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The Florida Panthers have been eagerly awaiting the return of their two best defensemen — and the wait for one of them could finally be coming to an end, head coach Paul Maurice confirmed on Friday. The bench boss said there’s a chance Brandon Montour will return before the end of the team’s California road […]

It may have taken over a month, but Connor Bedard officially announced himself on Thursday night, becoming the third youngest player to record a four-point game in an impressive 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena. Bedard was buzzing from start to finish, scoring two goals and adding as many assists to […]

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has missed his team’s last four games after being suspended for a questionable hit on Florida Panthers’ blueliner Oliver Ekman-Larsson back on Oct. 30. After serving the four-contest ban, the star American admitted he “made a mistake” after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the suspension earlier this week. “I think […]

The Colorado Avalanche lost another hockey game to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night — and they may have lost Artturi Lehkonen long-term after the forward went head-first into the boards and was transported to the hospital following a 4-3 loss. Lehkonen was on the receiving end of a heavy hit from Kraken defenseman Jamie […]

The Montreal Canadiens were expected to spend the 2023-24 NHL season in the basement of the Atlantic Division as the rebuild continues in Quebec. But the Habs got off to a pleasantly surprising start instead, winning five of their first seven games and looking like the potential was there for them to battle for a […]

When the Pittsburgh Penguins brought Erik Karlsson to Pennsylvania in the blockbuster trade of the summer, it was clear the team had Stanley Cup aspirations after missing the postseason for the first time in the Sidney Crosby era in 2022-23. In the early going, this is not looking anything like a club that will realistically […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are off to a (relatively) strong start to the 2023-24 campaign, compiling a 6-3-4 record over their first 13 contests. Without Andrei Vasilevskiy for any of them, that is a record the Bolts will certainly take. But the Russian superstar is on his way back, with head coach Jon Cooper confirming […]

Another game, another collapse for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The boo birds were out in full force at Scotiabank Arena as the Ottawa Senators hung six goals on their Canadian counterparts, winning 6-3 and sending a reeling Leafs team to 6-5-2. Toronto has lost five of their last six, giving up an astounding 26 goals […]

The Milwaukee Bucks squeaked out a tight 120-118 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night, despite losing superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo for virtually the entire second half. The 28-year-old was hit with a technical foul in the second quarter, and was given another early in the third — along with an ejection — in front […]

It’s been a long road to recovery for Washington Capitals forward Max Pacioretty, who has dealt with two Achilles tears since the summer of 2022 and hasn’t played an NHL game since Jan. 19. The Capitals signed the 34-year-old as a free agent from the Carolina Hurricanes in free agency, but he has yet to […]

It’s been a rough start to the season for the Minnesota Wild, the team falling to 4-5-2 — good enough for seventh place in the Central Division — after a discouraging first 11 games. Things have gone off the rails early in the State of Hockey, which is surprising considering how the year started. Filip […]

The Vancouver Canucks are off to their best start in franchise history, and the show continues to go on for Quinn Hughes, who is breaking out into a true superstar defenseman and one of the league’s best in 2023-24. And he has some history to back up his early Norris Trophy case. After scoring a […]

The Washington Capitals are expected to be without forward Nicklas Backstrom for the rest of the season after the Swede stepped away from the team last week. Backstrom had his left hip surgically repaired during the offseason, but has had ongoing issues as he attempts to return to NHL play. “It’s emotional for everybody. He’s […]

The New York Jets fell to 4-4 after a 27-6 drubbing at the hands of the Los Angeles Chargers at MetLife Stadium on Monday Night Football, and the offense continues to struggle mightily without Aaron Rodgers. Now 30th in points per game and 31st in total yards per game, with only eight offensive touchdowns on […]

The 2023-24 National Hockey League season is off to a roaring start. But don’t take my word for it — let the evidence speak for itself. There were 114 goals scored on Saturday in the NHL, smashing the previous league record. If you ask any hockey fan what makes the game exciting, it’s not a […]

There have been a ton of phenomenal performances from the first month of the National Hockey League season — as documented by ClutchPoints earlier in the week — but with the excellent also comes the downright bad. There are a few particular players who have been absolutely awful in comparison to expectations in the early […]

Sidney Crosby is still playing at an incredibly high level in his 19th National Hockey League season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the captain will play in his 1,200th NHL game on Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks. A three-time Stanley Cup champion, former Hart Trophy winner and surefire Hall of Famer, the Nova […]

Oklahoma City Thunder standout rookie Chet Holmgren had his welcome to the National Basketball Association moment on Friday night — a 141-139 loss to Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in each club’s first In-Season Tournament game. Despite the Thunder defeat, Holmgren explained how the thrilling contest felt like a full-circle moment for the […]

The New York Rangers placed superstar defenseman Adam Fox on the long-term injured reserve on Friday, just a day after he left in the first period of a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Madison Square Garden. Fox is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with the ailment, but he will be required by league […]

Philadelphia Eagles running back Kenneth Gainwell went viral in Week 8’s win over the Washington Commanders after a halftime exchange between him and a fan on Instagram blew up. The move also blew up in the face of Gainwell, who was criticized for responding during the game. He opened up about the incident at his […]

