Tampa Bay's Jon Cooper, Winnipeg's Paul Maurice, Washington's Todd Reirden and Calgary's Bill Peters will be the head coaches for the 2019 All-Star Game.
Conor Roche
The rumor mill has been busier ahead of the NHL's annual holiday roster freeze with a handful of underachieving teams like the Blues and Kings desperate to shake things up.
Lyle Richardson
With the sixth-quickest natural hat trick in NHL history, Brayden Point added an exclamation to the Lightning's 4-3 victory Thursday.
Mark Suleymanov
The rugged Edmonton forward jumped Mathieu Jospeh and was fined $10,000 by the NHL Department of Player Safety.
Jim Cerny
The 39-year-old goalie left Saturday's game with the Lightning after a teammate fell on his leg and then was placed on IR Sunday.
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
Everyone is talking about the Maple Leafs and newcomer John Tavares, but the incumbent champion Lightning, insurgent Panthers and a young Bruins team crowd the top of the Atlantic.
Brandon Schlager
The NHL is enjoying a renaissance with so much young, star talent entering the league. Sporting News counts down the 25 best players under 25 that hockey has to offer for the 2018-19 season.
The NHL is enjoying a renaissance with so much young, star talent entering the league. Sporting News names the 25 best players under 25 that hockey has to offer for the 2018-19 season.
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
Steve Yzerman did acknowledge he's entertaining the possibility of making an addition of significance this offseason and discussed the salary complications that would come with it.
The Blue Jackets are confirmed to be shopping the star scorer amid contract uncertainty. Plus, the latest on the Erik Karlsson trade front, which has gone quiet.
The field has narrowed in the race to acquire the Senators' superstar, with the Lightning emerging as reported front-runners down the home stretch. Will the Stars or another team jump back in?
John Tavares and the Maple Leafs are 7-1 favorites to win the 2019 Stanley Cup, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers.
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' Los Angeles free agent summit has concluded, and the entire hockey world is hanging on his free decision.
John Tavares will reportedly enter the NHL's free agent negotiating window and meet with five teams about the possibility of leaving the New York Islanders.
While the trade market has been slow in the weeks leading up to NHL free agency, teams may be waiting for the John Tavares domino to fall before making any other moves.
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.
No team in the history of the NHL (and really, all professional sports) has proven so proficient at blowing leads in the playoffs as the Capitals. It's become a sick time-honored tradition.
Phil Kessel's purportedly sour relationship with coach Mike Sullivan has birthed speculation the Penguins may look to move the star winger this summer. Is that their best course of action?
Ryan Callahan will miss the next five months following shoulder surgery, but his injury could put Tampa Bay in a tough position during the offseason.
Alec Gearty
Marc-Andre Fleury is leading the most unlikely playoff run in NHL history and might win playoff MVP even if Vegas loses the Stanley Cup. Here’s who can take it away from him.
The Tampa Bay Lightning went scoreless in the final two games of the Eastern Conference Final. Steven Stamkos says offensive leaders are at fault.
In his 13th NHL season, Alex Ovechkin is finally going to the Stanley Cup Final. He was so emotional following Wednesday's Game 7 victory he could hardly speak.
John Arlia
For the first time since 2007, the NHL is guaranteed a new Stanley Cup champion. The Capitals finally broke their curse with a win in Wednesday's Game 7 and join the expansion Golden Knights in this year's Final.
To win the Stanley Cup, you need not only to be good, but circumstantially good. Sometimes, anything less than that isn't enough.
The Capitals are acutely aware of their Game 7 shortcomings. After staving off another series collapse in Game 6, now is their chance to shed the choker label and reach the Stanley Cup Final all at once.
Ted Starkey
Braden Holtby faced criticism throughout the regular season but with the Capitals facing elimination, Holtby was there to force Game 7.
TJ Oshie scored twice as the Washington Capitals staved off elimination with a 3-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Sporting News provided live updates from Game 6.
Ryan Callahan had a goal and an assist in the Lightning's Game 5 win over the Capitals.
Alex Ovechkin nearly dragged the Capitals back into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, but ultimately could not overcome the Lightning.
Cedric Paquette got the Lightning on the board 19 seconds into Game 5, the second-fastest goal to open a playoff game in franchise history.
