Canada ‘focused’ on capturing gold medal again with NHL players back at Olympics

MILAN — Gold or bust. That’s it for Team Canada at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. That’s all it is. Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and company are here for one reason only: to win Canada’s third consecutive gold medal in Olympics involving NHL players and its fourth gold in six such … Read more

Oddly specific Olympic men’s hockey predictions as NHL players return to the Games

Red Light newsletter 🏒 | This is The Athletic’s hockey newsletter. Sign up here to receive Red Light directly in your inbox. Good morning to everyone except Czech Republic’s Kristýna Kaltounková. You leave our sweet Marie-Philip Poulin alone! If you truly feel the need to injure a Canadian, I volunteer myself as tribute. Some significant breaking news to address right off the … Read more

Olympic Hockey Players Are Making Content for NHL, PWHL in Milan

MILAN — Shortly after the U.S. women’s hockey team landed in Milan late last week, captain Hilary Knight took to TikTok to give her followers a tour of the Olympic Village rooms.   In the two-minute video, Knight shows her Team USA merch, her Olympics pins, her bed, her bathroom and even her adopted house … Read more

NHL DFS: DraftKings Plays and Strategy for Wednesday, February 4

With only a couple days left until the NHL’s Olympic break, it’s a much busier Wednesday than usual. A whopping 10 games are on the schedule for the NHL, with the first starting at 7 p.m. ET. While you will have some Olympic DFS opportunities, make the most of the NHL opportunities while you can. … Read more

Predicting the Biggest Winners and Losers of the 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline

This just seems like a difficult situation to navigate. They should probably sell, especially some of their pending free agents. But will they be willing to do that when they are right on the playoff bubble with a realistic chance of getting in? Spending future assets to add to this team is also probably not … Read more

NHL arenas of yore: Here are some of the fun quirks and features we miss

This article is part of our NHL Arena Rankings series, in which we rank all 32 current rinks and present stories about memorable rinks of the past and present. Modern NHL arenas might have all the bells and whistles. They certainly come with larger concourses, more leg room and an abundance of technological advances. “Barns,” … Read more

NHL On Tap: Wild host Canadiens with Hughes on 8-game point streak

Nylander back William Nylander will play his second game since returning from a groin injury when the Toronto Maple Leafs (25-21-9) visit the Calgary Flames (22-26-6) at Scotiabank Saddledome (10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, TSN4). The Toronto forward missed seven games because of the injury sustained during a 6-5 overtime loss at the Vegas Golden … Read more

All nine MLB teams officially leaving Main Street; NBA and NHL in holding pattern

All nine MLB teams whose games are broadcast on FanDuel Sports Network are officially departing the parent company Main Street Sports Group, with eight of the nine expected to migrate to MLB Media, SBJ has learned. The ninth team, the Braves, are expected to launch their own network, perhaps to air on a national streaming … Read more