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The Nashville Predators entered the 2024-25 NHL season viewed by most fans and pundits as legitimate Stanley Cup contenders. After all, they had signed two of the biggest fish available on the open market. Former Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos along with 2023 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Marchessault through free agency, while also […]

Just a day after Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube revealed that Auston Matthews was still pushing through an upper-body injury, the star center is being sidelined for Saturday’s game against the New York Islanders, per The Athletic’s Chris Johnston. Matthews is also considered questionable for Monday’s matchup versus the Winnipeg Jets, which could suggest […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins will battle the New Jersey Devils. It will be a showdown at the Prudential Center as we share our NHL odds series and make a Penguins-Devils prediction and pick. The Penguins will face the Devils for the first time this season. Curiously, the Devils have gone 34-33 in their 67 games against […]

The Buffalo Sabres will head to Beantown on Saturday to face the Boston Bruins. It’s an Atlantic Division showdown at the TD Garden as we share our NHL odds series and make a Sabres-Bruins prediction and pick. It will be the first time the Sabres and Bruins face one another this season. Significantly, the Bruins […]

Marcus Foligno of the Minnesota Wild threw shade at the Buffalo Sabres after his team lost 2-1 to the Utah Hockey Club on Friday night. “We’re fighting through it now. We’re in a little bit of a sludge and just gotta go through it. It takes all of us to get ourselves out of it,” […]

The Anaheim Ducks are working through a rebuild in 2024-25. As a result, they have been rather active on the trade front. And they haven’t pigeonholed themselves into making a certain type of move. The Ducks traded veteran Cam Fowler to the St. Louis Blues recently. Prior to that, the Ducks traded for veteran Jacob […]

The Buffalo Sabres are in a bad spot right now. Buffalo entered play on Friday with losses in 11 straight games. Unfortunately, the bad luck continued on Friday when they fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice. The slump has sparked trade discussion around players like Dylan Cozens and Bowen Byram as the […]

The St. Louis Blues have been quite active on the trade front in recent days. First, the Blues traded for veteran defender Cam Fowler in a deal with the Anaheim Ducks. On Wednesday, they traded defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joesph back to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for future considerations. And recent reports involving Brandon Saad indicate […]

The Nashville Predators took NHL Free Agency by storm over the summer. Fans are all well aware of the moves this team made. Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault signed to bolster the Predators’ top-six forward group. And Brady Skjei joined Nashville on a seven-year contract to give the team a defensive partner for captain Roman […]

He’s sometimes known as the “Rempire State Building” due to his proximity to the famed building in Manhattan, but New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe has run afoul of the NHL for the fourth time in his NHL career. Rempe was ejected during Friday night’s game against the Dallas Stars after he elbowed defenseman Miro […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have made some moves already in the 2024-25 season. The Penguins traded Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals in what some believed signaled the beginning of a rebuild. Later, Pittsburgh swung a trade with the Nashville Predators to acquire forward Philip Tomasino. Despite these early moves, Pittsburgh surely isn’t done tinkering with […]

It looks as though the Montreal Canadiens could be on the verge of bidding goodbye to one of their veteran defensemen. According to multiple reports, the Habs are said to be looking for a way to trade David Savard, who has been with the club since signing as a free agent in the 2021 offseason. […]

Ryan Lindgren and the New York Rangers are not having a great time on the ice by any means. New York entered play on Friday having lost 11 of their last 14 games. And it seems as if the sky is falling on a Rangers team that made the Eastern Conference Finals back in late […]

The Boston Bruins appear to be a team that can’t make up it’s mind on how the season will play out. As the year got underway, there was quite a bit of optimism that the Bruins would challenge the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs for first place in the Atlantic Division. However, as soon […]

Approaching the midway mark of the season, the St. Louis Blues have seen pretty mixed results. Through 34 games, the Blues hold a 15-16-3 record and just a .485 points percentage. As of now, St. Louis sits 11th in the Western Conference in points percentage. So below, we take a look at the biggest reasons […]

The Los Angeles Kings will continue their road trip heading to Music City to face the Nashville Predators. It’s a showdown at Bridgestone Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Kings-Predators prediction and pick. The Predators have gone 25-19 over the past 44 games against the Predators. Recently, the Kings blanked […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs managed well without captain Auston Matthews, who missed several games with an upper-body injury for which he eventually sought treatment in Germany. He’s returned to action and has scored five goals in the 10 games he’s played in. But according to head coach Craig Berube, Matthews is still fighting through the […]

The floundering New York Rangers are spiraling out of control, and they’ve already traded captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Duck while longtime forward Chris Kreider was also rumored to be on the trading block. They also recently traded disgruntled forward Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken, just days after he called out head coach […]

The New York Islanders are having a miserable 2024-25 season. With 31 points in 33 games, they are last in the Metropolitan Division and dealing with brutal injuries. Even with Mathew Barzal and Anthony Duclair back, they must look toward the future. To help facilitate a rebuild, the Islanders must trade Noah Dobson this season. […]

