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Madison Square Garden might as well be operating as a time machine these days. The New York Knicks are squeaking out victories over the Indiana Pacers, and the New York Rangers are looking like the team to beat in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This city has been transported back to spring of 1994, also known […]

The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has arrived! Don’t look now, but the Edmonton Oilers will face off with the Vancouver Canucks in what should be an epic battle out on the ice. Join us for our NHL odds series where our Oilers-Canucks prediction and pick will be revealed. Rolling past the Los […]

The San Jose Sharks are certainly on cloud nine right now. San Jose won the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery on Tuesday night. As a result, they have the first chance at picking star prospect Macklin Celebrini in the 2024 NHL Draft. Tuesday’s news has sent fans into a frenzy. And it unearthed some high praise […]

The 2024 NHL Draft takes place from the Las Vegas Sphere in late June. However, Tuesday evening saw the league confirm the order for the first 16 selections of its annual entry draft. The 2024 NHL Draft Lottery is now in the books, and we know that the San Jose Sharks will have the first […]

Jonathan Marchessault would have liked nothing more than to be thinking about his future after winning back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Vegas Golden Knights. But that dream is over after the Quebec native’s club was eliminated in Game 7 by the Dallas Stars in Round 1. Marchessault is still a Stanley Cup champion, and he’s […]

The Vancouver Canucks got through the Nashville Predators without star goaltender Thatcher Demko in Round 1 — and they will have to face at least the first four games of their second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers without the Vezina Trophy finalist, reported Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli. “Sources say [Canucks] goalie Thatcher Demko is out […]

The New Jersey Devils were fully expecting to still be playing hockey in May of 2024 after an excellent 2022-23 campaign that saw the team finish third in regular-season standings and beat the favored New York Rangers in Round 1. But after a hugely disappointing 2023-24 season in Newark, it’s back to the drawing board […]

The St. Louis Blues have announced that they have agreed to a two-year contract with Drew Bannister to make him the 27th head coach in franchise history. Drew Bannister was the Blues‘ interim head coach after Craig Berube was fired in December, and he helped St. Louis improve its performance over the course of the […]

The Boston Bruins look for a two-game series lead as they visit the Florida Panthers. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Bruins-Panthers Game 2 prediction, pick, and how to watch. Game one of the series saw domination from the Bruins. After a scoreless first period, Matthew Tkachuk scored 11:45 into […]

It is game one of the Western Conference Semi-Finals as the Colorado Avalanche face the Dallas Stars. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Stars Game 1 prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Colorado Avalanche got here after winning a five-game series with the Winnipeg Jets. After a first game […]

The Nashville Predators are at the beginning of another long offseason after bowing out in the first-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs yet again — this time to the Vancouver Canucks in six games. The Nucks beat the Preds 1-0 in Game 6 last week to book their ticket to a Western Conference second-round date […]

Despite having home-ice advantage, and playing against a Boston Bruins team that wasn’t 48 hours removed from winning a Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Florida Panthers were unable to take a 1-0 lead on the B’s in a Stanley Cup Playoff series for the second straight year. The Bruins beat the Panthers […]

Pierre-Luc Dubois did not come at all as advertised in his first season with the Los Angeles Kings, putting together one of his worst years as a professional hockey player in 2023-24 — but he will remain on the roster come training camp. Kings general manager Rob Blake confirmed on Monday that there are no […]

The Dallas Stars are in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They ended a nearly 60-year drought en route to their series win over the Vegas Golden Knights. Now, head coach Pete DeBoer has to prepare his team for Nathan MacKinnon and the high-flying offense of the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche flexed their […]

The Boston Bruins went into Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup with the Florida Panthers wanting to prove a point. And they sent an emphatic message to Florida and the NHL on Monday night. Boston defeated the Panthers 5-1 in Game 1 to take a 1-0 series lead. However, they almost played this […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs once again failed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s been eight years with the team’s current core of players. And all they have to show for it is one first-round victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning last year. This latest failure may cost Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe his job. […]

The Vegas Golden Knights were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday night. And it’s a bit of a surprise, all things considered. Their opponent, the Dallas Stars, had come close to winning the Presidents Trophy during the regular season. But Vegas was no ordinary wild card team. The Golden Knights were the defending […]

The Boston Bruins managed to avoid a second straight Round 1 disaster in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, adding to the perpetual misery of the Toronto Maple Leafs by dealing them yet another Game 7 loss at TD Garden following Saturday night’s 2-1 overtime victory. Sniper David Pastrnak delivered the knockout blow to Toronto, beating goaltender […]

It is going to be a long summer for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Expected to go on a deep run in the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, Toronto is instead left to think about what went wrong for the team, as got bounced out of title contention in the first round by the Boston Bruins. […]

