When Leon Draisaitl won his first Hart Trophy in 2019-20, he made his case during a stretch when teammate Connor McDavid was out with an injury. The Oilers had missed the playoffs in back-to-back years in 2017-18 and 2018-19 and found themselves back in the mix in 2019-20 after a hot start to the season.

Nine games were showcased this Monday night of hockey. Several direct rivals of the Canadiens were in action. Here are the results and highlights: 1. Auston Matthews tries the Michigan In Toronto, the Lightning,

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.

To mark the halfway point of the 2024-25 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team in the NHL as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Ovechkin & Co. are back on top according to our voters. And at the midway point of the season, we identify the best fantasy player for all 32 clubs.

As you’ve likely heard by now, the Vancouver Canucks’ 2-0 shutout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday did a lot for Quinn Hughes’s case for the Hart Trophy – the NHL’s regular-season MVP award.

Connor Hellebuyck will surely start getting some additional rest later in the season, so the race at the top right now is between Nikita Kucherov ... LW3 16. Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights ...

With every team now having played 40+ games, it’s a great time to reflect on the season so far and look at some of the incredible performances we’ve seen from players around the league.

At the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, Sportsnet's Sonny Sachdeva highlights the most intriguing stats from the first half of the campaign.

After a busy seven days in the National Hockey League, the movement in ClutchPoints' NHL Power Rankings is significant in Week 16.

CGY (Jan. 18), @ UTA (Jan. 20), @ COL (Jan. 22) Previous ranking: 1 Points percentage: 69.32% Jack Eichel ... 13 Points percentage: 59.30% Nikita Kucherov, RW. Life without Steven Stamkos has ...

Patrik Laine scored the overtime winner to help the Canadiens outlast the Rangers while rookies Lane Hutson and Jakub Dobes put their names on notable all-time lists. * The Senators and Stars each extended lengthy streaks to improve their positioning in their respective playoff races.