The NHL's annual draft lottery is usually held in early May. It involves the 16 teams that didn't qualify for the playoffs to ...

This does mean, however, that the Predators can look forward to the draft lottery, where they have the third-best odds (11.5%) of getting the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, according to ...

The Blackhawks were widely expected to be one of the two worst teams in the league. Eight games in, they look much better ...

Islanders rookie Matthew Schaefer tied an NHL record against the Sharks with two more points, continuing an epic start to the ...

When the New York Islanders moved way up at the NHL Draft lottery to obtain the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 draft, they knew they would have an opportunity to add a game-breaking defenseman to ...

The Florida Panthers may have a plan in place to help Brad Marchand and company after Aleksander Barkov went down with an ...

USA TODAY Sports makes its annual attempt at projecting the records for all 32 NHL teams. Who will make the playoffs in 2025-26?