NHL Network Countdown: Top 25 Wayne Gretzky Records

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Ryan Getzlaf Records 900th Career Point

December 12th 2018
Ryan Getzlaf records his 900th point in the NHL by feeding Ondrej Kase for a goal.

NHL Network Countdown: Top 30 Coaches of All-Time

Alex Ovechkin leads Capitals with 21st career hat trick

December 11th 2018

Alex Ovechkin scored in all three periods to record his 21st career hat trick in the Capitals' win, the 12th most in NHL history

Sports Illustrated Hockey Cover of the Week

December 11th 1967

Stamkos Scores 700th Point

December 10th 2018

Tampa Bay Lightning's Steven Stamkos rips a shot past Henrik Lundqvist while falling down, his 700th point, and second goal of the game to tie the New York Rangers.

Sporting News Hockey Cover of the Week

St. Louis Blues Wayne Gretzky and Brett Hull

March 11th 1996

NHL Network Countdown: Top 25 Captains of All-Time

NHL Network counts down the top 25 captains of all-time to pay homage to the best leaders on and off the ice, including Sidney Crosby, Scott Stevens, Mark Messier and more

Cam Atkinson sets Jackets record with hat trick

December 4th 2018

December 4th 2018 - Cam Atkinson turns in his sixth career hat trick in a 9-6 loss to the Flames, setting a Blue Jackets record for most hat tricks.

November 2018 3 Stars of the Month

November 2018

3 Stars of the Month

Rangers celebrate the career of Vic Hadfield and retire his No. 11

December 2nd 2018

The New York Rangers honor the career of forward Vic Hadfield with a pregame ceremony before raising his No. 11 to the rafters to join the greats that have played at Madison Square Garden.

NHL Network Countdown: Top 50 Calls of All-Time

NHL Network counts down the top 50 calls of all-time from broadcasters, including Mario Lemieux's spectacular goal against the Minnesota North Stars, Bobby Orr's Cup-clinching overtime tally, Alex Ovechkin scoring while on his back and the New York Rangers raising their first Stanley Cup in 54 years!

Re-Live Patrik Laine's First 100 Goals

Magazine Cover of the Week

Top 10 NHL Goals from Week 8 (2018-19 Season)

November 28th 2018
A ridiculous week of goals including unbelievable solo efforts from Valtteri Filppula and Jonathan Drouin and between-the-legs craftiness from Ryan Getzlaf and Rasmus Ristolainen

Patrik Laine erupts for five goals against Blues

November 24th 2018 
A goal-happy Patrik Laine finds the net a franchise-record five times in an 8-4 win against St. Louis, becoming the first player to score five against the Blues since Mario Lemieux in 1996!

Connor McDavid - 100th NHL Goal

November 20th 2018

Oilers phenom Connor McDavid puts home Leon Draisaitl's gorgeous pass for his 100th NHL goal

NHL Network Countdown: Top 25 Lines of All-Time

Top 10 Goals from Week 6 (2018-19 NHL Season)

November 13th 2018

The Islanders grab a couple spots in this week's Top 10 Goals, Sidney Crosby makes yet another appearance with that deadly backhander and the Florida Panthers put on a passing clinic in an attempt to nab the top goal of the week

Joe Thornton Scores 400th Career Goal

November 13th 2018 - San Jose Sharks veteran Joe Thornton scores the 400th goal of his career to give the Sharks a 5-4 lead over the Nashville Predators in the third period.

NHL Hits of The Week: Week 6

November 12th 2018
Week 6 of NHL Hits of The Week featuring Reilly Smith downing David Pastrnak, Jamie Benn crushing Seth Jones and Jake Muzzin smashing Sherwood.

Canucks New Superstar Elias Pettersson: 10 goals in 10 Games

Check out all Elias Pettersson’s 10 goals in 10 games for the NHL’s and the Vancouver Canucks’ newest superstar.

