Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes are happy with how competitive the Canadiens were this season, but they remain in a team-building ...

The Canadiens' youth will be a problem for the NHL for years, but the impact of their veterans must be considered as the ...

The Hockey News Big Show is here to not only discuss the closing stages of the first round but some of the other biggest ...

The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs begin Saturday with 16 teams looking to etch their name onto Lord Stanley's Cup. Sergei ...

Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine ranked third with 3.80 ... 71.78% Best Playmaker: Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning) 48.25% Best Overall Skater: Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) 66. ...

That should be the way we always talk about Kucherov, but sometimes it still ... Cole Caufield and Patrik Laine. The latter has 20 goals in just 47 contests this year, while Caufield has 36 ...

Lane Hutson: The Canadiens' defensive shortcomings seem insignificant when the shifty, intelligent Hutson sets up Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, or Patrik Laine for tap-ins.

No one, not even Nikita Kucherov, has kicked in more points ... Given the value put on goals, Cole Caufield or Patrik Laine is probably the way to lean. -- Allen Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles ...

The rebuilding Philadelphia Flyers ended one of their worst campaigns in franchise history, finishing 29 th in the 2024-25 league standings and last in the Eastern Conference. Though it maybe wasn ...

Will Patrik Laine invoke the spirit of Andrei ... feels like the Stanley Cup-winning teams we've seen in the past. Nikita Kucherov is unreal. Victor Hedman is playing great defense.

Rookie defenseman Lane Hutson extended his points streak to nine games. Patrik Laine added two assists. Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, which opened a four-game road trip ...

Nick Suzuki has blossomed into a No. 1 center, Cole Caufield is a top-line finisher and Patrik Laine can still ... and win it all this season. Nikita Kucherov is playing like an MVP, and they ...