The NHL announced the three finalists for the Selke Trophy as the league’s top defensive forward, and they are Anthony Cirelli, Brock Nelson, and Nick Suzuki. Each had tremendous seasons for their respective teams, though eventually it would be nice to see Noah Cates get recognized. He doesn’t put up the same offensive numbers as [...]
Taylor Hall poked home a loose puck with a minute left in the first overtime period as the Carolina Hurricanes toppled the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in Game 2 of their second-round matchup. Hall now has points in all six games he’s played this postseason, totaling three goals, six assists, 16 shots, and eight hits in [...]
The Minnesota Wild advanced the second round of the postseason for the first time in over a decade thanks to a 5-2 win over Dallas in Game 6 on Thursday night. Quinn Hughes scored twice, including the game-winner that banked in off Ilya Lyubushkin’s skate, to lift the Wild past the Stars. Hughes also assisted [...]
According to Walt Ruff, Alexander Nikishin was at Carolina’s practice on Wednesday, skating in a non-contact jersey. The next step in recovering from that hit he took in the first round will be taking contact, but that he’s been cleared just to step on the ice for practice is a positive sign. * We got [...]
It was reported by TSN’s Darren Dreger that prospect Gavin McKenna will be heading to the World Championships for Team Canada. If nothing else, this will be a good opportunity for fans and fantasy managers alike to see what McKenna looks like skating next to some top talents like Macklin Celebrini and Mathew Barzal. * [...]
Before Buffalo took on Boston Thursday night, we got injury news as Matthew Fairburn reported that Josh Norris would not be playing in Game 3 and is considered day-to-day. Norris’ injury history needs no repeating here, so let’s just hope this is truly a day-to-day thing, and not one of those ‘day-to-day in the playoffs [...]
In some positive injury news outside of the NHL playoffs, the Winnipeg Jets assigned defenceman Elias Salomonsson to the AHL. Salomonsson had suffered a concussion against the Dallas Stars earlier this month and missed the final seven games of the regular season. He won’t be immediately inserted into the playoff lineup but that this decision [...]
The Washington Capitals expect to be without defenceman Rasmus Sandin to start the 2026-27 season, according to Sammi Silber. Sandin injured his knee late in the season and his recovery is going to take several months. The Caps also mentioned that this might make them look for a defenceman this offseason, and it also means [...]
Scott McLaughlin was at Boston’s practice on Thursday and reported that rookie James Hagens was lined up with a bottom-6 jersey, not a red fifth-line jersey, and was skating next to Fraser Minten and Marat Khusnutdinov. This indicates that Hagens will be in the lineup for Game 1 against Buffalo. * The Montreal Canadiens [...]
The Florida Panthers announced that forward Tomas Nosek has a broken leg and will obviously not finish the season. It just puts a cap on an incredibly injured year for the defending Stanley Cup champions, which naturally brings a lot of intrigue to how they’ll be viewed heading into the 2026-27 campaign. At the least, [...]
