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ESPN SportsCenter anchor John Anderson apologized to Zach Whitecloud this week after he compared the Vegas Golden Knights defenseman’s last name to toilet paper on Monday night. “What kind of name is Whitecloud?” Anderson remarked during the highlights. “A great name if you’re a toilet paper.” The comment drew ire from across the hockey world […]

As expected, Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is very likely going to be watching Game 5 against the Edmonton Oilers from the press box, and the team’s alternate captain will have a hearing with the league on Thursday. “Vegas’ Alex Pietrangelo will have a hearing today for Slashing against Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl,” the NHL’s […]

The Edmonton Oilers were not at all happy with Alex Pietrangelo’s violent slash on Leon Draisaitl at the end of Game 4 on Wednesday night, and after Connor McDavid called for a suspension, Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said it was a play that doesn’t belong in the game. “If you’re asking my opinion on that […]

The Edmonton Oilers will play the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the Second-Round series. We are in Sin City, sharing our NHL odds series, making an Oilers-Golden Knights Game 5 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Oilers defeated the Golden Knights 4-1 in Game 4 to even the series […]

The Florida Panthers will try to win the series as they face the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of this second-round set. We are in Toronto, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Panthers-Maple Leafs Game 5 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Maple Leafs defeated the Panthers 2-1 in […]

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night. However, Oilers players, including superstar Connor McDavid, were less than pleased. Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl took a vicious slash from Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo in the third period. Pietrangelo received a five-minute major and a […]

The Edmonton Oilers evened their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. However, fans are hyper-focused on the end of the game. Game 4 between the Oilers and Golden Knights ended in a very violent manner. It all started when Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo slashed Oilers star Leon […]

The Florida Panthers had the chance to sweep the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. However, the Maple Leafs escaped with a 2-1 win, and their second-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs will continue. Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner scored a goal and added an assist in the win on Wednesday. Maple Leafs rookie goalie […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs needed a massive result on Wednesday night, and they got it. Toronto defeated the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to avoid a second-round sweep. For the first time in the series, the team’s stars showed up. Toronto received a two-point night from Mitch Marner and a […]

The Philadelphia Flyers have spent the offseason looking for new leaders in the front office. Now, those searches have come to an end, and the team is moving forward with their major hires. The Flyers are removing the “interim” tag from general manager Daniel Briere, according to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. Additionally, the team is […]

The 2023 NHL Draft Lottery is in the rearview mirror, and we finally have more clarity regarding the draft order. As such, it is time for our second 2023 NHL Mock Draft. Our first 2023 NHL Mock Draft came back in March on the heels of the NHL Draft Lottery date announcement. This mock covers […]

The Seattle Kraken face off with the Dallas Stars in game five of the second round in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game five Kraken-Stars prediction pick, and how to watch. The series is not tied at two games each as it heads back to Dallas […]

The New Jersey Devils face off against the Carolina Hurricanes with the Hurricanes leading the series 3-1. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game five Devils-Hurricanes prediction pick, and how to watch. None of the games in this series have been overly close. Carolina took games one and two by scores […]

Morgan Rielly affirmed to reporters his Toronto Maple Leafs, who trail their second-round series of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers three games to none, will not go down without a fight in Game 4 Wednesday in Florida. “We’re here, we’re fighting,” Morgan Rielly said, via NHL insider for the Toronto Star, […]

New Jersey Devils head coach Lindy Ruff was blunt about his team’s performance in a Game 4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes that put the Devils on the brink of elimination in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “We had guys that just went rogue. You can’t call that lack of experience. Even the power play turned […]

On the brink of elimination, the Toronto Maple Leafs are turning to 24-year-old goaltender Joseph Woll to try and help save their season. Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed that Woll will start in net in Wednesday’s must-win Game 4 against the Florida Panthers. The move comes after incumbent starter Ilya Samsonov left Game […]

Miro Heiskanen has emerged not only as an elite defenseman for the Dallas Stars, but one of the premier blueliners in the National Hockey League — Game 3 against the Seattle Kraken is a prime example why. Jordan Eberle scored a goal after a shot hit Heiskanen in the face, causing the 23-year-old to leave […]

The Vegas Golden Knights now hold a 2-1 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers as game four is on tap. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game four Golden Knights-Oilers prediction, pick, and how to watch. In game three, the Golden Knights found domination. No Laurent Brossoit, no problem. Brossoit left with […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are now in an 0-3 hole to the Florida Panthers. It is time to continue our NHL odds series, with a game four Maple Leafs- Panthers prediction, pick, and how to watch. In the history of the NHL, only four teams have come back from 0-3 down. In 204 chances down […]

Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers are just one win away from the franchise’s first trip to the Eastern Conference Final since 1996, the same year they marched all the way to the Stanley Cup Final for the only time in team history. Despite a 3-0 series lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs and widespread […]

