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In the locker room — where it all starts He’s still breathing hard, eyes bright, voice steady but buzzing with adrenaline. Juraj Slafkovsky doesn’t need to oversell it. Three straight wins, a playoff fight heating up, and that vague feeling that Montreal might be waking up. The kind of moment when a team stops surviving…

A night decided by the smallest margins Nine games. Different scripts. Same result: nothing came easy. With repeated overtimes, individual heroics and goalie masterclasses, the night of March 22 reminded everyone why the NHL is one of sport’s most unpredictable leagues. And, as always, tiny moments made the difference. Sorokin shuts the door, Islanders advance…

A milestone that matters Some numbers hit harder than others. A thousand NHL games isn’t just a stat. It’s a footprint. Proof of longevity, grit and consistency in a league that forgives nothing. And for Mika Zibanejad, this one has extra bite. He’ll reach it against Ottawa. The team that drafted him in 2011. The…

One shot. One move. A new chapter in a legend. There’s nothing accidental about Alex Ovechkin. If history was going to be written, it had to happen like this. On the power play. In his office. Left circle. One-timer on the catch. The net shudders. 1,000 career goals. Regular season and playoffs combined. A ridiculous…

The return that changes the room There are comebacks that barely register. Then there are ones that rattle an entire franchise. On Sunday in Washington, Gabriel Landeskog did more than lace up. He put oxygen back into the Colorado Avalanche. Out since March 6 with a lower-body issue, the Swedish captain had vanished into that…

As the 2025-2026 regular season barrels into its final third, the Hart Trophy fight is getting tight. Nathan MacKinnon still leads NHL.com’s panel projections, but Macklin Celebrini and Connor McDavid chip away at his edge week after week. The three — who skated together for Canada at the Milano Cortina Olympics — now dominate the…

The NHL keeps its world tour rolling. In December 2026 the North American league will skate into Germany for two regular-season games between the Ottawa Senators and the Chicago Blackhawks. The two clubs will meet on 18 and 20 December at the PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf. But this is more than two relocated fixtures.…

The message is blunt. Utah doesn’t want to just exist in the NHL anymore. They want to build, stick around and, above all, win. So the franchise put its chips on one of its most reliable faces. On Wednesday Nick Schmaltz signed an eight-year, $64 million deal with the Utah Mammoth. It guarantees him an…

Tuesday night, the NHL didn’t do half-measures. Eleven games. Leaders slammed the gas. Teams wobbling. Goalies turning heroic. Comebacks that ran out of steam. Records falling. Here’s the full roundup of a night that already feels like playoff hockey. Dallas Stars 6-1 Calgary Flames: the machine’s rolling The Dallas Stars aren’t slowing. Tenth straight win.…