Jesse Granger

Las Vegas

Correspondent, NHL Network at NHL.com

Vegas Golden Knights Beat Reporter at The Athletic

Cover Goalies and the @GoldenKnights for @TheAthletic @NHLNetwork TV correspondent / Vegas Chapter Chair for @ThePHWA

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Articles

Why USA Hockey didn't name an Olympic goalie, and why the competition could be fierce

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

USA Hockey on Monday unveiled the first six players on the roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Notably missing from the initial announcement was a goaltender to accompany brothers Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, star forwards Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel, and defensemen Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy. The United States' pool of goalies is so strong that it didn't make sense to name just one to the roster this soon.
'A brutal feeling'

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

The Edmonton Oilers' comeback in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final was electrifying. It was incredible for the Oilers, who looked headed for a 3-1 series hole after an abysmal first period and instead will return home for Game 5 with the series tied. It was incredible for Leon Draisaitl, who added to his legend by scoring his second overtime winner of this Cup Final alone, sending Edmonton to a 5-4 victory.
Winnipeg Jets' Connor Hellebuyck wins rare Hart Trophy, Vezina Trophy combination

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger |Julian McKenzie

Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets won the Hart Trophy (league MVP) and Vezina Trophy (top goalie) in the same season for only the sixth time in NHL history, as announced on the league's awards show on Thursday night. Hellebuyck joined Jacques Plante (1962), Dominik Hasek (1997 and 1998), Jose Theodore (2002) and Carey Price (2015) in that Hart-Vezina club.
Anze Kopitar wins NHL's Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for second time

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar is the winner of the 2025 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player who best combines sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct, and high playing ability, as announced by the NHL on Thursday. Kopitar beat out fellow finalists Jack Eichel of Vegas and Brayden Point of Tampa Bay to win his second Lady Byng. He also won the award in 2016, and joins Wayne Gretzky as the only Kings to win the award multiple times.
Brock Nelson signs 3-year contract extension with Avalanche

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

The Colorado Avalanche signed forward Brock Nelson to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $7.5 million, the team announced Wednesday. Nelson, 33, played the first 12 years of his NHL career with the New York Islanders before he was acquired by the Avalanche before last year's trade deadline.
Why have Sergei Bobrovsky and Stuart Skinner looked so strong in the playoffs? Let's break down their highlights

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

Whether it's fair or not, goaltenders are credited with wins and losses more than any position in hockey. They're the only players with a record next to their stats, and those results hold the most weight in the Stanley Cup Final, which begins Wednesday night in Edmonton when the Oilers host the Florida Panthers. A championship can rewrite the narrative for a goalie's career, or further cement his place amongst the all-time greats.
Here's why these 2 netminders are surging in the NHL playoffs

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

In the NHL playoffs, margins are thin. That's even more true for goaltending, as millimeters and milliseconds are the difference between saves and goals - and as a result, wins and loses. When the margins are that slim, details are paramount. In a postseason in which offenses have clearly had the upper hand and the league average save percentage was only .898 entering Sunday, only the goalies with the best details in their game have succeeded.
After second-round exit, is Golden Knights' Stanley Cup window closing?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

LAS VEGAS - The Golden Knights bowed out of their second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers in five games following a 1-0 overtime loss Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas' only win in the series came on a game-winning goal with 0.4 seconds left in Game 3, and even that was deflected by Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl into his own net. The team ended the season on a 127-minute goalless drought, and it's not as if Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner was standing on his head to do it.
Oilers advance to conference final with Game 5 OT win over Golden Knights: Takeaways

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Daniel Nugent-Bowman |Jesse Granger

LAS VEGAS - Welcome back to the playoffs, Stuart Skinner. Benched in favor of Calvin Pickard midway through the first round, he returned to the Edmonton Oilers' net and shut the Golden Knights out in back-to-back games to eliminate Vegas with a 1-0 overtime win Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena. Kasperi Kapanen jammed in a rebound on the goal line to win it for the Oilers seven minutes into OT. The sudden-death tally gave Edmonton a 4-1 series win.
Oilers were better, faster and more desperate than Golden Knights in dominant Game 4 win

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jesse Granger

EDMONTON - On Monday night at Rogers Place, the Edmonton Oilers looked like bonafide Stanley Cup contenders, and the Vegas Golden Knights looked shell-shocked, sluggish and disconnected. It should have been a desperate situation for both sides. The Oilers, coming off a devastating last-second defeat and facing the proposition of wasting an early 2-0 series lead to hand home-ice advantage back to Vegas.