Weekly Recaps
NHL 2024-25 Recap Week 24 Crosby hits 20, Torts is fired, the Stars have a problem
Sidney Crosby hits 20, John Tortorella is thankfully fired, the Dallas Stars have a problem and the playoff race hits the final stretch.
NHL 2024-25 Recap Week 6 The coaching carousel begins, Crosby scores 600 goals, Fleury starts 1000 games
The coaching carousel begins in Boston, Sidney Crosby scores 600 goals, Fleury starts 1000 games in an ugly fashion, Ovechkin gets injured.
NHL 2024-25 Recap Week 1 Early Milestones, Utah Hockey a hit, a farewell to Gaudreau
Milestones for Crosby, Malkin and Ovechkin, Utah Hockey a hit, a farewell to Johnny Gaudreau.
NHL 2023-24 Recap Week 22 Epic comebacks, wild card race heats up, Blackhawks and Sabres win
A bevy of NHL teams have epic comebacks, the wild card races become interesting and the Sabres and Blackhawks win.
NHL 2023-24 Recap Week 6 Kings and Jets dominate, Rangers and Bruins pull away and Fleury's Mask
The Jets and Kings have Novembers to Remember, The Rangers and Bruins pull away, and the NHL doesn't like Marc-Andre Fleury's mask.
NHL 2023-24 Recap Week 5 Oilers get new coach but no defense, Panarin streaks, Possible overtime rule change
The Oilers get a new coach but still can't play defense, Panarin's streak hits 15, possible overtime rule changes and the Stars choke again.
NHL 2022-23 Recap Week 2 Karlsson trade lingers, Dahlin makes history, Wright stuck
Two weeks into the season, we have three teams with no regulation losses, the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues, and one team with no regulation wins the Vancouver Canucks.
NHL 2021-22 Recap Week 25 Getzlaf retires, Matthews big week, playoffs unsettled, some-goalie-love
We have ten games remaining, and almost nothing is settled. The Washington Capitals are locked into the last eastern wild card, and the Colorado Avalanche are the western top seed.
NHL 2021-22 Recap Week 23 Oilers fun week, Atlantic is best, J T Miller shines, Dadonov still a Golden Knight
The Edmonton Oilers played a string of gloriously entertaining games this week. First was the Colorado Avalanche that ended in overtime off a lost puck that Nathan MacKinnon buried for the win.
NHL 2021-22 Recap Week 22 Giroux Giordano Lindholm traded, Eichel injured again and more
We were all waiting to see where Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers would go. He was either going to the Colorado Avalanche or the Florida Panthers.
NHL 2021-22 Recap Week 21 Heritage Classic, Matthews and Gaudreau hot, Kings playoff bound, Eichel returns
The annual Heritage Classic took place in Tim Horton's Field, featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres are the first non-Canadian team to play and an odd choice.
NHL 2021-22 Recap Week 17 Rask retires, Marchand suspended, Canadiens and Oilers fire coaches
What week of NHL news. Let's start with those coaching changes. It's hard for an NHL coach to stay a long time with a franchise.