Taylor Heise, Natalie Spooner, Marie-Philip Poulin, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, and Nikita Kucherov are the Team of the Year forwards

Kucherov picked up an assist Thursday in a 3-0 win over Los Angeles.

The Lightning right wing scores a highlight-reel goal and becomes the second player in team history to claim 600 assists.

The National Hockey League will hold its hearing into Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers’ crosschecking incidents on Monday. Both hearing are in-person so the most either player can get is a four game suspension.

Connor McDavid has served his three-game suspension for cross-checking Conor Garland in the head on Jan. 18. After plenty of debate and complaints that the punishment for McDavid was too steep, the Oilers captain is back and ready to roll.

McDavid was ... Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl, Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel, and Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck each ...

In the NHL's "Wheel of Justice" @NHLPlayerSafety suspended Carson Soucy for 1 game after Nikita Zadorov X Checked Connor McDavid from behind...and Soucy X-Checked McDavid in the face! Consistently ...

Following EA's announcement of NHL 25's Team of the Year nominees, the publisher has announced the final 12 winners from the NHL and PWHL. The TOTY winners list includes six offensive players and six defensive players from more than 20 nominees.

Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes has been named to EA Sports NHL 25's Team of the Year. Hughes is one of four defensemen to receive the honour, joining Cale Makar, Erin Ambrose and Megan Keller.

On top of the NHL salary cap's upper limit increasing to $95.5 million next season, the cap is expected to jump to $104 million and $113.5 million in the following two seasons.

The Hart Trophy race looks like it’ll be an interesting one this season. There is a favorite, but a couple of players you wouldn’t expect to be in the Hart race in most seasons have made their cases to be in contention because they’ve made that much of a difference for their teams.

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl earned No. 1 status on the strength of an outstanding first four months of the season after signing an eight-year, $14-million AAV extension that will almost certainly make him the highest-paid player in 2025-26.