With the NHL’s trade deadline now in the rearview mirror, we’re going to pinpoint below the league’s teams that are shaping up as true Stanley Cup contenders. In alphabetical order:

The Calgary Flames (29-23-10) kick off a three-game homestand over the next week with a visit by an Original Six rival, the Montreal Canadiens.

Now that the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline has passed, it’s time for all teams to put their focus on the postseason — whether that means playoffs or draft picks. After last season’s March 8 trade deadline, the Vancouver Canucks sat atop the entire Western Conference with 89 points in 65 games played. This season, they are currently fighting their way past the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, and Utah Hockey Club for the second wild card spot in the conference. Let’s take a look at how the two teams di

The New York Rangers had two points in the palm of their hands against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, but squandered the opportunity after a late-game collapse, leading to a 4-3 overtime loss.

The Ottawa Senators once again found a way to get it done in the third period, rallying to defeat the New York Rangers 4-3 in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre.

Now that the NHL’s trade deadline has come and gone, it’s as good a time as any to examine the deals that were made – and the ones that weren’t – and identify winners and losers at the deadline. We might have a different list of winners and losers months and years from now, but we’re still going to take some time and do our best to point out winners and losers at the moment,

Brady Tkachuk capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning marker 33 seconds into overtime as the Ottawa Senators beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday.

The 2025 NHL Trade Deadline has passed, and in a somewhat surprising turn of events, the Vancouver Canucks only traded one player in the week leading up to it. The day before the deadline, the Canucks traded Carson Soucy to the New York Rangers in exchange for San Jose’s third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. The Rangers obtained this pick by sending Reilly Smith to the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas acquired this pick last year when they traded for Tomáš Hertl. With this trade, Soucy joins former

The Buffalo Sabres roster went through a significant turnover on NHL Trade Deadline day, as center Dylan Cozens, defensemen Dennis Gilbert and Henri Jokiharju and minor leaguer Nicolas Aube-Kubel were dealt to Ottawa, Boston, and the NY Rangers, with center Josh Norris and blueliners Jacob Bernard-Docker and Erik Brannstrom headed to the Sabres, but there could be more lineup changes in store for Buffalo in the final game of their two-game Florida road swing against the Stanley Cup Champion Panthers on Saturday.

The Buffalo Sabres roster went through a significant turnover on NHL Trade Deadline day, as center Dylan Cozens, defensemen Dennis Gilbert and Henri Jokiharju and minor leaguer Nicolas Aube-Kubel were dealt to Ottawa, Boston, and the NY Rangers, with center Josh Norris and blueliners Jacob Bernard-Docker and Erik Brannstrom headed to the Sabres, but there could be more lineup changes in store for Buffalo in the final game of their two-game Florida road swing against the Stanley Cup Champion Pant