The Thin Blue Line: Shuffling Canucks D

Victoria Matiash establishes the pecking order for Canucks defensemen in her weekly news, notes and rankings of the position.

Chicago Blackhawks Cam Barker (25) congratulates Brent Sopel (5) after Sopel's first period goal during the first period of...

Kane, Toews score as Khabibulin turns away Sharks in SO

Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews scored in a shootout, and Chicago goalie Nikolai Khabibulin turned away a final attempt by San Jose to give the Blackhawks a 6-5 victory over the Sharks on Wednesday night.

How deadline impacts playoff picture

The trade deadline is over and now the push for the playoffs begins. We look at the postseason picture for all 30 teams, whether trending up, down or merely treading water.

Quarterly report: Team-by-team grades

Most teams hit the quarter mark in the next week. Here's a breakdown of where teams stand as they make the first turn in what has been a wildly exciting and unpredictable start to the 2008-09 regular season.

Setoguchi's power-play goal hands Blackhawks first home loss in regulation

Devin Setoguchi's power-play goal with 4:15 left gave the Sharks a 6-5 victory over Chicago on Sunday night, the Blackhawks' first home loss in regulation this season.

Offseason Notebook: Free-agent frenzy

Sean Allen breaks down the most fantasy-relevent moves that have been made in the first two days of the NHL free-agent season.

Sharks-Blackhawks Preview

Sharks-Blackhawks Preview

Leafs or Hawks? How to handicap the futility

The Chicago Blackhawks and Toronto Maple Leafs have gone the longest without winning a Stanley Cup. So who will end the drought first? Damien Cox handicaps the futility.

2007-08 Team Preview: Chicago Blackhawks

...young and talented defense showed some signs of improvement and players like Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Cam Barker and James Wisniewski will all be expected to take another step forward in their development. Throw...

Training camp preview: Western Conference

As NHL training camps open this week, Scott Burnside gives his burning questions for the Western Conference.

Offseason Notebook: Young guns in the West

Sean Allen takes a look at players who have a shot at breaking training camp with the big club this fall. Part II: The West.

Nabokov, Thornton help Sharks rip reeling Blackhawks

Evgeni Nabokov made 21 saves to post his fourth shutout this season and Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist in the Sharks' 2-0 win over the Blackhawks.

Chicago Blackhawks season preview

Scott Burnside previews the 2006-07 season for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Camp chatter: Western Conference breakdown

With the preseason in full gear, what questions linger in the West? Scott Burnside breaks it down.