The NHL is an owner-first, player-last league. They show it when they don't protect players on the ice and allow concussion-causing hits to go unpunished. They show it through their revenue split with ...

Trading players is part of the business of the NHL. Finding the right deals isn't easy despite what some fans and pundits might think, especially within the constraints of today's salary-cap world. It ...

When The Athletic asked its NHL staff for a “bold prediction” for each team heading into the 2023-24 season, the instructions were clear: No gimmies this year. “Make it something you think could ...

Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final drew 7.7 million TV viewers in the U.S., the NHL’s biggest audience in five years. The WNBA game between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese this past Sunday, thought of as a ...

Peter Laviolette didn’t speak for long following one of the Rangers’ worst losses of the season. He didn’t need to. In a ...

Alex Ovechkin failed to score 30 goals in a season for the first time in his 16-season NHL career when the Washington Capitals forward did not score Tuesday in a 2-1 win against the Boston Bruins.

The NHL is back in full swing following the Christmas break and teams are still trying to acclimate to the rust, especially the Rangers. There are six teams in action tonight, and am I dropping my ...

No NHL player failed a drug test during the first season of the league's anti-doping program, adopted last year in the collective bargaining agreement that ended the yearlong lockout. "I suppose it's ...