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The Metropolitan Division has fallen apart this season, which includes the New York Islanders being locked in a tie with their cross-town rivals for last place. Things have been going much better for the Pittsburgh Penguins, as they’ve risen to fourth in the division and are one point back of the wildcard spot in the […]

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 […]

The Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets will square off in an All-Canadian battle on Hockey Night in Canada to get the second half of their season started after the holiday break. It’s the start of a lengthy road trip for the Senators, as the World Junior Championship has taken over their city and arena. The […]

The New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes will renew acquaintances to start the second half of the season as they play a home-and-home series on Friday and Saturday night. They have seen plenty of each other this year, with this game marking the fourth matchup after they traded 4-2 home victories back in October 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. […]

The Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs are no strangers to each other this season, as this will be the third and final meeting before they even reach the halfway point. The Maple Leafs won the first matchup in overtime, while the Capitals returned the favor earlier this month. Toronto won’t be happy with how […]

The New York Rangers will play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. It’s an Eastern Conference clash at Amalie Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Rangers-Lightning prediction and pick. The Lightning have gone 29-27 over the past 56 games. This is the first meeting of the 2024-2025 season between the […]

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. It’s Pacific Division rivalry at Crypto as we share our NHL odds series and make an Oilers-Kings prediction and pick. The Oilers are 38-37 over the past 75 regular-season games against the Kings, including 7-3 in the past 10 regular-season games against them. Additionally, […]

The Minnesota Wild resume their schedule following the Christmas break with a divisional matchup against the rival Dallas Stars, but there’s some discouraging news on the health front. Superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov will be unavailable for the Wild against the Stars thanks to a lower-body injury; he also didn’t travel with the team to Dallas. […]

The Colorado Avalanche have acted swiftly not long after acquiring goaltending help from the San Jose Sharks earlier this month. They sent struggling starter Alexandar Georgiev to the Sharks in exchange for Mackenzie Blackwood, and they’ve announced today after days of speculation that he’s under contract for the foreseeable future. The Avalanche have re-signed Blackwood […]

The Vancouver Canucks entered the 2024-25 NHL season as the defending Pacific Division champions, fresh off the franchise’s first 50-win campaign since 2011-12. Despite an opening-round victory over the Nashville Predators, Vancouver’s run was ended by the eventual Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. Injuries significantly impacted their performance, with star goaltender Thatcher Demko sidelined in […]

The Detroit Red Wings are one of the worst teams in the NHL at this point. It’s not where the team was last year when they missed out on the playoffs through a tiebreaker. And it’s not where the team wants to be this season. As a result, the Red Wings fired head coach Derek […]

The Ottawa Senators are making a push for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s a fantastic turnaround after the Senators experienced a brutal start to the season. For now, though, they are on their holiday break along with the rest of the NHL. This comes at a perfect time for Brady Tkachuk. The Senators captain had […]

The San Jose Sharks are around the bottom of the NHL this season. However, they have seen encouraging play from some of the team’s younger players. William Eklund is one of the Sharks’ standout players this year. Unfortunately, he went down with an injury on Monday against the Vancouver Canucks. The Sharks star took a […]

It’s hard to overstate the impact Chris Kreider has had on the New York Rangers. Kreider is the Rangers’ all-time playoff goal-scoring leader, for instance. He has spent his entire 13-year career on Broadway with the Blueshirts to this point. However, it appears as if a rift has formed between him and the organization. And […]

The 2024 NHL Trade Deadline saw some expected moves but no massive shocks for the most part. That was until the final minutes of the deadline when the San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights stunned the hockey world. The Sharks traded Tomas Hertl to the Golden Knights in exchange for David Edstrom, a 2025 first-round […]

The Chicago Blackhawks have nearly reached the midpoint of the 2024-25 NHL season, and the results have fallen short of management’s expectations. This is particularly disappointing given their efforts to surround former No. 1 overall pick Connor Bedard with significantly more talent than he had during his rookie campaign last year. The plan was to […]

Darnell Nurse has a surprising car collection. Nurse is a defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers after they selected him seventh overall at the 2013 NHL Draft. If he’s not playing for the Oilers, Nurse plays for the Canadian national team on the international stage. The Oilers star has been playing for the national team since […]

