It takes only a few minutes perusing through Nikita Zadorov’s highlight reel to glean why the 29-year-old defenseman was so coveted by Boston this offseason. The Russian-born defenseman is more ...

One on-ice clip from the Oilers latest episode of The Drop sums up a special quality that Evander Kane possesses and the ...

Brad Marchand selected some choice words to describe Nikita Zadorov. The Bruins captain called the club’s newest defenseman a “predator.” He called him an “animal.” In any other walk of ...

Yet they were presented as the fix, the perceived stabilizing forces — Lindholm to drive the offense and Zadorov to bring spine ... center Jonathan Toews. With Kane coming aboard the next ...

This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com. The NHL hopes that Evgeni Malkin and Nikita Zadorov learned a lesson Saturday morning. The league issues the maximum $5,000 fine to each for ...

defenseman Nikita Zadorov gave a brief response when The Athletic's Fluto Shinzawa asked him about goalie Jeremy Swayman's attempt to fight Kings netminder Darcy Kuemper after a hit on Marat ...

The Bruins’ sustained slide since the NHL trade deadline hit a new low on Monday ... following a blunt answer from defenseman Nikita Zadorov. During Boston’s setback against the Kings ...

But Boston also isn’t allocating $30 million just for Zadorov to hit opposing skaters into next week. They believe he has far more to give as a featured, top-pairing defenseman — especially if ...