One of the hottest teams in the NHL in the early weeks of the 2026-27 season is the Boston Bruins, with a lot of thanks going to their netminder.
With Scott Maxwell With another week of games in the books, we’re finally starting to see a bit of separation between the top and bottom teams in the NHL, whether it’s in the standings, on the ice, or, most importantly, in our power rankings.
Very few hockey fans and pundits thought the Boston Bruins would find success this season. They clinched a playoff berth in 2025-26, but were defeated in six games by a Buffalo Sabres lineup that’s taken the Atlantic Division by storm.
How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?
I’ll keep repeating the refrain until the day it’s no longer true: NHL goaltender is the ficklest position in professional sports. Look at who closed out the Stanley Cup Final for the Carolina Hurricanes last season.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Here are five surprising stats that NHL teams would, mostly, prefer aren't repeated next year.
The Boston Bruins’ 2025-26 season was a roller coaster from start to finish. For some, the expectations were always going to be a playoff run. For others, the idea of a playoff run seemed far-fetched given the makeup of the roster.
The 2026 offseason isn’t going to be the first time that Mason McTavish’s name is in trade talks. McTavish held out in contract talks with the Anaheim Ducks over last year’s offseason, and he didn’t sign a new six-year deal until a little under two weeks before the regular season began.
Ending a long drought just to get into the playoffs, the Buffalo Sabres take their historic season one step further on Friday night.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The NHL has officially announced the field for the 2025-26 Vezina Trophy, naming Ilya Sorokin (New York Islanders), Jeremy Swayman (Boston Bruins), and Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning) as the three finalists.
It was an impressive victory for the Boston Bruins, who defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in overtime Tuesday night and cut the deficit in their first-round series to 3-2.
Welcome back to another Stanley Cup Playoff edition of Around the NHL. It’s been a wild seven days across the league, as we’ve had two sweeps, one in each conference, one of this era’s best bids farewell, and there’s already been lots of offseason trade buzz brewing.
The Boston Bruins were supposed to play one of their biggest games of the season on Sunday afternoon when they hosted the Buffalo Sabres for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.
The Boston Bruins are finding themselves in a solid position—holding a wild card spot with 12 games remaining in the season. They’ve been leaning heavily on elite goaltending from Jeremy Swayman to stay competitive—which is a positive twist given that it wasn’t all that long ago Swayman trade talk had surfaced.
It’s easy to feel the nerves when you’re playing at the Winter Olympic Games. That’s what makes this event so high-profile, so exciting. But for Jeremy Swayman, his Olympic debut with USA’s men’s hockey team on Saturday didn’t start the way he wanted.
Jeremy Swayman allowed three goals to Denmark.
Sunday's Stadium Series game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins had one of the most outrageous moments in outdoor game history.
Sunday's Stadium Series game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins was the 45th outdoor game in NHL history. Critics will say the outdoor games have been overdone, and that perhaps the league should start cutting back on them.
It's safe to say the Rangers are among the teams that would love a do-over for this season.
Jeremy Swayman has been a fan favorite in Boston in recent years. Since debuting for the Bruins in 2021, he has played with poise and athleticism, along with a flair that has made the city fall in love with him.
Nobody can change the past, but learning from it is always an option. That’s exactly what Jeremy Swayman is doing as he heads into his second season as the Bruins’ full-time starting goaltender.
Referring to himself in third person on Thursday, Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman caught attention from fans and media in the Boston area for his comments at camp.
After a frustrating 2024-25 campaign, there are legitimate questions in Boston regarding the future of goaltender Jeremy Swayman. His name has been mentioned
Like many members of the 2024-25 Boston Bruins, Jeremy Swayman’s campaign was not everything he was hoping for heading into the season. Coming off a playoff
Jeremy Swayman has had a disappointing season in Boston, and now a top insider has hinted that the team could look to move away from him in the summer.
There are two things NHL fans love from goalies beyond highlight reel saves. One of them is the occasional goalie goal. The other is the occasional goalie fight.
NHL goalies have a hard job to begin with, and it only becomes more difficult when their teammates fail to provide support any support in front of them.
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