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The Edmonton Oilers have been forced to deal with a slew of injuries as of late, and the laundry list got even longer during Thursday’s 4-0 loss to the Florida Panthers. Trent Frederic was injured late in the second period of the two-time Stanley Cup Finals rematch while forechecking, and although he was able to […]

The NHL-best Colorado Avalanche are in the midst of one of their worst stretches of the 2025-26 season, having lost three games in a row and four of five. But they could have a key piece back in the lineup during their upcoming four-game road trip as they look to right the ship down the […]

The Utah Mammoth look well-positioned to bring postseason hockey to Salt Lake City for the first time ever — and they locked up a productive member of that quest on Friday. The Mammoth re-signed forward Michael Carcone to a two-year, $3.50 million contract extension, general manager Bill Armstrong announced. Currently making $750,000 in 2025-26, it’ll […]

The New York Rangers somewhat surprisingly didn’t trade Vincent Trocheck ahead of the deadline earlier this month, despite general manager Chris Drury reportedly having multiple offers on the table for the star forward. While there has been rampant speculation as to why that is — especially after the franchise got an underwhelming return for Artemi […]

In the midst of a nightmare 2025-26 campaign, the Toronto Maple Leafs moved on from three forwards ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline, shipping Bobby McMann to the Seattle Kraken, Nicolas Roy to the Colorado Avalanche and Scott Laughton to the Los Angeles Kings. Although key young forward Matthew Knies remained part of the equation, […]

The Buffalo Sabres are a revived franchise in 2025-26, on the verge of not only rectifying 14 straight missed postseasons, but in serious contention to win the Eastern Conference altogether. A big part of that success has been star forward Alex Tuch, who is third in team scoring with 28 goals and 57 points in […]

The Washington Capitals earned a critical two points on Wednesday night against the Ottawa Senators in a heated Eastern Conference playoff race — and Alex Ovechkin made even more history in the process. The captain scored his 25th goal of the season, the 20th time he’s scored that many goals in his storied 21-year NHL […]

Gary Bettman spent quite a bit of time on defense at the 2026 NHL General Managers meetings earlier this week, which were held at the Eau Palm Beach Resort and Spa in Manalapan, FL. One place that continues to give league GM’s headaches is the video review rule regarding goaltender interference, which has also drawn […]

The Dallas Stars continue to surge after winning 14 of their last 16 games, but they could be without two of their most important players for most of the rest of the regular-season. Stars radio analyst Bruce LeVine passed along an update from head coach Glen Gulutzan regarding Mikko Rantanen and Roope Hintz, as well […]

Kirby Dach has struggled mightily to stay healthy since joining the Montreal Canadiens, and he was dealt another disappointing injury blow on Tuesday. The 25-year-old will miss the next 2-4 weeks due to an upper-body injury suffered in a 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at the Bell Centre on Sunday, the team announced. The […]

Artemi Panarin made the most of his return to Broadway on Monday night, recording an assist in a 4-1 Los Angeles Kings victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. It was a critical win for a Kings team battling for its postseason lives — and the Russian star joked afterwards that he […]

Hockey fans, we’ve officially reached the final month of the 2025-26 NHL campaign. With exactly 31 days left in the regular-season, the best tournament in professional sports is now just around the corner. It’s been just over a week since the trade deadline, and if we didn’t know already, it’s becoming crystal clear who the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally snapped a long eight-game losing streak against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night — but it still feels like they lost. Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas injured Leafs superstar Auston Matthews with a dirty knee-on-knee hit in the second period. Gudas was given a five-minute major and thrown from the contest, […]

The San Jose Sharks are fighting tooth and nail for a playoff spot in 2025-26, and bottom-six center Ty Dellandrea will aid in that quest for this season — and a couple more campaigns to come — after being re-signed to a two-year, $3.25  million contract extension on Friday, general manager Mike Grier announced. “Ty […]

The Montreal Canadiens are deep at defense, and they added another potential future player to the blue line on Friday. The Habs signed University of Minnesota Gophers D-man Luke Mittelstadt to a two-year, entry-level contract, general manager Kent Hughes announced. Mittelstadt, the younger brother of Boston Bruins forward Casey Mittelstadt, will join the American Hockey […]

The NHL’s annual Global Series is headed back to Germany in 2026-27. For the first time in 15 years, regular-season hockey will return to Dusseldorf, Germany, pitting the Ottawa Senators and Chicago Blackhawks against each other on Dec. 18 and 20 at PSD Bank Dome, the league announced on Friday. The event is part of […]

Nikita Kucherov continues to establish himself as one of the NHL’s all-time greats, and the Tampa Bay Lightning superstar was the catalyst of a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday night. The Russian recorded two assists in the win, in the process becoming the 14th player born outside […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have looked like a completely different team under Rick Bowness. After hiring the veteran bench boss to replace Dean Evason on Jan. 12, the club has gone a terrific 14-2-3, immediately returning to relevance in the Eastern Conference playoff race. They’ve also heavily outplayed their opponents in that time, leading for […]

After an excellent first half of the 2025-26 NHL season, the Detroit Red Wings are fading, having lost nine of their last 14 games dating back to Jan. 22. That has their playoff hopes decreasing rapidly, and losing captain Dylan Larkin and forward Andrew Copp will only make things more difficult down the stretch. Larkin […]

