The Penguins continue along their five-game homestand as they take on the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 PM. This game will be available to watch on SportsNet Pittsburgh and NHL Network.

The NHL has completed nine weeks of the 2025-2026 season. The Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars are the two best teams in the league and are playing better than their competitors. Nashville, Vancouver,

See Forbes' 2025 list of the most valuable NHL teams, led by two hockey clubs worth at least $4 billion, and with the ranking's average value surging to $2.2 billion.

We’re one third of the way through the NHL season and December marks an opportune checkpoint for futures bets.

Two alums of the final version of that grouping—the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers—are doing their lineage proud with positions among the top 10 teams in this week's edition of B/R's NHL Power Rankings. The Capitals climbed five positions to No. 3 after staff voting and the Flyers skipped up two rungs from No. 11 to No. 9.

Let’s take a look at how some teams around the league are navigating key absences, with some doing better than others.

Here is the full National Hockey League schedule for Dec. 8 and how to watch all the games. Or see our sortable NHL schedule to filter by team or division. All times Eastern and accurate as of Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at 4:21 a.m.

Journeyman NHLer Troy Stecher was nearly out of the league after being waived by Edmonton last month. His comeback story with the Toronto Maple Leafs is a terrific human-interest tale that shows he's still an NHL player.