This is not to belittle a fighter such as Shawn Thornton, who might be the most effective "enforcer" in the NHL right now. While most enforcers are hugely respected and loved, Thornton seems to be interwoven in the fabric of the Boston Bruins ...

As a sixth-rounder, Riley Barber faced long odds at making the NHL when he was selected in 2012, but the Michigan native appears to have the potential to be an impact forward for the Capitals once he advances to the professional ranks. Last season ...

The Red Wings are looking like the Phillies of the NHL. They have big names like Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, but they're injury-prone and shadows of their younger selves. Yet with their superstars down, the Wings have won four straight. Go figure.

The NHL has been hit with its own NFL-style concussion lawsuit, with former NHL players alleging that the league should have done a better job safeguarding the brains of players. Here to answer some questions about the class-action lawsuit is Eric ...

Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin, who is one point behind Crosby in the NHL scoring race with 37 points, will miss the game with a lower-body injury after leaving midway through Pittsburgh's morning skate. Sharks captain Joe Thornton said he would rather ...

The London Knights have seen their share of elite prospects come and go over the seasons. The Knights are the only team from the Ontario Hockey League, in fact, to have at least one player selected in the NHL draft every year since 1983. London also ...

Things had grown complicated with the New York Islanders, the franchise that selected him with the fifth pick of the 2010 NHL Draft. After bringing him to the NHL perhaps a bit too early, the team stashed Niederreiter in the American Hockey League for ...

The game also marks Sharks forward Tyler Kennedy's first game against the Penguins since he was acquired by San Jose for a second-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft. Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens: The Bruins, who lead Montreal by one point in ...