The St. Louis Blues are slowly realizing that the momentum from hiring a new coach doesn’t last forever. They have been on a losing skid, and it won’t get any easier when they visit the Florida Panthers on Friday night. The Panthers have been on a hot streak recently but haven’t made up much ground […]

It’s challenging to find two teams going in more opposite directions than the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres. The Maple Leafs are 7-3 over their last ten games, while the Sabres have lost 11 consecutive games. Toronto has won three consecutive games against Buffalo, including their first matchup this past Monday when they won […]

The Edmonton Oilers are the defending Western Conference champions, having come within just a few steps of reaching the mountain top with their 1st trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006. And while their run ended in heartbreaking fashion despite nearly pulling off a historic reverse sweep against the Florida Panthers, there was still […]

The Avalanche and the Ducks meet in Anaheim! The Avalanche have played well this year, while the Ducks have struggled as a team. We continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Ducks prediction and pick. The Colorado Avalanche were one of the best teams in the NHL last season. They have not been as good […]

The New York Rangers will battle the Dallas Stars on Friday in Texas. It will be an amazing showdown at the American Airlines Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Rangers-Stars prediction and pick. The Rangers are 13-10 over the past 23 games against the Stars. Also, they are 6-3-1 over […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are banged up right now between the pipes, as Anthony Stolarz has been placed on Injured Reserve and will miss the next several weeks. And while the Leafs have a capable goalie in Joseph Woll ready to handle the bulk of the starts, it looks as though they’re turning to a […]

The Carolina Hurricanes will travel to our Nation’s Capitol to face the Washington Capitals. It will be a clash at the Capital One Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Hurricanes-Capitals prediction and pick. The Hurricanes have gone 45-35 over their past 80 games against the Capitals, including six overtime winners. […]

The Buffalo Sabres have lost their last 11 games and are in last place in the Atlantic Division. They have missed the playoffs in 13 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in NHL history. Things are bleak and not looking up, considering they are fresh off another rebuild. Despite a meeting with owner Terry Pegula last […]

The Montreal Canadiens will head south to face the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. It’s an Original 6 showdown at Little Caesars Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Canadiens-Red Wings prediction and pick. The Canadiens are 24-18 over the past 42 games against the Red Wings. Yet, the Wings went […]

After five games on the shelf, Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek was activated off of injured reserve on Thursday, the team announced. The veteran was injured in a 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on December 7. Mrazek is set to backup Arvid Soderblom in Thursday night’s game against the Seattle Kraken at the United […]

The Utah Hockey Club hit the road to take on the Minnesota Wild Friday night. This game will continue our NHL odds series with a Utah Hockey Club-Wild prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the Utah Hockey Club-Wild NHL odds, courtesy of FanDuel.  NHL Odds: […]

The Boston Bruins are off to a solid start to the 2024-25 season. They have 37 points through 33 games after a great response to new head coach Joe Sacco. Now, they’re making some roster moves. They scooped Oliver Wahlstrom up off of waivers, ending his run with the New York Islanders. To make room […]

Although the milestone came in losing fashion, Jamie Benn has now played more games than anyone else in the history of the Dallas Stars. The captain skated in contest No. 1,143 for the organization in a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night, per The Dallas News’ Kellen Bulger. […]

Although there was an opportunity for San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek to earn more playing time after Mackenzie Blackwood was shipped to the Colorado Avalanche, the 28-year-old’s quest will be halted after he suffered an upper-body injury on Tuesday night. Vanecek was backing up Alex Georgiev in a tilt against the Winnipeg Jets — […]

The New York Rangers have lost 11 of their last 14 games. They traded their captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks and former second-overall pick Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken. Even with a mega-extension signed by Igor Shesterkin, it has been a rough month for general manager Chris Drury. A recent report from […]

It’ll be a special game for Colorado Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood as he returns to the SAP Center to take on his former team, the San Jose Sharks. Blackwood was having a resurgent season as the netminder for the Sharks, but the team decided to maximize their assets by trading him to the Avalanche. Colorado […]

It’s an All-Canadian matchup on Thursday night when the Ottawa Senators continue their Western road trip with a matchup against the Calgary Flames. The Senators are running the full gauntlet after starting the swing against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night and finishing with the remaining Canadian Western Conference teams. These teams are trending in […]

The Montreal Canadiens are not playing their best hockey right now. But they also aren’t sitting back on their hands. With only a few veterans on the blueline, such as Mike Matheson, Montreal added veteran depth on Wednesday night. The Canadiens traded for Alexandre Carrier in a deal with the Nashville Predators. Montreal has a […]

The Detroit Red Wings picked up a win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. However, it is a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise dreadful season. The Red Wings are near the bottom of the NHL at this time. This is in spite of the Red Wings’ signings of Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, […]

The Vancouver Canucks came close to making the Western Conference Finals in 2024. Vancouver had a very respectable offense that helped them take the Edmonton Oilers to the brink of elimination. However, not everyone was firing on all cylinders. Elias Pettersson struggled during the postseason, and those struggles continue in 2024-25.  Recently, NHL insider Elliotte […]