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The Columbus Blue Jackets are not in contention for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In fact, they are the second-worst team in the Eastern Conference right now, ahead of the Ottawa Senators. Columbus invested heavily in its NHL roster in the summer, making two major trades to bolster their blueline. Columbus did deal with quite a […]

Pittsburgh Penguins veteran Kris Letang was dealt a nightmare of a situation last December 31st, unexpectedly losing his father while at the Winter Classic in Boston. And after a year of grieving, there’s one thing that’s helped him come to peace with the worst day of his life: Hockey. Letang’s impact on the Penguins is […]

As part of the Boston Bruins 100th anniversary of their entry into the National Hockey League, they are celebrating multiple chapters in their team’s history. Prior to Saturday night’s game against the New York Rangers, the Bruins brought back several key members of the team’s famed “Lunchpail AC” team that played in the mid-1970s and […]

The Detroit Red Wings made a massive splash at the end of November, securing the services of three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane. And the team might not be done improving there. The Wings have been engaged in trade talks with multiple teams lately, The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta confirmed on Friday. “Yeah, JT Compher […]

The Carolina Hurricanes are moving on from netminder Antti Raanta. The team announced Saturday that Raanta is going on waivers via Chris Johnston, which means all 31 other clubs have 24 hours to claim the veteran, who is playing on a one-year, $1.5 million deal. This is definitely a surprising move from the Canes considering […]

Connor Ingram has been absolutely phenomenal for the Arizona Coyotes this season, and the netminder came to play again in a 1-0 shutout win over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. Ingram made 21 saves to help his team snap a four-game losing streak, and he earned high praise from his coach afterwards. “He […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have both Timothy Liljegren and Matthew Knies back in the lineup when the Pittsburgh Penguins head north to Canada on Saturday night, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported. Liljegren hasn’t played since suffering a lower-body injury in a game against the Boston Bruins back on Nov. 2. He was tripped into the […]

In a season that has already gone completely off the rails for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the team was dealt another miserable blow: sniper Patrik Laine will be on the shelf for the next six weeks after fracturing his clavicle. The injury occurred during Columbus’ 6-5 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday […]

The Dallas Stars earned a thrilling comeback win over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night, but it may have come at the cost of star goaltender Jake Oettinger. The 24-year-old left the contest with eight minutes remaining in the first period and did not return. Stars coach Pete DeBoer has already ruled out the starter […]

The Boston Bruins were just 3:09 away from suffering their second loss in a row before making a thrilling comeback against the New York Islanders on Friday night. Rookie Mason Lohrei tied the game in the final minutes, and David Pastrnak scored in the third round of the shootout to help the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins […]

Connor Bedard joined the Chicago Blackhawks with a lot of expectations ahead of him. Chicago moved on from two franchise icons, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, after last season. Bedard, touted as a generational prospect, is expected to lead this historic franchise into their next golden age. The Blackhawks have played 29 games, with Bedard […]

Many believed that Zach Benson was going to be a fantastic NHL player. However, the 2023 NHL Draft was absolutely stacked with promising talent. Benson had top-10 potential, but actually going within the first 10 picks was no guarantee. On draft night, he fell to the Buffalo Sabres at pick 13. And Buffalo is certainly […]

The Anaheim Ducks are in free-fall right now. After a rather impressive start to the season, things have completely bottomed out in Anaheim. Their loss to the New York Rangers on Friday night is their fifth in a row. Furthermore, they have won just one game in their last 14 contests. Things started well enough […]

The Carolina Hurricanes entered their Friday night game hoping to keep its momentum going. They ended their four-game losing streak against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. On Thursday, they defeated the Detroit Red Wings to make it two in a row. However, their attempt at a three-game winning streak fell short against the Nashville Predators. […]

Connor Bedard has, predictably, been a major bright spot for the Chicago Blackhawks this season. The 2023 first overall pick started slow, to be fair. However, he has rebounded to lead the team in goals (12), assists (12), points (24), and average ice time among forwards (19:22). Beyond him, though, Chicago could certainly use some […]

The Colorado Avalanche are parting ways with one of their veteran forwards. The Avs have traded 33-year-old Tomas Tatar to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick. Via Elliotte Friedman: “Tomas Tatar traded to Seattle for a fifth-rounder.” Tatar wasn’t producing at the level the Avalanche would’ve hoped on one of their […]

The NHL and the NHL Players Association are investigating an incident at a Dallas hospital in which Arizona Coyotes defenseman Juuso Valimaki was left to fend for himself and later ignored after getting hit in the face with a 93 miles per hour slap shot that ultimately resulted in the player receiving 55 stitches. Sources: […]

Noah Dobson and the New York Islanders picked up a big win over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. The Isles have now own four in a row and six of their last seven games. They are playing a good brand of hockey right now, and Dobson believes there is a major behind-the-scenes reason for […]

The New York Rangers have proven to be a wagon early in the 2023-24 NHL season. There is no team in the league playing better hockey than them right now. Head coach Peter Laviolette is seeing a ton of early success after taking over behind the bench for Gerard Gallant this past summer. The Blueshirts […]

