Which teams will emerge from the East’s mushy middle? Who will make a case for the Selke Trophy, which looks the most open it has in years?

When Carolina arrives in Florida, the Panthers seem to rise. Our expert NHL predictions expect Florida to rise above the Hurricanes tonight.

There are five NHL games on the docket for Wednesday night, giving us enough games to choose from for our NHL player prop picks. My best NHL prop bets for tonig

The Senators host the Penguins on Thursday night. Welcome back to NHL Predictions here with Last Word On Hockey! Each day, we provide in-depth analysis, insights, and predictions for games around the NHL.

Before the 2025-26 NHL season -- on Sept. 24, to be exact -- we made bold predictions for all 32 teams. With a quarter of that season now in the books, it's time to check the validity of those claims. At least one of them was already proved true.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Nino Niederreiter scored twice and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak. Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Perfetti and Kyle Connor also scored, and Eric Comrie made 20 saves to ...

The last time a team qualified for the NHL playoffs in a full 82-game season with less than 90 points was in 2006-07 when Minnesota had 87 points. But with so much parity, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper believes we could see even lower numbers to qualify this season.