Penguins hosting the New York Islanders tonight at PPG Paints Arena for their 2025-26 home opener
The Penguins are hosting the New York Islanders tonight at PPG Paints Arena for the team’s home opener…
NHL 2025-26 season predictions: Stars as Stanley Cup champs? Connor McDavid as MVP?
By Sean Gentille, Jesse Granger, Shayna Goldman, James Mirtle, Mark Lazerus and The Athletic NHL Staff After two…
Rangers open season with a dud in shutout loss to Penguins
New coach, same Rangers. Opening Night was a dud, far too reminiscent of last winter’s dismal campaign. Mike…
Every NHL team’s defense ranked: Avalanche, Panthers top the 2025-26 list
Welcome to the third iteration of The Athletic’s annual defense ranking tiers. This year’s version was probably the…
Oddly specific NHL predictions for all 32 teams’ 2025-26 seasons
Have you had enough predictions yet? It’s possible, given just about everyone who covers this league has spent…
2025-26 NHL Goalie Tiers: Anonymous panel of coaches and goalies rates every starter
Welcome to 2025-26 Goalie Tiers, in which we anonymously poll some of the brightest minds in goaltending in…
NHL waiver tracker: Best players on the wire throughout 2025-26 preseason
As NHL teams trim their rosters before the regular season, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and Harman Dayal will provide analysis of…
Penguins To Waive Ryan Graves
The Penguins announced (Twitter link) a significant list of cuts today as they work towards getting their season-opening…
Experts react to 2025-26 NHL point total projections for all 32 teams
Are the Edmonton Oilers really the NHL’s top team? Will Mitch Marner win more games playing in Las…
Which 2025 Draft Picks Will Make The NHL Out Of Camp?
Over the course of NHL training camps, there are few more exciting things than watching which rookies break…