With the 2019-20 NHL season on pause due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus, NHL.com will reimagine one NHL Draft each week. Today, we look back at the 2000 NHL Draft, which was held at Pengrowth ...

The pressure of being a No. 1 overall pick in the NHL is quite intense. The team selecting at the top of the draft could have their pick of any player available and the franchise's hopes and dreams ...

Here's today's NHL Nugget — This Weekend's Way Back When jumps back to Dec. 27, 2000, when Penguins legend, Mario Lemieux, returned to the Pittsburgh ice for the first time after a 44-month retirement ...

Wayne Gretzky retired at the end of the 1998-99 season. Perhaps that was an omen. The 2000s was the roughest decade for the NHL. It began with the neutral-zone trap and clutch-and-grab techniques at ...

Mar 8, 2020; San Jose, California, USA; San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton (19) warms up before the game against the Colorado Avalanche at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-USA ...

Shutdown corners are fine. Dominant closers are nice. But when it comes to hockey, keeping opponents in check is a group effort. Which makes having a spectacular defensive pairing almost mandatory for ...

The first group of players on the NHL Quarter-Century team was unveiled Thursday. The group is made up of the six players voted onto the team who made their NHL debuts before 2000. The list includes ...

Alex Ovechkin is the first NHL player to score 900 goals. Where does that place him among this century's No. 1 overall picks?