NHL Games & Standings

• Oct 24, 2026 Blue Jackets Need Cleaner Execution Against Vegas After Slow Start Columbus enters its home finale with three wins in nine games and a power play gone cold. Vegas brings an 8-4-0 record to Nationwide Arena.
• Oct 24, 2026 Avalanche Top Line Powers 6-3 Win Over Lightning After Two Straight Losses MacKinnon, Necas and Lehkonen combined for nine points as Colorado beat Tampa Bay 6-3, with Blackwood making 31 saves.
• Oct 24, 2026 Bruins vs. Sharks: Swayman Starts as Boston Looks to Extend Point Streak Jeremy Swayman starts for Boston, which brings a seven-game point streak and a 6-3 win over San Jose into Saturday’s rematch at TD Garden.
• Oct 24, 2026 BU Hockey Hosts UConn After Overtime Loss, Looking to Fix Defensive Lapses BU brings a 50-shot attack and its first power-play goal home against UConn, but needs to tighten up defensively after Thursday’s overtime loss.
• Oct 23, 2026 Connor Hellebuyck Trade Raises the Stakes for Capitals in Metro Race New Jersey adds an elite goaltender ahead of two games against Washington, while the Capitals await key returns and seek more consistency.
• Oct 23, 2026 Why Columbus Blue Jackets Fans Want a Name for the Franchise’s Bad-Luck Streak From limited playoff success to painful losses, Columbus fans are weighing names for the curse they say has followed the Blue Jackets.
• Oct 23, 2026 Avalanche Power Play Must Shoot More to Capitalize Against Lightning Colorado’s extra-man unit has created pressure but managed one goal in three games under Brett McLean. More decisive shooting matters against Tampa Bay.
• Oct 23, 2026 Bill Zito’s Brewers Bat Boy Years Still Shape How He Builds the Panthers Before building Florida’s back-to-back Cup winners, Zito learned about sports leadership as a teenage Brewers bat boy. Milwaukee’s World Series return brings th...
• Oct 23, 2026 Connor Hellebuyck’s Devils Debut Could Add a New Test for the Avalanche New Jersey’s trade for Connor Hellebuyck puts his potential Colorado debut in focus after a back-to-back against Dallas and the Avalanche.
• Oct 23, 2026 Golden Knights’ Penalty Kill Slips to 67.9% as Goals Against Mount Vegas has allowed a power-play goal in four straight games. The fix starts with protecting the crease and choosing better moments to pressure.
• Oct 23, 2026 Avalanche Hellebuyck Trade Price Makes Colorado’s Miss Easier to Accept New Jersey paid a steep package for Connor Hellebuyck. Colorado lacked comparable pieces, and the cost may have outweighed the upgrade.
• Oct 23, 2026 Devils Land Connor Hellebuyck as Blue Jackets Face Questions About Their Ceiling New Jersey’s Hellebuyck trade raises the stakes in the Metro, while Columbus’ cautious roster building leaves its playoff ceiling in doubt.
• Oct 23, 2026 Blue Jackets’ Goaltending Isn’t the Main Problem, but Jet Greaves Has Room to Rebound Columbus has allowed 29 goals in eight games, but the deeper numbers point to defensive breakdowns and a drop in Greaves’ high-danger saves.
• Oct 23, 2026 BU Hockey Rallies From Two Goals Down, Falls to UConn in Overtime BU erased a two-goal deficit with late goals from Carter Amico and Ryder Ritchie, but UConn captain Joey Muldowney scored in overtime to win 5-4.
• Oct 23, 2026 Cooper Black Makes NHL History in Panthers’ 4-0 Loss to Penguins Cooper Black made 18 saves in his NHL debut, but Florida’s scoring drought and penalty troubles continued in a 4-0 loss to Pittsburgh.
• Oct 22, 2026 Red Wings Activate J.T. Compher, Recall Michal Postava as Tarasov Sits Compher returns after seven games out, while Postava joins Detroit as Daniil Tarasov deals with an undisclosed injury.
• Oct 22, 2026 Dmitri Voronkov’s Blue Jackets Role Raises Questions as Trade Interest Emerges Pierre LeBrun reports that teams have called about Voronkov, whose reduced role in Columbus has limited a proven source of goals and power-play scoring.
• Oct 22, 2026 Panthers’ Goaltending Questions Put Connor Hellebuyck Trade Back in Focus Jacob Markström’s injury and early numbers have sharpened Florida’s need for stability in net, but Connor Hellebuyck’s $8.5 million cap hit makes a deal difficu...
• Oct 22, 2026 Golden Knights and Oilers Separate From the Pacific Pack in Early Projections Vegas and Edmonton lead the Pacific in early projections, while six division rivals sit below a .500 points percentage.
• Oct 22, 2026 Steven Lorentz’s AHL Scoring Gives Blue Jackets a Forward Option Lorentz has six goals in six games for Cleveland, while three younger Monsters forwards are also making a case for NHL opportunities.