We are approaching the end of the 2025 calendar year, and it has been an exciting NHL season thus far, which is available to watch on

With NHL players set to play in the Olympic games in Milan in February for the first time since 2014, the NHL has played this season on an adjusted schedule. New Jersey Devils goaltender Jake Allen is feeling the effects of the condensed calendar.

Connor McDavid is playing some of the best hockey of his career, and the Oilers are surging during a brutal, condensed schedule.

Connor McDavid is setting the tone for December, and the rest of the league is starting to feel it. Night after night, the Edmonton Oilers captain loo.

The United States will face Finland in the world junior hockey championship quarterfinals. It's a rematch of last year's gold-medal game won by USA.

With a grueling 17-game January schedule on the horizon, the Maple Leafs are shifting away from over-relying on a single netminder as Dennis Hildeby proves he is worthy of a heavy NHL workload.

There are five games on the NHL schedule for Sunday, with one nationally televised in the United States and Canada. Here are five things to watch today, along with the complete game schedule. Matthew Schaefer will look to continue making his case to play for Canada at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 when the New York Islanders (21-13-4) visit the Columbus Blue Jackets (15-15-6) at Nationwide Arena (5 p.