NHL rule 31.11 allows players to become refs under specific circumstances. We asked GMs who they'd pick if it ever happened to their teams.

San Jose Sharks tough guy Ryan Reaves squared off with the Philadelphia Flyers' Garrett Wilson and appeared to dislocate his finger.

Matty Beniers picked up his first NHL fight and was an assist away from a “Gordie Howe hat trick,” but it came in a potentially costly 4-2 loss to the ...

Taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday in a clash of two of the Eastern Conference's best teams, the Sabres are fighting to prove they belong. Literally, at times. Buffalo hasn't made it to any ...

Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the 23rd ...

With a combined nine games on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Week 20 is shaping up to be a pretty tough week with such light slates on those days. For most fantasy leagues, this will be the last week ...

The hit, which sent McAvoy to the Bruins dressing room, didn’t sit right with Zadorov. The 6-foot-7 Russian defenseman and ...

Two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida, Toronto, St. Louis and so many perennial contenders not being in the mix for the playoffs turned the NHL trade deadline upside down. Those teams and others were ...

In the past week, Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin has been slashed in the head and gloved-punched. This is nothing new for a defenseman who draws penalties like few others.

With Hunter Crowther With the Trade Deadline in the rearview mirror, this is the more relaxed part of the season where the ...

Now that the 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline is complete, and now that we know what all 32 rosters are going to look like for the ...

Can you believe we were robbed of NHL participation in the Olympics for 12 years?! Congrats to Team USA for winning the gold, 46 years to the day of Miracle on Ice. It’s been a spectacular tourney, ...