Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers could have gone very sideways for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In fact, it started to go sideways early on.

The week's best fantasy hockey waiver pickups include Quinton Byfield, who offers upside from his points and pucks on net, which have been on the rise since the beginning of February.

The Chicago Blackhawks, coming into Thursday losers of three straight since the 4-Nations Face-Off, needed a game in which they played well so badly. Winning would be nice but they hadn't even had a game that they weren't thoroughly outplayed yet.

The Florida Panthers have earned a regular season sweep over their Stanley Cup Final opponents from last June.

Goalie Nikke Kokko was called up from the Coachella Valley Firebirds to play in net for the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night in St. Louis. The 6'3", 184 lb, 2022 NHL draft pick from Oulu, Finland, is the youngest goalie to make his NHL debut this season at 20 years and 347 days old.

The Chicago Blackhawks, in the middle of getting completely outplayed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, had one ray of sunshine show up in the second period.

BOSTON, MA -- Following the New York Islanders’ 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins, forward Marc Gatcomb celebrated his return to his home state of Massachusetts.