BROSSARD, Quebec -- Cale Makar will be a game-time decision for Canada when it faces the United States on Saturday night at the 4 Nations Face-Off. Canada's top defenseman is battling an illness ...

Since, he has finished in the top three each year, including his 2022 win. Makar had a career year offensively this year, scoring 30 goals and adding 62 assists for a personal best 92 points.

And Makar, who this season became the NHL’s first 30-goal defenseman since Washington’s Mike Green in 2008-09, hasn’t scored yet. Neither has Marty Necas. Neither has Brock Nelson.

Cale Makar captured the Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman for a second time in four seasons. The Colorado Avalanche standout finished the regular season with 30 goals to become to first ...

The 26-year-old Makar is coming off a regular season in which he had 30 goals and 62 assists. He’s just the ninth different defenseman in NHL history to score at least 30 goals. In recent days ...

Maeir: If Makar wins the Norris, he’ll become the 14th defensemen in league history to win the award multiple times, and he’d do it in the first six regular seasons of his career.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has played some of the best hockey of his career this season, and that's saying a lot for the former Norris Trophy winner. Through 36 games, Makar already ...