We’re down to the home stretch here. With 12 to 15 games left, the playoff races in the East and West are both coming down to the wire, with the East looking especially spicy. With that in mind, we’ve picked one player from each team to watch during the final stretch of the season. From … Read more
MANALAPAN, Fla. — Heading into Wednesday’s NHL action, the Colorado Avalanche had the most points in the NHL, the Dallas Stars the second-most and the Minnesota Wild were tied for the third-most. All just so happen to be in the Central Division, and under the current NHL playoff format, two of those three teams will … Read more
NHL Power Rankings: A new Top 5 team, plus ‘do-overs’ for everyone The New York Times NHL Power Rankings: Looking at who’s got puck luck — and who needs it Sportsnet NHL Power Rankings: Avalanche Don’t Let The Stars Lead For Long The Hockey News NHL power rankings: Avalanche’s big deadline swing for Kadri has them back on … Read more
March 2, 2026Updated 9:24 am EST Mere days away from the NHL’s trade deadline, the market is starting to feel like an unstoppable force versus an immovable object. There will be trades, of course, before the bell sounds at 3 p.m. ET on Friday, but multiple league sources indicated over the weekend that the level … Read more
Following a 5-0 shelling of Czechia to open their 2026 Winter Olympics tournament, the Canadian men’s hockey team get right back at it Friday, taking on Switzerland at 3:10 p.m. EST/12:10 p.m. PST. It’s always significant when Team Canada takes the ice in Olympic hockey, but these 2026 Games promise to be more special than … Read more
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. In the years between Sochi in 2014 and Milan in 2026, when NHL players did not participate in the Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament was a lot more wide open. Russia beat Germany in the gold-medal game in Pyeongchang in 2018, and Finland knocked off … Read more
This article is part of our NHL Arena Rankings series, in which we rank all 32 current rinks and present stories about memorable rinks of the past and present. What makes a great NHL arena? Is there a science to it? Or is there something intangible that makes a building special? Throughout my career, I’ve … Read more
The Islanders were busy in the first round of the draft last season, adding Matthew Schaefer first overall while making back-to-back selections in the middle of the round as part of the trade return for Noah Dobson. Thanks to the Brock Nelson trade last season, they have an extra pick on the opening night of … Read more
The NHL’s sellers are all selling. They’ve helped create a steady drip of trade activity ahead of the Olympic roster freeze, which takes effect Feb. 4 and runs 18 days throughout the Milan Cortina Games. The New York Rangers made their first of what’s expected to be multiple moves, trading Carson Soucy across town to … Read more
6:45 PM: As expected, Ondřej Palát has been traded, as the New York Islanders acquire the veteran along with draft picks. Maxim Tsyplakov is headed to New Jersey, while the Islanders also bring in a third-round pick in 2026, as well as a sixth-round pick in 2027, according to TSN’s Pierre Lebrun. There is no … Read more