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…
Goalie rotations, playoff Vasilevskiy and other NHL storylines to watch down the stretch
No matter how evenly a team shares the net in the regular season, the playoffs are a different…
NHL fan gives birth at Edmonton Oilers game
A woman gave birth on the seventh floor of Rogers Place as the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Las…
2026 NHL goalie mask power rankings: Perhaps the best artistic displays ever
Welcome to The Athletic’s annual goalie mask power rankings, in which we admire the most artistic equipment on…
Signs of major dysfunction in the Golden Knights locker room?
The Vegas Golden Knights had some truly surprising struggles this season, struggles that eventually led to the shocking…
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…
Playing with fire: Unpacking Golden Knights’ John Tortorella gamble, Leafs’ GM firing
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NHL weekend rankings: A stunning coaching change in Vegas shakes up the Pacific
Well, we didn’t see that one coming. Maybe we should have, given that the Vegas Golden Knights don’t…
Cassidy-for-Tortorella coaching swap is consistent with Golden Knights’ relentless culture
LAS VEGAS — If it involved any other NHL team, this move would be shocking. For the Vegas…
If the NHL playoffs started today: Projecting all 8 matchups and analyzing the teams
The NHL playoffs begin on April 18, and a handful of teams continue to jostle for playoff spots…
Golden Knights fire coach Bruce Cassidy, replace him with John Tortorella
Bruce Cassidy coached Vegas to a Stanley Cup championship in 2023, but the Knights have lost 12 of…
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…