Best 3-on-3 OT and Shootout Moments from Week 5

November 9th 2018
Week 5 featuring some beautiful sauce from Keller to Grabner, a thrilling overtime between the Stars and Capitals featuring a penalty shot, Cam Fowler with the hat trick scoring OT game winner and Rasmus Ristolainen downing the Montreal Canadiens with a blistering shot

Top 10 Goals from Week 4 (October 31st 2018)

The skill comes out to play once again in Week 4 with Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Dylan Larkin making strong solo plays and once again, it's a toss up for the top play

3 Stars of the Week

3 NHL Stars of the Week

(released October 22nd 2018)

Marc-Andre Fleury went 2-0-0 to backstop the Golden Knights to a perfect week and a 4-4 record overall

Connor McDavid tied for third in the league with six points in three games as the Oilers recorded two overtime victories in three starts

Gabriel Landeskog led the NHL in goals and finished tied for the league lead in points as the Avalanche gained five of a possible six points

Top 10 NHL Goals from Week 3 (2018-19 season)

2018 NHL Plays of The Week: Week 2 Edition

October 19th 2018

2018's second edition of NHL Plays of The Week featuring Evgeny Kuznetsov, Anthony Duclair, Jamie Benn and more,

Best 3-on-3 OT and Shootout Moments from Week 2

October 19th 2018

It's the best of free hockey from week 2 including a pair of beautiful shootout moves from the surprise Montreal Canadiens, 3-on-3 OT winners from Gaudreau, Boeser, Nurse and Draisaitl and Henrik Lundqvist getting the best of the Avalanche in the extra frames

Top 10 Goals from Week 2

October 17th 2018

David Pastrnak picks up where he left off last season, Marcus Sorensen dipsy-dos around the Rangers defense, Ryan Johansen notches a pair of top 10 plays and Matt Duchene shows off his amazing awareness with a nasty helper

McDavid Sets NHL Record

October 16th 2018

Connor McDavid scores and sets an NHL record by factoring into the first eight goals of the Edmonton Oilers season.

NHL Goals of The Week: Week 2 Edition

October 15th 2018

In this edition of NHL Goals of The Week Marcus Sorensen embarrasses the Rangers, Jack Eichel puts on a show, Evgeny Kuznetsov goes top shelf and more!

Alex Ovechkin Moves Up the List

October 10th 2018

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin buries two setups by Evgeny Kuznetsov to reach 611 career goals in a 5-2 victory, passing Bobby Hull for sole possession of 17th place on the League’s all-time list

Toronto Maple Leafs Top 10 All-Time Moments

Take a look back at what Sportsnet believes are the Top-10 All-Time Toronto Maple Leafs moments.

NHL Goals of The Week: John Tavares' Hat-Trick Leads The Way

October 9th 2018

In this edition of NHL Goals of The Week John Tavares begins his Toronto career with a bang, Viktor Arvidsson dangles the Islanders and Tomas Hertl goes Duck hunting.

John Tavares Scores His First Hat Trick With Toronto Maple Leafs

SUNDAY OCTOBER 7TH 2018

John Tavares scores his first hat trick as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs in just his third game with the team.

NHL Highlights | Canadiens vs. Maple Leafs - Oct. 3rd 2018

NHL Highlights | Bruins vs. Capitals - Oct. 3rd 2018

The Washington Capitals kicked off their Stanley Cup defense with a 7-0 victory over the Boston Bruins.

Top 10 Goals of the 2018 NHL Preseason

Sports Illustrated Hockey Cover of the Week

May 8th 1972

"Boston's Big Guns"

Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr Lead the Big Bad Bruins to the Stanley Cup championship

NHL Top 10 3-on-3 Overtime Goals

Since 2015 the NHL has adopted 3-on-3 overtime as a way to make games more exciting and avoid shootouts as much as possible. The result, nothing but entertainment. Take a look at the top-10 3v3 OT goals so far.

Greatest NHL Stanley Cup Raises of All-Time

Best NHL Series Clinching Goals of All-Time

Hockey Magazine Cover of the Week

September/October 1990 Beckett Hockey Card Magazine

NHL Top 100 Players of 2018-19: 10-1

Take a look at the expert consensus top 100 player rankings heading into the 2018-19 NHL Season. Here are the Top-10

Remembering Chicago Blackhawks Legend Stan Mikita

Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita has passed at age 78.
(click headline for Chicago Tribune obituary)

Take a look back at one of the NHL's most memorable careers.

