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The Tampa Bay Lightning fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. The Lightning had started the season quite well to kick off 2024-25. However, their loss on Monday has seen them drop back-to-back games. And this recent loss saw Jon Cooper make a rare decision involving star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Cooper pulled Vasilevskiy […]

The Dallas Stars are riding high after a massive win on Saturday, but they can’t take the Buffalo Sabres lightly in this game. The Sabres have flaws, but they can put it together and take down a top team any night. It’s time to continue our NHL Odds series with a prediction and pick for […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a fine start in 2024-25. And this start continued on Monday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Anthony Stolarz — who signed with the Maple Leafs over the summer — helped his new team to a 5-2 win. However, the win wasn’t without any weirdness. The Maple Leafs […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning will attempt to rebound quickly after losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs less than 24 hours earlier. The New Jersey Devils have been waiting at home for this matchup since they lost to the Washington Capitals in overtime on Saturday night. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a […]

The Minnesota Wild and Florida Panthers offer an intriguing matchup. Although they used different strategies, they have succeeded so far this season. The Panthers’ defense and goaltending have been struggling while their top-heavy offense carries them. Meanwhile, the Wild have been getting elite goaltending, but their offense isn’t scoring at an elite rate. The Panthers […]

For years, the Los Angeles Kings have waited for Alex Turcotte to break out on the ice. The former fifth-overall pick has flashed the potential Los Angeles saw ahead of the 2019 NHL Draft. However, he hasn’t put it together at the NHL level for various reasons. If his start to the 2024-25 campaign is […]

The Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers enter this game on separate trajectories in the Metropolitan Division. The Capitals are on a three-game win streak after losing the season’s first game, while the Flyers won their first game and have now lost four straight. The Capitals won the season series 2-1 last season, with their only […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made a significant leadership change during the offseason, with John Tavares stepping down as captain after five seasons and Auston Matthews assuming the role. Matthews became the first American-born captain in franchise history. Having recently signed a five-year contract extension, Matthews continues to be one of the NHL’s most dangerous goal-scorers. […]

The rebuilding San Jose Sharks have been in the National Hockey League’s basement for the last handful of seasons, but they won the 2024 Draft Lottery and used the pick to select Boston College phenom Macklin Celebrini. While that’s the good news, the bad news is that the Sharks are still looking for their first […]

The Seattle Kraken made major moves in NHL Free Agency with the aim of making the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024-25. So far, Seattle has enjoyed a nice start to the year, winning four of their first six games. However, if they want to make the playoffs this year, they will need to make do […]

Hockey fans are well aware of the story by now. The Nashville Predators won NHL Free Agency on July 1 with three major moves. Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault joined the Predators to bolster the top-six forward group. And Brady Skjei signed a seven-year contract to give Roman Josi a dependable partner on the top […]

The Detroit Red Wings certainly made some interesting moves over the summer before the 2024-25 season. None of these moves were more surprising than the trade of Jake Walman to the San Jose Sharks, however. Detroit attached a second-round pick to Walman in the deal with San Jose. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman addressed […]

The Chicago Blackhawks reloaded in the offseason, bringing in several new players specifically to surround 2023 first-overall draft pick Connor Bedard with more talent. While this may not lead to a playoff spot this season, the hope is that they’ll be trending in that direction in the near future. But ahead of their matchup Tuesday […]

Not counting the 2024 Global Series Czechia, it’s been exactly 13 days since the 2024-25 National Hockey League campaign kicked off in Seattle on October 8. And although it’s still extremely early, the chaos brewing in ClutchPoints’ weekly NHL Power Rankings is palpable. Some teams are absolutely shattering preseason expectations — like the Calgary Flames […]

The New York Islanders are off to a 2-1-2 start to the 2024-25 season Their second win came against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday in a nine-round shootout. The elation did not last long, as they quickly got tough news on one of their key forwards. Anthony Duclair left the game with a groin injury […]

On Monday, the Tampa Bay Lightning will head to Eastern Canada to face the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena. It’s an Atlantic Division showdown as we share our NHL odds series and make a Lightning-Maple Leafs prediction and pick. The Lightning lost 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday at the Canadian Tire Centre. […]

The Anaheim Ducks have played well in games they have lost early on in the 2024-25 season. However, that may not apply to their performance against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday. The Ducks allowed four third-period goals against their California rival as they fell to 2-2-1 on the season. The Ducks are still a […]

The St. Louis Blues signed Philip Broberg this summer hoping he could provide a boost to their defensive group. The Blues lost Torey Krug to injury before the season began, so the blueline was in need of a spark. So far, Broberg has provided that spark on both ends of the ice. It’s certainly a […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins did not have fun on the road in Winnipeg on Sunday. Winnipeg Jets fans trolled the Penguins in the third period as the team fell 6-3 to the hosting Jets. Pittsburgh lost by three goals to the Carolina Hurricanes their last time out. And they have allowed four goals or more in […]

