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Head coach Peter Laviolette has helped the New York Rangers remain one of the better teams in the NHL in 2024-25. However, their fortunes are looking as good as they did earlier in the season. New York has dropped three straight games. This includes the Rangers’ loss on Monday night to the St. Louis Blues […]

The Anaheim Ducks are one of the worst teams in the NHL this season. However, they have some of the brightest young stars in the game. Former second-overall pick Leo Carlsson is one such promising youngster making a name for himself. Unfortunately, his skill on the ice is not what fans are talking about Monday […]

The St. Louis Blues made the shocking move to hire Jim Montgomery as their new head coach. Montgomery was fired by the Boston Bruins last week but was not unemployed long. He replaced former Blues coach Drew Bannister and made his head coaching debut for St. Louis on Monday night against the New York Rangers. […]

The Ottawa Senators are in the bottom half of the league as the month of November nears an end. Ottawa entered the 2024-25 campaign with renewed hopes to make a playoff push. However, they have not had the greatest start to the season this year. And with Artem Zub going down with injury, the team […]

It’s no secret that trade rumors around Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman David Jiricek are kicking into high gear. Jiricek is currently playing in the American Hockey League as the team figures out its next steps. A trade seems the most likely route for this to go. And fans may not need to wait too long […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are languishing near the bottom of the NHL. Last week, the Penguins sparked a rebuild with the Lars Eller trade. How they approach this rebuild certainly remains to be seen. However, Pittsburgh has swung a trade with the Nashville Predators involving 23-year-old forward Philip Tomasino. The Penguins acquired Tomasino from the Predators […]

For the second straight season, the defending Stanley Cup champions are in the midst of a delayed title hangover. In 2023-24, the Vegas Golden Knights won 11 of their first 12 games before losing eight of 11 and being usurped from the top spot in ClutchPoints’ NHL Power Rankings. This time around, the Florida Panthers […]

There was a major shakeup for two NHL franchises last week, and both involved the same figure. The Boston Bruins terminated head coach Jim Montgomery after they stumbled out of the gate in the 2024-25 NHL season and replaced him with longtime assistant Joe Sacco. Just days later, the St. Louis Blues terminated coach David […]

The Detroit Red Wings are sitting at 8-10-2 and have been struggling as of late. It appears they will also be without a key player on Monday night when the team visits the New York Islanders. Patrick Kane suffered an upper-body injury during Saturday’s game and didn’t practice Sunday. Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde […]

The New York Rangers got off to a blistering start to the 2024-25 NHL season. After a President’s Trophy season last year, they started 6-1-1 this year. Since then, they are 6-5-0, with two brutal losses on the West Coast this weekend. After a 6-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, the Blueshirts could be making […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs took care of business on Sunday night against the visiting Utah Hockey Club, their first-ever visit to Toronto since they relocated from Arizona. Thanks to a strong two-goal performance from Mitch Marner, the Maple Leafs earned their fourth straight win, a 3-2 victory. But it was a special family connection that […]

The St Louis Blues are on the doorstep of a rebuild. Despite their 2019 championship, they never got sustained success out of this core. After firing Craig Berube mid-season last year, they hired Drew Bannister to be the permanent coach. Even with low expectations, Bannister has already been fired, one of the more surprising storylines […]

The Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday, an important win in the Western Conference playoff race. While it was a big win, there was a more important loss for the long-term. The Wild’s superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov left the game with an apparent knee injury. After missing Saturday’s loss to the Flames, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been without captain Auston Matthews for the last several games, as he’s been dealing with an upper-body ailment. He’s also sought treatment overseas in Germany and has resumed skating with a goal of getting back into the lineup sooner than later. He’s not the only high-profile injured Leafs forward, as […]

The St. Louis Blues haven’t had the start to the 2024-25 campaign that they were hoping for, as they have posted a record of 9-12-1 through their first 22 games. And while it’s safe to say they haven’t managed to meet expectations to this point, nobody could have reasonably predicted the shocking head coaching switch […]

The Edmonton Oilers entered the 2024-25 NHL Season as the defending Western Conference champions after their incredible run to the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, a series that fell just short to the Florida Panthers. Oilers fans won’t soon forget the image of captain and superstar forward Connor McDavid being nearly inconsolable in the locker room […]

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has added another notch to his already first-ballot Hall of Fame career. During Saturday’s game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh against the visiting Utah Hockey Club, Crosby became the 21st player in history to score 600 goals. He took a pass from defenseman Erik Karlsson and beat Utah goaltender […]

The Minnesota Wild were hit with a devastating update to their star left winger, Kirill Kaprizov. According to the Wild PR’s X account, he is ruled out of Saturday’s contest against the Calgary Flames due to a lower-body injury. Although the team didn’t say what the specific injury was, it’s significant, nonetheless. The Russian winger […]

The Utah Hockey Club will face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday at the Scotiabank Arena. It’s a Sunday night showdown in Toronto as we share our NHL odds series and make a Utah Hockey Club-Maple Leafs prediction and pick. On Thursday, the Utah Hockey Club lost 1-0 to the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden. Conversely, the […]

