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The Winnipeg Jets bowed out early in last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, but there is belief that will change this year. They suffered through a challenging matchup with the Colorado Avalanche in the first round, and Colorado’s high-octane offense ran away with the series. The Jets believe they have the pieces to do it again […]

The Boston Bruins have endured a painful 2024-25 season that is almost certain to see them on the outside of the NHL’s Eastern Conference playoff structure for the first time since the 2015-16 season. The Bruins got off to a halting start when goaltender Jeremy Swayman held out for the majority of the team’s training […]

The 2025 NHL Trade Deadline is now in the rearview mirror, which means the focus is turning to the end of the regular season. As a result, the race for the Stanley Cup playoffs is beginning to heat up. For many teams, the focus is not on the postseason, it’s on the 2025 NHL Draft. […]

Ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks’ 7-4 win on Sunday afternoon against the Philadelphia Flyers just one day after Patrick Maroon announced his retirement, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson went viral, getting fans riled up in the Madhouse on Madison. Well, it wasn’t in full “Madhouse on Madison” effect — since it’s not the NFL […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets will travel to Long Island to face the New York Islanders. Two playoff hopefuls battle at the UBS Arena as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Blue Jackets-Islanders prediction and pick. The Islanders lead the head-to-head series 30-22-4. They are also 8-1-1 in the past 10 games against […]

The Minnesota Wild will face the Dallas Stars on Monday in a Texas showdown. It will be a Central Division clash as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Wild-Stars prediction and pick. The Stars lead the head-to-head series 61-37-5. They are also 8-1-1 in the past 10 games against the Wild, including […]

The Vancouver Canucks were relatively quiet on NHL trade deadline day. But trades have been the story of this season for Vancouver. JT Miller is on the New York Rangers after a reported rift with forward Elias Pettersson. They kept Pettersson and winger Brock Boesert despite trade rumors. What does Kevin Lankinen’s contract mean for […]

The New Jersey Devils signed defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic to a contract extension at the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline. Kovacevic joined the Devils from the Montreal Canadiens through trade in the offseason. And he has turned out to be an important addition to New Jersey’s blueline. However, head coach Sheldon Keefe was none too pleased with […]

The Detroit Red Wings have seen their playoff hopes drop significantly over the last few weeks. The Red Wings have struggled mightily since the league returned from the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Todd McLellan’s squad has lost 12 of their last 16 games, including nine of their last 11. And this includes a loss on […]

It’s been an incredible season for New Jersey Devils forward Jesper Bratt in 2024-25. The Stockholm, Sweden native played to a point-per-game pace in 2023-24, leading to a mammoth eight-year contract extension for the Devils star. Bratt has lived up to the hype, establishing himself as an elite offensive producer. On Saturday night, he established […]

The St. Louis Blues are fighting hard to get into the Stanley Cup playoffs and they took care of business Saturday afternoon as they registered a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. While the win helped the Blues climb into eighth place and the final spot in the Western Conference playoff structure, the victory was […]

The Carolina Hurricanes are one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference. However, this was not on display on Saturday night. The Hurricanes fell to the Los Angeles Kings by the score of 7-2. During the game, Carolina lost forward Seth Jarvis to injury. He did not return to the contest after crashing into […]

The St. Louis Blues are fresh off a win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon. The Blues are fighting for a playoff spot at this time, so those two points are rather massive. Given the playoff race is heating up, St. Louis could use all the help they can get. And they are about […]

The Chicago Blackhawks are likely to make some changes to the roster during NHL Free Agency this summer. What exactly they do remains to be seen. However, one change became clear on Saturday before Chicago faced Jim Montgomery’s St. Louis Blues. Veteran forward Pat Maroon is retiring at the end of the 2024-25 season. Maroon […]

There will be no Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Nashville Predators this spring, as their 2024-25 NHL season will end with the disappointment of failing to live up to the lofty expectations that they began the campaign with. Despite the additions of Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, and Brady Skjei, along with the re-signing of goaltender […]

The 14-year NHL career of hard-hitting winger Patrick Maroon is about to come to an end. As the Chicago Blackhawks took on his hometown St. Louis Blues Saturday afternoon, Maroon told NHL analyst Darren Pang that the current season is his last and that he will be retiring after the Blackhawks play their last game […]

It’s hard to argue that it hasn’t been a successful first season of hockey in Salt Lake City. Despite a plethora of injuries, the Utah Hockey Club has been hanging around the playoff picture in the Western Conference all season long, and currently sit just four points back of the final postseason berth — with […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning will visit Sin City to face the Vegas Golden Knights. It will be a throwdown at the T-Mobile Arena as we continue our NHL odds series while making a Lightning-Golden Knights prediction and pick. The Golden Knights lead the head-to-head series 7-6. Also, the Knights are 4-1 in the past five […]

The Carolina Hurricanes will play on the second end of a back-to-back as they drive down the Interstate-5 Freeway to face the Anaheim Ducks. It will be a battle at the Honda Center as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Hurricanes-Ducks prediction and pick. The Ducks lead the head-to-head series 27-17-1. Additionally, […]

