One scary statistic from each NHL team early in the 2025-26 season
It’s Halloween, and we are almost a month into the 2025-26 NHL season. Early in the season, there…
Predators’ Matthew Wood: Tallies first NHL goal
Wood scored a goal on four shots in Thursday’s 4-1 loss to the Flyers. Wood has collected two…
What we learned about the NHL in October: The Sam Reinhart problem, Mammoth’s hot start
In this year’s Player Tiers project, we were told we may be drinking the Panthers’ Kool-Aid a little…
NHL’s biggest surprises early in 2025-26: Struggling stars and unexpected starts
More than two weeks into the 2025-26 NHL season, things are looking interesting. The Dallas Stars — our…
Flames’ Samuel Honzek: Earns first NHL point
Honzek logged an assist in Friday’s 5-3 loss to the Jets. Honzek got a look alongside Mikael Backlund…
Kraken’s Berkly Catton: Earns helper in NHL debut
Catton logged an assist in Monday’s 5-2 loss to the Flyers. Catton made his NHL debut Monday, logging…
What we’re seeing from each NHL team early in the 2025-26 season
It’s early. Very early. NHL teams have only played between four and six games in the 2025-26 season.…
Canucks’ Braeden Cootes: Gets into first NHL game
Cootes made his NHL debut in Thursday’s 5-1 win over Calgary. Cootes had an impressive 2:40 of power-play…
Every NHL team’s defense ranked: Avalanche, Panthers top the 2025-26 list
Welcome to the third iteration of The Athletic’s annual defense ranking tiers. This year’s version was probably the…
2025-26 NHL Goalie Tiers: Anonymous panel of coaches and goalies rates every starter
Welcome to 2025-26 Goalie Tiers, in which we anonymously poll some of the brightest minds in goaltending in…
Experts react to 2025-26 NHL point total projections for all 32 teams
Are the Edmonton Oilers really the NHL’s top team? Will Mitch Marner win more games playing in Las…
If Connor McDavid hits the market, what should each NHL team’s pitch to get him be?
The puck has yet to drop on the 2025-26 NHL regular season and July 1 is more than…