Penguins’ Skinner ready to ‘rip off the Band-Aid’ in first start against Oilers

Stuart Skinner’s first start as a Penguin just so happens to be coming against the Oilers. The goalie says he wouldn’t have it any othe...

Examining the ‘mid’ Maple Leafs: Is there a path back to a Cup window?

Through 31 games, the Toronto Maple Leafs are decidedly ‘mid’ and hoping things break just right. Justin Bourne writes about the team t...

How Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl became the superstar nobody saw coming

Leon Draisaitl is about to become only the 103rd 1,000-point scorer in NHL history, 11 years after he was drafted third overall. At the time, he lo...

Holy Mackinaw! Maple Leafs icon Joe Bowen discusses wild 44-year ride

For 44 years, Joe Bowen has served as the voice of the Maple Leafs. Now, during his last season on the call, Sportsnet’s Luke Fox sat down wi...

32 Thoughts Podcast: A sitdown with Bedard and Nazar

NHL Rumour Roundup: What’s next for Devils, Canucks after Hughes saga?

We’ve yet to reach the halfway point of the NHL’s 2025-26 campaign, and we’ve already seen some seismic action on the trade market. The rippl...

Oilers’ Jarry, Penguins’ Skinner set for showdown days after trade

The goalies, traded for each other just five days ago, will start against their former teams as the Edmonton Oilers visit the Pittsburgh Penguins o...

Maple Leafs’ Woll returning vs. Blackhawks, Stolarz not progressing

Another good news, bad news day for Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending. While Joseph Woll is set to return against the Blackhawks, Anthony Stolarz&#82...

Canadiens’ Mike Matheson to miss game against Flyers with upper-body injury

The Montreal Canadiens will be without Mike Matheson on Tuesday night.

Kings place G Darcy Kuemper on injured reserve, recall Pheonix Copley

Darcy Kuemper has been placed on the injured reserve after suffering an upper-body injury in a collision with Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen o...

Blackhawks scratch Artyom Levshunov for lateness

Back from injury, Rangers’ Matt Rempe says he won’t be deterred from dropping gloves

Matt Rempe kept jabbing away at Ryan Reaves not knowing his left thumb had already broken from getting tangled up in his combatant’s jersey d...