With days to go until the 4 Nations Face-Off and days after more big trades, the NHL power rankings have the same No. 1 squad after a tight matchup.

The Colorado Avalanche want to start making up some ground in the Central Division. It's hard to do that when you can't ...

The Vancouver Canucks finally pulled the trigger on a J.T. Miller trade which will have fantasy implications as Michael Amato writes in his 20 Fantasy Thoughts.

Connor Bedard scored from a seemingly impossible angle in the Blackhawks 4-1 win over the Lightning on Tuesday.

The game was tied entering the third period but Trenin gave the Wild a 2-1 lead with a wrister in the slot that beat Mackenzie Blackwood ... and leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota played ...

Mackenzie Blackwood was excellent for the ... the Wild were missing their best player, MVP candidate Kirill Kaprizov, and two of their three best defensemen (Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin ...

And if the Minnesota Wild can be accused of bringing Minnesota weather to town, they can also take credit for their winning ...

The game was tied entering the third period but Trenin gave the Wild a 2-1 lead with a wrister in the slot that beat Mackenzie Blackwood at 2:08 ... captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill ...

Still missing Kirill Kaprizov and a few other key players ... deficit at one thanks to a couple excellent saves from Mackenzie Blackwood on Wild power plays. Blackwood flat-out robbed David ...

Without Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota played a smart, poised and gutsy game, pulling away in the third for a 3-1 victory at Ball Arena.