Welcome to this edition of the 2022-23 weekly Power Rankings for The Hockey Writers. We’ll rank the teams from last to first. Rankings are focused on the overall record, each team’s record of the last week, and the overall feel surrounding each club. American Thanksgiving has come and gone, as we’re now officially past the
The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Alex Galchenyuk to an NHL contract for the remainder of the 2022-23 season. Galchenyuk had been playing with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles since signing a tryout contract on Nov. 9. In seven games with the Eagles, he had three goals and four assists, including a two-goal effort in a
10:59 PM ET Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored two goals in the first period Tuesday night, setting another NHL record along the way. Ovechkin’s tallies against the Vancouver Canucks were the 402nd and 403rd on the road in his 18-year career, passing Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky for the most on visiting ice in
On the eve of skating in his 500th regular-season NHL game, Connor McDavid marveled at how Sidney Crosby has maintained a high level of play for more than twice that long. “Just the longevity of it,” the Edmonton Oilers captain said. “You look at a guy like Sid, who I think has changed his game
For six seasons, Matthew Tkachuk wore the fiery Flames logo on his chest. But, on the eve of his return to Calgary, he kept the rhetoric cool. “Obviously I’ve thought about it,” Tkachuk said after his Florida Panthers skated in Edmonton late Monday morning ahead of a 4-3 overtime loss that night to the Oilers.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Dallas Stars have signed a key player to a long-term deal. The Montreal Canadiens are going to be active on the trade market and have already started making calls to move players. Who is he talking to and what players is he talking about? The Buffalo Sabres are moving
This edition of the Los Angeles Kings will never be confused with the most dynamic offensive team. They lack the firepower upfront of the best teams in the league. They overcame this last season and made the playoffs, albeit they averaged the second-fewest goals per game of any team to participate in the postseason. The
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway The Canadiens active on the trade market wouldn’t mind another first-round pick Marco D’Amico of Montreal Hockey Now:: Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes said during a TVA Sports interview that he remains active on the trade front in hopes of making
📝 by Kailey Lane | AHL On The Beat For players like Cleveland Monsters forward Kirill Marchenko, the American Hockey League serves as not only the first step towards the National Hockey League, but also a first taste of North American hockey. A native of Barnaul, Russia, Marchenko began his path toward an NHL career
7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors There are some trends found around the quarter mark of the NHL season that famously stick around. For example, the oft-cited stat that teams in playoff positions on Thanksgiving have made the playoffs 77% of the time in the salary-cap era (since 2005-06). But for every harbinger of things to
Buffalo Sabres (7-9-0, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Detroit Red Wings (7-5-4, fourth in the Atlantic Division) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Atlantic Division foes meet when the Detroit Red Wings play the Buffalo Sabres. Detroit has gone 7-5-4 overall with a 1-3-1 record against the Atlantic Division. The Red Wings have
Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid continue to make life difficult for opponents in crunch time. Draisaitl scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 4-3 victory at home over the suddenly slumping Florida Panthers on Monday. It took just 22 seconds into the extra session for Draisaitl to take a pass
Welcome to the latest edition of the Boston Bruins’ 3 Up, 3 Down for the 2022-23 season. This will be a weekly column released on Mondays chronicling the highs and lows of the previous seven days. It was another positive week for the Boston Bruins. They won two out of three games and made NHL
With 20 games in the books, the Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves fourth in the Atlantic Division, with 25 points. They started the season 5-4, having lost three of their first four games. At times, the Lightning have played up to their championship level. Though, there have been just as many games where they seem
It didn’t take long for the hot streak that brought Trey Fix-Wolansky back to the Blue Jackets to burn out. The rookie’s scorching “heater” for the Cleveland Monsters in the American Hockey League hasn’t made the NHL jump with him, but that doesn’t mean patience won’t pay off for Fix-Wolansky and the injury-riddled Blue Jackets, who still had
Nov 27, 2022 ESPN News Services Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will not join the team for the start of its upcoming road trip, coach Paul Maurice said on Sunday. There is potential for Barkov to catch up to the Panthers and join the team during the trip, Maurice said after practice, but he will
EDMONTON – For six seasons, Matthew Tkachuk wore the fiery Flames logo on his chest. But, on the eve of his return to Calgary, he kept the rhetoric cool. “Obviously I’ve thought about it,” Tkachuk said after his Florida Panthers skated in Edmonton late Monday morning ahead of a game against the Oilers. “But, until
A former video analyst with the Vancouver Canucks has filed a human rights complaint claiming the organization discriminated against her when they fired her this fall. Rachel Doerrie, 26, claimed the team’s assistant manager, Émilie Castonguay, made discriminatory comments about her mental health before the team fired her for an “unreasonable and flimsy” reason in September. “Ms. Doerrie suffered