It took some time, but Joel Ward officially announced his retirement from the NHL on Monday.
Jackie Spiegel
The defenseman and Winnipeg mutually agreed to terminate his contract on Friday.
Sam Ficarro
How would the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs look if the regular season officially ended on March 12? Sporting News gives you the matchups and the key storylines.
Some big names are slated to return if the season resumes.
The 23-year-old captain was able to finish the team's game Saturday, but only briefly participated in Monday morning's practice.
Rudi Schuller
Ovechkin honored the late Lakers great by switching numbers during warmups.
Here's a look at the top 10 trade candidates and their potential suitors ahead of the 2020 deadline.
Lyle Richardson
Sandin also tossed a beautiful, long-range pass to William Nylander for an assist on the game's opening score.
Tommy McArdle
The 14-year veteran became the second-oldest goaltender to score an NHL goal.
A day after firing of Peter Laviolette, the Preds have a new head man.
Joe Rivera
Whomever comes in will have half a season to try to get the team back into the playoffs.
Laviolette is out as head coach after five-and-a-half years in Nashville.
The veteran right winger will also forfeit more than $40,000 of salary.
The NHL's outsized Winter Classic in Dallas was a perfect celebration for and showcase of hockey fans down South, long treated as outcasts in our favorite northern sport.
Jace Mallory
The auction listing takes care to note Perry's jersey was worn only in the game's first period.
Perry was ejected for elbowing Ryan Ellis.
The forward was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct and will have a hearing on Friday.
Sporting News tracked all the action from Cotton Bowl Stadium live on New Year's Day 2020.
The NHL's Winter Classic heads south for the first time on New Year's Day 2020.
The NHL's trade deadline falls on Feb. 24, but a few players could move teams well before then.
From fast food to family fun, here are 10 things to do or any budget while in Dallas, Texas for the 2020 NHL Winter Classic.
For the 12th time, the NHL will have an outdoor Winter Classic game. For the first time, the contest will be played in the south.
The 2020 NHL Winter Classic is set for New Year's Day in Dallas' historic Cotton Bowl Stadium. Here's everything you need to know, including game time and TV channel information.
Nashville defeated the Islanders 8-3 on Tuesday.
The 2010s was quite a decade for the hockey and NHL universes. Zeroing in on the the starting lineup was not an easy task but Sporting News NHL staffers put their heads together and, after some deliberation, came to a consensus on who dominated the game for the past 10 years.
The Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators will meet next in the 2020 NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1 at the Cotton Bowl.
The Devils blueliner played in Nashville for three seasons from 2016-19.
Sammi Silber
The alleged incident with Leino dates back to 2011.
The 26-year-old forward was hurt after being checked by Robert Bortuzzo in Nashville's 4-2 win over St. Louis on Sunday.
Bortuzzo cross-checked Arvidsson twice while in the crease.
MacKinnon, 24, sat out the final period of Thursday's 9-4 win over Nashville.
The Winter Classic is set for Jan. 1, 2020 at 1 p.m.
The 2020 Winter Classic sweaters pay tribute to one of the town's first-ever hockey teams.
The Flames rallied from 4-1 down in the third period to steal the victory in Nashville.
Josi, 29, becomes the third-highest paid defenseman in the NHL with him 8-year, $9.059 million AAV extension.
The 28-year-old played his final shift of Thursday's game with 3:27 remaining in the second period and didn't return to the bench for the third period.
The 2019-20 NHL season is finally upon us. Here are the games that you can't miss this year.
Twenty teams had at least one player file for arbitration. Two teams may have up to four contracts to negotiate.
Matt Hornick
The two sides avoided an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for July 26.
The Predators grabbed Johnson in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft, and he served as the team's alternate captain or captain for six seasons.
Arthur Weinstein
Some teams made some good moves to shore up their rosters, while others made additions that could be considered risky — or even downright bad.
The 28-year-old center had 31 goals and 70 points in 73 games split between Ottawa and Columbus this season.
Murray Pam
Nashville will offer a contract with an $8 million average annual value to the center.
Alexis Mansanarez
The pending unrestricted free agent met with Montreal on Wednesday and will meet with Nashville on Thursday, according to multiple reports.
Subban, the 2013 Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman, helped lead the Predators to the Stanley Cup Final in 2017.