It’s no secret that New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury was looking for a significant return for star forward Vincent Trocheck ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline — a return so significant that he ended up holding onto the gold medalist for at least the remainder of the 2025-26 season. Multiple teams reportedly made […]

The Ottawa Senators were set to forfeit their first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft after a disciplinary sanction imposed regarding a July 2021 trade of Evgenii Dadonov to the Vegas Golden Knights — but the National Hockey League has changed its mind. Instead of losing the pick, the Sens will indeed be drafting in […]

The Minnesota Wild made a couple of small additions ahead of Friday’s NHL Trade deadline, reuniting the Foligno brothers while also bringing Bobby Brink, Michael McCarron and Jeff Petry to the State of Hockey. General manager Bill Guerin already made the trade of the season earlier this year, acquiring superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes from the […]

It’s no surprise that Steven Stamkos wasn’t shipped out of Nashville ahead of last Friday’s NHL Trade Deadline, especially as the Predators forward made it clear he had no plans to waive his no-movement clause. But that didn’t mean there was any lack of interest in the sniper, as general manager Barry Trotz told reporters […]

Lane Hutson has been a revelation on the blue line for the Montreal Canadiens, winning the Calder Trophy in his rookie season in 2024-25 and taking his game to new heights this year. The 22-year-old registered an assist on the Habs’ second goal of the game in a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs […]

The Utah Mammoth are occupying the top wildcard spot in the Western Conference in 2025-26 with 17 games left — and Nick Schmaltz is a key reason why. The 30-year-old is in the midst of the best season of his career, and he was rewarded for it in a big way on Wednesday. The Mammoth […]

Conor Garland has fit like a glove with the Columbus Blue Jackets. After being acquired from the Vancouver Canucks ahead of the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline last week, the undersized forward has put together back-to-back two-goal games, including scoring twice in a critical 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. That comes […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a long and storied National Hockey League history, but the 2025-26 season will be one that team and fanbase alike will want to quickly put in the rearview mirror. The Leafs are currently last place in the Atlantic Division at 27-26-11, and were just sellers at the NHL Trade Deadline […]

It’s been a challenging 2025-26 campaign for the Edmonton Oilers, who have marched to back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals but are going to be hard-pressed to advance to the playoffs at all this April. Connor McDavid and co. are 31-25-8 and just four points away from being out of a postseason slot entirely with just 18 […]

Despite reportedly having multiple significant offers on the table for star forward Vincent Trocheck ahead of the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline, New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury decided to hold onto the veteran for the rest of the 2025-26 season. What was going through the executive’s mind is hard to figure out — especially […]

The 2026 NHL Trade Deadline was, well, a little underwhelming. There were no Mikko Rantanen’s, no JT Miller’s, no last minute Brad Marchand’s, and the only real blockbuster of the day was Nazem Kadri reuniting with the Colorado Avalanche at the buzzer. After 26 trades were made on March 7, 2025, there were only 20 […]

The Buffalo Sabres have been one of the big surprises of the 2025-26 National Hockey League campaign, currently tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for top spot in the Atlantic Division with 20 games left in their regular-season. They’ve won five games in a row, allowed just eight goals in that span, and are on […]

New York Rangers forward Vincent Trocheck was one of the top players available ahead of the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline, but despite a sellers market, general manager Chris Drury did not move the veteran center before Friday at 3 p.m. ET. That’s a slightly odd decision considering management has already admitted to a retool, and […]

The 2026 NHL Trade Deadline was relatively anti-climactic overall, but the same can’t be said for longtime Washington Capital turned Anaheim Duck John Carlson. The 36-year-old, who had played his entire career in the nation’s capital before shockingly being shipped from DC to California, admitted that getting traded in the middle of the night is […]

The St. Louis Blues had a trade in place that would have sent longtime defenseman Colton Parayko to the Buffalo Sabres earlier this week. Not only did Parayko veto that potential move, he will not waive his no-movement clause at all ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline, which is now mere hours away, TSN’s Pierre […]

Colton Parayko was the newest member of the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday — until he wasn’t. The longtime St. Louis Blues defenseman vetoed a trade that would send him to Western New York, and if the hulking blue liner doesn’t end up getting moved before the NHL Trade Deadline on Friday, it could benefit the […]

The New York Rangers own one of the top trade chips on the market in star forward Vincent Trocheck — and it’s looking like it’s going to take a haul to pry him out of the Big Apple. Although the Minnesota Wild have been linked to the Team USA gold medalist, and it’s no secret […]

Sergei Bobrovsky will live forever in Florida Panthers lore, helping the franchise capture back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in each of the last two seasons. But with the team a full 10 points back of the final wildcard berth in the Eastern Conference in 2025-26, and the Russian netminder set to be an unrestricted free agent […]

It’s been exactly 28 days since the last edition of ClutchPoints’ NHL Power Rankings, and after an electric Winter Olympics that saw Jack Hughes and the United States defeat Canada to win gold for the first time in 46 years, it’s time to lock in for the stretch run. The National Hockey League trade deadline […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a tricky spot with six days to go until the March 6 NHL Trade Deadline. Currently 27-23-9, dead last in the Atlantic Division and a full eight points out of a playoff spot, there is a scenario where the front office decides to sell and recoup draft capital for […]