Ottawa Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson led the position in 20-plus mph speed bursts (263 in 88 games) during the 2025 calendar year. The 23-year-old ranked highly among defensemen in both goals (18; tied for fifth) and points (66; sixth) in 2025 as the Senators snapped a seven-season playoff drought in 2024-25.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The 39-year-old fired a wrist shot past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the second period of a 4-1 loss and launched into a belly flop across the ...

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Understanding when to put stock into early-season NHL statistics comes down to recency bias versus confirmation bias. Recency bias in perceiving the numbers and trends means being swayed by the “What have you done for me lately?” cliché. If we buy ...

While the Canucks weren’t doing phenomenally before it, their 11-game losing streak didn’t exactly help their team statistics. Vancouver now ranks 32nd in the NHL in exactly half of these particular team stats.

Andy's NHL power rankings for all 32 teams heading into Week 16 of 2026. Where does each NHL team stand in our latest power rankings for the 2025-2026 season?

Alex Ovechkin's reputation as a wrecking ball gained another layer Thursday as he delivered four hits during the Washington Capitals' 5–4 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes. In doing so, he quietly moved into third place all-time in NHL hits, now ...

Midseason fantasy MVP: Tom Wilson, RW. Even with Jakob Chychrun acting like a forward from the blue line with 15 goals, Wilson's fantasy strength remains. He still leads his teammates in total fantasy points despite missing six recent games, ready to remind everyone who really runs Washington's fantasy scoreboard.

At the start of the month, the Calgary Flames were on a roll.