Alex Ovechkin delivered his 32nd career hat trick to climb just 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL scoring ...

Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov, who scored a team-high 23 goals through 37 games this season, will undergo surgery on a lower-body injury and miss at least a month, general manager Bill Guerin ...

High-scoring winger Mats Zuccarello has a nose for the net. Since Kirill Kaprizov's debut, the pair are one-two on the Wild in team scoring.

Kirill Kaprizov was a frontrunner for the Hart ... Only Nathan MacKinnon (57 points), Leon Draisaitl (52 points), and Mikko Rantanen (52 points) were more productive than Kaprizov.

Sean Allen and Victoria Matiash make their betting picks for the second half of the NHL season, one for every team.

Leon Draisaitl is not yet the highest-paid ... season – one more than Ovechkin and one fewer than No. 12-ranked Kirill Kaprizov (37), the Minnesota forward who is fifth in points per game ...

Too many of the best will be watching from their vacation posts.

The Minnesota Wild announced on Tuesday that star forward Kirill Kaprizov is going to ... Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche), Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) and Connor McDavid (Edmonton ...

The Cup front-runners could be first-time champions or winners for the first time in a while. The Hart, Art Ross, Rocket Richard and more awards could also have new recipients.

The NHL has replaced its traditional All-Star Game with the 4 Nations Face-Off, featuring the United States, Canada, Finland, ...

Leader: Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets Finalists: Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers ... Hart Trophy in last month's Awards Watch was Kirill Kaprizov of the Minnesota Wild with 37% of the first ...