2022-23 NHL Predictions

2022-23 NHL PredictionsUpdated after every game. STANDINGSGAMES REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS TEAM▲▼ DIVISION▲▼ ELO RATING▲▼ 1-WEEK CHANGE▲▼…

The Panthers’ Offense Was Flying High. Then The Lightning Struck It Down.

NHL The Panthers’ Offense Was Flying High. Then The Lightning Struck It Down. By Neil Paine…

What To Watch As The Puck Drops On The NHL Playoffs

NHL What To Watch As The Puck Drops On The NHL Playoffs By Neil Paine May…

Will The Vegas Golden Knights Actually Miss The Playoffs?

NHL Will The Vegas Golden Knights Actually Miss The Playoffs? It’s never happened before in the…

The New York Rangers Are This Year’s Most Confusing Stanley Cup Contender

With a greater than 99 percent chance of making the playoffs (according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast),…

The Best NHL Teams Are Better Than Usual. So Are The Teams That Might Upset Them In The Playoffs.

Four of hockey’s elite contenders were in action against one another on Wednesday night, when the…

The Colorado Avalanche Are The Greatest Show On Ice

Few hockey players fit the superstar archetype as well as Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon. Over…

Why Canada’s Stanley Cup Drought Can (But Probably Won’t) End This Season

When the Montreal Canadiens made the Stanley Cup final last season, it marked the first time…

The Seattle Kraken Haven’t Found Vegas’s Expansion-Year Magic … Yet

When we launched our NHL prediction model going into this season, one of the big questions…

It’s Early, But The Carolina Hurricanes Are Playing Like Stanley Cup Favorites

Among the usual favorites — the talent-stacked Colorado Avalanche, perennial-powerhouse Vegas Golden Knights and two-time-defending-champ Tampa…

The Biggest Surprises (And Disappointments) From Round 1 Of The Stanley Cup Playoffs

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): When last we chatted, the Stanley Cup playoffs hadn’t yet begun.…

The Flyers’ Goaltending Is Consistently Awful

Twenty-four years ago, the Philadelphia Flyers made the Stanley Cup Final with a talented roster of…

The NHL Playoff Races To Watch Down The Stretch

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): Hard as it is to believe — it feels like the…

Everything That Could Go Wrong For The Buffalo Sabres Has Gone Wrong

This was supposed to be the year things finally started turning around for the Buffalo Sabres.…

Can The Pittsburgh Penguins Save Their Season?

The Pittsburgh Penguins have a new management dream-team in place, announcing Tuesday that they were hiring…