We ranked all the pro sports teams without a championship based on their likelihood of becoming the next team to win its first title.
Bill Bender
The Stars are headed to the second round but the ramifications of February's trade for Mats Zuccarello are showing.
Mark Suleymanov
After getting another solid effort from its top forwards, Dallas is one win away from advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Rinne covered all sides of the net to keep the game knotted until Nashville scored the go-ahead score.
Smith now has three game-winning goals for his career in the postseason.
Simmonds came over to the Predators at the trade deadline.
Thomas Lott
Sporting News' NHL experts break down each Western Conference playoff series, predict the eventual conference champion and make their Stanley Cup picks.
Heiskanen only need two shots to give Dallas a 2-1 lead.
Dickinson returned to the game in the next period.
Everything you need to know about the Nashville Predators and Dallas Stars before their first-round series in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Fabbro was the Predators' first-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft.
The NHL deadline has come and gone. Here's a list of every completed deal before the 2019 cutoff on Feb. 25.
The 2019 NHL trade deadline is here and teams are already wheelin' and dealin'. Here is your one-stop shop for all the latest trade news and rumors.
Never shy, Jeremy Roenick provides musings on everything from the NHL trade deadline to how he would love to be a part of the Hurricanes' postgame celebrations.
The Bruins' veteran forward scored twice and added two assists in his first game since Nov. 16.
Conor Roche
St. Louis continued its losing ways, but it did score its first goal in almost a week.
It had been a while since Calle Jarnkrok produced a multigoal game. He accomplished that Saturday with a hat trick via even-strength, power-play and short-handed goals.
P.K. Subban was blunt about why he did not want to fight fellow defenseman Nikita Zadorov in the Predators' victory over the Avalanche on Wednesday.
It's a new month, so there's a new Brad Marchand video to watch. In this latest installment, the Bruins winger shows off his acting skills.
Filip Forsberg accounted for all three Nashville Predators goals in the team's 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
Nashville's coach is a man of his word, tossing on a bull head mask after his team swept a two-game trek through Alberta.
Jim Cerny
Jordin Tootoo announced his retirement Friday after 13 seasons in the NHL. The first Inuk player to reach the league wants to work with Indigenous communities.
The Vezina Trophy winner will be out for the next few games after a collision on Friday night.
In just his team's second game of the season, Predators winger may already have tallied the goal of the year.
While the defending champion Washington Capitals remain mostly intact and ready to contend again in 2018-19, their odds of repeating a Stanley Cup run are slim.
AccuScore
Sporting News' hockey experts sort through our preseason projections to pick which team is most likely to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup eight months from now.
Brandon Schlager
Most agree: The road to the Stanley Cup in the West runs through Winnipeg or Nashville. But the Central Division is notorious for its turnover year to year, preseason projections be damned.
Ryan Kesler has the latest response in the long-standing feud with Nashville's Ryan Johansen
Alec Gearty
The Maple Leafs and Blues scored major points for their offseason moves. But sometimes, less is more, as shown by the teams at the very top of Sporting News' first 2018-19 power rankings.
Evan Sporer
On June 29, 2016, 23 minutes changed the landscape of the NHL. The reporters and insiders who worked that day tell the story of one of the most hectic afternoons in hockey history.
John Tavares will hear a number of pitches as to why he should sign with a certain team this week, but one local business owner is attempting to keep him in New York.
"The hockey gods got it right" David Poile says about Barry Trotz finally hoisting the Stanley Cup.
Big names like Phil Kessel and Kris Letang have been floated in trade speculation after the Penguins' three-peat fell short. More likely, Jim Rutherford's roster tweaks will be smaller.
A junior football team president in Winnipeg resigned after a writing a racially insensitive Facebook post about the Predators' P.K. Subban.
The Jets eliminated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Predators in decisive fashion with a 5-1 win in Thursday's Game 7. Winnipeg advanced to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history.
Mark Scheifele scored twice in Game 7 to help the Winnipeg Jets into the Western Conference finals.
John Arlia
One of the most entertaining series of the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs will conclude on Thursday, when the Jets and Predators play Game 7 at Bridgestone Arena.
Filip Forsberg's puckhandling skills were on full display in Game 6 against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.
