On Sunday night, New York Islanders. No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer went head-to-head with the NHL’s best defenseman, Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar. Sharing the ice for 5:38 minutes in a 4-1 ...

The 2025-26 NHL season is barely a month old, but two players are already emerging as near-locks for the league’s top individual honors. On the Calder Trophy front, New York Islanders defenseman ...

Is this a bold long-term gamble by the Snake? So far, Schaefer is off to an excellent start to his career with seven points, including two goals, in seven games while maintaining a plus-2 differential ...

NHL.com's fantasy staff continues to cover the latest trends and storylines in the League through the lens of NHL EDGE puck and player tracker stats. Today, we compare the underlying metrics of ...

Coach Patrick Roy played against elite-skating defensemen such as Paul Coffey and Ray Bourque as a Hall of Fame goalie for ...