NHL News: Quebec’s Videotron Centre Ready and Waiting for an NHL franchise
The Videotron Centre in Quebec is an impressive purpose-built ice hockey stadium that is currently home to the Quebec Remparts. The stadium is relatively new, having been completed in 2015. It's one of the biggest sporting venues in Canada. Still,…
NHL Opinion: The Athletic Projects 2025-26 Standings
By its very nature, sport is chaotic and extremely difficult to predict. The National Hockey League (NHL) is no different, with the last ten Stanley Cups producing seven champions. Yet back in December, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and a cadre…
NHL History: The Most Unlikely Birthplaces of Hockey Players
North America, Canada specifically, has been the unofficial home to hockey for over a century, producing the modern game as we know it today and the vast majority of players who have played it. Modern-day hockey is thought to have…
NHL Odds: Christmas Edition Stanley Cup and Division Odds
Unlike the NBA and the NFL, who ramp up games during the holidays, the NHL traditionally takes at least three days off over Christmas. Teams last met on Friday and won't resume play until Tuesday, which gives us some downtime…
NHL Odds: Metro Division Rivals Penguins Face Off Against Hurricanes
While the New York Rangers vs. the Chicago Blackhawks takes center stage with ESPN's Sunday Night Hockey, the game with the most implications will take place in North Carolina when the Pittsburgh Penguins take on their Metropolitan Division rival Carolina…
NHL Odds: Five Favorites to Win the Stanley Cup (December 2022)
When the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to capture their third Stanley Cup in franchise history, bookmakers quickly installed them as favorites to repeat in the 2022-23 NHL season. The Avalanche entered the season as…
NHL News: Alex Ovechkin Nears 800 Career Goals
Alex Ovechkin has broken two NHL records in a single month, overtaking ice hockey greats Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe. Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky’s record for most NHL Road Goals as he scored two goals in the Washington Capitals 5-1 victory…
NHL News: National Hockey League Branded Casino Games Launch
When the Vegas Golden Knights took the ice for the first time in Las Vegas on October 10, 2017, a new age of sponsorship was born in professional sports. For the first time, a major sports franchise called the Mecca…
NHL Odds: Three Quick Strategies for Hockey Betting
NHL Hockey is one of the most popular sports in the world. It's watched by millions of people every year and has been for decades. Unlike other sports, which are primarily regional and don't have as broad an appeal, NHL…
NHL Betting: Three Steps to Wager on Professional Hockey
With 32 National Hockey League teams playing 82 games each, there are 1,312 regular-season games to wager on and dozens of ways to bet on each game (and that number doesn't include the playoffs). Here we address all of the…
NHL News: Mitchell Miller Signs An Entry-level Contract with the Bruins
Yesterday the Boston Bruins announced that they had signed Mitchell Miller, a former draft pick of the Arizona Coyotes (111th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft), who was previously suspended for assaulting, bullying, and abusing a black classmate with a…
NHL History: The Biggest Blowouts in NHL History
The NHL has always been fiercely competitive, but you cannot stop the occasional blowout, no matter how hard you try. Teams can come out all guns blazing or completely lose all talent at the drop of a hat. Even the…