Canada and Sweden are facing off in the opening game of the 4 Nations Face-Off. Follow along for live updates.

Considered by some to be the best offensive defenseman since Bobby Orr, Makar could earn the largest NHL contract ever for a defenseman. "I think they made a decision that you can have two players ...

Considered by some to be the best offensive defenseman since Bobby Orr, Makar could earn the largest NHL contract for a defenseman ever. "I think they made a decision that you can have two players ...

The withdrawal of Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo from the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off could open up the door for a top Edmonton ... offensive defensemen in the NHL over the ...

But Team Canada recently learned that they'll be without one of their top defenseman ... offensive abilities, and has scored eight goals with 15 assists in his first season with the Kraken. In 569 ...

Tony DeAngelo is back in the NHL, signing with the New York Islanders ... The Islanders recently lost top offensive defenseman Noah Dobson to a lower-body injury. Dobson, who has 24 points in ...

The Islanders have lost two of their top offensive defensemen with Noah Dobson suffering a knee injury earlier this week and Mike Reilly having a heart procedure done in November, so they needed ...

quickly score his first few NHL goals, and then immediately become one of the top offensive defensemen in the AHL before a December upper-body injury sidelined him for six-to-eight weeks.

In a span of a little more than four months, these same Jackets have captured the imagination of hockey fans who, previously, could only vaguely place Columbus as the worst NHL franchise of the 21 ...

U17 defensemen have taken the league by storm. Landon DuPont, Keaton Verhoeff and Ryan Lin have all surpassed the 35-point mark this season and are on pace to become the eighth, ninth and tenth ...