the Dallas Stars 7-5 in a shooting gallery […]

This is not at all the kind of start the Minnesota Wild envisioned in 2025-26 after making Kirill Kaprizov the highest-paid player in NHL history over the summer. Despite winning two games in a row, John Hynes’ club is 5-6-3 and currently sitting 30th in league standings. That’s not satisfactory for general manager Bill Guerin, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs authored a thrilling comeback to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on home ice on Monday night — but it wasn’t enough to satisfy their head coach. The Leafs trailed 3-0 at the end of the second period and looked listless for long stretches, but scored four unanswered goals to steal two […]

The Winnipeg Jets have started their 2025-26 NHL campaign 9-3 and are just a point back of the top spot in league standings — and that’s all been without the services of captain Adam Lowry. The veteran forward will rejoin the lineup for the first time this season on Tuesday night against the Kings in […]

The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is off to a terrific start. But don’t take our word for it — let the evidence speak for itself. There were 109 goals scored during Frozen Frenzy last Tuesday, the third most in a single day in NHL history. If you ask any hockey fan what makes the […]

Tyler Seguin has enjoyed quite a National Hockey League career, winning the Stanley Cup in his rookie year with the Boston Bruins in 2010-11 and playing for a consistently good Dallas Stars team for over a decade. The 33-year-old, who has managed three goals and five points in 10 games in 2025-26, is gearing up […]

Jonathan Quick stole the spotlight in JT Miller’s return to British Columbia on Tuesday night, making 23 saves to help his New York Rangers shut out the Vancouver Canucks 2-0 at Rogers Arena. It was the 64th career shoutout for the two-time Stanley Cup champion, tying Rangers legend Henrik Lundqvist for the 17th most in […]

Although the Pittsburgh Penguins’ seventh win in 10 games to start the 2025-26 season was understandably overshadowed by a serious injury to a fan at PPG Paints Arena, Sidney Crosby reached another incredible milestone in his 21st NHL campaign. Crosby recorded a goal and two assists in a 6-3 victory over the visiting St. Louis […]

The National Hockey League is close to wrapping up its third official week of 2025-26, and — finally — every team has both won and lost a game. Last year at this time, the Winnipeg Jets remained undefeated, while the San Jose Sharks still hadn’t found a way to bank two points. It’s a little […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have been one of the big surprises so far in 2025-26 — and Sidney Crosby has been a key reason why. The 38-year-old got on the scoresheet again in a 5-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena, in the process becoming the franchise’s all-time leading […]

Michael Misa recorded the first point of his young National Hockey League career on Tuesday night — but it wasn’t enough to get the San Jose Sharks in the win column for the first time this season. The Sharks suffered their sixth consecutive defeat at the hands of the New York Islanders at UBS Arena, […]

All eyes were on Brad Marchand on Tuesday night, as the longtime Boston Bruins forward made his return to TD Garden for the first time as a visiting player. And the now-Florida Panther delivered in front of a sold out crowd, recording two assists in a nail-biting 4-3 victory over the home team. The two-time […]

It’s been exactly 13 days since the 2025-26 National Hockey League campaign kicked off at Amerant Bank Arena on October 7. And although it’s still extremely early, the chaos brewing in Week 3 of ClutchPoints’ NHL Power Rankings is palpable. Some teams are absolutely shattering their preseason expectations — like the resurgent Detroit Red Wings […]

The New York Islanders finally got in the win column for the first time in 2025-26 on Thursday night — and Bo Horvat was the catalyst. The star forward scored a hat trick, including the game-winning goal late in regulation, in a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at UBS Arena. The standout performance earned […]

It’s been tough sledding for Jim Hiller and his Los Angeles Kings in the early going of the 2025-26 NHL season. After falling 4-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on home ice on Thursday night, the squad has dropped to 1-3-1 and sixth place in the Pacific Division. “We’re in a hole,” Hiller admitted to reporters […]

When Steven Stamkos left the Tampa Bay Lightning to join the Nashville Predators last summer, the veteran forward was hoping that his new team would compete for the same level of success the Bolts have had over the last several years. Instead, the Preds started the 2024-25 season 0-5 and were never able to recover, […]

The New York Rangers are reeling after a historically bad start to the season on home ice — and general manager Chris Drury could already be considering making some changes. As Sportsnet hockey insider Elliotte Friedman reported on Thursday, the Blueshirts could be looking to move top prospect Brennan Othmann. “It’s early and most teams […]

After going winless in their first three games of the 2025-26 NHL season, the Chicago Blackhawks are back on track after consecutive regulation victories. The most recent of them came on Wednesday night without captain Nick Foligno, who is taking a leave of absence to care for his daughter. The Hawks came out flying despite […]

The Detroit Red Wings are off to a decent if unspectacular start to the 2025-26 season, losing to the Montreal Canadiens on home ice before defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in back-to-back games to improve to 2-1. One player who has endeared himself to his new head coach is rookie defenseman Axel Sandin-Pellikka. The 20-year-old […]

It’s been a tale of two New York Rangers teams early on in the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. The road version is 2-0, with 10 goals for and just one against. But the home version has been incompetent to a historic degree, failing to score a single time over three regulation losses to the […]

The start of the 2025-26 NHL season has been nothing short of nightmarish for the Buffalo Sabres, who have scored two total goals over three regulation losses to begin the campaign. Getting off to an 0-3 start is brutal in its own right, but coupled with the fact that the roster has already been decimated […]

The Detroit Red Wings earned a second straight big win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday afternoon, utilizing a Mason Appleton game-winner with under a minute left in regulation to secure a 3-2 victory at Scotiabank Arena. That came after the Wings beat the Leafs 6-3 on home ice on Saturday night. It’s a […]

What an incredible feeling it is to be back watching NHL hockey on a daily basis. And what a terrific first six days of the 2025-26 season it’s been, with multiple noteworthy feats being seen across the league. Arranging the second edition of ClutchPoints’ NHL Power Rankings was tricky, as a couple of expected bottom-feeders […]

It’s a season opener San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic won’t soon forget — although he’ll try his best to. The netminder made two costly gaffes, one late in regulation and another in overtime, gifting the Vegas Golden Knights a 4-3 victory over their Pacific Division rivals on Thursday night. Nedeljkovic was excellent in the […]

Despite preseason expectations that labelled the Pittsburgh Penguins as bottom-feeders in 2025-26, it’s so far, so good for Sidney Crosby’s club, who remain undefeated through two games. After shutting out the Rangers in New York in their season opener on Tuesday, the Pens defeated the New York Islanders 4-3 at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday […]

It’s been a long 113 days since the Florida Panthers broke the hearts of the Edmonton Oilers for the second straight time in the Stanley Cup Final, but hockey fans, we are back. The 2025-26 NHL campaign kicked off with a tripleheader on Tuesday night, starting with the Cats raising the banner at Amerant Bank […]

Following another miserable campaign in the Windy City in 2024-25, the Chicago Blackhawks are looking to return to relevance in the Western Conference this season. The Hawks haven’t advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2019-20, and they’ve finished at the bottom of the Central Division in each of the last three years. But if […]

The Edmonton Oilers are certainly staying busy with just over 24 hours until the 2025-26 National Hockey League season commences. Just minutes after signing superstar Connor McDavid to a team-friendly two-year, $25 million extension on Monday, GM Stan Bowman is giving defenseman Jake Walman a long-term deal. As first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the […]

Mitch Marner is just five days away from playing his first ever National Hockey League game not as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Vegas Golden Knights’ marquee offseason addition is preparing for life on the strip, and he admitted to The Athletic’s Dan Robson that he’s looking forward to the different expectations […]