The Capitals arrived home with a 2-0 series lead; they depart with the baggage of past coughed-up playoff series. They played just well enough in Game 4 to lose a frustrating nailbiter.
David Steele
Nicklas Backstrom's return wasn't enough to help the Capitals keep their edge in the Eastern Conference finals. The Lightning tied the series with a 4-2 win in Thursday's Game 4.
The Lightning woke up from their two-game slumber against the Capitals and looked more like the team favored in the East finals. That could change when, or if, Nicklas Backstrom returns
Who's the favorite to be named this year's Stanley Cup playoff MVP? Sporting News ranks the top 10 candidates through the conference finals.
Tom Wilson takes issue with Anton Stralman's hit during the first period of Game 3.
Tampa Bay was in a 2-0 hole as the series moved to Washington. Another loss would have all but finished the Bolts. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, with a little help from his teammates, didn't let it happen.
The tiny, wealthy nation of Qatar wants to help Capitals fans avoid a postgame D.C. Metro nightmare.
Gabe Fernandez
Andrei Vasilevskiy stops 36 of 38 shots. Kucherov, Stamkos and Hedman combine for 7 points in Lightning's Game 3 win over the Washington Capitals.
The Capitals are at home, with a 2-0 lead over the Lightning, and are surviving and thriving without Nicklas Backstrom. The omens are in their favor, so far.
Either something has gone horribly wrong for the Lightning or the Capitals have suddenly found the extra gear they’d been searching for the last 20 years.
Rob Mixer
The Capitals improved to 7-1 on the road this postseason with a 6-2 victory over the Lightning in Game 2 Sunday in Tampa.
Call it beginner's luck, but Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist to help the Capitals win their first conference finals game since 1998, a 4-2 decision over the Lightning.
A too many men on the ice penalty took away a brilliant Nikita Kucherov goal that would have tied Game 1. What happened next was even more painful.
Everything to know about the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals as they meet in the Eastern Conference finals for a chance to play for the Stanley Cup.
Washington's rugged forward served his three-game suspension, but voiced his displeasure with the ruling ahead of Game One of the Eastern Conference Final.
Sammi Silber
What is it like to play the villain (and play against one)? Capitals analyst and former NHL enforcer Alan May talks Tom Wilson's suspension and the art of becoming the guy everyone loves to hate.
J.T. Miller scored the series-clinching goal in the second period as the Lightning advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.
Bruins forward David Backes had to be helped off the ice in the second period of Game 5.
Brad Marchand's newfound desire to lick opponents is becoming a problem during the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the NHL has had enough of his "unacceptable" behavior.
Sean Avery, the most infamous of the NHL's modern-day miscreants, isn't impressed by Brad Marchand's strategy to get under opponents' skin during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Dave McCarthy
Prior to Tampa Bay's Round 2 series with Boston, Dan Girardi hadn't scored a playoff goal since 2014.
Kaylee Pofahl
Brad Marchand was up to his old tricks during Game 4 of the Bruins-Lightning series as he licked the face of another opponent.
David Pastrnak opened up scoring for Boston Tuesday night against the Lightning with a baseball-stye goal.
Brayden Point opened the scoring for the Lightning in Game 4 with a fantastic individual effort to beat the Bruins.
Boston leaned on its rookies during the regular season, and they passed every test. It's been a different experience under the microscope of the playoffs.
Marisa Ingemi
Ondrej Palat struck twice to put the Tampa Bay Lightning up 2-0 just 3:19 into the first period on Wednesday.
Rudi Schuller
Bruins forward David Pastrnak was wrongfully assessed a double-minor penalty for high-sticking.
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask unsuccessfully pleaded for a whistle after his skate blade fell off mid-play during Saturday's Game 1. Mikhail Sergachev took advantage.
Rick Nash scored a sleek goal to put the Bruins ahead 1-0 in Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Steven Stamkos has the Lightning back in Stanley Cup contention. Even though we don’t always seem to talk about it, this season showed why he's still one of the NHL's best players.
Adam Gretz
AccuScore simulates the 2018 NHL playoffs and probabilities of reaching the conference finals and winning the Stanley Cup.
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.