Matthew Tkachuk’s net worth in 2024 is $60 million. Tkachuk is a popular professional ice hockey player who currently suits up for the Florida Panthers of the NHL and is part of a famous hockey family. He is the son of NHL legend Keith Tkachuk and already a two-time NHL All-Star. Let’s take a closer […]

The Vegas Golden Knights suffered a season-ending 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy shared the staggering number of players who had surgery this season, which was nine. “Nine guys. Your roster is only 23, so nine […]

After an extensive search for their next head coach, the Ottawa Senators have made a decision. The organization is hiring Travis Green as their next HC, per Darren Dreger. He was the interim boss for the New Jersey Devils until the end of the 2023-24 season. Green’s longest tenure as a head coach came with […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs once again suffered a disappointing first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins, losing in overtime of Game 7, and with questions about his future with the team and a potential contract extension looming, Mitch Marner spoke about what it means for him to play for the original six […]

New York Rangers forward Blake Wheeler hasn’t played a game of hockey since suffering a horrific right-leg injury against the Montreal Canadiens back on February 15. But in the midst of the team’s Eastern Conference second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes, the veteran took the next step in his injury recovery on Monday. Wheeler was […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in for another long summer after being beaten by the Boston Bruins once again in a Game 7. It took until overtime of the final contest of the series, but history repeated itself yet again when the two Original Six rivals met in the Eastern Conference first-round in 2024. And […]

After 40 years of being a hockey coach, and with 2,726 games under his belt, Rick Bowness finally called it a career on Monday morning, the Winnipeg Jets announced. The 69-year-old began coaching as a National Hockey League assistant in 1984, and he leaves the game exactly four decades later as a Jack Adams Award […]

Radek Faksa was the unlikely hero the Dallas Stars needed, scoring the game-winning goal in Game 7 to knock out the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights and set up a second-round date with the Colorado Avalanche. The 30-year-old, who hadn’t played since Game 2 before re-entering the lineup on Sunday night, sent a wicked backhand […]

The Carolina Hurricanes allowed two powerplay goals to the New York Rangers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second-round series on Sunday afternoon, and didn’t score a goal on five chances of their own. And that was the difference in the 4-3 defeat at Madison Square Garden — at least according to head coach […]

The Carolina Hurricanes look to take game two of the series on the road as they face the New York Rangers. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Hurricanes-Rangers Game 2 prediction, pick, and how to watch. It was a high-scoring game one of the series. Just 2:46 into the game, […]

Mika Zibanejad and his New York Rangers still haven’t lost a game in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs after beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second-round series at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon. And Zibanejad was the catalyst in front of a raucous home crowd, scoring two goals […]

The Vancouver Canucks are one step away from the 2024 Western Conference Final. In their way is one of the most high-powered offensive teams in the NHL. Rick Tocchet and his team are taking on Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Entering this series, the Oilers are likely the favorites […]

Mark Stone and the Vegas Golden Knights are headed for a rather tough offseason. Vegas fell on Sunday night by a score of 2-1 in Game 7 against the Dallas Stars. The Stars move on to face the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vegas, though, has some interesting decisions to make this summer. […]

The Dallas Stars are moving on in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Dallas defeated the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night in Game 7. This loss has ended the Golden Knights’ championship defense, ensuring a new champion this year. Sunday’s contest also saw Dallas end a rather longstanding franchise drought. The Stars won the series in […]

Hockey fans will witness a new Stanley Cup champion in 2024. The Dallas Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night in Game 7. Dallas moves on to face the Colorado Avalanche in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Meanwhile, the Golden Knights are headed for an offseason full of tough decisions. […]

Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins picked up a massive Game 7 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. However, they won’t have a chance to celebrate too much. Boston takes on the Florida Panthers in round two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Monday night. This series is certainly a tale of […]

The pressure on both the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs was thick and nasty as both teams prepared for Game 7 of the first-round Stanley Cup series. The Bruins were trying to avoid blowing a 3-1 series lead in the opening round for the second years in a row and earn their first series […]

As the dust settled on yet another nail-biting Game 7, the NHL’s postseason script seemed painfully familiar to Toronto Maple Leafs fans. The Leafs fell 2-1 in overtime to the Boston Bruins last Saturday, a defeat that marked yet another first-round exit for a team with a torturous history of playoff underachievement. The spotlight, as […]

The Florida Panthers are getting some pretty good news ahead of their next playoff series. Panthers center Sam Bennett might be able to play against the Boston Bruins following an injury, per Sports Net Canada. Bennett is definitely out for Game 1, but considered day-to-day. The center suffered an upper body injury in a recent […]

The Boston Bruins avoided disaster Saturday night, winning Game 7 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 2-1 overtime victory is credited, at least from prominent members of the Bruins, to goaltender Jeremy Swayman, who received extensive praise from head coach Jim Montgomery and right winger David Pastrnak. After […]