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Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin each score twice in Leafs’ rout

WASHINGTON — Auston Matthews still gets excited about facing Alex Ovechkin, one of his favorite players growing up. And even with Ovechkin authoring a vintage performance, Matthews found a way to steal the spotlight. Matthews scored his NHL-leading 56th and 57th goals of the season and matched his career high with five points, leading the […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, surprises of 2023-24 season

What have been the biggest positive surprises for each team? That’s what we aim to explore this week, along with unveiling a new 1-32 order in the Power Rankings, led by a new team at No. 1. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors each send in a 1-32 […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s nationality mix

In keeping with the international spirit of the big event, this week for the power rankings we’ve broken down the roster of each club in terms of nationalities represented, along with some fun facts for each. Some caveats: A player must have appeared in one game to make the breakdown, and the countries are according […]

Thursday fantasy hockey tips: NHL picks, matchups, more

I’ll dig into why I don’t like the particular matchups for Thursday below, but with news hitting Wednesday that Marc-Andre Fleury was hitting the injured reserve and that Frederik Andersen wasn’t close to returning, the goaltender market opened up a bit. Firstly, no the Wild will not be recalling prospect Jesper Wallstedt — not for […]

Waiver watch: Top nine under the radar fantasy pickups

Tage Thompson, C, Buffalo Sabres (12.0%): Five seasons in, Thompson appears more the player the Blues had in mind when they drafted him 26th overall in 2016. Even before putting up some impressive scoring numbers, the 24-year-old imposing forward seemed to be performing at another level as after his first few campaigns (mostly in Buffalo). […]