The NHL's annual draft lottery is usually held in early May. It involves the 16 teams that didn't qualify for the playoffs to ...

Montreal’s search for a second-line center is heating up after months of quiet background work by the Canadiens.

The NHL contract landscape is changing quickly and in ways we don't fully know the extent of yet. Every new deal sets the ...

Each fall, we begin building a board of the NHL’s top 12 pending UFAs to track the most critical contract seasons and all the juicy rumours therein. Fans eat it up like loonie dogs on a Tuesday. This ...

We finally made it past opening night of the 2025-26 NHL campaign. Where does your favorite team land in Week 1 of the NHL Power Rankings?

At the core of every good (and bad and ugly) sporting story, you’ll find people. Here are the 26 newsmakers and game-breakers set to define this NHL season.

ESPN Fantasy Hockey analysts Sean Allen and Victoria Matiash are here with team previews for each team, including player picks and sleepers. Eastern Conference by Sean, Western Conference by Victoria.

Even the great ones eventually run out of time, and that’s not lost on Sidney Crosby. According to Darren Dreger, the Penguins captain knows this all too well: as a guest on the Barn Burner podcast, ...

PITTSBURGH — It wasn't quite as newsworthy as Alex Ovechkin setting the NHL's all-time scoring record, but last season Sidney Crosby also had an unprecedented accomplishment that spoke to both his ...

Hockey is a usually a young man's game. Don't tell that to Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Brad Marchand, Corey Perry and so many others who are still on top of the NHL in their late 30s and beyond.

Robert Thomas already knew his chances were pretty much finished. Nick Suzuki held out at least some hope until the end. Canada named its full roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off — a table-setting ...

The 2025-26 NHL season is right around the corner with the Florida Panthers raising their second consecutive Stanley Cup banner prior to the league's season opener on Oct. 7. Before the campaign ...