After years of development, Zhilkin earns his chance. Watch the promising forward make his highly anticipated NHL debut against the Oilers.

Trading local kid Stuart Skinner to Pittsburgh felt risky—he had flashes of brilliance, but consistency wasn’t there. One game he played lights out hockey; the next game, not so much.

The New York Rangers face playoff pressure amid injuries, with Artemi Panarin potentially on the trade block. General Manager Chris Drury is reportedly considering dealing a star player if performance doesn't improve.

The NHL roster freeze is over, and several teams have made use, with five teams placing a total of six players on waivers.

The experiment is over. It took all of the fall and a couple of winter days, and now Tomasek will play for Färjestad BK in a starring role in one of the best leagues in Europe (SweHL). All that’s left is clearing NHL waivers, and that would appear to be a formality. The holdup is the NHL’s holiday roster freeze, which eases on Sunday.

On December 16, the German forward became the 103rd player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points when the Oilers defeated the Penguins 6-4 in Pittsburgh. Draisaitl joined Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid, Jari Kurri and Mark Messier as the only players in Oilers franchise history to reach the scoring milestone.