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🏒 2025-26 NHL Team Elo Power Rankings & Goals Above Replacement Player Ratings 📉
Power ratings and forecasts for every NHL team and player this season.
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Neil Paine
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The Red Wings' Lost Decade
Detroit went from 25 straight years in the playoffs to 10 straight out — and counting.
Apr 15
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Neil Paine
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Goaltending Usually Drives the NHL Standings. Not This Year.
What happened to the typical rule that the NHL's best teams also have the best goaltending?
Apr 10
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Neil Paine
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Most of the NHL Playoff Bracket is Settled (Except For All the Parts That Aren't)
12 teams are virtual locks for the postseason — but that leaves one solid contender (in mid-crisis mode) and three completely wide-open spots for the…
Apr 2
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Neil Paine
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Vegas' Coaching Change Was Certainly Late — But Was It Also Too Little, or Just Right?
The Golden Knights' Tortorella-for-Cassidy swap will test how much a change in coaching style can help an otherwise good team overcome bad goaltending…
Mar 31
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Neil Paine
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The Sabres' Playoff Drought Lasted Generations — But It's Almost Over
Tracking the franchise's 15-year postseason absence, from a kindergartener Zach Benson in 2011 to a 51-year-old Patrick Lalime in 2026.
Mar 9
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Neil Paine
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Who Needs to Make a Move at the NHL Trade Deadline?
Using Elo rating simulations, here's which NHL teams would see their playoff and Stanley Cup odds shift the most with a trade-deadline upgrade.
Mar 4
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Neil Paine
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My 🔥Burning Questions🔥 for the Stretch Run of the 2025-26 NHL Season
After an extra-long Olympic pause, here’s what matters most in the final push toward the '26 playoffs.
Feb 25
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Neil Paine
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Team USA Finally Got Its Golden Breakthrough Against Canada
Jack Hughes' overtime winner Sunday punctuated a decades-long climb from North American hockey's "little brother" to a full-fledged equal.
Feb 22
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Neil Paine
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Will the NHL Pick Up Where It Left Off After the Olympics?
After tonight, the league won't play again for another 20 days. Let's look at what happened after previous long leaguewide pauses.
Feb 5
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Neil Paine
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The Maple Leafs Can’t Escape the Bubble
That goes for both the playoff race — where Toronto's odds have hovered around 50-50 for months — and a franchise stuck between pushing forward and…
Jan 23
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Neil Paine
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Beyond the Streak: What — and Whom — is Standing Between the Sabres and the End of Their Drought?
A 10-game heater made Buffalo relevant again. But ending a 14-year playoff drought will depend on what happens from here.
Jan 6
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Neil Paine
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