The conversation I've been having inside my head this week: Hockey Brain: "Hooray, hockey's comin' back!" Cynical Brain: "This 24-team tournament and elaborate draft lottery are merely the framework ...

The Boston Bruins announced that the organization will retire the number of former defenseman and captain Zdeno Chara. The captain of 14 years in Boston will have his storied number “33” raised to the ...

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar is about to play in his 400th NHL game as the Avs take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. The reigning Norris Trophy winner, Makar is the gold standard of the ...

Ovechkin scored career goal No. 900 in a game between his Washington Capitals and the St. Louis Blues at Capital One Arena.

BOSTON — Mark Kastelic took on the NHL’s biggest man and one of its scariest fighters in the Bruins’ first fight of the preseason. At the end of the first period of Boston’s final tune-up game before ...