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The Buffalo Sabres have fallen short of sky-high expectations once again. They have been eliminated from the NHL Playoffs for the 13th straight season. This is the worst playoff drought in the entire league. In fact, no team in the league has missed the playoffs for more than seven consecutive years at this time. This […]

The Dallas Stars have proven to be a wagon this season. Even opposing teams have taken notice of their skill and high level of play. And thanks to their performance, they will be one of the teams seeking to dethrone the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL Playoffs. Dallas may take a similar trajectory to […]

Hockey in Florida has entered a boom period. The Tampa Bay Lightning have been a model organization for nearly a decade, winning two Stanley Cups. Now, the Florida Panthers are beginning to emerge. They made the Stanley Cup Final last year in a losing effort. In 2024, they hope to flip the script in the […]

The Colorado Avalanche are headed back to the NHL Playoffs in 2024. And they enter the tournament with a bit of a chip on their shoulder. Colorado entered last year’s playoffs as the defending Stanley Cup champion. However, they fell in seven games to an upstart Seattle Kraken team. This year, they take on the […]

When it comes to scoring in the NHL, the league goes through surges and depressions, similar to an electronic sine wave. There have been times when the Art Ross Trophy was awarded with relatively low scoring totals, such as the 2014-15 season when Jamie Benn led the league with 87 points. Connor McDavid was on […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are usually one of the most consistent teams in the NHL, putting together solid clubs year in and year out. Despite that consistency, it’s been awhile since the team won the Stanley Cup. The last time that happened was in 1967, which is a very long time for a franchise with […]

You always want your team’s leaders to show up in the biggest spots, when they’re truly needed. Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin did exactly that in an exciting overtime victory that kept Detroit’s postseason hopes alive. It was overtime in a 4-4 contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Detroit needed to score in order […]

The Minnesota Wild made the NHL Playoffs in 2023 but were bounced in round one. Despite this, there was hope for a return in 2024. Goalie Filip Gustavsson had an incredible season. Kirill Kaprizov had his usual standout performances, and Matt Boldy emerged as a high-level offensive producer. However, it wasn’t meant to be. The […]

The St. Louis Blues are officially out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. St. Louis fell on Friday night, which put the final nail in their coffin. Interim head coach Drew Bannister now has to finish the final few games of the year. And then, he will have to present his case to officially replace former […]

The Florida Panthers are headed to the 2024 NHL Playoffs. However, the team received an injury scare on Saturday night. Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson suffered an upper-body injury against the Buffalo Sabres. He did not return to the game after receiving a little more than three minutes of ice time. After the game, head coach Paul […]

Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs fell behind the Detroit Red Wings early on. And although they came back, they could not secure the win. Toronto fell to the Winged Wheel in overtime on Saturday in a win that Detroit desperately needed. However, it was still a noteworthy night for Matthews. The Maple Leafs […]

Much has been said over the last few days about the Arizona Coyotes moving to Utah. However, these Coyotes relocation reports have not been officially addressed by the team or ownership. That changed on Saturday evening when owner Alex Meruelo released an official statement on the reports of his club becoming a Utah NHL team. […]

There will be a changing of the guard at the conclusion of the season. Shortly after the Stanley Cup is skated around by the NHL’s championship team, the league will hand out is end-of-season awards. One of those honors will go to the league’s best defensive forward. The Selke Trophy has regularly belonged to Patrice […]

The New York Rangers are on the verge of completing an outstanding regular season. They have one game remaining before the start of the playoffs and they have a chance to win the President’s Trophy. If the Rangers can beat the Ottawa Senators in the finale of the regular season, they will have home-ice advantage […]

You wouldn’t have to go too far back to find the last time a National Hockey League franchise won back-to-back Stanley Cups. It happened in 2020 and 2021, when the Tampa Bay Lightning — a year removed from winning the President’s Trophy and getting swept in the first round — finally broke through with its […]

Patrick Kane has been phenomenal for the Detroit Red Wings since returning from hip surgery last December, scoring at nearly a point-per-game clip in his first season in Motown. But the three-time Stanley Cup champion was noncommittal about his future in the city earlier this week, confirming that he wasn’t sure where he would play […]

It seems all but official that the Arizona Coyotes will be sold and relocated from the Phoenix area to Salt Lake City and become Utah’s NHL franchise. And with the confirmation of the sale and relocation likely only a few days from confirmation, NHL Elliotte Friedman is reporting that soon-to-be Coyotes owner Ryan Smith will […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been without superstar Mikko Rantanen for the last two games after the Finn was concussed on a hit from Edmonton Oilers D-man Mattias Ekholm back on April 5. But the 27-year-old is likely to return to the lineup for Saturday’s afternoon tilt against the red hot Winnipeg Jets, Avs head coach […]

It appears as if we are about to see a Utah NHL team for the first time. The Arizona Coyotes have reportedly informed their players that the club will move to Salt Lake City next season. This development comes after months of speculation about the team’s arena situation in the Grand Canyon State. The relocation […]

