The NHL has suspended Austin Watson of the Nashville Predators for the first 27 games of the regular season without pay following his June arrest for domestic assault. Watson, who was official suspended for “unacceptable off-ice conduct,” will also miss the entirely of the preseason. Bettman: NHL ‘Will Not Tolerate’ […]
The Vegas Golden Knights will start the year without a key defensive contributor on the ice, as Nate Schmidt was slapped with a 20-game suspension for a positive drug test under the NHL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Under the terms of the suspension, Schmidt can still take part in training camp […]
If the members of the Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals get an invite to the White House, some of the team might skip the event. At least two Capital players have said they won’t be there if the team gets invited. Washington defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in June in […]
Last season oddsmakers misjudged the Vegas Golden Knights, and with the recently released NHL points total for the 2018-2019 season, it appears they could have underestimated the expansion team again. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has put the line on how many points the Golden Knights will have at the […]
Despite losing in the first round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs have leapfrogged the Tampa Bay Lightning as favorites to win the 2019 championship, according to Bovada. The Maple Leafs began as a 10/1 pick, but now are the top selection at 7/1. The Lightning, […]
The NHL free agency season began on July 1, and several teams have made major moves that they hope will position them for a Stanley Cup run in the 2018-19 season. The biggest move may have also been one of the first, as the Toronto Maple Leafs signed John Tavares […]
The Las Vegas Golden Knights capped off an incredible season by taking home four of the 13 trophies at the NHL Awards ceremony on Wednesday at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Coach Gerard Gallant won the Jack Adams Award, and General Manager George McPhee was awarded […]
Six of the best virtual hockey players in the world competed at the 2018 NHL Gaming World Championship on Tuesday, with Finland’s Erik Tammenpää ultimately leaving with the trophy and the $50,000 first prize. The event was held at the Esports Arena Las Vegas at Luxor, just two weeks after […]
Less than a month after guiding the Washington Capitals to the their first ever Stanley Cup Championship, head coach Barry Trotz resigned on Monday. No official reason was given, though supposedly he and team executives could not come to terms on a new contract. In four seasons under Trotz, the […]
The Washington Capitals should enjoy the Stanley Cup while they have it, because oddsmakers don’t believe they’ll be able to hold on to it next year. The Tampa Bay Lightning are again the top pick to win the Cup. They spent most of the 2017-2018 season as the favorite, with […]
The Washington Capitals ended a 43-year drought for their franchise by winning the team’s first ever Stanley Cup, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 5 on Thursday night. The Capitals won the best-of-seven series 4-1, overcoming a loss in the first game to win four in a row […]
The Washington Capitals are one victory away from winning the Stanley Cup, but will have to beat the Vegas Golden Knights at home on Thursday to do it. Oddsmakers are picking Vegas to stave off elimination in their own building. The Golden Knights opened as -140 picks to win Game […]
The Washington Capitals are just one game away from winning the first championship in franchise history after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Capitals now hold a 3-1 lead in the series. Washington will have their first of three chances to […]
It was just one game, but it was enough to shift the betting lines for the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. In Game 3 in Washington, the Vegas Golden Knights suffered their second consecutive defeat, and now find themselves as the underdog to win Lord Stanley’s coveted prize. The first-year expansion […]
Momentum can be rather fickle, but the first big shift in the Stanley Cup came to the Washington Capitals in Game Two on Wednesday. Now the Capitals will try to tap into that surge of confidence to overcome a less than spectacular home record in the playoffs to take the […]
The Washington Capitals evened up the Stanley Cup Final at one game each by holding on for a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the series. The Capitals now have home-ice advantage after nabbing a win at T-Mobile Arena, and will look to increase their […]
Everywhere you look in Las Vegas, Golden Knights fever is reaching new levels. Locals are all-in on the #nocaps campaign, barbers at Bellagio are creating golden Stanley Cup beards for fans, and casinos up and down the Strip have installed displays supporting the team. And now there’s statistical data to […]
The goalie that Pittsburgh didn’t want might end up winning the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Marc-Andre Fluery, who was picked up by Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft last year, is set to guide his team to the championship. […]
The Vegas Golden Knights are now only three wins away from winning a championship in their first year in existence after defeating the Washington Capitals 6-4 in the first game of the Stanley Cup Final. The game was an exhilarating start to the series, featuring a Finals-record four lead changes […]
It is a Stanley Cup Finals no one could have predicted, not only for the first-year expansion Vegas Golden Knights, but also for the Washington Capitals. The Capitals were the third pick to win the Eastern Conference, behind Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay. Now the Capitals make their second only finals […]
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