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Hockey fans, the time has finally come. The final NHL Power Rankings before the best postseason in all of sports. This time next week, the Stanley Cup Playoffs will be well underway to determine the champion of the league’s 107th season. Over six months since the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators kicked off the […]

You wouldn’t have to go too far back to find the last time a National Hockey League franchise won back-to-back Stanley Cups. It happened in 2020 and 2021, when the Tampa Bay Lightning — a year removed from winning the President’s Trophy and getting swept in the first round — finally broke through with its […]

Patrick Kane has been phenomenal for the Detroit Red Wings since returning from hip surgery last December, scoring at nearly a point-per-game clip in his first season in Motown. But the three-time Stanley Cup champion was noncommittal about his future in the city earlier this week, confirming that he wasn’t sure where he would play […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been without superstar Mikko Rantanen for the last two games after the Finn was concussed on a hit from Edmonton Oilers D-man Mattias Ekholm back on April 5. But the 27-year-old is likely to return to the lineup for Saturday’s afternoon tilt against the red hot Winnipeg Jets, Avs head coach […]

New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil hasn’t played a hockey game since the beginning of November. But after skating on his own over the last couple of weeks, he surprised his teammates by joining Friday’s practice — without a no-contact jersey. “Filip Chytil skating with the [Rangers] is a great sign,” reported TSN hockey insider […]

The Coyotes could be playing their last few games in Arizona after a bombshell report stating that the franchise could relocate to Salt Lake City as soon as next season surfaced earlier this week, leaving the team in limbo. And that potential transition has been extremely hard on the entire organization, according to The Athletic’s […]

Patrick Kane has been a key piece of the Detroit Red Wings since returning from hip surgery back in December of 2023 — but as the team continues to battle furiously for the final Eastern Conference wild card berth, the American admitted he isn’t sure what the future holds. Kane confirmed that he hasn’t thought […]

Although Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews probably would have preferred the two points, he made even more history in Thursday night’s loss to the New Jersey Devils. The American potted a pair of goals in the losing effort, at the same time passing franchise legend Mats Sundin for the most even-strength goals in team […]

The New York Islanders earned their biggest win of the season on Thursday night, improving their hold on the No. 3 spot in the Metropolitan Division after beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime. But it may have come at the cost of Noah Dobson — the team’s best defenseman. Dobson left the game just […]

After 817 games and nearly 12 full National Hockey League seasons, Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg is calling it a career. The 33-year-old will retire at the conclusion of the 2023-24 campaign, the team announced on Thursday. His final NHL home game will come against the Calgary Flames at the Honda Center on Friday night. […]

After winning the Pacific Division in 2021-22, it’s been back-to-back disappointing seasons for Nazem Kadri and the Calgary Flames. As the team stares down a second consecutive missed playoff in 2024, there have been rumblings that Kadri could get moved this offseason, with NHL insider Rob Ellis pointing to the Buffalo Sabres as a possible […]

The Carolina Hurricanes are red hot as the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs approach — and they added another piece to an elite forward core this week. Jackson Blake, a forward for the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, signed his entry-level contract, the team announced on Wednesday. Blake is a Hobey Baker Award finalist as […]

Brett Hull is a legendary National Hockey League goal scorer, finding the back of the net 741 times over his two-time Stanley Cup winning career. The Hall of Famer is one of the best scorers in history, and he’s been extremely impressed with Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews this season. One American showered another […]

Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertilla hasn’t been shy about his desire to bring another National Hockey League franchise to Texas — and he doubled down on that stance this week. “We would like to work to get an NHL team in Houston,” the 66-year-old told the Houston Chronicle’s Greg Rajan on Wednesday. “I’m working on […]

The Detroit Red Wings are battling for their playoff lives with just four games left in the 2023-24 regular-season, and they’ll play at least the first contest without Andrew Copp after the forward broke his cheekbone in the third period of Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals, according to NHL.com. Copp sustained the injury […]

Vancouver Canucks superstar Quinn Hughes is in the midst of the best season by a defenseman in franchise history — and he put the exclamation mark on a true Norris Trophy campaign in a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. The 24-year-old scored a goal and added an assist in the first […]

The San Jose Sharks are patiently waiting for the 2023-24 campaign to mercifully come to an end, but it looks like it already has for forward Alexander Barabanov — along with his tenure in California. The 29-year-old hasn’t played since March 26 after suffering an injury blocking a shot against  the Dallas Stars, and there […]

The Edmonton Oilers are in the midst of another standout season in the Western Conference, sitting just five points back of the Pacific Division’s top spot with six games left in 2023-24. At 47-24-5, the Oil are again looking like one of the teams to beat in the NHL — and Connor McDavid and Leon […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been on an absolute tear over the last month, winning 10 of their last 13 games to take command of the top wild card berth in the Eastern Conference. And the team got a huge Mikhail Sergachev boost in the midst of the heater. The Russian defenseman practiced in a […]

Are the Dallas Stars a wagon? At least one person thinks so: Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar. In a battle of the Western Conference’s two best teams, it was the Stars that came out on top on Sunday night, beating the Avs 7-4 to solidify their position at the top of the Central Division. […]

