Nathan MacKinnon has the inside track on his second-straight Hart Trophy winner. Here are four other names to watch in the NHL's MVP race.

Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche ... Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D5 20. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW5 21. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW6 22. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres ...

To mark the halfway point of the 2024-25 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team in the NHL as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Connor McDavid will lead the Edmonton Oilers ... McDavid and Leon Draisaitl from the Oilers will go up against Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen from the Avalanche. These four players are ...

Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon ... 98 assists and 128 points. For MacKinnon, a player who struggled to step out of the spotlight of Oilers captain Connor McDavid and fellow Cole ...

(AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and his NHL-leading 53rd assist of the season to help the Colorado Avalanche rout the Minnesota Wild 6-1 on Thursday night. Mikko Rantanan and Logan O'Connor ...

Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and his NHL-leading 53rd assist of the season to help the Colorado Avalanche rout the Minnesota Wild 6-1 on Thursday night. Mikko Rantanan and Logan O’Connor also ...

Looking to build off of Saturday’s 3-0 win over the Avalanche, the Winnipeg Jets welcomed the Vancouver Canucks to town on Tuesday evening and ran away with this game early. Kyle Connor scored a hat trick in the first period as the Jets took home a 6-1 win, as they are the first team in the NHL to reach the 30-win mark this season.

Thursday night’s high-powered showdown between the star-laden offenses of the Avalanche and Oilers, featuring the league’s past two Hart Memorial Trophy winners, lived up to its