The NHL’s 2025-26 season has reached the quarter mark, and the playoff race is already intense. It’s a great time to look at which teams are surprisingly in a playoff spot heading into Friday's games.

Do you hear the horns? Do you feel the blue blood pumping? Those are the words of Fallout, aka Larry Morris, a St. Louis-area rapper who wrote and performed a re-imagined version of When the Blues Go ...

To understand the playoff landscape, it's essential to examine the projected standings for the 2025-26 season. Using a robust model that simulates the remainder of the season 50,000 times, each team's ...

The Post’s trio of hockey writers share their predictions for the 2025-26 NHL season. Adrian Kempe #9 of the Los Angeles Kings and Gabe Smith #93 of the Utah Mammoth fight for the puck. NHLI via Getty ...

The Capitals and Oilers are headed in opposite directions. Patrick Smith / Getty Images The second month of the NHL season is in the books and it’s time to look at how the NHL’s playoff race is ...

American Thanksgiving is always a key benchmark of the NHL season. Generally, about 75 percent of teams in a playoff spot at this point in the calendar end up qualifying for the postseason. However, ...

The NHL playoff bubble is pretty much the size of that one Glinda flies around in during "Wicked." Heading into Tuesday night, no team in the East was more than four points out of the wild-card spot.

All 32 NHL clubs have reached or passed the 20-game milestone, putting them past the quarter mark of the 2025-26 season. The standings remain tightly packed in both conferences, with most teams still ...