It's been widely believed that most teams, if not all teams in the NHL keep their own statistics, especially when it comes to subjective stats such as hits, turnovers and scoring chances. This notion was confirmed when Toronto's Ryan O'Byrne commented that teams don't trust stats generated from the NHL and instead track their own. 

This isn't exactly news, but it is interesting to hear a player talk about a topic that fans usually don't hear much about. 

Are you trying to predict what lies ahead in Pavel Datsyuk's hockey career? Good luck. By now you've probably heard speculation that Datsyuk will finish out the remaining year on his contract in 2013-14 before calling it quits in the NHL and playing out his final days in Russia. Other speculation indicates that while he wants to end his career in Russia, there's no guarantee he will leave the NHL after his current contract expires and that he might be open to extending his current contract. 

New reports should give hope to Red Wings fans as it appears Datsyuk's agent is interested in talking to the team about the forward's future after the current season concludes. Datsyuk's agent Gary Greenstin stated that there hasn't been a decision made regarding Datsyuk's future, but that if the forward was to stay in the NHL that it'd be with the Red Wings.

The Boston Bruins - Pittsburgh Penguins game scheduled for 7:00pm ET on Friday night in the TD Garden has been postponed. The entire city of Boston has been locked down and in a state of high alert Friday due to a massive hunt for one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. This followed a night of violence which sprawled through several Boston neighborhoods late Thursday night and into Friday morning. 

The game has been tentatively rescheduled for Saturday at 12:30pm ET at the Garden. If the current situation in Boston isn't resolved by Saturday morning, it's highly likely the game will be pushed further back. The NHL has shifted Pittsburgh's game against Buffalo which was originally set for Saturday night over to Tuesday night, as seen in numerous reports.  

Both the Bruins and Penguins canceled their morning skates on Friday due to the manhunt. During the announcement that the morning skate was called off, players were reportedly told to stay home and more importantly, stay safe. 

Today's postponement is the second this week for the Bruins as their tilt with the Ottawa Senators scheduled for Monday night was postponed and later rescheduled for April 28th due to the attack.

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Buzzfeed published these masterful gifs from Monday night's 4-0 Sharks win over the stumbling Phoenix Coyotes. Awesome saves? No. Sweet dekes? Nope. It was something more unexpected... and awkward.

Call it yoga. Call it something out of the Kama Sutra. Call it whatever you want, but you must at least call it unique. The video explains how they wound up in this position a bit better.

A historic run by the Detroit Red Wings might be coming to an end. As the Red Wings battle with the Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars for one of the few remaining playoff spots in the West, the team is fully aware that by failing to reach the playoffs they'll end a streak of consecutive playoff appearances which began back in 1990.

Detroit's run of consecutive appearances has stretched across four NHL work stoppages, including one strike and three lockouts. Since failing to qualify in the 1989-90 season, the Red Wings have hoisted the Cup a remarkable four times. Their run is the longest current streak in the NHL and by a considerable margin. San Jose is second on the list with eight consecutive appearances. 

You'll have a tough time finding another pregame ceremony that's as powerful and moving as the ceremony that took place prior to the Boston Bruins - Buffalo Sabres game on Wednesday night. The video below probably doesn't give the atmosphere justice, but it's enough to give you chills regardless of where you live or what team you root for. 

The Boston Bruins will wear special decals on their helmets for Wednesday's game against the Buffalo Sabres, as first seen on the team's official site. The decal, as seen here being placed on Patrice Bergeron's helmet, is a small blue and yellow ribbon which reads "Boston Strong". The game between the Bruins and the Sabres is the first major sporting event to be held in Boston since the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday. 

It's safe to assume the NHL probably approved these additions to the official uniform almost instantly. 

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The NHL is reportedly planning to hold six outdoor games next year, beginning with the Winter Classic on January 1st in Michigan Stadium. The information, as seen on TSN, details that there are tentatively five other outdoor games scheduled following the Winter Classic, with games being played in Dodger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Soldier Field and BC Place. 

The tentative schedule, seen above, confirms that the NHL is extremely interested in expanding their highly successful outdoor formula. 

The Colorado Avalanche would love to officially close the book on the 2013 season. With just a handful of games left to play, the Avalanche are in a close battle with the Calgary Flames for the 14th spot in the Western Conference. The Avs have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, but were realistically eliminated quite some time ago. 

What does this mean for Avs fans, aside from enormous amounts of anger and frustration? Ridiculously cheap tickets. 

Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle had a moving and memorable tribute for the victims of the Boston Marathon tragedy, writing "Pray for Boston" on the side of his skate as his team faced the San Jose Sharks. Yandle, a native of Boston, appeared to have used a marker to write the message between the boot and blade on his skate. 

Credit to BYProEvHockey for posting this awesome picture.