Now, it is on the NHL to retain all those new fans. Now, it is on Team USA to do what it could not Thursday and win gold a year from now at the Olympics.

BOSTON — Don’t call it a passing of the torch. At least not around Connor McDavid. “I think you’re gonna see Sid in 12 months,” said No. 97, who put himself into the same echelon as No. 87 on Thursday night in Boston. “I don’t think you see a passing of any torch. He had...

Jordan Binnington was the difference-maker.

President Trump will not be in attendance at TD Garden for Team USA's match against Canada, but he called the Americans on Thursday morning to wish them luck ahead of the 4 Nations championship game.

Anthony Duclair’s performance since returning from a suspected groin injury must improve dramatically for the Islanders to make the playoffs

If you had to design a calendar with a goal of struggling to market a sport, you couldn’t do much worse than the NHL.

With apologies to Finland and Sweden, this is the rematch the hockey world wanted and it is the rematch the fans deserve.

The 4 Nations break proved fruitful for an Islanders squad that was as banged-up as it gets going into the layoff.

Lamoriello, Team USA’s GM in 1996, constructed the roster that stands as the only American team to triumph in best-on-best competition, though the current 4 Nations Face-Off team can reach the same heights by beating Canada in Thursday’s final in Boston. 

Cale Makar is a game-time decision against Finland, and Jon Cooper declined to tell reporters whether he would stick with Jordan Binnington in net.

Dylan Larkin could spot his dad pretty easily. “He’s got the whitest hair,” Larkin said.

Saturday's USA-Canada match in the 4 Nations Face-Off showdown started with three consecutive fights in the game's first nine seconds.

We’ve been hearing about the Finnish style of hockey ever since the 4 Nations Face-Off was announced.

The USA-Canada showdown on Saturday night has more than just a big-game feel. It is a Game 7 feel, a Stanley Cup feel, an event-of-the-year feel.

Sam Bennett has known Connor McDavid since they were little kids, playing minor hockey as linemates before the age of 10.

For Team USA, it was a poor start and a grand Finnish.

There is a total lack of consensus amongst players about whether or not to institute such a change for the 82-game regular season, where the overtime format has long been a talking point.

Sometimes with the Islanders, the team keeps such a tight lid on information that it’s easy for a rumor from a fan account to become accepted as fact on social media.

Mika Zibanejad’s season with the Rangers has not been up to par. But this is not the Rangers.

Already, Team Canada is down a man.