Hockey on Radio - 1970s

RADIO BROADCAST: 

1975 Stanley Cup Preliminary Series 

Game 3 - Islanders vs Rangers

April 11th 1975

The upstart New York Islanders in just their third season shock the hockey world and the rival New York Rangers by winning the decisive third game of the Stanley Cup preliminary series at Madison Square Garden on an overtime goal by J.P. Parise after just 11 seconds of the first extra period. This is the entire game broadcast as aired over the Islanders station WMCA 570-AM in New York. The broadcast team are play-by-play man Dom Valentino and color commentator Jim Garvey. The tape includes commercials as well as an interesting between periods interview with baseball Hall of Famer and big hockey fan Phil Rizzuto.

Top 10 Alex Ovechkin from 2017-18

A look back at ten memorable moments from a career defining season for the "The Great Eight" Alex Ovechkin

Best Shootout Goals from 2017-18

The Hockey News Cover of the Week

November 26th 1982

Dale Hawerchuk of the Winnipeg Jets

Magazine Cover of the Week

Hockey Digest

May 1982

Memorable radio calls from 2017-18

Listen back to some of the more memorable radio calls from the 2017-18 NHL season, including Marc Moser's incredible Game 5 game-winning commentary from the Avalanche-Predators playoff series and John Walton's emphatic call of the Washington Capitals' curse-ending clincher against the Pittsburgh Penguins

Top Goals of the 2017-18 season

The skill level was off the charts this season with some truly spectacular goals from the likes of Auston Matthews, Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Filip Forsberg and more! Relive the best of the bat-ins, hand-eye beauties and between-the-legs finishes in the top goals of the 2017-18 season.

Magazine Cover of the Week

Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018

2018 Vezina Trophy Winner

Pekka Rinne

(Nashville Predators)

42 wins 

 .927 save %  

2.31 GAA

8 shutouts 

(led the NHL)

2018 Hart Trophy Winner

Taylor Hall had himself a season:
• 39 goals
• 54 assists
• Led New Jersey to playoffs for first time since 2012
• 1st Devils Player to win Hart Memorial Trophy

Top 10 Plays of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Now that all is said and done, let's take a look back at the top 10 plays from the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs including a double dose of Marc-Andre Fleury and Filip Forsberg and epic game-saving stops from Frederik Andersen and Braden Holtby

The Hockey News Cover of the Week

Sports Illustrated Hockey Cover of the Week

June 18th 2018

3 Days/3 Champions

Alexander Ovechkin with the Stanley Cup 

Top 10 Plays of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final

2018 Stanley Cup Champions

Congratulations to the 2018 Stanley Cup Champion

Washington Capitals

The Caps defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1, winning the clinching game 5 on June 7th 2018 in Las Vegas. 

Lars Eller, Caps forward scored the game winning, cup winning goal at the 12:43 mark of the period to give the Caps a 4-3 win. 

Alexander Ovechkin, the Capitals captain was named Conn Smythe winner as the Playoff MVP. 

Las Vegas was led by Reilly Smith with 22 points and Goaltender Marc-Andre Fluery with 2.24 GAA and .927 save %.

Ovichkin had 15 goals and 12 assist for 27 points he was the 2nd leading scorer of the playoffs behind teammate Evgeny Kuznetsov (12 G, 20 A = 32 points), but his energy and leadership led the way for the Capitals first Stanley Cup win in its 44 year history.

2018 Stanley Cup Final - Game 3

June 1st 2018

Shaggy and Sting opened up the festivities in Washington D.C. and the Capitals and Golden Knights did the rest, with Marc-Andre Fleury and Braden Holtby making big save after big save, great snipes from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Devante Smith-Pelly, and a record-tying goal for Alex Ovechkin in this edition of Best of the Night!

2018 Stanley Cup Final - Game 2

May 30th 2018

Braden Holtby preserves the win for the Capitals with a tremendous reaching stick save on Alex Tuch late in the 3rd period, while Alex Ovechkin finishes off Lars Eller's terrific feed on the power play to highlight the Best of the Night

NBC Sports' Doc Emrick Talks Stanley Cup Finals & More w/Dan Patrick

2018 Stanley Cup Final - Game 1

May 28th 2018

The Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals turned game 1 of the Stanley Cup final into a high scoring affair. The teams traded game tying goals until VGK took the lead at 5-4.  After the Capitals missed a glorious chance in front of an open net, the Knights wrapped it up on an empty net to make it 6-4 and take a 1-0 series lead.