The Edmonton Oilers are expected to get a major boost to their defensive corps for Saturday night’s matchup against the New York Rangers. Defenseman Darnell Nurse, who has missed the last handful of games after he was the recipient of a dirty headshot by Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves on Saturday night, is expected […]

Despite a couple of offseason subtractions, the Carolina Hurricanes are looking like one of the premier teams in the National Hockey League in 2024-25. The Canes are 14-5 through 19 games, good for first place in the Eastern Conference. This is looking like a true President’s Trophy threat in the early going; just six points […]

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan has been in the firing conversation, giving the Penguins performance to start the season. Regardless of the shaky start, he remains optimistic about his job security for the foreseeable future. “I’m not concerned about it, no,” Sullivan said, according to The Athletic’s Josh Yohe. “I’m well aware of what […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets were not expected to be anything other than bottom-feeders in 2024-25. The club has been riddled with injuries; captain Boone Jenner has been out for most of the season, while Dmitri Voronkov and Kent Johnson both missed significant stretches in the early going. And even with a healthy roster, the Jackets […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been without captain Auston Matthews for the last seven games, as he’s dealing with an upper-body injury that has kept him out of the lineup. The good news for the Leafs is that they’ve managed to go 6-1 without him thanks to the depth scoring from throughout the roster. The […]

The Chicago Blackhawks are now a quarter of the way through the 2024-25 NHL season, and things are still difficult for the rebuilding squad led by former first-overall draft selection Connor Bedard. With a record of 7-12-1 through the first 20 games, the Blackhawks are only one point better than the struggling Nashville Predators for […]

The Sabres and the Sharks meet in San Jose! The Sharks have had a rough start to the year, while the Sabres have been solid at best. We continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Sharks prediction and pick. The Buffalo Sabres struggled last season, but they look better already this year. Tage Thompson and […]

The Blues and the Islanders meet in New York! These two teams have been very inconsistent this season, and a win here would be huge for each team. We continue our NHL odds series with a Blues-Islanders prediction and pick. The St. Louis Blues were inconsistent last year and missed the playoffs. They seem like […]

The Carolina Hurricanes continue their road trip as they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Hurricanes-Blue Jackets prediction and pick. The Hurricanes come into the game sitting at 14-5-0, good for first place in the Metropolitan Division. They have won three of their last four […]

The Ovechkin-less Washington Capitals play host as they play the New Jersey Devils. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Devils-Capitals prediction and pick. The Devils come into the game sitting at 13-7-2 on the year, tied with the Carolina Hurricanes and a point ahead of the Washington Capitals in the […]

The top team in the NHL, the Winnipeg Jets, take to the ice as they face the Nashville Predators. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Jets-Predators prediction and pick. The Jets come into the game sitting at 16-3-0 going into the game Friday night with the Pittsburgh Penguins on the […]

The Colorado Avalanche will face the Florida Panthers on Saturday. It’s a slugfest in Sunrise, Florida, as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Panthers prediction and pick. The Avalanche are coming off a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals, in which Alexandar Georgiev returned from injury and made 28 saves while allowing […]

The Boston Bruins will face the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena. It’s a Battle of Original 6 teams as we share our NHL odds series and make a Bruins-Red Wings prediction and pick. Things in Beantown are in turmoil after the Bruins fired Jim Montgomery after a porous start. Then, the […]

The Dallas Stars will battle the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday in Florida. It will be a battle at Amalie Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Stars-Lightning prediction and pick. The Stars are coming off a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. They are now 12-6 and […]

The New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers were two of the final four teams in the playoffs last season. Things haven’t been going as smoothly this season, but some believe they’ll be right there again by June. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a Rangers-Oilers prediction and pick. There is some panic […]

The Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames will meet in what could be a defensive battle. Both teams are in surprising positions in their respective divisions and doing it with some old-school, tight-checking systems. It’s getting to the point where teams can only solve their goaltenders with improbable goals, as we saw with Marc-Andre Fleury in […]

The Ottawa Senators are beginning to fall into familiar and unsettling ground, and it won’t get any easier when they host the Vancouver Canucks on Hockey Night in Canada. The Canucks have won four consecutive games against the Senators, sweeping the last two season series. The Canucks season hasn’t been going as well as the […]

The Vegas Golden Knights will visit the Montreal Canadiens for a rare Hockey Night in Canada appearance. Vegas enters the final game of their Eastern Canadian road trip before a visit to Philadelphia and ending their journey with a game against their rival Colorado Avalanche. The Canadiens have been off since Monday, which was the […]

The Seattle Kraken hit the road as they visit the Los Angeles Kings. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Kraken-Kings prediction and pick. The Kraken come into the game at 10-9-1 on the year. They have also won five of their last six games overall. In their last game, they […]

The Chicago Blackhawks hit the road as they face the Philadelphia Flyers. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blackhawks-Flyers prediction and pick. The Blackhawks come into the game sitting at 7-12-1 on the year but have won just one of their last four games overall. Last time out, they faced […]