The Golden Knights, an ultimate sports underdog story, are four wins away from playing for the Stanley Cup. For whatever reason, the magnitude of what Vegas has accomplished has not fully registered.
Rob Mixer
The country super group knows it messed up, mostly because Twitter wasn't going to let it slide.
Tom Gatto
An enterprising Predators fan got in the holiday spirit when it came to dressing up a catfish to throw on the ice for Game 5 of Nashville's series against the Jets.
Pekka Rinne used the knob of his stick to make his latest highlight reel save.
Carrie Underwood earned rave reviews as she performed the national anthem before Game 2 of the Predators' 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Winnipeg Jets.
Sunday's Game 2 was a showcase of high-level, out-of-this-world hockey from two dynamic and loaded teams that simply don’t want to cede one inch to the other. How long will this bout last?
The Nashville Predators had a number of guests at Bridgestone Arena for Game 2 against the Winnipeg Jets, including raucous Titans offensive lineman and a local hero.
Everything to know about the Nashville Predators and Winnipeg Jets before their second-round series in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Some of the best possible playoff matches will take place in the opening rounds of the NHL playoffs, depriving fans of the best possible conference finals.
P.K. Subban told Nathan MacKinnon after Game 6 that he deserves the Hart Trophy.
Kaylee Pofahl
Andrew Hammond, he of "Hamburglar" fame, gave up one goal (which was debatable) on 45 shots in his first playoff start since 2015 to help the Avalanche extend their season at least one more game.
Nashville forward Ryan Hartman meets with the NHL's Department of Player Safety Thursday for his hit to the head of Colorado's Carl Soderberg in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.
Andrew Hammond, he of "Hamburglar" fame, will make his first playoff start since 2015 Friday after injuries to Jonathan Bernier and Semyon Varlamov in the Colorado crease.
The Capitals have been the better team in their first-round series against the Blue Jackets, yet trail 0-2. They now face a razor-thin margin for error or else risk elimination.
No supplemental discipline is coming to the Predators Ryan Johansen for a hit on the Avalanche's Tyson Barrie, leaving the defenseman upset with the league's decision.
Playing in his first career playoff game, Nikita Zadorov scored on his — and his team's — first shot against Nashville's Pekka Rinne on Thursday night.
Everything to know about the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche before their first-round series in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Sporting News' NHL experts break down each 2018 playoff series, predict the eventual conference champions and make their Stanley Cup picks.
The Predators won't be content with winning the Presidents' Trophy a year after falling two wins short of a Stanley Cup. This year, they're coming for the whole thing — and are even more dangerous than before.
Andrew Hirsh
Jack Eichel's five assists against Nashville tied Buffalo's single-game franchise record.
There's a ton of hype around the 18-year-old Finnish sensation, who torched the Kontinental Hockey League and set teenage scoring records. How can he help the Predators in their Stanley Cup quest?
Jets captain Blake Wheeler was asked to leave practice Saturday after a skirmish with teammate Ben Chiarot.
Nashville beat Colorado 4-2 Friday to seal a fourth consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Ryan Johansen scored a goal, registered an assist and fought Ryan Kesler in the Predators' 4-2 win Thursday.
Nashville's former captain made a splash in his comeback, scoring the Predators first goal of the game against Vancouver.
Nashville is agreed to a one-year deal with their former captain on Monday ahead of the 3 p.m. trade deadline.
A glance at each Western Conference team and their options at the 2018 NHL trade deadline.
Future NHL players shined on Day 7 of the 2018 Winter Olympics in the men's hockey tournament.
Mike Fisher's teammates can't wait for their former captain to return to the lineup.
Peter Laviolette was surprised by the severity of Filip Forsberg's suspension for his hit on Jimmy Vesey.
Fisher retired following the Predators' run to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final.
P.K. Subban joined Trevor Noah on the Daily Show, discussing his donation to Montreal's Childrens Hospital and Nashville's 2017 Stanley Cup playoff run.
Before breaking for the All-Star Game, the Lightning will have to fend off several contenders for the No. 1 overall spot, including a possible Stanley Cup finals preview.
The NHL's reigning MVP is not happy with the league's offside rule.
Wild knocked off the Predators 4-2 on Friday in Minnesota.
