#Art Ross Trophy

To mark the halfway point of the 2022-23 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. There are two important…

The 2022-23 NHL season begins in earnest Tuesday night with the New York Rangers hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Vegas Golden Knights. Most of the league starts up Wednesday night, including the defending champion Colorado Avalanche. The Eastern Conference, in particular, is absolutely loaded. Four of the teams…

The NHL is closing out 2022 with a huge 12-game slate, and we've dialled in three picks for the occasion. The pregame narrative: Jamie Benn should keep his point streak rolling tonight as the Dallas Stars host the San Jose Sharks. Meanwhile, the Winnipeg Jets look to close out their year with a win over the Edmonton Oilers - and the Tampa Bay…

At a betting line of -250, the Avalanche are given an 71.43% implied probability in this series. Each team has a win in two previous playoff meetings. The Avs are 3-1 straight up in their past four games against the Oilers and 3-0 SU in the last three games between two teams at Colorado's Ball Arena. Defenseman Sam Girard (broken sternum) is out…

Welcome to NHL 99, The Athletic's countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We're ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who's No. 1 - it's the 99 spots behind No. 99 we have to figure out. Every Monday through Saturday until February we'll unveil new members of the list. Stan Mikita was arguably the NHL's most…

Discussions about awards usually begin with the definition of honor being twisted into a pretzel. The Hart Trophy arguably leads in this regard, with people often convoluting'best' with'most valuable.' The NHL's definition aids in the interpretation, stating that the Hart Trophy is "an annual award given to the player adjudged to be the most…

Let's imagine a hypothetical hockey player. Say they're a left winger for some team in the Central Division, and are currently in their third year in the NHL. To drive home the idea that this player is not real and is completely made up, we'll give him a nonsensical name: Rason Jobertson. Jobertson had an excellent rookie year, scoring only a few…

Known as the National Hockey League, the NHL was founded in 1917 and is considered the largest national hockey league in North America. The season features a total of 32 ice hockey teams. Some of the big stars are very active in the gaming world, such as: Evander Kane Connor McDavid Kirill Kaprizov Cale Makar Auston Matthews Evander Kane Currently,…

A pair of Eastern Conference clubs are set to clash on Thursday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning storm the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia to square off with the Flyers. Read on for our Lightning-Flyers picks based on the top odds. Tampa has won six of the club's past eight games and is 6-3-1 over its previous 10 contests. However, the club is…

There is always some fun surrounding the NHL awards. There are some favorites and some surprises every year. This is my list of 2021-22 NHL season award predictions. The President's Trophy is a tight race between the Colorado Avalanche and the Florida Panthers. With an extra game at hand, I think Florida takes home the President's Trophy, securing…

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The over/under total for this contest is 6.5 goals. Both Jacob Markstrom and Andrei Vasilevskiy are widely regarded as two of the top goalies in the league and good bets in the Vezina Trophy odds, but at this point they both have save percentages under.900. On top of that, they are both allowing three or more goals per game, so it's not the start…

It sure seems like the Minnesota Wild could use a Mikko Koivu -type to anchor the top of the lineup. Luckily for them, the Vancouver Canucks are floundering, facing a cap crunch, and have that type of center in Bo Horvat, a pending free agent. Horvat fits the bill for the kind of center Minnesota needs, as he's Vancouver's version of Koivu.…

The Columbus Blue Jackets pulled the biggest prize of NHL free agency this past summer. Superstar forward Johnny Gaudreau signed a massive seven-year contract to shockingly join Columbus in July. Many expected Gaudreau to move on from the Calgary Flames, but this was a surprise. The move has rejuvenated the Blue Jackets organization. Fans, staff,…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to MLive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. The Detroit Red Wings produced one of the most improbable upsets of this NHL regular season when they went on the road and blanked the Metropolitan…

The 2022-23 Minnesota Wild season begins Thursday night (7PM vs NY Rangers) and NHL analytical projection models are bullishly optimistic on their outlook. How is that possible when, in the offseason, a cap-strained Wild team was forced to let an 80-point scorer, Kevin Fiala, walk? Their best regular season goalie, Cam Talbot, forced his way out…

The Nashville Predators play their second official home game but their actual home opener at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, October 13, as they host the Dallas Stars. Nashville started the season in the Czech Republic and won a pair of games against the San Jose Sharks, one of which was considered a home game. The Stars, meanwhile, begin their NHL…

Toronto Maple Leafs 118 Florida Panthers 112 Tampa Bay Lightning 104 Boston Bruins 94 Ottawa Senators 88 Detroit Red Wings Buffalo Sabres 78 Montreal Canadiens 68 The Maple Leafs remain built for success in the regular season but are set up for failure in the playoffs. The Panthers have added toughness and scoring with Matthew Tkachuk; now, they…

It was during a conversation last month about whether he wanted to win the Hart Trophy, when Nathan MacKinnon expressed frustration that has no doubt affected several players over the years. The MVP is a popularity contest. "I used to really care about that for sure, but It's just tough to put your happiness in the fact that Jim from Philly didn't…

With the NHL season arriving, now is the time for fans and bettors to really start perusing the futures markets. There's no shortage of markets for fans to wager on, from picking your team to win the Stanley Cup to betting on various of player awards. We searched the futures bets available at NorthStar Bets high and low to pick out some of our…

I've been a capper since my love for sports met my proficiency with numbers and math. The NFL and NCAAF have always been my first loves, followed by the NHL. Although I prefer sports that involve hitting people, I still love capping MLB, soccer, tennis, and even some esports. Living in Florida has its perks like year-round sports of any kind. We're…

The cool autumn wind blistering through the streets of Toronto can only mean one thing: The Maple Leafs are back. The latest: Toronto enters the 2022-23 season still looking to exorcise its playoff demons. Despite another first-round exit last year, expectations remain high for the team, which has the second-shortest odds to win the Stanley…

NHL odds have been released and there's no better way to prepare for the new season than to take a deep dive into some intriguing futures bets. Unlike some other leagues, NHL predictions are tough when it comes to futures with so much parity between the star players and teams. The good news though, the odds reflect just how tough making the correct…

The NHL was forced to cancel last year's All-Star Game due to the COVID-19 pandemic and elected to keep its players from participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics for the same reason. But the league's top players will get the chance to put their talents on display on Saturday when the 2022 NHL All-Star Game takes place in Las Vegas. The puck drops…