2018 USHL Champions

Fargo Force
2018 USHL Clark Cup Champions
defeated the Youngstown Phantoms 3 games to 1

2018 Eastern Conference Champions

The Washington Capitals are Eastern Conference Champions for the first time in 20 years as they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 3 to capture the Prince of Wales Trophy.   The East Final went to a game 7 for the 5th straight year as the Capitals shutout the Lightning in games 6 and 7. 

Best of the Night - Western Conference Final - Game 5

May 20th 2018

Ryan Reaves scores the decisive game-winner, Connor Hellebuyck reaches back to sweep the puck off the goal line and Marc-Andre Fleury makes a late key save to backstop the Golden Knights to a series win and a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season!

2018 Western Conference Champions

The Vegas Golden Knights, with 500-1 odds at the beginning of the season have become the 2nd NHL expansion team to reach the Stanley Cup Final.  The first were the St. Louis Blues when all the expansion teams were in the same conference which guaranteed one of them would make the Final.  

Led by the stellar play in goal of Marc-Andre Fluery, this team was on a mission and defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4 games to 1 to capture the Campbell Trophy as Western Conference champions. 

In an odd move the alternate captain Deryk Engelland accepted the Campbell Trophy and carried it off the ice, breaking with superstition and tradition by touching the trophy.  In the past teams never touched any trophy unless it was the Stanley Cup, however in 2017 Sidney Crosby of the Penguins carried the Prince of Wales Trophy off the ice and then went on to win the Final against the Nashville Predators. 

Hockey on Radio

Radio Broadcast: 
Boston vs Chicago 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals

Radio highlights from the first three games of the Boston Bruins v.s. Chicago Blackhawks 1978 Stanley Cup quarterfinal series from the original broadcasts: WBZ 1030-AM Boston with Bob Wilson and WCFL 1000-AM Chicago with Ron Oakes. The Bruins took opener in the series, 6-1, at Boston Garden, but the Hawks fought hard and forced the next two games to overtime.

Playoff Goals Leader

Alex Ovechkin, currently on a four-game goal streak (5g), ranks fifth among active players in playoff goals scored and averages more than a goal every two games (0.51 goals per game). No other player averages more than 0.43 goals per game in the top 10.

1980 NHL Entry Draft

JUNE 11th 1980

The NHL draft is held at the Forum in Montreal for the first time and the Chicago Blackhawks have the #3 overall pick.  The Blackhawks got the pick from the Quebec Nordiques from a trade on June 9th 1979 in which the BlackHawks promised not to take Real Cloutier in the 1979 draft. 

With their pick the 'Hawks drafted Montreal Juniors center Denis Savard, the 1980 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) MVP with 63 goals, 118 assist (181 points) in 72 games.  

2018 NHL Awards (Norris Trophy)

2018 Norris Trophy Finalists

(NHL's Top Defenseman)

2018 NHL Awards (Hart Trophy)

2018 NHL Playoffs...So Far

2018 NHL Awards - Vezina Trophy

2018 Vezina Trophy Finalists 

2018 NHL Awards

2018 ART ROSS TROPHY WINNER

(Regular Season Points scored leader)

Connor McDavid 

(Edmonton Oilers)

108 points

 Top 10 in NHL Points 

2 - Claude Giroux  (Flyers)  102

3 - Nikita Kucherov (Lightning)  100

4 - Evgeni Malkin (Penguins)  98

5 - Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)  97

6 - Taylor Hall  (Devils)   93

7 - Phil Kessel  (Penguins)  92

7 - Anze Kopitar  (Kings)  92

9 - Blake Wheeler  (Jets)   91

10 - Sidney Crosby  (Penguins)  89

2018 NHL Awards

Alex Ovechkin

(Washington Capitals) 

