NHL playoff watch: Guide to all 15 games on Showdown Saturday
There are just three weeks until the start of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs. As chaotic as the standings have been the past few weeks, it's only going to get wilder now that the pressure is ramped up.NHL...
NHL Power Rankings: New 1-32 poll, playoff points leaders
We're in the final weeks of the 2025-26 NHL regular season. Teams are battling for positioning and playoff spots. And while those teams prepare for what they hope are long playoff runs, some players could add to their...
NHL playoff standings: Projecting the Red Wings’ chances
The Buffalo Sabres have the NHL's longest postseason drought, with the club last appearing in a postseason game in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.It appears that Buffalo will not only make the playoffs this season -- the Sabres...
Alex Ovechkin’s hat trick powers Capitals past Mammoth
Mar 27, 2026, 12:32 AM ETSALT LAKE CITY -- Alex Ovechkin had his 34th career hat trick, Ivan Miroshnichenko scored twice, and the Washington Capitals beat the Utah Mammoth 7-4 on Thursday night to snap a two-game losing...
Sidney Crosby leaves Penguins’ win with lower-body injury
Mar 26, 2026, 10:39 PM ETOTTAWA, Ontario -- Penguins captain Sidney Crosby left Thursday night's game against the Senators in the second period with a lower-body injury, barely a week after he returned from a lower-body injury suffered...
Panthers’ Evan Rodrigues (broken finger) likely out for season
Mar 26, 2026, 10:46 PM ETSUNRISE, Fla. -- Evan Rodrigues' season is probably done after the Florida Panthers forward broke a finger on his right hand in Thursday night's 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.Rodrigues was injured less...
Celebrini, Schafer and who else? Build your future with fantasy hockey dynasty ranks
Sean AllenMar 26, 2026, 03:00 PM ETCloseSean Allen is a contributing writer for fantasy hockey and betting at ESPN. He was the 2008 and 2009 FSWA Hockey Writer of the Year.Multiple AuthorsThis was a very, very good season...
Senators’ Thomas Chabot could miss 2 months with broken arm
Greg WyshynskiMar 26, 2026, 12:22 PM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN's senior NHL writer.Multiple AuthorsOttawa Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot will miss up to two months with a broken arm, coach Travis Green announced on Thursday.Chabot broke a bone in...
How Cole Hutson is taking a role in the next wave for the Capitals
Kristen ShiltonMar 26, 2026, 07:30 AM ETCloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.Multiple AuthorsIt took Cole Hutson only two games to aggravate the first NHL superstar of his professional career. And with the way Hutson handled...
NHL playoff standings: How will the Pacific Division finish?
It's not every day that one of the top players in the NHL refers to his division's playoff race as a "pillow fight," but such was the case this past weekend when Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid did...
