They’re now 3-4-3 since the Christmas break, partially due to a major uptick in quality chances allowed at five-on-five; they were at 2.18 per 60 heading into the holiday, fourth-best in the NHL. In the 10 games since, though, they’re over 2.5.
Who will earn the honour of winning the Jack Adams this season? Here is a look at why Spencer Carbery is the frontrunner and the competition that could still beat him out.
With every team now having played 40+ games, it’s a great time to reflect on the season so far and look at some of the incredible performances we’ve seen from players around the league.
As you’ve likely heard by now, the Vancouver Canucks’ 2-0 shutout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday did a lot for Quinn Hughes’s case for the Hart Trophy – the NHL’s regular-season MVP award.
Oh look everyone! Hunter Crowther’s back! Yaaaaaaaaay! This will be good news if you don’t like Mike Gould or terrible news if you don’t like Hunter. Or maybe you just don’t like me and this news doesn’t change your feelings.
No matter that the Wild were a shell of themselves, Marcus Foligno still considered going up against the Golden Knights a “measuring-stick game,” with Foligno cautioning Saturday night after goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury fended off the Sharks that the Wild wouldn’t be as fortunate in Vegas if they played like they did in San Jose.
To mark the halfway point of the 2024-25 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team in the NHL as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.