We are nearing the end of the 2023-24 NHL season, and that means one thing. 16 teams, including clubs such as the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, and Los Angeles Kings, are headed to the NHL Playoffs. And they will go to war on the ice this spring to fight for the right to hoist the […]

The Vegas Golden Knights signed defenseman Noah Hanifin to an eight-year, $58.8 million contract extension on Thursday. Hanifin was acquired by Vegas from the Calgary Flames at the trade deadline and was set to become an unrestricted free agent. Between the teams this season, Hanifin has managed 13 goals and 44 points in 77 games. […]

The 2023-24 NHL season is rapidly approaching its conclusion. While teams like the Montreal Canadiens are simply finishing out the year, others, like the Vegas Golden Knights, are fighting for spots in the 2024 NHL Playoffs. However, the Winnipeg Jets are not one of them. Winnipeg has already clinched their berth in the tournament and […]

The NHL will not host an All-Star Game in 2025 as they usually do. Instead, the league will put on an international best-on-best tournament called the Four Nations Face-Off. Hockey Canada will form a team for the tournament as they look to gain momentum before the 2026 Winter Olympics. And they have given Boston Bruins […]

The Arizona Coyotes have fought off relocation for many years. Unfortunately, it seems the fight is now at an end. Reports emerged over the last few days that progress has been made on the franchise’s potential move to Salt Lake City, Utah. Now, it seems those rumors are about to become a reality. Coyotes players […]

Young Macklin Celebrini is expected to follow in the foot steps of Connor Bedard and get selected with the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NHL Draft after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Celebrini has been a superstar for Boston University in the Terriers’ just completed college hockey season. Boston University’s year came […]

The Edmonton Oilers are preparing for what they hope is a deep playoff run, but the team has been getting by without superstar Connor McDavid. He hasn’t played since April 6th due to a lower-body injury and on Friday, the reigning Hart Trophy winner spoke out on the ailment. By the sounds of it, the […]

The Boston Bruins knew that when they acquired Pat Maroon at the trade deadline from the Minnesota Wild, that he would not be able to play right away. Maroon was rehabbing from back surgery, and the Bruins were willing to wait until he was healthy enough to play his physical game against tough opponents. That […]

The 2023-24 season is becoming a remarkable year in terms of hockey achievement and the numbers that the top players are putting on the board. While nobody is approaching the level of peak Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, the foursome of Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews are all making great arguments […]

The Vegas Golden Knights are bracing for another hopeful Stanley Cup run and it looks like they could get back a key piece at some point in the playoffs. Veteran Mark Stone was cleared to return to the ice on Friday, but it’s still unknown when he’ll play again. Via Elliotte Friedman: “Vegas announced Mark […]

The 2023-24 NHL season has become disappointing in a hurry for the Philadelphia Flyers. An ugly nine-game stretch that features only one victory has the Flyers’ chances of making the NHL postseason looking incredibly slim. However, it appears that Flyers management is content to ride into the future with head coach John Tortorella. TSN’s Pierre […]

New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil hasn’t played a hockey game since the beginning of November. But after skating on his own over the last couple of weeks, he surprised his teammates by joining Friday’s practice — without a no-contact jersey. “Filip Chytil skating with the [Rangers] is a great sign,” reported TSN hockey insider […]

The Coyotes could be playing their last few games in Arizona after a bombshell report stating that the franchise could relocate to Salt Lake City as soon as next season surfaced earlier this week, leaving the team in limbo. And that potential transition has been extremely hard on the entire organization, according to The Athletic’s […]

Patrick Kane has been a key piece of the Detroit Red Wings since returning from hip surgery back in December of 2023 — but as the team continues to battle furiously for the final Eastern Conference wild card berth, the American admitted he isn’t sure what the future holds. Kane confirmed that he hasn’t thought […]

Although Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews probably would have preferred the two points, he made even more history in Thursday night’s loss to the New Jersey Devils. The American potted a pair of goals in the losing effort, at the same time passing franchise legend Mats Sundin for the most even-strength goals in team […]

The New York Islanders earned their biggest win of the season on Thursday night, improving their hold on the No. 3 spot in the Metropolitan Division after beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime. But it may have come at the cost of Noah Dobson — the team’s best defenseman. Dobson left the game just […]

Sidney Crosby achieved two major milestones during Thursday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings: he became the 14th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career assists and surpassed Phil Esposito, securing 10th place on the NHL’s all-time points list. Pittsburgh boosted their playoff chances after clinching a 6-5 victory over […]

The debate about the Norris Trophy seems to take place every year. Does the trophy for the NHL’s best defenseman go to an offensive superstar or a defensive stalwart? The facts are fairly simple. Throughout the years, the award has regularly gone to the game’s offensive stars. It’s much easier to look at the goal, […]

Although their placement in the standings does not show it, the Vegas Golden Knights solidified their status as one of the most dangerous teams in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs after coming away big winners at the NHL trade deadline. The addition of Noah Hanifin is a major reason why. He now figures to be […]

The pressure is on for the Toronto Maple Leafs once again. The playoffs are around the corner and the franchise will once again pick up the fight for its first Stanley Cup title since the ancient 1966-67 season. The NHL consisted of six teams the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. The Leafs […]