Jeremy Lauzon set the National Hockey League record for the most hits in a season with the Nashville Predators in 2023-24 — but Kiefer Sherwood said not so fast. The bruising Canucks forward broke that record on Saturday afternoon against the New York Rangers. “Kiefer Sherwood sets an NHL record with his 384th hit of […]

Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice is well aware that Washington Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin is approaching Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record — and he knows exactly how to shut the Russian down when the two heavyweight Eastern Conference teams meet in the nation’s capital on Saturday evening. “We’re just going to try and keep […]

Despite putting together two separate seven-game winning streaks in 2024-25, the Detroit Red Wings are closing in on yet another postseason-less campaign. And things are going to get even tougher without the services of defenseman Erik Gustafsson. “Erik Gustafsson is out long term, [head coach Todd] McLellan said,” The Athletic’s Max Bultman reported on Friday. […]

Although it’s been an incredible season for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2024-25, things have completely gone off the rails for the team over the last two weeks. After occupying the top wildcard berth in the Eastern Conference early in March, they’ve lost six games in a row and have completely fallen out of the […]

Although the Florida Panthers are laser-focused on winning the Atlantic Division and ideally making another deep run in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the future of key forward Sam Bennett remains a question mark ahead of the offseason. With most of the core locked up, the 28-year-old remains without a new contract, and the Toronto […]

The Detroit Red Wings have lost some key players to injury this season. Jeff Petry remains out long-term with an injury, and veteran center Andrew Copp is officially out for the season. Unfortunately, Dylan Larkin and his Red Wings may have lost another two key contributors. Defenseman Erik Gustafsson could be out long-term, while forward […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have played rather well as of late. Toronto had some less-than-ideal performances coming out of the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline. However, the Maple Leafs defeated the Calgary Flames at home before taking down the Colorado Avalanche as well. Now, it seems as if John Tavares and company have their confidence back. […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a Wild Card fight in the Eastern Conference. Pittsburgh has a mountain to climb, however, which made their win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night a crucial victory. In saying this, the win was not all good news for the team. Head coach Mike Sullivan […]

As revenues grow for the NHL and the league gains more of a foothold on the North American ticket-buying and television-watching public, the league is considering expanding once again. The NHL added the Vegas Golden Knights and the Seattle Kraken in the most recent round of expansion. The Golden Knights ownership group paid the NHL […]

Things have not gone well for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2024-25. The Blackhawks added talent around Connor Bedard in NHL Free Agency over the summer. However, the influx of new players did nothing to improve the team’s fortunes. Bedard has struggled at times during the season, and the Blackhawks even fired their head coach due […]

The 2025 NHL Trade Deadline is now over and done with. Fans saw a ton of movement, especially on trade deadline day. This year’s deadline shuffled the deck a bit when it comes to the 2025 NHL Draft. And now that the dust has settled on the deadline, it’s time for ClutchPoints to present its […]

The New Jersey Devils have struggled mightily in the third period of games as of late, and Thursday night was no different. After entering the final frame up 3-1 on the Calgary Flames, the team allowed their cross-conference foes to score four unanswered goals. And defenseman Brenden Dillon was not at all happy about it […]

The Colorado Avalanche will battle the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. It will be a clash at Centre Bell as we continue our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Canadiens prediction and pick. The Canadiens lead the head-to-head series 92-77. However, the Avs are 6-3-1 in the past 10 games against the Habs. The Avalanche are […]

As the 2024-25 campaign continues to go off the rails for the Philadelphia Flyers, they’ll have to play at least a couple of their last 12 regular-season games without key defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. “Injury update: Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen is week-to-week with an upper-body injury,” the team’s official X account wrote on Thursday. It’s disappointing […]

The Ottawa Senators will face the New Jersey Devils on Saturday at the Prudential Center. It will be a battle in the Garden State as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Senators-Devils prediction and pick. The Senators lead the head-to-head series 53-52. They are also 6-4 in the past 10 games against […]

The Florida Panthers will face the Washington Capitals on Saturday at the Capital One Arena. It could be a playoff preview as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Panthers-Capitals prediction and pick. The Capitals lead the head-to-head series 71-58-7. However, the Panthers have gone 8-1-1 over their past 10 games, including 4-1 […]

The Chicago Blackhawks will visit the Gateway to the West as they face the St. Louis Blues in a Central Division showdown. It will be a battle at the Enterprise Center as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Blackhawks-Blues prediction and pick. The Blackhawks lead the head-to-head series 155-143. Moreover, the Blues […]

The New York Rangers play the Vancouver Canucks in Manhattan on Saturday afternoon. Both teams are the first team out in their respective conference, so it is a vital game. It also is the final chapter in one of the season’s most bizarre storylines. JT Miller and the Canucks had a falling out, forcing his […]

The Vegas Golden Knights continue their homestand as they face the Detroit Red Wings. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Red Wings-Golden Knights prediction and pick. The Red Wings come into the game sitting at 32-30-6 on the year, which places them in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. In […]

The 25-35-8 record for the Nashville Predators isn’t what the doctor ordered. It’s certainly not what head coach Andrew Brunette expected either. After the Predators signed Jonathan Marchessault in free agency, the team has been a clear disappointment. Not to mention, they also traded for Steven Stamkos. The duo, along with Filip Forsberg were supposed […]