As the weather cools down, the race to the Stanley Cup heats up. The NHL closes out the 2025 calendar year with a host of games available on ESPN's family of networks and digital platforms. Check out ...

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the NHL is warning teams against taking warmups without helmets, a growing trend this season that violates NHL rules. Daly told ESPN that the league is sending out a ...

Carter Hart is expected to make his debut for the Vegas Golden Knights against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, sources confirmed a report from ESPN NHL analyst Kevin Weekes. Hart, who last appeared ...

The 2000s were filled with great sports games, but these six games staked their claim as the best games on the market.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The NHL projects that revenue for this season will be about $6.8 billion, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Tuesday. Bettman, speaking at the NHL Board of Governor meetings, ...

Thanksgiving in the USA. Turkey, pumpkin pie, that parade with all the giant balloons and the time-honored tradition of NHL teams in playoff seeds breathing just a bit easier. Since the NHL switched ...

The first NHL trade tier rankings of the season are sadly lacking in Sidney Crosby content. Many around the league were prepared for Crosby trade talk to become its own cottage industry in 2025-26, as ...

Stop us if you've heard this before, but ESPN's panel of reporters, analysts and broadcasters continues to believe the Colorado Avalanche are the top team in the league in the weekly Power Rankings ...

It was one of those plays that, if you described it to a hockey fan, they'd respond with "yep -- hockey guy." On Friday, veteran forward Kyle Palmieri tore his ACL while chasing a puck in the ...