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For the first time in over a decade, the 2024 NHL All-Star Game will be played north of the border. Next weekend, the premier players from across the National Hockey League will descend on the place where the first ASG game took place over 70 years ago: Toronto, Canada. And the league is looking to […]

The Seattle Kraken emerged victorious over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night. Wins always instill confidence in a team. However, they may be even more excited about the performance of veteran forward Jordan Eberle. Eberle scored twice and added an assist in Sunday night’s victory. The veteran Kraken forward has played well in the […]

The St. Louis Blues were without defenseman Justin Faulk on Sunday night. That marked the third consecutive game the veteran defenseman missed for St. Louis. They took down the Los Angeles Kings, but after the game, the Blues received some less-than-fortunate news regarding their veteran defenseman. Faulk is unlikely to play Tuesday against the Columbus […]

At the NHL Trade Deadline, there is a lot of speculation and rumor around who could move where. It’s uncommon for fans to receive official confirmation that a player wants out. However, that is not the case with Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins. The veteran goaltender publicly acknowledged that he has requested a trade […]

The San Jose Sharks are tied for the least points in the NHL with 30 alongside the Chicago Blackhawks, meaning they will likely be sellers at the NHL Trade Deadline on March 8, and Anthony Duclair is a kind of player that the Sharks could get great value on from. This season is going about […]

The Calgary Flames are likely to be sellers at the NHL Trade Deadline. Calgary is outside of the race for the Stanley Cup Playoffs at this time. And they have a number of pending free agents that are unlikely to return. One interesting trade candidate is star forward Elias Lindholm. Lindholm joined the Flames in […]

Adam Henrique is a veteran center who has significant value throughout the NHL as the March 8 trade deadline approaches. Henrique has been a dominant member of the Anaheim Ducks ever since he was traded by the New Jersey Devils early in the 2017-18 season. At the time, Henrique was a 27-year-old player who was […]

The New York Rangers announced that center Filip Chytil will miss the rest of the season with his upper body injury, and he posted a message to the fanbase after the news was announced by the team. “It has been the hardest 3 months of my life and has not been easy for my family, […]

On Sunday, the New York Rangers confirmed that center Filip Chytil will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season after an injury setback. Chytil is dealing with a “suspected concussion – team is calling it upper-body injury,” and the Rangers say “top priority is Chytil’s health and they’re focused on 2024-25” per DailyFaceoff’s Frank Seravalli. […]

The Edmonton Oilers are entering the 2024 All-Star break as the hottest team in the National Hockey League. That can’t be up for debate. The Oilers have won 16 games in a row and are one more win away from tying the Pittsburgh Penguins for the most consecutive wins in a season. The 1992-92 Penguins […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets are getting some bad news. Forward Patrik Laine is stepping away from the team and into the National Hockey League’s Player Assistance Program, per the team’s social media. Laine is out for an undetermined amount of time as he gets care. The team didn’t elaborate in a statement on what kind […]

Former NHL player Alex Formenton has turned himself into authorities after police previously instructed he and four teammates from Canada’s 2018 World Juniors team to surrender in connection with an alleged sexual assault. Formenton, 24, arrived at police headquarter in London, Ontario on Sunday, according to Robyn Doolittle of The Globe and Mail. He was […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting an explanation from the National Hockey League about why a goal was waived off for the team in a win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. Leafs’ forward Tyler Bertuzzi scored the goal in an action-packed sequence, but it was overturned in real-time. The play contained a lot of […]

Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid knows his team has found something good, winning 16 games in a row. McDavid is quick to try and check the emotion, however, as he sees flaws with how his team has been playing. “This past week wasn’t our best hockey,” McDavid said, per ESPN.”But we found a way to […]

Lars Eller of the Pittsburgh Penguins has had a notable career that has lasted 15 years and seen him play for five NHL teams. He lined up at center Saturday night in Pittsburgh’s home game against the Montreal Canadiens for the 1,000th game of his career. Lars Eller: the first Danish-born player in NHL history […]

The New York Rangers will be without hard-hitting defenseman Jacob Trouba until after the All-Star break. Trouba was suspended for two games by the NHL after delivering an illegal elbow to Pavel Dorofeyev of the Vegas Golden Knights. NY Rangers’ Jacob Trouba has been suspended for two games for elbowing Vegas’ Pavel Dorofeyev. https://t.co/IB2OwULxk1 — […]

Jonathan Marchessault and the Vegas Golden Knights have been surging as of late, and the former Conn Smythe Trophy winner has been a huge catalyst of the team’s recent success. The 33-year-old Canadian was excellent again on Friday night, recording his second hat trick of the year to help the Knights beat the Metropolitan Division-leading […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost a key piece of their bottom-six after Calle Jarnkrok broke his knuckle in practice on Friday. The 32-year-old will be out of the lineup for the foreseeable future, and he’s being labelled week-to-week by the team. After blocking a shot in the practice session, he was seen throwing his glove […]

After his contract with the Chicago Blackhawks was abruptly terminated earlier this season, Corey Perry will play his first game as a member of the red hot Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon. Winners of 15 straight, the Oil continue to chase history when the Nashville Predators visit Rogers Place. Perry, who is slated to slot […]

Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger has had a fine season thus far. In one week’s time, he will be recognized for his play in the first half of the season. Oettinger was nominated to the 2024 NHL All-Star Game, the first All-Star Game nod of his career. With the event on the horizon, many first-time […]

The Ottawa Senators have had one of the more disappointing seasons in the NHL this year. Many expected them to contend for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024. However, they find themselves near the bottom of the league at the time of this writing. Ottawa took a flier on veteran forward Vladimir Tarasenko in the […]

The Calgary Flames are sitting well outside of the Stanley Cup Playoff picture. As a result, many expect them to be sellers at the NHL Trade Deadline in March. And one of their more talked about players around this time is defenseman Noah Hanifin. Hanifin is on an expiring contract, hitting NHL Free Agency this […]

Calgary Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington hadn’t stepped onto an NHL ice surface since May 2022 prior to Thursday night. Kylington requested personal leave from the team to better focus on his mental health. On Thursday, Calgary lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets, but it was a big step for Kylington. Following the game, the 26-year-old […]

The Colorado Avalanche have designs on playing dominating hockey in the second half of the season and asserting themselves in the Stanley Cup playoffs. While the play of superstars Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar are likely to be the key factors in determining if they can play at a championship level, the supporting cast will […]

The Calgary Flames will be without depth forward AJ Greer for the foreseeable future after the 27-year-old sustained a gruesome ankle injury in Thursday night’s 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. “The Flames don’t know yet if AJ Greer will require surgery after his horrific ankle injury last night, but they expect him to […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have struggled mightily throughout the 2023-24 NHL campaign, and with hope of a postseason berth all but lost in Ohio, there could be a firesale brewing. Ahead of the Mar. 8 NHL Trade Deadline, Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen is willing to part with at least two key pieces of the […]

As the unofficial halfway point of the NHL season approaches with the All-Star break next weekend, award races across the league are heating up as the stretch run looms. The Hart Trophy seems to be down to a two-man race at the moment, as Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov and Colorado Avalanche center Nathan […]

The New York Rangers have been cruising this season, as their 61 points have them sitting atop the Metropolitan Division currently. Making things even better for them, it seemed like they were set to get center Filip Chytil back from an injury soon after he returned to practice on Thursday, but just one day later, […]

Despite the Vancouver Canucks putting together a season unlike almost any other in franchise history, the question of superstar forward Elias Pettersson’s future still looms large in British Columbia. Pettersson and the Canucks have still not discussed a new contract; the 25-year-old is set to become a restricted free agent at the conclusion of the […]

The Philadelphia Flyers find themselves in the midst of a poorly timed cold stretch, as they have lost their last four games to allow the Carolina Hurricanes to pass them in the Metropolitan Division standings. However, they got a good piece of news on Friday morning when it was announced that the team was closing […]

Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety after catching New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech with a flying elbow in the third period of Thursday’s 4-3 win. The hit was so vicious that even Gallagher’s former teammate PK Subban believes he should be suspended. “It’s a […]

Despite his Boston Bruins squeaking out a tight 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on the road on Thursday night, head coach Jim Montgomery was not happy with how the game was officiated. The B’s received just one powerplay in the contest, while the Sens enjoyed the man advantage six times. Montgomery addressed the discrepancy […]

The Edmonton Oilers are scorching hot, having won 15 games in a row. The Oilers broke the NHL record for the longest winning streak by a Canadian franchise when they beat the Flames earlier this week for their 13th-consecutive win. What’s impressive about the Oilers’ streak is how it compares to their play at the […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are amid a solid season NHL season, as they sit toward the top of the Atlantic Division. Star center Steven Stamkos brightened the Lightning’s midseason run with a stellar performance against the Arizona Coyotes after he entered Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin’s territory. Steven Stamkos makes history for the Lightning during […]

Jakob Chychrun was traded from the American desert to Canada’s capital city last season, and the Ottawa Senators defenseman does not want to get moved again. After a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre this week, the 25-year-old addressed the trade rumors that have been swirling around him and explained his […]

After a 10-game absence, Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen will return to the lineup against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, head coach Pete DeBoer confirmed. “You missed him in a lot of different areas for sure,” the bench boss explained after the team’s morning skate, according to NHL.com’s Taylor Baird. “It’s nice to have him […]

New Jersey Devils superstar Jack Hughes will be in Toronto for NHL All-Star festivities next weekend, but the level of his participation remains unclear. The 22-year-old continues to recover from an upper-body injury suffered in the third period of a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 5. Hughes hasn’t played since, but remains […]

The New York Rangers will be placing center Nick Bonino on waivers this afternoon, according to Arthur Staple of The Athletic. The Rangers had signed Nick Bonino this offseason to be the fourth-line center. He had put up one goal and four assists for five points in 45 games played this season, according to NHL.com. […]

Sam Reinhart is playing the best hockey of his career in 2023-24, and the Florida Panthers star scored yet another goal in a 6-2 drubbing of the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday night. In the process, the Canadian sniper became just the fifth player in franchise history to reach the 60-point mark in 50 games or […]