The Arizona Cardinals will have a new face at quarterback when they visit Cleveland to take on the Browns in Week 9. “Cardinals’ rookie fifth-round pick Clayton Tune is expected to make his first NFL start Sunday at Cleveland, per sources,” reported ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The decision obviously means that Kyler Murray is […]

The New York Knicks lost a nailbiter to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, getting to within one with under a minute and a half left but ultimately losing 110-105 in each team’s respective first NBA In-Season Tournament game. Julius Randle admitted he wasn’t at his best after the disappointing defeat. “I’m just not in […]

Cincinnati Bengals safety Tycen Anderson has been placed on the injured reserve list after suffering a torn ACL during Week 8 against the San Francisco 49ers. Anderson’s season is officially over, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor confirmed. It turns out that Anderson was actually back on the field after tearing his ACL, gutting out the […]

The Atlanta Falcons will be without one of their top wide receivers when they welcome the Minnesota Vikings to Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday. “Falcons ruled out WR Drake London for Sunday’s game vs. the Vikings due to his groin injury,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Friday. London failed to practice any of Wednesday, Thursday or […]

The New York Rangers won their sixth game in a row on Thursday night, but it came at a cost as both star defenseman Adam Fox and forward Filip Chytil were injured in the contest. Fox ran into Carolina Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho with 7:57 remaining in the first period. Labelled a lower-body injury, the […]

The Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks are two teams going in very different directions in 2023-24 — and that was on full display on Thursday night. The Canucks tattooed the Sharks for double digits in a 10-1 shellacking of their Pacific Division counterparts. It was the sixth straight time Vancouver has beaten San Jose, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without defenseman Timothy Liljegren for ‘significant time’ after he was on the receiving end of a can opener from Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand in the first period of a 3-2 Bruins win. “He’s going to miss … it looks like significant time,” said Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers won a tight Week 9 battle against the Tennessee Titans on Thursday Night Football — but the team did it without longtime starting right tackle Chuks Okorafor. The 26-year-old was benched by Mike Tomlin in the 20-16 Pittsburgh victory, and explained it was for disciplinary reasons afterwards. “I am healthy. It was […]

The Phoenix Suns have owned the San Antonio Spurs, beating their Western Conference counterparts nine straight times entering the 2023-24 NBA campaign — but that narrative is being rewritten by Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs have beaten the Suns twice already this season, highlighted by a thrilling 132-121 victory at the Footprint Center on Thursday night. […]

The National Hockey League has put the first month of its 2023-24 campaign in the rearview, and just like that, it’s November. Through the first nearly four weeks of the new season, there have been a ton of surprises — some good, some bad — which we discussed in separate posts. But for this exercise, […]

Although Buffalo Bills star quarterback Josh Allen popped up on the injury report this week ahead of a Week 9 showdown with the Cincinnati Bengals, head coach Sean McDermott is hoping his best player will be able to suit up. “Sean McDermott said that he feels ‘confident’ in what the medical team shared with him […]

The Colorado Avalanche are off to a scorching start to 2023-24, and the team added an impressive franchise milestone after beating the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Wednesday night. The Avs earned their 900th home victory in franchise history, including the 600th since relocating from Quebec back in 1995, according to Associated Press. Colorado improved […]

The Lakers held off their Los Angeles counterparts on Wednesday night, breaking a long losing streak against the Clippers by defeating their rivals 130-125 in a thrilling affair at Crypto.com Arena. And although it was the usual suspects who led the way, D’Angelo Russell had high praise for another player who was on the court […]

Daniil Medvedev is well known for getting crowds riled up, and he didn’t disappoint during his second-round loss to Grigor Dimitrov at the Paris Masters 1000 on Wednesday. There was speculation after the match that Medvedev gave the middle finger to the crowd as he left the court following a tight 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 […]

Klay Thompson was the hero for the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night — as he has been so many times in the past — knocking down the game-winning 17-foot jumper with less than a second remaining to help his team beat the Sacramento Kings. Thompson opened up about the incredible shot after the tight […]

For the first time in their 63-year history, the Texas Rangers are world champions. The 2023 iteration of the Rangers finally got the job done, highlighting an epic road postseason with a 5-0 shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night. Texas went an MLB postseason record 11-0 […]

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett played his first game of the 2023-24 NHL season on Monday, and it could be his last for a while after he suffered a lower-body injury in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins. Bennett was hurt after Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm seemed to fall on the Canadian in […]

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Tuesday after catching Florida Panthers’ Oliver Ekman-Larsson with a high hit in a 3-2 overtime win. “Boston’s Charlie McAvoy will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head/Interference on Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson,” the league announced. […]

Earlier this week, we ranked the NHL’s best surprises through just over four weeks of the 2023-24 season. There have been some pleasant surprises throughout the league in the early going, including the Vancouver Canucks looking like a bonafide playoff team, Alex DeBrincat getting off to a scorching start in his home state, and the […]