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Get the best Avalanche vs. Lightning predictions ahead of Tuesday's showdown at Amalie Arena. Free NHL picks for January 6.
Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the 14th week of the regular season.
The Florida Panthers make the trek north to Toronto on Tuesday night for an Atlantic Division matchup with the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.
My Golden Knights vs. Jets predictions and NHL picks call for Winnipeg to return to the win column tonight. The Winnipeg Jets are mired in a 3-14-4 funk, including nine consecutive losses, and they've fallen to the basement of the NHL with a league-low 34 points.
Welcome to the NHL On Tap. Three NHL.com writers will share what they are most looking forward to on the schedule each day. Today, their choices from the seven games Monday.
Mika Zibanejad had a hat trick, Artemi Panarin scored twice and the Rangers beat the Panthers 5-1 on Friday night in the Winter Classic -- the first outdoor game played in Florida.
The game was the first played outdoors in Florida. Fans arrived at the home of the Marlins with the roof and windows closed, but they were soon opened.
Expert recap and game analysis of the Florida Panthers vs. Colorado Avalanche NHL game from January 4, 2026 on ESPN.
The National Hockey league has hosted 43 outdoor games in its history. But none are as ambitious as this week's matchup at the Marlins' home stadium LoanDepot Park in Miami.
Denver Barkey’s transition to the NHL has not followed the usual arc of a young player trying to announce himself. There has been no frantic pace to his game, no sense that he is pressing for offense or trying to force relevance shift by shift.