The Nashville Predators went big in NHL Free Agency this summer. Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault signed with the Predators to headline their massive haul once the market opened on July 1. However, things have not gone well for Nashville to this point. Stamkos had his debut spoiled by the Dallas Stars, and Nashville is […]

The Winnipeg Jets are off to a hot start in 2024-25. Players like Mark Scheifele have come up big early on this year. It’s a promising start after some of the moves made in the offseason, such as the Rutger McGroarty trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Jets took on the Penguins on Sunday afternoon, […]

The Florida Panthers have been without Aleksander Barkov due to injury in recent games. The Panthers defeated the Boston Bruins in their season opener as they raised their Stanley Cup banner. However, Barkov went down late in Florida’s second game of the season against the Ottawa Senators. Barkov is not ready to return, but head […]

The Boston Bruins made their first-ever visit to the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, facing off against the Utah Hockey Club for the first time since the franchise, formerly known as the Arizona Coyotes, relocated to its new home. The Utah HC secured a 2-1 overtime victory with Michael Kesselring scoring the game-winning goal. But […]

The Colorado Avalanche have announced the latest with forward Jonathan Drouin, who broke out last season with his best statistical output since the 2018-19 campaign. Unfortunately, the news isn’t good. Drouin, who suffered an injury during Colorado’s opening night loss on October 9 against the Vegas Golden Knights, has been placed on Injured Reserve. The […]

The Colorado Avalanche secured their first victory of the season on Friday, edging out the Anaheim Ducks with a 4-3 overtime win. Nathan MacKinnon, who notched an impressive 51 goals and 89 assists last season, scored the game-winning goal. Despite finally securing their first win of the season, the early struggles of the Avalanche persist, […]

Montreal Canadiens star Cole Caufield scored two goals for the team in the 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday, giving him six goals in the first six games of the season and making him the first Canadiens player to do so since Brian Savage in 1999, according to Sportsnet Stats. Cole […]

The New York Islanders are in action on home ice at UBS Arena against the visiting Montreal Canadiens, but they’ve suffered a significant loss from their lineup. Forward Anthony Duclair, who is playing in his first season with the Islanders after signing as a free agent during the offseason, departed the game after he fell […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made multiple additions to their roster during the offseason, among them being former Florida Panthers forward Steven Lorentz. He was part of the Panthers squad of 2023-24 that brought the Stanley Cup to Sunrise for the first time in franchise history; he contributed two goals and an assist in 16 postseason […]

The Los Angeles Kings will head down the Interstate-5 Freeway to face the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday at the Honda Center. It’s time for the Freeway Faceoff as we share our NHL odds series and make a Kings-Ducks prediction and pick. The Kings defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday at the Bell Centre. Initially, […]

The Colorado Avalanche will head to Northern California to battle the San Jose Sharks on Sunday at the SAP Center. It will be a battle in the Bay Area as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Sharks prediction and pick. The Avalanche rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Ducks 4-3 […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins will head to the Great White North for a showdown with the Winnipeg Jets. It will be a thrilling battle at the Canada Life Centre as we share our NHL odds series and make a Penguins-Jets prediction and pick. The Penguins lost 4-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday at the PPG […]

In one of the more surprising storylines of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Nashville Predators have fallen to 0-5 in their first five games. Their latest setback came in a 5-2 loss on home ice to the Detroit Red Wings, who had shut them out 3-0 exactly one week earlier. The Predators struck first with […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are back in action on Saturday night for an Original Six clash against the historic rival New York Rangers, but one veteran member of the host Leafs will once again be wearing street clothes while the rest of his teammates take the ice. Former Montreal Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty, whom the […]

Despite entering the 2024-25 NHL season with Stanley Cup aspirations, the Colorado Avalanche have looked like anything but contenders in the early going. After an 0-4 start to the campaign, the squad finally got in the win column after a tight 4-3 overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Despite a 45-save gem […]

The 2024-25 NHL season is not even two weeks old, and the Columbus Blue Jackets are already riddled with injuries. Captain Boone Jenner is on the shelf, along with Dmitri Voronkov and Erik Gudbranson — and the list added another name on Saturday. Kent Johnson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, […]

The New York Rangers are on a roll to begin the 2024-25 NHL season, having won four of their first five games while picking up points in every game at the same time. And ahead of Saturday night’s Original Six clash against the Toronto Maple Leafs, they’ve made a lineup change that sees some serious […]

The Colorado Avalanche aren’t off to the best start this season, but it appears they will get a key player back in the fold soon. Valeri Nichushkin just returned to Denver and will begin skating on his own, the team announced Saturday. He’s currently in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and is […]

The Utah Hockey Club got off to a phenomenal start to the 2024-25 National Hockey League campaign — but things have started to go off the rails for the new franchise. After winning each of their first three games, Utah has suffered two consecutive defeats at the hands of the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim […]

The Bruins and the Utah Hockey Club meet in Salt Lake City! These two teams have been playing well in the early part of the NHL season. We continue our NHL odds series with a Bruins-Utah Hockey Club prediction and pick. The Boston Bruins were among the best teams in the Eastern Conference last year. […]