The NHL and NHL Players’ Association reached an agreement on Friday night to start their next season on Jan. 13. That means hockey fans will begin enjoying a new NHL season less than four months after the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars in the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals […]
Leon Draisaitl led the NHL in points last year, racking up 110 points over 71 games to win the Hart Trophy as the league’s most valuable player. But, heading into the 2020-21 season, sportsbooks say Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid leads his teammate in the next NHL MVP odds race. […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning finally fulfilled their potential on Monday night, blanking the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL’s Edmonton bubble. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves to record a shutout, while Brayden Point and Blake Coleman supplied the scoring to finish off the six-game Stanley […]
The Dallas Stars struck first blood and won the opening game of the Stanley Cup Finals, but the Tampa Bay Lightning won two games in a row to take a 2-1 series lead. The Lightning are 1/7 odds favorites to win the Stanley Cup heading into Game 4 of the […]
The Dallas Stars will battle the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday, with the two southern franchises facing off at the NHL’s playoff bubble in Edmonton, Alberta. Tampa Bay enters the series as a -195 favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, despite the fact […]
Of the eight, first-round NHL Playoff series matchups, six are going pretty much as expected, but two teams are looking at big upsets. The Vancouver Canucks and New York Islanders came in as heavy underdogs, but after three games of the best-of-seven format, are looking at closing out the favorites. […]
The NHL Playoffs were set on Sunday after the league’s final game, and the odds to win the Stanley Cup have been adjusted. Two teams have supplanted the Tampa Bay Lightning, and are now favorites to win Lord Stanley’s Cup. In the Western Conference, the No. 1 seeded Vegas Golden […]
The National Hockey League returns to action in two secure zones in Canada after a four-month layoff with 24 teams qualifying for the postseason. DraftKings updated the NHL play-in series odds, and the #5 Pittsburgh Penguins are the biggest favorite at -245 to defeat the #12 Montreal Canadians in the […]
The NHL announced Monday that it administered 4,256 COVID-19 tests to 800 players and personnel in the second week of training camp, and had no positive results. The league had two positive test results in the first week of training camp. Twenty-four teams are in the NHL Bubble in either […]
Rocky Mountain High or Sin City? The Vegas Golden Knights are the favorites to win the NHL Western Conference at 13/5 odds, according to a recent update by the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas. The Colorado Avalanche aren’t far behind, with 7/2 odds to win the west, while the defending […]
The NHL will take the ice later this week for the first time since the commissioner paused the season on March 11 during the earliest stages of the coronavirus outbreak. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins are co-favorites to win the Eastern Conference at 7/2 odds, according to a […]
It’s official. The Seattle Kraken will become the 32nd team in the NHL after the expansion franchise announced its deep sea-inspired moniker. The Kraken will join the NHL in the Western Conference in the 2021-22 season. After the Las Vegas Golden Knights joined the Western Conference, the NHL had an […]
Welcome to the Canadian bubble. The NHL finally selected Edmonton and Toronto as the two hub cities, aka the “Secure Zone” bubble, that will host the Stanley Cup playoffs and 24-team tournament. Toronto, Ontario will host the Eastern Conference, while the Western Conference will be based in Edmonton, Alberta. In […]
The NHL will host its 24-team playoff series in two hub cities, with one city hosting the Eastern Conference and the other hosting the Western Conference. The NHL narrowed down its potential list of hub cities from 10 to six — Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Las Vegas, Edmonton, and Vancouver. […]
The National Hockey League is ready to set forth Phase 3 of its resumption plan in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The NHL announced its highly-anticipated date for the Stanley Cup Playoffs tournament, which will begin on July 30. The league also set tentative dates for training camps, but […]
How about another rematch of last year’s Stanley Cup Finals? The St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins are the favorites to secure the #1 seed in the NHL playoffs to represent their respective conferences. The Bruins, the top team in the Eastern Conference, were the only team in the NHL […]
The Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning are still favorites to win the 2020 Stanley Cup at 6/1 odds each after a recent update by Fan Duel, which reflected the recent announcement that the NHL will resume play with a 24-team playoff format. If and when the NHL finally gives […]
The NHL will opt for an expanded, 24-team playoff to determine the winner of the 2020 Stanley Cup champion, if and when professional hockey resumes. In its Return to Play Plan, NHL officials propose that eight teams in each conference meet in the NHL Play-in Series, which will include the […]
The NHL and NHL Players Association are discussing a plan that would result in a 24-team playoff to conclude the 2019-20 season, according to a report by The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun. LeBrun cited sources as saying that the current proposal would see all teams return to at least some regular […]
While the NHL currently considers a return to the ice with a 24-team playoff format, oddsmakers haven’t altered the Stanley Cup futures during the shutdown. The Boston Bruins (100 points) and Tampa Bay Lightning (92 points), the two best teams from the Eastern Conference, are also co-favorites to win the […]
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