An Eastern Conference hockey classic happens on Saturday when two of the most historic teams in the National Hockey Legue step onto the ice at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The Maple Leafs host the hot New York Rangers in what should be one of the week’s best hockey games. NYR leads Carolina in the Metro Division. The Leafs are in third place in the Atlantic. Read More
This Thursday, a potential 2024 Stanley Cup matchup happens when the Vegas Golden Knights travel to Boston to take on the Bruins. Vegas will be the underdog once oddsmakers set lines on Thursday morning. There’s no reason to wait for us to analyze and pick the winner, though. Then when NHL odds arrive, and if they’re fair on the team you like,… Read More
Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov made a case to win the Hart Trophy as league MVP over the weekend as he had a goal and three assists in Sunday’s win over New Jersey to become the first player in the league to reach 100 points this season. Kucherov leads the NHL with 102 points. He reached 100 points in just 59 games, the fewest… Read More
Now it seems like Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews is going to reach the history 70-goal mark this season barring injury, as he had back-to-back hat tricks for the second time this season in the team’s final two games last week. The former No. 1 overall pick now has six hat tricks on the season, a new franchise record. Here are two intriguing early-week… Read More
We saw NHL history over the weekend as the legendary Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record. Nope, not overall goals scored as Ovechkin won’t catch Gretzky in that for a few years if he ever does, but Ovechkin did score his 57th career empty-net goal Saturday, breaking a tie with Gretzky for the most in NHL history. Ovechkin is now 60 goals shy… Read More
As the NHL comes out of its All-Star break on Monday – although some teams won’t return to the ice until the weekend – the books favor a Boston Bruins vs. Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Final with the Oilers slight overall favorites to become the first Canadian team to hoist the Cup since 1993. Here’s a look at two intriguing early-week matchups, including Edmonton trying… Read More
The two-round NHL All-Star Game format returns on Saturday. In the first round, two of the four teams play against each other. The winners of Round 1 then face off in Round 2 for the NHL All-Star Game title. On Thursday evening, Team Matthews, Team Hughes, Team McDavid, and Team MacKinnon chose their respective rosters. Check out our analysis as well as a final pick… Read More
There are only a few games around the NHL early this week because the All-Star Game is Saturday. Most teams already have begun their break including Toronto. Superstar Auston Matthews enters the break with 40 goals and on track for a rare 70-goal season. He’ll be at the All-Star Game of course. Here’s a look at two intriguing early-week matchups. Top NHL Betting Picks of… Read More
The Calgary Flames will be without forward Dillon Dube for the foreseeable future as he has taken an indefinite leave of absence to address his mental health, the team said Sunday. The 25-year-old has played in 43 of the team’s 46 games this season, totaling seven points (three goals, four assists), eight penalty minutes and a plus/minus of minus-13. He has an average time on… Read More
The head coaches for this season’s All-Star Game, which is Feb. 3 in Toronto, were named over the weekend: Peter Laviolette of the New York Rangers, Jim Montgomery of the Boston Bruins, Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets and Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks. The coaches will be assigned to one team each when the player and celebrity captains are named for the new… Read More
