The top three teams in the Atlantic and Metro look fairly set. The six teams clamoring for two spots behind them are far more volatile.

The Pittsburgh Penguins had a chance to climb back to hockey .500 Saturday. Without Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Bryan ...

A 13-day break between games is an opportunity for most Buffalo Sabres to reset physically and mentally four months into a ...

The Boston Bruins had a chance to go into the 4 Nations Face-Off break with some real momentum, but back-to-back defeats to ...

If the NHL were to change its playoff format, the league’s players, coaches and organizations would need to agree on a new ...

Since U.S. Thanksgiving, three NHL teams have climbed into playoff spots. Can the Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators end ...

Even though the NHL Trade Deadline is still over a month away some teams have managed to get a head start with their roster ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

The Athletic polled 111 players on eight questions covering a variety of topics, granting them anonymity so they could speak ...

Any realistic shot at the playoffs is gone. It’s over for the ... The hapless Sharks began the game with the NHL’s worst goal differential (-52), yet the Penguins played some of the most ...

The Detroit Red Wings squared off against one of the NHL's best defensive ... who are a perennial playoff team. "Third period starts, they start coming,” he said. “Good for us to play ...

Six weeks after he suffered a fractured cheekbone, goalie Vitek Vanecek appears to be getting close to a return as he’s been skating with the Sharks in recent days and, per coach Ryan Warsofsky, is ...