Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots behind No. 99 ...

Pavel Datsyuk, the best pick the Detroit Red Wings ever made in the sixth round, will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame without a delay. Datsyuk, eligible for the first time, was among seven ...

Detroit Red Wings Hockey Hall of Famer Pavel Datsyuk maneuvered his way through controversy as he did opponents: Deftly. Datsyuk spoke with the Free Press on Wednesday night from Las Vegas, in the ...

Detroit — There is little doubt former Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk eventually will make the Hockey Hall of Fame. Could Datsyuk make it Tuesday, on his first try? There's a legitimate chance, given ...

The Red Wings clinched a playoff spot on the final day of their regular-season schedule, and it may be the final postseason trip of Pavel Datsyuk's illustrious NHL career. Datsyuk, 37, said he plans ...

Even if you live by that motto, there was still no way of predicting a Corey Perry-Pavel Datsyuk fight in the third period Friday night with Detroit holding a 4-0 lead. “I’m not a really big guy to ...

Trying to pinpoint the single most impactful trade made by the Arizona Coyotes over the past decade or so is problematic on one level, because for a brief time, not so long ago, they were aggressive ...

At the start of the year, the Detroit Red Wings were without their star mainstay forward, Pavel Datsyuk, who was out due to offseason ankle surgery. Datsyuk missed 15 games, and it showed. Without one ...

Toronto — Alex DeBrincat isn't one to get overly excited off the ice — pretty even keeled, usually — but you mention Pavel Datsyuk, and suddenly DeBrincat breaks out in a big smile. There's almost a ...