You can see Michkov is playing with more confidence already, with four goals in two games since Tortorella was let go.

No trophy race has been more of an actual race than this one. At times, all four of Dustin Wolf, Lane Hutson, Macklin Celebrini and Matvei Michkov have had a strong case as the top rookie.

Our updated fantasy hockey rankings sees movement in the top 250, with Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews battling for the ...

There are certainly other worthy candidates: Draisaitl has an incredible case this season, and Zach Werenski deserves a shoutout for what he has done for Columbus. (And a louder shoutout to Quinn ...

Elliotte Friedman highlighted Zach Werenski's crucial role in the Columbus Blue Jackets' push for the playoffs, suggesting he deserves to be in the MVP conversation. Werenski's standout ...

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman took to his podcast today to make his case for Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski. Zach Werenski for the Norris? How about Zach Werenski for the Hart? On today’s episode, ...

Tyler Yaremchuk: Cale Makar is currently the favorite in the Norris Trophy race, but Zach Werenski is right there with him. The two of them are far and away the No. 1 and No. 2 favorites in terms ...

They make it easy.” Mathieu Olivier, Kent Johnson, Dante Fabbro and Justin Danforth also scored, and Zach Werenski and Voronkov each had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who matched a season ...

Werenski notched two assists, two shots on goal, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Rangers. Werenski set up goals by Justin Danforth and Mathieu Olivier as the ...

He likes the makeup of this new-look Avalanche squad, which in recent days has acquired Charlie Coyle ... trailing only Zach Werenski’s 22-game string from Nov. 1 to Feb. 22 for Columbus.

Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had two assists ... Martin Fehervary and Dylan Strome also scored and Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves for Capitals, who padded their comfortable lead atop the ...