The compressed NHL schedule due to the Olympic break has created a tighter-than-usual race for the eight playoff spots in the Eastern and Western Conferences. The reason for that is that teams are being tested by increased fatigue and their ability to ...

The NHL calendar ticks one week closer to the start of the 2026 Olympic Games. And the flow of player trades continued recently, as the New York Islanders made deals with both of their nearby Metro Division rivals, adding Carson Soucy from the New York Rangers and Ondrej Palat from the New Jersey Devils.

Week 16 of THW's 2025-26 NHL Power Ranking sees a growing number of teams finding their place in the playoff hunt before the Olympic break.

At long last, we see some separation in the NHL standings. For two-thirds of the regular season, over half the league was lumped together in the mushy middle. At the end of December, all eight teams out of the playoff picture in the East were within six ...

ST. PAUL, Minn --The Minnesota Wild have been working on a winning streak for the past week. Now they have a chance to build on that streak -- and their lead in the wild-card standings -- when they play the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Saturday (3 ...

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