49 goals

This is Ovechkin's 7th Richard Trophy, he also won in 2008, 2009 and 2013-16

Top 10 Goals of the 2017-18 Regular Season

After much internal debate, we give you the Top 10 Goals of the 2017-18 regular season including amazing dishes from Connor McDavid and John Tavares and a pair of between-the-legs beauties from Dmitry Orlov and William Karlsson

Top 10 Saves of the 2017-18 Regular Season

2018 NCAA Men's Hockey Champions

Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

2018 NCAA Hockey National Champions

This is the 2nd championship for the Bulldogs who also won the national title in 2011

2018 Hobey Baker Award Winner

Adam Gaudette of the Northeastern University Huskies wins the 2018 Hobey Baker Memorial Award

Sedin Twins' Magical Finale in Vancouver

April 5th 2018 - Daniel Sedin tallies two goals, including the overtime winner, and Henrik Sedin earns assists on both goals, helping the brothers steal the night in their final game at Rogers Arena

NHL Star of the Week (April 3rd 2018)

Vegas Golden Knights star William Karlsson buries a pair of shorthanded goals, including a dazzling between-the-legs game-winner against the Sharks, en route to registering an NHL-leading nine points (3 goals, 6 assists) in four games as the Pacific Division champion Golden Knights (50-22-7, 107 points) became the first modern-era expansion team from any of the four North American professional sports leagues to start from scratch and finish first in its division
(excluding mergers and all-expansion divisions).

Stars of the Month (March 2018)

1980 Calder Trophy Winner

1980 Calder Trophy voting 

(NHL Rookie of the Year)
Winner - Ray Bourque (D - Boston Bruins) 274 votes

2nd - Mike Foligno (RW - Detroit Red Wings) 113 votes
3rd - Pete Peeters (G - Philadelphia Flyers) 64 votes
4th - Brian Propp (LW - Philadelphia Flyers) 61 votes
5th - Paul Reinhart (D - Atlanta Flames) 14 votes

NHL Star of the Week: March 25th 2018

March 25th 2018 - Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers is the NHL's Star of the Week, collecting 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in four games. Connor McDavid paced the NHL with five goals and 10 points in four games (5-5—10) to move into first place in the Art Ross Trophy race and propel the Oilers (34-36-6, 74 points) to a 3-0-1 week.

1980-Stanley Cup Quarter Finals - North Stars vs Canadiens

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter Finals - Game 7

Minnesota North Stars vs Montreal Canadiens

April 27th 1980

Montreal Forum

Vegas Golden Knights (March 22nd 2018)

Blues' Alex Pietrangelo is the NHL Star of the Week: March 18, 2017

March 20th 2018

Alex Pietrangelo of the St. Louis Blues' is the NHL's Star of the Week, collecting 9 points (3 goals, 6 assists) in four games. Pietrangelo led the NHL with 3-6—9 in four games to power the Blues (39-28-5, 83 points) to a 3-1-0 week and within one point of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

NHL Star of the Week: March 11th 2018

Patrik Laine of the Winnipeg Jets' is the NHL's Star of the Week, collecting 5 points (5 goals) in three games.Laine led the NHL with five goals in three games to propel the Jets (41-18-9, 91 points) to a 2-1-0 week.

Marc-Andre Fleury 400 Wins

March 12th 2018

Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights wins his 400th game in goal by stopping 38 of 40 shots against the Philadelphia Flyers and getting a 3-2 win.

He becomes the 13th goalie in NHL history to reach 400 career wins. 

Alex Ovechkin's 600th NHL goal

MARCH 12TH 2018

NHL legend Alex Ovechkin battles for a loose puck and chips it over Connor Hellebuyck for his 600th NHL goal, making Ovi just the 20th player in NHL history to reach the milestone!

1976 Stanley Cup Final GAME #1

May 9th 1976

Philadelphia Flyers vs Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Forum

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Game 1 - Stanley Cup Final

Best NHL Goals from February 2018

Hagelin and Malkin team up for a gorgeous tally, Casey Cizikas attempts a pool cue shot, Nikita Kucherov repeats his no shot move, Mathew Barzal dishes and skates circles around the competition and Leon Draisaitl takes over against Colorado in the best goals from February 2018