The Boston Bruins first line has always been scary, but right now it's downright terrifying.

Heading into this evening’s action, here are the day’s top NHL storylines: Senators’ high-flying rookie winger Brady Tkachuk to miss about month with leg injury

Florida defenseman Mike Matheson owned his role in injuring Vancouver's Elias Pettersson.

William Karlsson and his Vegas Golden Knights have struggled to find the back of the net early this season. They're not worried, though. They have the power of condiments on their side.

Here's everything you need to know before the puck drops on Tuesday.

The New Jersey Devils aren't the most talented team in the NHL, but they have been outstanding so far.

Former teammate and good friend Jason Spezza appeared to tear up on the Dallas stars bench as the Ottawa Senators honoured Ray Emery.

Bruins center Patrice Bergeron led the NHL with nine points (four goals, five assists) as the Bruins won three times last week to extend their winning streak to four games. Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly posted a league-leading six assists and added a goal.

With the help of Tim Horton's, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon gave Kenya's hockey community the surprise of a lifetime.

Connor McDavid is going to have to step it up if the Oilers can't score when he's not on the ice.

Florida's Mike Matheson welcomes Vancouver's Elias Pettersson to the NHL with a thunderous hit on Saturday night.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored a ridiculous goal against Toronto and continues to fuel the discussion about whether or not he should be considered a top five player in the league.

Two days after an arbitrator ruled in his favour and reduced his 27-game suspension to 18, Austin Watson’s girlfriend and the mother of his daughter, Jenn Gaurdino, released a statement saying that the incident that resulted in Watson pleading no contest to a domestic assault charge was “not an act of domestic violence.”

The veteran defenceman has some very high praise for one of the games' superstars, Connor McDavid.

Braden Holtby was in the right to humiliate a full-grown adult intercepting a puck from a kid.

The rookie beats brother Matthew and father Keith to become the fastest Tkachuk to score his first goal in the NHL.

The San Jose Sharks showed why they might be the best team in hockey on Tuesday.

Risers, Fallers, and trade candidates after the first week of Fantasy Hockey is in the books.

John Gibson has the Ducks in the No. 1 spot for season's first official power rankings.

It's certainly a long way from being as scientific as other sports, but hockey's a lot more understandable than it used to be.

Some wins are simply more special than others.

Carolina's rookie forward Andrei Svechnikov tallied his first ever goal Sunday and etched his name into hockey history books in the process.

Saturday night's clash between the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets had plenty of fireworks before the puck even dropped.

In his first ever taste of life in the NHL, Vorobyev scored the first — and what will likely end up being the easiest — tally of his career.

The Rangers goaltender turns back the clock with an incredible save against the Buffalo Sabres.

The Predators forward puts in an early bid for goal of the year against the Islanders.

John Tavares was asked about the advice he would give to teammates such as Auston Matthews and William Nylander about their current contract negotiations.

Brandon Dubinsky hasn't had to answer for taunting the Carolina Hurricanes' bench .... yet.

The Ottawa Senators said goodbye to Jonathan Pitre in an emotional tribute Thursday.

On Wednesday night, thousands of Toronto Maple Leafs fans got more or less exactly what they wanted: a win, and a John Tavares goal. After signing a seven-year, $77 million deal to don the blue and white, all eyes were on Tavares in his homecoming and he didn’t disappoint, despite a bit of a clunky effort for the team as a whole. The contest clearly goes down as a positive debut for Tavares, but what exactly did he bring to the table?

William Nylander's holdout has dragged on so long that now we're talking about offer sheets.

Brad Marchand just can't help himself sometimes.

It didn't take Elias Pettersson long to score his first career NHL goal, and it was an absolute beauty.

The Maple Leafs aren't getting carried away with the lofty expectations facing the team this season.

The Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., has added a fairly meaningful piece of fabric to its rafters.

Yahoo Sports ranks the Stanley Cup contenders in an admittedly arbitrary format.

Tom Wilson has been suspended 20 games for his hit on Oskar Sundqvist of the St. Louis Blues.

Signing Karl Alzner always seemed like a questionable move for the Montreal Canadiens, right now it looks worse than ever.

NHL action is almost upon us. Here's our last rundown of the league's top storylines before puck drop.

Here are some of the biggest storylines to watch this season - curated with the help of the Latin alphabet:

After last year, it's clear making NHL predictions is a fool's errand, but here we go nonetheless.

To no one's surprise, the Washington Capitals championship rings are loaded with bling.

The Oilers really didn't do much this summer, meaning management must have exceptional faith in the McDavid-led core that missed the playoffs by a country mile last season.

Just how far can the Florida Panthers aim in the top-heavy Atlantic Division?

The dawn of the NHL regular season is still days away, but we've already been blessed with our first Tom Wilson sighting of the 2018-19 campaign.

It's pretty bleak for the Ottawa Senators, and it could conceivably get worse.

The Vancouver Canucks could have a second Calder Trophy nominee in as many seasons with Elias Pettersson.

Rob Ford converts his new friend, Imron Andrews, into a hockey fan with one incredible act of kindness.

The expectations may not be high for the Habs, but some new pieces on offense should help inject a little bit of life into one of the NHL's worst offenses last season.