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NHL 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 […]

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Fantasy 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. […]

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NHL 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 […]

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Start or bench these goalies: Marc-Andre Fleury on the rise

It’s crunch time. With only five short weeks remaining in the NHL regular season, it’s more important than ever to take the “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately” approach to assembling your nightly fantasy lineup. A philosophy that applies even more heavily to the goaltending position, where a swing into negative integers for a single outing can broker the difference […]

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Fantasy hockey: Forwards on the rise after the trade deadline

Complete your bracket by selecting the winner for each game of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Play Men’s Tournament Challenge Now that the post-trade deadline dust has largely settled and most “fresh faces in new places” have had at least one competitive turn in their respective landing spots, we have a better idea of exactly […]

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NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s game of the month

The Florida Panthers remain atop the Power Rankings this week, with some big moves elsewhere on the list. And this week, we’ve identified the most captivating game(s) in the month of March for each club. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors sends in a 1-32 poll based on […]

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Wild, at their ‘competitive best,’ outlast Canucks 10-7

More Teams. More Games. The Minnesota Wild turn a two-goal deficit into a three-goal lead with a scoring barrage to open the third period. (2:07) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each had hat tricks for the Minnesota Wild, who faced a three-goal deficit in the second period before storming back […]

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Elias Lindholm nets two goals in Vancouver Canucks debut

More Teams. More Games. In his first game with the Canucks, Elias Lindholm scores a pair of goals in a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes. (1:11) RALEIGH, N.C. — Playing for a new team in a familiar building worked out just fine for Vancouver’s Elias Lindholm on Tuesday night. Lindholm scored two power-play goals in […]

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NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, recent fantasy standouts for each team

How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors sends in a 1-32 poll based on the games through Wednesday, which generates our master list here. Note: Previous ranking for each team refers to the previous edition, published Jan. 26. Points percentages are through Thursday’s games. Previous ranking: 1 Points percentage: […]

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Weekend watch: Win your matchup with these short-term adds

Approaching the final third stretch of the season, we’re back to the league’s own brand of regularly scheduled programming where the large majority of teams play during the meat of the weekend while only a precious few gear up on either daily side. Specifically, following a three-gamer on Friday, Saturday’s lively slate features 13 tete-a-tetes, […]

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