NHL News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
Ahead of our Week 12 fantasy hockey selections, let’s take a quick look back at Week 11 and see how we did in predicting success for your team: Fantasy Hockey: Recapping Week 11 Studs, Duds, and Sleepers Mats Zuccarello – Stud The point streak ended for Zuccarello in a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. […] READ MORE
Every Monday, Last Word on Hockey will survey the Fantasy Hockey landscape and select a handful of players to assist in your weekly match. We will attempt to select “Studs” who may be available in your league as opposed to who we know are already owned by other teams. The “Duds” will most certainly be […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning went zero for five against the Edmonton Oilers on the power play. Additionally, they allowed a short-handed goal on top of that. Losing the game 3-2, by one goal, makes that fact an even more difficult pill to swallow. What happened in this game that made this power play so unsuccessful? […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning went 7-4-1 through their first 12 games. Within those first 12 contests, it was a tale of two halves. In the first six games, the Lightning went 3-3-0. In the last six, they went 4-1-1. Clearly, a big difference. What’s going right? What hasn’t? Who has played well, and who has […] READ MORE
Last Word on Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews is back for the 2022-23 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team over the course of the campaign. Today, […] READ MORE
The 2022-23 Fantasy Hockey season is just around the corner. Many sports outlets have posted their top 250 lists, such as ESPN and NHL.com. A myriad of professionals are relaying their message on how to properly draft to win your league based on these projections, and it can become daunting. Quite honestly, you could auto-draft […] READ MORE
The Stanley Cup Final is over and a new champion has been crowned. For the first time in 21 years, the Colorado Avalanche are champions. The offseason is officially underway. The NHL Draft is ten days away, and free agency is around the corner. Teams are looking to lock up their players before turning to […] READ MORE
Welcome back to another day of NHL Predictions. Each day, the Last Word on Hockey team discusses each game and breaks down everything expected for the matchup. This includes trends, issues, and matchups, with a prediction at the end. This week, the Conference Finals continue with only one game per day, and four teams left […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning took a 1-0 series lead over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. This came just three days after they eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a gruelling seven-game series. With no Brayden Point, some thought the Panthers’ offence may be too much to handle for a possibly worn-out Lightning team. However, […] READ MORE
Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, we take a look at all the games going on around the NHL. Giving analysis and our predictions on every game. Today, round two of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs gets underway! Our featured game of the day is the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers. NHL Predictions […] READ MORE
Alex Metzger is a diehard hockey fan from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada area. Although he never lived there, he grew up cheering for the Ottawa Senators. You can hear Alex talk all about Ottawa and the NHL on his two podcasts, which are found alongside his writing at Last Word on Hockey.