Ryan Black

While the Flyers playoff hopes are hanging on by a thread, we look at other teams surrounding the playoff picture in this week’s Around the NHL.

An updated look at the playoff race, Nikita Kucherov’s impressive MVP season, the new St. Louis Blues under Craig Berube and Jordan Binnington and Columbus’ struggles since the trade deadline.

Remembering hockey legend Ted Lindsay, Jarome Iginla gets his number retired, another coach gets fired and John Tavares has a harsh return to Long Island in Around the NHL.

Here’s a look at all the trades that went down on the big day — and the week leading up to it — that will shape the balance of power around the NHL heading into the playoffs…and beyond.

Another coaching change, a big extension for Auston Matthews and some trades among the Metropolitan Division teams, all this week in Around the NHL.

Recent news from around the NHL include a shakeup in Edmonton, the All-Star spectacle in San Jose last weekend, and a big technology announcement that could change the NHL forever.

While some of the league’s best players prepare for a light, friendly televised workout next weekend in San Jose, here’s a few nuggets to chew on from around the league.

In the past week, we saw some teams do some roster shuffling, one of the greats call it a career, and a great of a different type call a game. Let’s dive in to this week’s Around the NHL.

As the NHL reaches the halfway point of the 2018-19 season, a look at the teams that are contenders, tweeners and forgettables this season.

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This week’s Around the NHL looks at Erik Karlsson’s return to Ottawa, William Nylander’s last-minute RFA deadline deal and the Buffalo Sabres excellent month of November.

Patrik Laine is going off with goal scoring, still some room for fighting in hockey and another gruesome leg injury all in this week’s Around the NHL.

We’re at roughly the quarter-point of the NHL season, and the difference between contenders and pretenders is just as murky as it was before the year even started.

Som early surprises in the NHL are sticking around at the top of the standings as the calendar shifts to November. The first coaching firing took place over the weekend and Pekka Rinne had a big birthday on Saturday. All that in Around the NHL.

Masked coaches, the Tampa Bay Lightning set an NHL record and trouble in LA? These are all topics in this week’s tour Around the NHL.

In this week’s Around the NHL, an NHL rookie takes a mauling, two join the 1,000-games club and looking at the Toronto Maple Leafs red-hot start.

This week, teams combined for more than a dozen goals in three different games, while one team still hasn’t found the back of the net. Meanwhile, a new Swedish hope is off to a roaring start in British Columbia, while an old legend got some bad news about his knee down in California.

As teams ready-up their rosters for the regular season, let’s take a final look around the league before the games start to count.