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 […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will battle the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. It’s an Original 6 battle at Little Caesars Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Maple Leafs-Red Wings prediction and pick. The Maple Leafs are 38-29 over their past 67 games. Recently, the Wings defeated the Leafs 4-2 on […]

The Carolina Hurricanes will face the New Jersey Devils on Friday. It’s a possible playoff preview at the Prudential Center as we share our NHL odds series and make a Hurricanes-Devils prediction and pick. The head-to-head series is tied at 29 wins apiece over the last 58 games. Recently, the Devils defeated the Hurricanes 4-2 […]

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 […]

The Colorado Avalanche look to extend their winning streak as they face the Utah Hockey Club. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Utah Hockey Club prediction and pick. The Avalanche come into the game at 21-15-0 on the year, sitting in third in the Central Division. In their last game, […]

It is a Central Division clash as the Minnesota Wild visit the Dallas Stars. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Wild-Stars prediction and pick. The Wild come into the game at 21-10-4 on the year, which is good for second in the Central Divison. Still, they have struggled as of […]

It is a Central Division clash as the Nashville Predators face the St. Louis Blues. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Predators-Blues prediction and pick. The Predators come into the game sitting at 11-17-7 on the year, which places them in seventh place in the Central Division. In their last […]

It is an Eastern Conference clash as the Boston Bruins face the Columbus Blue Jackets. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Bruins-Blue Jackets prediction and pick. The Bruins come into the game at 19-13-4 on the year, which is good for third in the Atlantic Division. In their last game, […]

The Buffalo Sabres look for a second straight win as they face the Chicago Blackhawks. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blackhawks-Sabres prediction and pick. The Blackhawks come into the game sitting at 12-21-2, last place in the Central Division. They have lost two straight, and in their last game, […]

Thanks to a relatively quiet season, the Vegas Golden Knights haven’t been getting the usual headlines. However, a quick look at the standings during the holiday break will show that they are impeccably 21-8-3 and sit comfortably on top of the Pacific Division Standings. The San Jose Sharks sit at the opposite end of the […]

Former Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine returned to Nationwide Arena for the first time since being dealt to the Montreal Canadiens in a move that he requested; he felt a change of scenery would be best for him and his career. Before Monday night’s matchup, Laine had a frank review of his time with […]

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 […]

While the Boston Bruins defeated the Metropolitan Division-leading Washington Capitals by a 4-1 score at TD Garden Monday night, they suffered a significant loss up front. Sniper David Pastrnak suffered an upper-body injury midway through the second period and did not return to action, though he was briefly seen on the bench following the injury. […]

The Detroit Red Wings are languishing near the bottom of the NHL at this point. They entered play on Monday with a record of 13-16-4 on the year. It’s a disappointing run for a team that had playoff aspirations entering the year. Unfortunately, Dylan Larkin and his team did not send fans home happy on […]

In a matchup between the cellar dwellers of both Eastern Conference divisions, the New York Islanders lost by a shocking total Monday evening. The Buffalo Sabres came to UBS Arena and ended their 13-game losing streak with a resounding 7-1 beatdown of the home team. This win set a yet another NHL record, one that […]

The Buffalo Sabres are one of the worst teams in the NHL. Buffalo entered play having lost 13 straight games and they looked largely uninspired on the ice. The Sabres even had a meeting with the team owners to try and figure things out. On Monday night, however, Buffalo played perhaps its best game of […]

While not generally considered a dirty player, Tampa Bay Lightning sniper Nikita Kucherov will hear from the NHL Department of Player Safety thanks to his actions on Monday against the rival Florida Panthers. He caught Panthers assistant captain Matthew Tkachuk with a brutal knee-on-knee hit and was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct. […]

Finnish forward Patrik Laine has been a revelation for the Montreal Canadiens, scoring eight power-play goals since his return to action in early December; he’s already second overall in the NHL for goals scored with the man advantage. Laine returns to Columbus for the first time since the trade to Montreal, and he’s admitting that […]

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 […]