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The NHL's top five teams -- Chicago, Anaheim, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Boston -- continue to exist on a different plateau than their lesser peers. After that? Well, just imagine 25 teams thrown into a giant blender and smashed around week after week....

Ryan Arcidiacono hit the tying 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left in regulation, and James Bell hit consecutive 3s in overtime to send Villanova to its second win over a top-five team this week, 75-71 over No. 3 Syracuse on Saturday.

This week we asked to see your picks for the best photos of this year's NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs -- to date, of course -- with the top five receiving "Goon" on DVD or Blu-ray. Here are those winners: 5. From Colin S. of Boise, Idaho 4...

From Malkin's season to Parise's future, Scott Burnside evaluates how we did answering our 10 burning questions from the preseason.

All that and more in this week's edition of the Bake Shop mailbag.

ESPN Insider's Craig Custance probed a little further on the market for Columbus Blue Jackets winger Rick Nash with a post on his blog Tuesday afternoon detailing the top five destinations for the star . Earlier today, Katie Strang wrote how the Rang...

Barry Melrose takes you through the top five plays of the first half of the Bruins' season, from Zdeno Chara's shootout goal in the comeback win over Buffalo to Benoit Pouliot's nifty backhander goal against the Panthers....

We need some input as we put together a list of the Dallas Stars' top five goals for the first half of the season. Feel free to post your ideas in the comments section. Off the top of my head I came up with these five goals, but they come from ...

Some of the usual names pop up in the race for the Jack Adams Award for the top coach as we start the new year, but there are some new ones as well. Here's a look at our top five plus some honorable mentions. 1. John Tortorella, New York Rangers ...

There are lots of interesting names to kick around when it comes to handicapping the Vezina Trophy race as we hit the end of the calendar year -- some familiar, some not. Here's a look at our top five plus some honorable mentions. 1. Jimmy Howard,...

Evgeni Malkin had his seventh career hat trick, and the injury-depleted Pittsburgh Penguins peppered two Buffalo Sabres goalies in a 8-3 win on Saturday night.

Is two weeks into the season too early to discuss the Calder Trophy race? Not at ESPN.com! We're a little crazy that way. So let's take a look at the early race as we see it with our top five contenders as of Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 18): 1. Luke...

From Malkin's season to Parise's future, Scott Burnside, Craig Custance and Pierre LeBrun ponder these 10 burning questions for the new season.

ESPN.com illustrationVote: Pick the ESPN New York Hall of Fame class In honor of ESPN New York's inaugural Hall of Fame ballot, here are my top five Islanders: 1. Mike Bossy: He was Gretzky before Gretzky. An amazing goal scorer. He had 573 goa...

ESPN.com illustrationVote: Pick the ESPN New York Hall of Fame class | Meet the candidates In honor of ESPN New York's inaugural Hall of Fame ballot, here are my top five Devils: 1. Martin Brodeur: He's the best goaltender of all time not nam...

ESPN.com illustrationVote: Pick the ESPN New York Hall of Fame class In honor of ESPN New York's inaugural Hall of Fame ballot, here are my top five Rangers: 1. Mark Messier: Few in New York sports are as revered as Mark Messier, who spearheade...