The Seattle Kraken made the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and even defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round. They came within a single win of the Western Conference Final, in fact. Seattle did all of that while not having a clear-cut bona fide star on their roster. Expectations were high for the […]

The San Jose Sharks are not playing well so far this season. They are well and truly in the thick of the Macklin Celebrini sweepstakes less than 30 games into the season. Part of their poor start can be attributed to the absence of Logan Couture. The San Jose captain has not taken the ice […]

The Boston Bruins are taking the 2023-24 NHL season by storm. Boston boasts a first place standing in the Atlantic Division with 39 points. Still, the Bruins are open to trade opportunities after their latest move on former 2015 first-round pick Jakub Zboril. Will Jakub Zboril return to the Bruins amid trade rumors? Boston is […]

The Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals set forth plans for a new arena in northern Virginia on Wednesday. Principal owner Ted Leonsis announced the plans on the 70-acre site in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood in Alexandria, Va., per The Athletic. The goal is for the new arena to open in 2028 with both the Wizards and […]

The St. Louis Blues dismissed head coach Craig Berube, and general manager Doug Armstrong held a press conference to address the firing, admitting that he is not satisfied with the job he has done with the team in recent years. “If I get fired in the next hour, or I get hit by a bus […]

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid made sure to give Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard his “Welcome to the NHL” moment during their first matchup against each other at Rogers Center on Tuesday. As posted by Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago, McDavid played the defense as he prevented Bedard from scoring the puck on his […]

The concerns over New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin reached a new high Tuesday night after the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner matched a career-high by allowing six goals in a 7-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Rangers have the third-best record in the NHL but that won’t sustain if their defense and star […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning were without defenseman Victor Hedman on Tuesday night and they sure could have used him in a 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Hedman was a game-time decision but ultimately could not suit up for the inter-conference affair. The Lightning are listing him as day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Hedman left […]

The St. Louis Blues have not had the start to the season they envisioned during the offseason. The Blue Notes are in sixth place in the Central Division following their Tuesday night loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Furthermore, they have lost four games in a row. Tuesday’s loss led to the firing of head […]

The St. Louis Blues fell to the Detroit Red Wings in front of their home fans on Tuesday night. It was a brutal loss that saw the Blue Notes drop their fourth game in a row. St. Louis currently sits in sixth place in the Central Division after Tuesday night’s contest. After the game, the […]

Los Angeles Kings fans have awaited word on the status of defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov since Sunday night. The veteran defenseman left his team’s game against the New York Rangers with a lower-body injury. And in the game before that, he suffered a knee-to-knee hit against the New York Islanders. On Tuesday, fans received an update […]

The San Jose Sharks are clearly in a rebuild. That much was obvious prior to the 2023-24 NHL season. It became painfully evident when they started the season by losing their first 11 games of the year. To be fair to them, they have played better as of late. In fact, they are 5-3-2 in […]

The Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks are set to clash on Tuesday night. This game marks the first time that superstar Connor McDavid will take the ice against hyped prospect Connor Bedard. Bedard took time to praise McDavid prior to this game. However, the praise is going both ways before puck drop. Bedard entered the […]

The sports culture of Washington, D.C. gets overlooked for obvious reasons, but it is an important aspect of the city’s identity. Hence, the impending departure of both the Wizards and Capitals is going to cut deep for many residents and fans. “It’s happening. The Caps and the Wizards are expected to leave D.C. for Northern […]

Winnipeg Jets star forward Kyle Connor could be out for 6-8 weeks as a result of a knee-on-knee hit by Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Strome on Sunday night in California. “Kyle Connor’s knee injury is hopefully a 6-8 week recovery timeline,” reported The Winnipeg News’ Mike McIntyre. “However, there’s still some further evaluation pending which could […]

The Carolina Hurricanes started the season without star forward Andrei Svechnikov, and they’re going to have to make due without the Russian for the foreseeable future. Canes head coach Rod Brind’Amour confirmed on Tuesday that Svechnikov would be out of action for “a while” after undergoing an MRI on Monday. “He’s going to be out […]

For the first time ever in the National Hockey League, and certainly not the last, Connor Bedard and Connor McDavid will face each other when the Chicago Blackhawks travel to Alberta to play the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Tuesday night. It’s a highly-anticipated matchup featuring the best player in the game of hockey, […]

When the Pittsburgh Penguins brought Erik Karlsson to Pennsylvania in the blockbuster trade of the summer, the expectation was that this roster would be back to competing for Stanley Cups in 2023-24. Instead, Karlsson has two points in his last 10 games, the Pens powerplay is connecting at a despicable 9.5 percent clip — and […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without defenseman Erik Gudbranson for one game after the league decided to hit him with a ban for his role in a fight with Florida Panthers forward Nick Cousins on Sunday. The suspension was announced via the NHL Player Safety’s X account Sunday night. “Columbus’ Erik Gudbranson has been […]

Colorado Avalanche winger Mikko Rantanen dealt with some criticism from his teammate’s father, Ismo Lehkonen, the father of Artturi Lehkonen, and Rantanen fired back after scoring a goal and tallying three assists in the Avalanche’s 6-5 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday. “It feels good. It’s one thing where I got a lot of […]