NHL 2025-26 awards predictions for Hart, Norris, Jack Adams and more
With the Stanley Cup playoffs underway, the regular season is officially in the rearview mirror. When The Athletic…
NHL playoff predictions 2026: First-round winners, dark horse and Stanley Cup champion
Can Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche claim another Stanley Cup championship? Are the Buffalo Sabres ready to…
NHL report cards: Grading every team’s 2025-26 regular season
A quarter of the way through the 2025-26 season, and then again at the midpoint, The Athletic’s NHL…
Every NHL team’s MVP and most disappointing player in the 2025-26 regular season
The NHL regular season is almost in the books, and every team from the top to the bottom…
Which NHL top defense pairs have been the best and worst in the 2025-26 season?
Any NHL team with Stanley Cup contention aspirations needs its top players to be firing on all cylinders. If a…
Which NHL prospect in each team’s pipeline had the most promising season?
It’s what every NHL organization wants to see in its prospect pipeline: the player who shows promise that…
What we got right, and wrong, in our NHL bold predictions. Revisiting one for all 32 teams
We can admit it. We were wrong. Well, mostly wrong. When The Athletic first asked its NHL staff…
NHL playoff tiers: Where each team sits and what’s at stake down the stretch
The trade deadline is behind us and there are only 26 days until the end of the 2025-26…
NHL Tank Index: Which bad teams are best positioned to boost their draft lottery odds?
We’re entering the stretch drive of the NHL regular season, and about a third of the league’s teams…
NHL 2025-26 season predictions 3.0: How did the trade deadline impact our picks?
Most NHL teams have 16 games or thereabouts remaining on their schedules. Time is running out. So, as…
NHL Calder Trophy race: Ranking top rookies at 2025-26 season’s three-quarter mark
Each year at The Athletic, reporters Scott Wheeler and Harman Dayal publish a quarterly Calder Trophy list ranking…
Devils’ Jacob Markstrom: Starting against United States
Markstrom will tend the twine for Sweden during Wednesday’s quarterfinal matchup against the United States at the 2026…