St. Louis Blues captain Brayden Schenn is a player to watch incredibly closely at the 2025 NHL trade deadline. On Feb. 6, NHL insider Darren Dreger was the first to report that the Blues are gauging Schenn's trade market. Trade speculation surrounding the star has continued since, and questions will continue to arise as the deadline approaches.

The NHL schedule makers cooked with this one.Exactly five years from the date, the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs are once again playing at Scotiabank Arena, where in 2020, emergency backup goaltender David Ayres helped backstop the Canes to a 6-3 win.It was one of the most memorable games in hockey history as Ayres, who wound up playing nearly half of an entire NHL game despite only ever having played as high as Junior-B before, became the first ever EBUG to be credited with a win.

EDMONTON -- Winning gives the luxury of time.

The NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off break is nearly over, and the focus will shift from Team Canada and Team USA Thursday night to the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoff race. And with about one-third of the regular season yet to play, there are going to be some teams that need a very good start coming out of the break.

After the Kings helped him unlock his potential, Darcy Kuemper is repaying Rob Blake and the franchise by posting some of the strongest numbers of his career.

After close to two weeks off, The Vancouver Canucks (26-18-11) return to the ice Saturday to take on the Vegas Golden Knights (33-17-6). Both teams enter this game on winning streaks, as the Golden Knights have won their last two while the Canucks have picked up wins in three straight. As for the season matchup, this will be the second meeting between these two Pacific Division rivals, with Vegas picking up a 3-1 victory back in December.

With the Pittsburgh Penguins returning to play on Saturday against the Washington Capitals in their first game following the 4 Nations Face-off break, it's easy to forget that another key date is approaching.

How well did the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off perform?

The numbers may have been juiced by jingoism and a healthy dose of fisticuffs, but when international hockey is as good as what the U.S. and Canada served up Thursday night, it’s going to do numbers. ESPN’s telecast of the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game averaged 9.25 million viewers, making it the fourth most-watched NHL …

Man, it’s uncanny how Edmonton Oilers teammates Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid are always together. They’re best buddies off the ice. In fact, Draisaitl met his fiancee because she’s childhood friends with McDavid’s wife. And there they are, the Oilers dynamic duo at the top of the race in the NHL’s Situational Scoring race.