The Lightning star won't face discipline for the NHL's Department of Player Safety.
Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov scored twice, recorded an assist and delivered a controversial hit on New Jersey's Sami Vatanen in the Lightning's 3-1 win over the Devils in Game 4 on Wednesday.
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.
Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists as the New Jersey Devils defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series on Monday.
Trailing their best-of-seven series with the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0, the New Jersey Devils return home Monday and will have veterans Marcus Johansson and Cory Schneider back in their lineup for Game 3.
No fewer than a half dozen candidates can stake a legitimate claim to hockey's top individual prize in 2017-18.
Everything to know about the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils 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 New Jersey Devils carry a major chip on their shoulder facing the heavily-favored Tampa Bay Lightning in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Lightning will be without captain Steven Stamkos on Monday, who will be out for what sounds like nothing more than a night off.
In a one-on-one interview with Sporting News, Ryan McDonagh opens up about the blockbuster trade deadline deal that threw him into the thick of a Stanley Cup run.
The Bruins forward was involved in a scary collision with the Lightning's Yanni Gourde where he appeared to suffer a laceration to an unpadded area on his right leg.
The Canadiens captain is out for the rest of the 2017-18 season with injury. Trade rumors are dormant now, but are certain to resurface as the offseason nears.
Seemingly forgotten earlier in the season (and a quiet non-player at the trade deadline), the Panthers are flying up the Eastern Conference standings.
The trade deadline passed, and the Lightning still sit atop Sporting News' NHL power rankings, though the Predators, Jets, Bruins and Maple Leafs are closing in on the top spot.
Sizing up a blockbuster trade between the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers, two teams headed in opposite directions.
The Sabres gifted Evander Kane to the Sharks at Monday's NHL trade deadline. San Jose GM Doug Wilson took it and ran — possibly all the way to the Stanley Cup.
In a trade-deadline blockbuster, the Lightning acquired Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller from the Rangers.
Steven Stamkos dropped the gloves for just the third time in his career.
A combination of the Senators' lousy season and uncertainty over captain Erik Karlsson's future with the club has made the All-Star defenseman a lightning rod for trade speculation.
Nikita Kucherov added to his highlight reel in the Lightning's 4-2 win Tuesday.
Now you see it, now you don't: Nikita Kucherov, the NHL's leading scorer, is a rare blend of trickery, power and dexterity, making him a nightmare for goaltenders.
Paul Campbell
As several teams assert themselves in the league's upper echelon, the Rangers continue to tumble.
You watched the heart-melting moment when Bobby Butler told his father he'd made the 2018 U.S. Olympic roster. Here's the story behind the viral video.
Murray Pam
At the All-Star break, the Lightning remain at the top of Sporting News' NHL power rankings, but the red-hot Bruins are clearly a team on the rise.
After hosting All-Star Weekend, it sure seems like the Lightning are the odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup. But the biggest threat might be right under their noses in the Atlantic Division.
The Blackhawks are quickly falling out of favor in the Central Division, which they’ve owned in the Patrick Kane-Jonathan Toews era. Is there enough time to course correct?
Jeff Glass, a 32-year-old journeyman goalie, took the long road to the Blackhawks' crease. Now that he's here, Chicago needs Glass more than it bargained.
Brian Sandalow
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 Flames and Avalanche, both riding seven-game win streaks, make major leaps in this week's NHL power rankings as the Penguins and Bruins also do some climbing.
The Vegas Golden Knights have won 30 of the franchise's first 44 games.
The Michigan musician has been accused in the past of racism, sexism and homophobia in his work and in his public statements.
The Hurricanes lost to the Lightning when Tyler Johnson recorded a hat trick, but fans of the Raleigh-based team were rewarded with a trio of food freebies, dubbed the "fat trick", during the game
Tampa Bay held on for a 5-4 victory over Carolina on Tuesday.
E.Jay Zarett
Dan Girardi left the Tampa Bay Lightning game Sunday after taking a slap shot to the side of his head.
The top and bottom teams remain the same as our weekly NHL rankings cross into 2018, but there is much change in between.
The Lightning and Canadiens faced off Thursday for the first time since last June's trade of key young players.
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.
Three Metro teams make significant moves into the top 10 of this week's NHL power rankings, though the Lightning retain the top spot for a sixth straight week.