Ryan Young
It's the holiday season, and a time for giving, so Sporting News granting each of the 31 NHL teams a holiday surprise from their wish lists.
P.K. Subban and Adidas Hockey announced a new partnership on Monday in true Subban style.
P.K. Subban adds to his highlight reel after beating the Canucks goaltender in the second period.
The Predators forward threw fuel onto the already smoldering flames engulfing his struggling former team Wednesday.
Nashville's Viktor Arvidsson helped a fan pop the question before the Predators game.
The Predators couldn't pass up the opportunity to poke fun at the #GRUMORS social media circus in the middle of their game against the Avalanche.
Kyle Turris wasted no time introducing himself to Nashville with his first goal as a Predator.
What makes the Kyle Turris-Matt Duchene trade so interesting is the astute maneuvering by Predators general manager David Poile and staff in the years, months and weeks leading up to Nov. 5.
Adam Gretz
Kyle Turris couln't get a contract extension worked out with the Ottawa Senators, but he did with the Nashville Predators, the final piece of the puzzle of a complicated three-way trade Sunday.
At long last, Matt Duchene is out of Colorado. His new team, the Senators, got the best player but may not be better for it, while the Predators joined in as a third party and sent a clear win-now message in the process.
Matt Duchene was traded to the Ottawa Senators in a three-team deal.
OK, now the NHL season *really* begins. Matt Duchene is traded, the Rangers seem to have course corrected and the Penguins and Oilers can start being good again any day now.
The Ottawa Senators were in discussions to acquire Matt Duchene Friday before the trade talks hit a snag.
The reported trade would have sent Matt Duchene to the Senators and Kyle Turris to the Predators, but talks fell apart before a final deal could be agreed upon.
John Tavares scored three goals to lead the Islanders past Nashville, 6-2.
A run to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final has put the Predators in the NHL spotlight, an unfamiliar position for the franchise.
Brian Sandalow
The Nashville Predators and Philadelphia Flyers each held big leads on Tuesday night, with Filip Forsberg capping an 11-goal thriller.
Drafted 30th overall in June, the 18-year-old wasn't expected to play in the KHL this season, let alone put up the gaudy stats that have some excited about his NHL prospects.
Adam Herman
A concussion cost Brandon Carlo his first taste of the playoffs last year. Fully recovered, the 20-year-old will be counted on to help the Bruins get back in 2017-18 as a critical piece of the defense corps.
Matt Kalman
The Central no longer features a clear-cut favorite, meaning every team (outside the Avalanche) has a shot at the division crown. Easier said than done.
The Nashville Predators will be without defenseman Ryan Ellis for the beginning of the 2017-18 season.
Here's the schedule for the first round of the 2017 NHL playoffs bracket.
It sounds like the new Predators defenseman will fit in just fine with his new city.
The Stars got a goal and an assist from Radek Faksa and stellar play in net from Kari Lehtonen as they stood up to the more physical Blues in their series opener.
The Ducks fired 37 shots on net but Pekka Rinne stood on his head for the second straight game to put the Predators into the second round.
Saved by the post — both of them — St. Louis won its first playoff series since 2012 with a 3-2 victory over Chicago in Game 7.
Some things just go together — milk and cookies, peanut butter and jelly, Jay-Z and Beyonce, the St. Louis Blues and playoff collapses.
Ron Clements
It took a double dose of overtime (and a crazy goal by one of their stars) to overcome another dreadful third period, but the Blackhawks won Game 5 in St. Louis to stave off elimination.
Jonathan Drouin and Nikita Kucherov led a lethal Lightning power play that struck the Red Wings for three goals in their 3-2 Game 4 win.
Chicago and Florida even their respective first-round series at a game apiece. The Blackhawks get the benefit of replay and go on to down the Blues.
The Florida Panthers might be in trouble. The Washington Capitals and Dallas Stars cruised in their playoff openers.
The Crimson's senior captain passed on the playoff-bound Predators in favor of creating his own free agent market this offseason.
Wideman hits Don Henderson from behind while skating toward the Flames' bench. The veteran defenseman says he later apologized to Henderson.
The trade of two fourth overall draft choices was one of those rare one-for-one NHL deals in which everybody, in theory, wins.
An injury to top goal scorer Zach Parise could leave the Wild wanting in terms of offensive production for the foreseeable future.
