Konecny has been on a steady rise. He has led the Flyers in scoring each of the last three seasons and four of the past five. An All-Star last February, he finished the 2023-24 season with a career high in goals (33) and points (68), and he’s on pace to shatter his best numbers with 35 goals, 59 assists and 94 points this year.

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.

A generation ago, it felt like the best hope a short guy had of thriving in the NHL was in the crease. Today, the dynamic has largely flipped. Ryan Dixon takes a look at each team's undersized players in this week's Power Rankings.

Through games of Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025

Jan. 29, 2025

On Saturday night in Vancouver, the Canucks were somewhat soundly outplayed in the opening 20 minutes but managed to come out of the first period thanks to some misses at the goal mouth from Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Lars Eller and thanks to one of the most absurd individual offensive efforts you’ll see all season from a blueliner.

As of this moment, it’s conceivable that the Leafs could face 11 of the 15 other teams in the Eastern Conference in Round 1. But which opponent would give them the best chance at advancing to Round 2?

Konecny picked up two assists, one on the power play, in Monday's 4-2 win over the Devils. The 27-year-old had a hand in the first and last goals of the evening, helping to set up Bobby Brink ...

Before he became one of the best tight ends in the NFL ever, Travis Kelce was an all-conference high school quarterback who passed for more than 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns in his senior year.

The CBS broadcast showed her reacting to a big play in the game along with at least two shots of her hanging out with her mother, Andrea, and Travis Kelce’s mom, Donna. The next time Swift was ...

Darling, did she just say yes? Taylor Swift’s game-day attire at her last two Kansas City Chiefs games has tongues wagging about a possible Travis Kelce engagement. The Grammy winner ...

Just as she has done for most of the Chiefs’ home games this season, Taylor Swift was in attendance on Sunday to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs play for yet another trip ...