The second month of the NHL season is in the books and it’s time to look at how the NHL’s playoff race is evolving.

Here's what's driving the growing optimism that the Penguins might be good enough to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The NHL has hit the quarter mark of the season, and five teams have pleasantly surprised and sit in a playoff spot heading ...

The NHL standings at U.S. Thanksgiving are often seen as an indicator of which teams will make the playoffs; here's how the ...

(AP) Craig Anderson made 33 saves and Cory Conacher scored twice on a shaky Peter Budaj as the Ottawa Senators advanced to the second round of the playoffs Thursday night with a 6-1 rout of the ...

The Kraken rounded the season’s quarter pole securing three weekend points out of four via an overtime win and shootout loss, meaning they’ll reach the highly favorable U.S. Thanksgiving cutoff point ...

The Avalanche are the best team in the NHL at this point of the season, and it's not a very close race. With just one loss in ...

USA TODAY Sports' NHL points projections saw pretty much the status quo from the 2024-25 playoff field. Mark Scheifele has passed Blake Wheeler as the franchise's all-time point leader and is the ...