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Stanley Cup playoffs 2024: NHL postseason team predictions
We’ve got all the angles covered to get you ready for the playoffs as ESPN hockey reporters Ryan S. Clark and Kristen Shilton take a look at each of the 16 postseason teams, offering the reasons each team could win it all, along with the (potentially) biggest flaws, players to watch and a bold prediction […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s best rookie
Our voters have cast their ballots, with some major shifts yet again as one of the closest Presidents’ Trophy races in recent history is unfolding. Plus: Because it’s awards season, we created a hypothetical: If there were a Calder Trophy given out for each team’s rookie of the year, who would the 32 winners be? […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, top fantasy playoff performers
To help you win a title in your league, we called in ESPN fantasy analysts Sean Allen and Victoria Matiash to highlight a prime playoff performer from each club — and in many cases, they are players who are available in a large majority of ESPN leagues. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: Be careful with your elite goalies
Complete your bracket by selecting the winner for each game of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Play Men’s Tournament Challenge The fantasy playoffs will begin in a lot of leagues as we kick of Week 23 of the fantasy season. The final regular season games are scheduled to be played just one month from now. […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s pivotal player
These are the driving factors that make the remainder of the NHL regular season so compelling. Perhaps the only things more compelling than what happens to these teams are the players whose efforts will play such a massive role in shaping their teams’ short- and long-term futures. This week, our NHL Power Rankings take a […]
Continue readingWeekend watch: Could Bowen Byram thrive in Buffalo?
This might be the season’s trickiest forecasting piece to assemble in that, only a handful of hours from now, several key fantasy figures are almost certain to be surrounded by different teammates, holding down changed roles, leaving altered situations behind with their respective former squads. Names like Tyler Toffoli, Pavel Buchnevich, Frank Vatrano, and maybe […]
Continue readingOvechkin passes Paul Coffey for 15th on NHL career scoring list
Ovechkin’s two points pushed him past Hall of Fame defenseman Paul Coffey and into 15th on the NHL’s career scoring list. The Russian superstar has 1,532 career points, one shy of Hall of Fame forward Mark Recchi in 14th. The 38-year-old’s 10th goal in his past 15 games — a rebound early in the second […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey dynasty ranks: What will the NHL look like in 2027
Well, we know their age. We also know what kind of production they have put up in the past. But beyond those two criteria, we don’t really know a whole lot. We can certainly guess a lot. In January 2018, ESPN asked me to do the first one of these dynasty rankings. While I didn’t […]
Continue readingWithout coach Kliff Kingsbury, unbeaten Arizona Cardinals don’t miss a beat to down Cleveland Browns
No head coach, no problem for the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. With Kliff Kingsbury home in Arizona after a positive COVID-19 test on Friday, the Cardinals kept their offense on track in a dominating 37-14 road win over the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium to improve to 6-0 and continue to their reign as the […]
Continue readingWashington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scores twice, now No. 5 all time on NHL career goals list
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alex Ovechkin went from being a game-time decision to making more NHL history on Wednesday night. The Washington Capitals star scored twice in the team’s 5-1 victory over the New York Rangers, giving him 732 career goals in 1,198 games. Those goals moved him past Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne and […]
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