It took the Chicago Blackhawks just under two hours to sell over $2.5 million worth of season tickets for 2023-24 after the team won the NHL Draft Lottery — the Connor Bedard sweepstakes — on Monday night. “The Blackhawks have already sold $2.5 million worth of season-ticket plans for 2023-24 in the 1.5 hours since […]

Last June, Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was on top of the hockey world, leading his club to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship since 2001. The Swedish star hasn’t played a hockey game since. After missing the entire 2022-23 season and Stanley Cup Playoffs due to right knee surgery, the 30-year-old received an absolutely […]

Just over a week ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrated their first playoff series win in 19 years. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and the rest of the team were flying high after breaking what felt like an unbreakable curse. It marked a huge step for a team who had built a reputation around first round […]

Adin Hill made just his second appearance in goal since Mar. 7 in relief on Monday night — and led the Vegas Golden Knights to a commanding 5-1 win over the high-flying Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series. Starter Laurent Brossoit sustained a lower-body injury at 11:44 of the first […]

Jay Woodcroft’s Edmonton Oilers absolutely took it to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2, dominating from start to finish to even their best-of-seven series at a game apiece — but they looked like a completely different team on home ice in Game 3. “Not good enough. Not good enough in any way,” the Oilers […]

The Anaheim Ducks did not win the 2023 NHL Draft Lottery despite holding the highest odds of doing so. Now, their focus turns to the draft itself on June 28 in Nashville, Tennessee. However, before we get to draft night, the Ducks have a major decision to make. Anaheim is searching for a new head […]

Chicago Blackhawks fans rejoiced on Monday night as their team won the 2023 NHL Draft Lottery. However, Columbus Blue Jackets fans have a new public enemy #1 in ESPN hockey analyst Kevin Weekes. Weeks handled the ESPN presentation of the draft lottery, adding commentary whenever a pick was revealed. Toward the end of the lottery, […]

The 2023 NHL Draft Lottery is here! After months of speculation, we finally know the team who will pick first overall. And that team has just landed themselves a generational talent. Monday’s lottery saw the Chicago Blackhawks win the first overall pick. They had the third-highest odds of winning this pick before the lottery. Picking […]

The Dallas Stars visit the Seattle Kraken as they try to avoid going down 3-1 in the Stanley Cup Playoff Western Conference semi-finals. This game will continue our Stanley Cup playoff odds series with a Stars-Kraken prediction and pick while we also let you know how to watch. The Kraken come into game four with […]

Pete DeBoer’s Dallas Stars were blown out by the Seattle Kraken in Game 3 of their best-of-seven series on Sunday night, but hockey seemed secondary after a tragic mass shooting occurred at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, TX on Saturday. Eight people lost their lives in the second-deadliest US mass shooting of the year […]

Just over a week ago, Sheldon Keefe’s Toronto Maple Leafs were fresh off exorcising their demons by advancing past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in nearly two decades. They did that by defeating the most dominant hockey team of the last three years in the Tampa Bay Lightning. […]

The Carolina Hurricanes look to bounce back from a game-three loss as they face the New Jersey Devils. It is time to continue our NHL odds series, with a game four Hurricanes-Devils prediction, pick, and how to watch. It was deja-vu for the Devils after the first two games of the series. For the second […]

The Florida Panthers were not supposed to reach this deep into the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After all, they were huge underdogs against the Boston Bruins in the first round. But no one’s taking the Panthers as a joke now. Not only have they knocked out the Bruins, they have also zoomed to a 3-0 […]

New Jersey Devils forward Tomas Tatar was not happy with a cross check he received from Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho in Game 3 — and it cost him $5,000 after he recklessly swung his stick at his opponent in retaliation. “New Jersey’s Tomas Tatar has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for […]

New Jersey Devils rookie defenseman Luke Hughes was phenomenal in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, helping his team crush the Carolina Hurricanes 8-4 in Game 3 of their best-of-seven series on Sunday afternoon — and his teammates took notice. “He skates like his brother. It’s elite already,” Devils veteran defenseman Brendan Smith said after the […]

In a must-win Game 3 against the Florida Panthers on Sunday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs absolutely needed their best players to show up — and, in a trend that has become all too familiar in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were nowhere to be found. The two highest paid players […]

The Dallas Stars hoped to ride the momentum of their Game 2 win over the Seattle Kraken into Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, they fell flat on their face and were run out of the building by the Kraken. Seattle picked up the victory in Game 3 in decisive fashion. The team […]

The 2023 NHL Draft occurs in late June, but teams owning a top 16 pick in the draft have Monday circled on their calendars. Monday is the day of the 2023 NHL Draft Lottery. The NHL Draft Lottery will determine the order of the first 16 picks of the draft. This year, the draft promises […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a bind. They are still winless through three games in the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers following their 3-2 overtime loss on the road Sunday night. On the verge of elimination, Toronto also now has to deal with a new injury to […]