By StephanieLee Elliott   NHL Public Relations April 15, 2024 NEW YORK (April 15, 2024) – Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi and Calgary Flames center Nazem Kadri have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending April 14.   FIRST STAR – AUSTON MATTHEWS, C, TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Matthews – […]

By StephanieLee Elliott   ESPN April 15, 2024 Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings on Monday at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN Tuesday Three-Game Slate: Toronto Maple Leafs Take On Florida Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN; Chicago Blackhawks at Vegas Golden Knights and Calgary […]

By StephanieLee Elliott NHL Public Relations April 15, 2024 * Tomas Hertl’s overtime winner helped the Golden Knights complete the NHL’s 26th three-goal comeback win this season – the most the League has seen since the record-holding 1989-90 campaign. Vegas is now just one point back of Los […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 13, 2024 * Connor Bedard became the fifth 18-year-old in NHL history to record five points in a game and did so while he was mic’d up by NBC Sports Chicago. * The “Comeback Cats” rallied from a multi-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Stars, […]

By Stretch Jenkinson     March 14, 2024 * Zach Hyman became the first Oilers skater to score four hat tricks in a season since Wayne Gretzky did so nearly 40 years ago and added $5,000 more to AstraZeneca’s donation to the Hockey Fights Cancer Fund of the V Foundation.   * Nathan […]

By Stretch Jenkinson * Offensive performances from Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov – with six- and five-point outings, respectively – allowed Point to match a franchise record and Kucherov to move within three points of League-leader Nathan MacKinnon in the Art Ross Trophy race. * The Eastern Conference Wild Card race intensified further […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 16, 2024   * In the span of 10 days, the Eastern Conference playoff race has morphed from one team being within five points of the bracket to a five-team mix entering a pivotal afternoon of play that includes contests on ABC, ESPN+, Hulu, Sportsnet […]

By Stretch Jenkinson * The Art Ross Trophy race heated up as Nikita Kucherov and Connor McDavid notched their fourth and fifth four-assist outings of the season, respectively. The 2023-24 campaign became the first season to feature multiple players with at least four such performances since 1990-91. * Artemi Panarin reached […]

By Stretch Jenkinson * The NHL entered the final 30 days of its regular season with Jason Robertson, Auston Matthews and Anze Kopitar leading their team to wins. * Wednesday’s edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates featured more notes from the three-game slate, including Alex Ovechkin now needing fewer than 50 goals to tie Wayne Gretzky for […]

By Stretch Jenkinson The National Hockey League and ESPN today announced an update to the 2023-24 NHL regular-season schedule. A Pacific Division matchup between the Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks on April 16 has been added as a national exclusive game on ESPN+/Hulu. This game replaces the previously scheduled ESPN+/Hulu matchup on March 26 […]

By Stretch Jenkinson           NEW YORK (March 20, 2024) – The National Hockey League announced today a start time change to the 2023-24 regular-season schedule. Game #1199, Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars, scheduled for April 3, will now begin at 8:30 p.m. […]

By Stretch Jenkinson   Updates from the EA SPORTS NHL 24 World Championship   March 20, 2024 CHEL Intel: North American Championship Edition will provide players and fans an overview of the EA SPORTS NHL 24 North American Championship and profile the eight players who have […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 20, 2024 Wednesday, March 20: Stars Will Collide as Alexander Ovechkin & Washington Capitals Host Auston Matthews & Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 p.m. ET; Kirill Kaprizov & Minnesota Wild to Visit Anže Kopitar & Los Angeles Kings at 10 p.m.  […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 20, 2024 * David Pastrnak, Mark Scheifele and Mikko Rantanen each propelled their teams to victory with a hat trick and boosted the NHL’s total in 2023-24 to 98. Pastrnak joined elite company among active players by notching a three-goal performance against a 12th different franchise. […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 19, 2024 NEW YORK (March 19, 2024) – The National Hockey League today issued the following statement regarding the passing of former forward Chris Simon: “The National Hockey League mourns the passing of Chris Simon, who played in more than 800 NHL games […]

By Stretch Jenkinson * Alex Ovechkin became the third player in NHL history to record at least 19 straight 20-goal seasons and helped the Capitals move into a playoff spot for the first time in 77 days. * Jeff Skinner scored his seventh career hat trick to help the Sabres inch closer to […]

By Stretch Jenkinson * The Hurricanes, Jets and Rangers each picked up wins Sunday as the NHL’s top eight teams are now separated by five points or fewer in a jam-packed Presidents’ Trophy race. * Sidney Crosby continued his march to a 19th career point-per-game season and helped the Penguins stay in the hunt […]

By Stretch Jenkinson NEW YORK (March 18, 2024) – Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard and Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending March 17.   FIRST STAR – NIKITA KUCHEROV, RW, TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Kucherov tied […]

By Stretch Jenkinson NEW YORK (March 18, 2024) – Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov has been suspended for two games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Conor Sheary during NHL Game No. 1063 in Sunrise, Fla., on Saturday, March 16, the National […]

By Stretch Jenkinson ABC Hockey Saturday in Primetime Featuring Eastern Conference Showdown Between Florida Panthers and New York Rangers at 8 p.m. ET Toronto Maple Leafs Face Off Against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+/Hulu The Point Returns Thursday at […]