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Matthew Poitras has been very solid in his rookie season with the Boston Bruins, scoring five goals and 13 points through his first 27 National Hockey League games. But the 19-year-old will have a bit of a break from NHL play after the B’s decided to let him play in the 2024 IIHF World Junior […]

Sidney Crosby and his Pittsburgh Penguins earned a much-needed win over the Minnesota Wild on Monday night, and the captain made history in the process. The longtime Pens captain registered a goal and an assist — both on the powerplay — in a 4-3 victory against the visiting Wild. In the process, Crosby passed former […]

The St. Louis Blues visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night as the two teams fall in the standings. The teams met in St. Louis on November 14th, with St. Louis leaving with a 5-0 shutout win. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blues-Lightning prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The […]

Connor Bedard and his Chicago Blackhawks were shut out the first time they played Nathan MacKinnon’s Colorado Avalanche this season, and the 18-year-old star will be looking for a better result at home on Tuesday night. The Hawks will play three games before the Christmas break, and the first one will be a rematch with […]

The Arizona Coyotes are playing good hockey right now. In fact, they are in possession of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference as I write this. It’s an incredible start to the season for a franchise that has faced a wild amount of adversity, especially off the ice. Arizona isn’t a Cup contender […]

The Detroit Red Wings have played rather well at times this season. However, they currently aren’t playing well. Detroit dropped the sixth of their last seven contests on Monday night to a bounceback Anaheim Ducks squad. After the game, head coach Derek Lalonde made an eye-opening admission about his team. The Red Wings have struggled […]

The Detroit Red Wings are in the midst of a slump right now. Detroit has lost six of their last seven games following their 4-3 loss at home to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night. As a result, the Winged Wheel is no longer in possession of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. To […]

The Ottawa Senators made the move their fans have been wanting for weeks. Ottawa fired head coach DJ Smith after an extremely disappointing start to the 2023-24 NHL season. In his place is a familiar face, as Jacques Martin takes the reigns behind the Sens bench for the first time since 2004. Interim Ottawa general […]

Hockey fans have enjoyed the ongoing 2023-24 NHL season, and for good reason. There has been a lot to talk about early in the year and there is certainly more to come. However, as the calendar year draws to a close, there is one more competition that piques the interest of fans. The IIHF World […]

The Dallas Stars will be without goalie Jake Oettinger after sustaining a lower-body injury in last Friday’s matchup versus the Ottawa Senators at home. However, the injury appears not serious enough to keep him out for the rest of the season, according to Dallas head coach Pete DeBoer (h/t NHL.com). “Had all the relevant tests […]

The Buffalo Sabres may be ready to field winger Jack Quinn back on the ice on Tuesday. Sabres head coach Don Granato announced during Monday’s practice that the 22-year-old looks “ready to go,” as per Buffalo News. “It could be as soon as tomorrow. The target originally was about this timeframe. Then you go through […]

Just under six months ago, the Florida Panthers completed their cinderella run through the Eastern Conference, sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes to advance to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final since 1996. After needing every single win to even advance to the postseason, it was a thrilling performance to first beat the NHL’s best-ever regular-season team […]

The Ottawa Senators have reportedly fired head coach DJ Smith, according to Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff. The Senators came into the season with expectations of contending for a playoff spot, and they are currently 11-15 on the season, which has them in last place in the Eastern Conference, only ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks […]

Colorado Avalanche forward Jonathan Drouin made an interesting move this summer. As a free agent, he chose to join Colorado in order to play with former Halifax Mooseheads teammate Nathan MacKinnon. The former third-overall pick hoped the move would reignite his career following time with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens. Through the first […]

The Anaheim Ducks finally broke through on Sunday night. Away from home, veteran forward Adam Henrique scored his first career hat trick as they took down the New Jersey Devils 5-1. Anaheim’s win is just their second victory in their last 15 games, and it marked the end of a five-game losing streak. After the […]

The Chicago Blackhawks are going through it right now. They entered their Sunday night contest against the Vancouver Canucks having lost their last three contests. Furthermore, Chicago’s top three defensemen — Seth Jones, Alex Vlasic, and Kevin Korchinski, all missed this game for various reasons. Still, the Blackhawks battled. In the end, it wasn’t enough. […]

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 […]