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NHL Awards Watch: Will a defenseman win the Hart?
Is this the year that a blueliner wins MVP? After polling a selection of PHWA voters, here are the current leaderboards for major awards.
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NHL Power Rankings: A new No. 1, plus each team's most interesting game in December
The final month of the calendar year will include many gifts for hockey fans. Plus, which team knocked the Bruins off the throne atop the list?
ON-TRACK TRENDS
Grading our preseason bold predictions for every NHL team: What we nailed, what we missed
Connor Bedard scoring 35 goals? Looking solid. Patrick Kane signing in Florida? Not so much. We put our prognostications under the microscope.
REPORT CARDS ARE IN!
Grades for all 32 NHL teams at the quarter mark: Avs, Knights, Rangers lead the way
From multiple A's to several D's and one F, here's what has gone right (and wrong) for every club thus far, as well as an overall grade for the quarter.
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Connor Bedard tracker: Goals, upcoming schedule for the NHL's top rookie
Follow along with every key moment in the first-year phenom's campaign for the Blackhawks.
ESPN GAME SCHEDULE
How to watch NHL games on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+ and Hulu
The 2023-24 season is underway. Get the full listing of exclusive games on ESPN networks, and info on how to subscribe to ESPN+.
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Coyotes beat Capitals 6-0 for historic fifth straight win against previous Stanley Cup champions
— A quirk in the schedule forced Arizona to play six straight games against the last five Stanley Cup champions.
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Ehlers, Connor lead Jets to 2-1 win over Hurricanes
— Nikolaj Ehlers and Kyle Connor each had a goal and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.
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- Jets sign Niederreiter to 3-year, $12M extension
- Injured Makar sits out as Avalanche lose to Kings
- Habs' Newhook (ankle) out for up to 3 months
- Devils lose Hamilton indefinitely after pec surgery
- Habs sign G Montembeault to 3-year extension
- Jarry makes Penguins history with goal vs. Bolts
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Which current NHL players will make the Hockey Hall of Fame?
From the immortal locks to the veterans with work left to do to the under-24 players that already appear on track, here are our picks.
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NHL Future Power Rankings: Prospect, cap, roster predictions
Will the Devils' climb continue? Which bubble teams are set for a breakthrough in the next three years? Here are the 1-32 rankings for NHL teams.
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Flyers sign 9-year-old with cancer to one-day contract
Nine-year-old Owen Micciche, who has been living with cancer since he was 6 months old, read out the team's lineup and hung out on the bench Tuesday night.
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Scott Van Pelt's One Big Thing: A tribute to Barry Melrose
Barry Melrose is retiring, and Scott Van Pelt wants everyone to know just how awesome he was in "the room," and how much he'll be missed.