Tampa's winning streak keeps things status quo at No. 1. After that, the Maple Leafs, Kings, Capitals and Flyers trend up, while the banged-up Canucks slip again.
There's a shakeup at the top of this week's NHL power rankings after the Blues hit their first rough patch of the young season.
The NHL prefers its players stick to sports. But vastly different public responses to the recent socio-political statements by J.T. Brown and Alex Ovechkin illustrate hockey's double standard.
Patrick Kearns
The Blues and Lightning are clearly the two best teams in the NHL. But there's been a bunch of shifting beneath them during the month of November.
What has happened to the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens? These two teams continue to lose — and in ugly fashion — while falling further behind in SN's power rankings.
The Rangers, Maple Leafs, Jets and Wild are all on the rise, but it's the Lightning who own the top spot again.
Mike Yeo's Blues are the most complete team in the NHL right now. But the Lightning, Kings, Sharks and SN's preseason No. 1 Penguins are close behind.
Not everyone thought squirts from water bottles were so funny Thursday when the Rangers beat the Lightning 2-1.
Despite myriad injuries, the St. Louis Blues keep winning games, and they've jumped into the No. 2 spot in our weekly NHL power rankings.
Steven Stamkos readily admits he may never be 100 percent again, but he's leading the NHL in scoring by playing his most complete hockey yet. You could argue he’s better than ever.
Andrew Berkshire
After a topsy-turvy October, which teams are truly at the top of the NHL, and which are pretending to be?
It's clear Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Erik Karlsson rate as the three best players on the planet. But Nikita Kucherov, the NHL's hottest scorer, is carving out his place among them.
There's a new team atop our weekly NHL power rankings, and keep an eye on the fast-rising L.A. Kings and Vegas Golden Knights.
The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Penguins on Saturday behind a pair of goals from Nikita Kucherov.
Veteran defenseman making his mark on and off the ice for new team.
Nikita Kucherov scored his eighth goal in seven games.
Nikita Kucherov's extended his goal streak to six games.
The Tampa Bay Lightning star missed almost 11 months recovering from a knee injury.
Koekkoek records a personal milestone.
Point's goal gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 overtime victory on Monday night.
Brown reiterates he's concerned about police brutality, racial injustice and inequality.
The 27-year-old Brown, one of about 30 black players in the NHL, has said he hoped to join other athletes in bringing attention to police brutality and inequality for minorities.
A core component to the Panthers' defense corps present and future has signed on long term.
The last two Atlantic champions missed the playoffs a year before winning the division. Odds are good the Lightning are about to become the third, and that means someone will pay the price.
Backup Andrei Vasilevskiy, 22, will take over as the No. 1, a spot the Lightning see him in after signing him to a three-year extension.
Bob Hille
Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos, New Jersey's Taylor Hall and Calgary's Johnny Gaudreau all will miss extended time, their teams said Wednesday.
The Tampa Bay star injured his right leg or knee during the first period Tuesday against the Red Wings. He did not return to the game.
The Blackhawks star won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's top player by a landslide, 10 months after he was accused of rape.
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.
Jack Capuano used to be a hockey player, and he showed it Wednesday.
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.
The Red Wings' Justin Abdelkader landed a flurry of blows to the Lightning's Mike Blunden at the bottom of a pile in Friday's playoff game.
Arthur Weinstein
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.
Ron Clements
Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk got a big assist from Henrik Zetterberg.
Jeff Zatkoff's 35 saves help the Penguins run away with a Game 1 win over the Rangers.
It didn't take long for the exiled 20-year-old forward to rediscover his scoring touch Thursday in a 4-2 win over the Devils.
The Lightning announced Saturday team captain Steven Stamkos will miss 1-3 months with a blood clot in his right arm.
We learned more from what didn't happen at Monday's NHL trade deadline than what did.
The Jets coach was upset no penalty was called when Jets center Bryan Little took a hit to the head near the end of the second period.
The disgruntled forward has resolved to no longer play for the organization "in any capacity" until a trade is made.
The veteran Philadelphia center will sit out Thursday's season opener in Tampa along with Sam Gagner and Luke Schenn.
Kirstie Chiappelli