There were long stretches during the 2023-24 NHL season when it looked like both Alex Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals and Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins would miss the postseason for the second straight year. The last time the Caps and Pens missed back-to-back playoffs, neither The Great Eight nor Sid The Kid had anything to do with […]

The Vancouver Canucks have been without Elias Lindholm since March 24, and the Swede could remain out of the lineup for at least the next couple of weeks. The 29-year-old might not be an option for the Canucks until the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. “Lindholm has been difficult to […]

Make that 400 goals for the captain. After failing to score in 10 consecutive games, Brad Marchand finally hit No. 400 in a 4-1 triumph over the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh on Thursday night. It was an impressive win for the B’s, who took down one of the NHL’s hottest teams to improve to 45-17-15 […]

The Vancouver Canucks are in the midst of their best season since Daniel and Henrik Sedin were still the driving forces of the offense. The Canucks led the Western Conference for long stretches of the 2023-24 campaign, and currently sit three points back of the Dallas Stars with six games to go. They do still […]

Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery called Thursday’s tilt with the Pittsburgh Penguins the team’s “biggest game of the year” — but it was Sidney Crosby and co. who came out on top in a critical matchup at Capital One Arena. The Pens beat the Caps 4-1, in the process moving to just one point back […]

Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella has been making headlines on what seems like a weekly basis in 2023-24. He has taken a roster that was widely expected to miss the playoffs in a rebuild year, and has it on the verge of a postseason berth with under two weeks left in the regular-season. As […]

The Montreal Canadiens are in the midst of another disappointing NHL campaign as the rebuild continues. The Habs are 29-33-12, dead last in the Atlantic Division, and on the verge of being mathematically eliminated from postseason contention with eight games left. Although it’s been another challenging year, things haven’t been easy in Quebec. Montreal has […]

The Dallas Stars continue to play their best hockey of the season at the perfect time. Fresh off blanking the Edmonton Oilers 5-0 on Wednesday night, the squad has won eight games in a row to vault into first-place in the Western Conference. That’s a franchise record; no Stars team has ever won more than […]

When the Boston Bruins acquired three-time Stanley Cup champion Pat Maroon at the 2024 NHL trade deadline, they probably thought he’d be in the lineup by now. The 35-year-old is still recovering from an injury he suffered while a member of the Minnesota Wild back at the end of January. The ailment led to back […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are no stranger to deep Stanley Cup playoff runs, having made three of them in the last four seasons — and winning the franchise’s second and third championships in the process. The Bolts were two victories away from a three-peat in 2022, losing in a six-game battle to the Colorado Avalanche […]

The NHL’s Hart Trophy — awarded yearly to the player voted most valuable to his team — has consistently been the most controversial piece of hardware given out every June. That’s because, unlike the NBA, we aren’t talking about a league MVP. We’re talking about the player most valuable to his squad. So there is […]

Although there was some hope in Newark that Dougie Hamilton might be able to rejoin the New Jersey Devils if they’re able to secure a wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, that no longer seems to be the case. Hamilton “probably won’t” return to the ice in 2023-24, interim head coach Travis Green confirmed […]

The New York Rangers have looked like one of the best teams in the National Hockey League over the last couple of weeks — and that’s without the services of key defenseman Jacob Trouba. The captain has missed each of the last 11 Blueshirts’ games after suffering a lower-body injury in a 4-2 loss to […]

The Dallas Stars are one-third of the three-headed monster that has dominated the National Hockey League’s Central Division for all of 2023-24. Along with the Colorado Avalanche and Winnipeg Jets, the Stars have emerged into one of the top teams in the league, and will be looking to make a deep playoff run as they […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been without one of their best forwards for over three weeks, but that could soon change as Mitch Marner continues to inch closer to a return. The 26-year-old participated in a full practice with the Leafs on Friday — his first since suffering a high ankle sprain in a 4-1 […]

John Carlson has played his entire 15-year career with the Washington Capitals, winning a Stanley Cup with the franchise in 2018 and establishing himself as one of the best defensemen in franchise history in the process. On Saturday night, the 34-year-old will play in game No. 1,000 when the Caps welcome the Boston Bruins to […]

Logan Cooley scored his first career National Hockey League hat-trick in just his 73rd game to help the Arizona Coyotes halt the Nashville Predators’ 18-game point streak on Thursday night. The rookie was instrumental in the win, helping the Yotes down the Preds 8-4 in front of the 4,600 in attendance at Mullett Arena in […]

When DJ Smith was still the coach of the Ottawa Senators ahead of the 2023-24 season, he made it clear that the expectations in Canada’s capital were postseason or bust. Fast forward about six months; Smith is no longer employed by the team, the Sens are on the verge of being mathematically eliminated from playoff […]

The future of three-time Stanley Cup champion Marc-Andre Fleury with the Minnesota Wild is up in the air as the surefire Hall of Famer plays out the final few weeks of his contract. Although it’s been widely speculated that the 39-year-old would retire after this season, the Quebec native’s latest comments tell a different story. […]