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NHL Power Rankings: A new No. 1, plus each team's most interesting game in December
The final month of the calendar year will include many gifts for hockey fans. Plus, which team knocked the Bruins off the throne atop the list?
GOALIE GOAL!
TRISTAN JARRY MAKES HISTORY
Goalie goal! Pens goalie seals game with an empty netter
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ON-TRACK TRENDS
Grading our preseason bold predictions for every NHL team: What we nailed, what we missed
Connor Bedard scoring 35 goals? Looking solid. Patrick Kane signing in Florida? Not so much. We put our prognostications under the microscope.
REPORT CARDS ARE IN!
Grades for all 32 NHL teams at the quarter mark: Avs, Knights, Rangers lead the way
From multiple A's to several D's and one F, here's what has gone right (and wrong) for every club thus far, as well as an overall grade for the quarter.
WILL THE STANDINGS HOLD?
Wyshynski: Why the NHL Thanksgiving standings trend may not continue this season
Since 2013-14, 76.6% of the teams in a playoff spot on U.S. Thanksgiving ended up advancing to the postseason. Are we in for upheaval in 2023-24?
BEDARD TRACKER
FOLLOW ALONG THIS SEASON
Connor Bedard tracker: Goals, upcoming schedule for the NHL's top rookie
Follow along with every key moment in the first-year phenom's campaign for the Blackhawks.
ESPN GAME SCHEDULE
How to watch NHL games on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+ and Hulu
The 2023-24 season is underway. Get the full listing of exclusive games on ESPN networks, and info on how to subscribe to ESPN+.
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MacDonald and Duclair score twice as Sharks beat Devils 6-3 for 1st road win
— Jacob MacDonald and Anthony Duclair each scored twice, and Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 44 shots as the San Jose Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 on Friday night for their first road win this season.
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Merzlikins stops 41 shots to lead Blue Jackets in 4-2 win over Senators
— Elvis Merzlikins stopped 41 shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from two goals down to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Friday night.
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- Devils lose Hamilton indefinitely after pec surgery
- Habs sign G Montembeault to 3-year extension
- Jarry makes Penguins history with goal vs. Bolts
- Flames trade Zadorov to Canucks for two picks
- 'Embarrassed' Perry apologizes to Blackhawks
- Kraken's Schwartz (upper body) out 6 weeks
- Sens D-man Chabot returning from long-term IR
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Which current NHL players will make the Hockey Hall of Fame?
From the immortal locks to the veterans with work left to do to the under-24 players that already appear on track, here are our picks.
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NHL Future Power Rankings: Prospect, cap, roster predictions
Will the Devils' climb continue? Which bubble teams are set for a breakthrough in the next three years? Here are the 1-32 rankings for NHL teams.
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Flyers sign 9-year-old with cancer to one-day contract
Nine-year-old Owen Micciche, who has been living with cancer since he was 6 months old, read out the team's lineup and hung out on the bench Tuesday night.
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Scott Van Pelt's One Big Thing: A tribute to Barry Melrose
Barry Melrose is retiring, and Scott Van Pelt wants everyone to know just how awesome he was in "the room," and how much he'll be missed.
