This fall, the Oilers played centres Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl an average of 22 minutes per game from October through ...

With more than half of the 2024-25 NHL season completed, the playoff race is taking shape, and the Columbus Blue Jackets have ...

They'd already locked up their spot in the postseason and the loss to rival Minnesota put them in a spot where they would have no chance to secure the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoff picture.

The NHL wants parity and has it with those seven ... Yes, that's a gap, which is good news for whatever team locks down the top playoff seed in the conference. Calgary, Vancouver, and St. Louis ...

The gap between the top teams and the rest of the conference has evaporated, leaving a conference where many teams could ...

Only the highest seed in each conference earns a bye, meaning the other six playoff teams from each conference ... lower than the NBA (53.3 percent) and NHL (50 percent) but higher than MLB ...

It wouldn't be the first playoff seeding oddity. There have been 7-9 ... in the conference regardless of division, while the NHL does a combination of conference and division standings but with ...