Tampa Bay Lightning (11-4-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (8-6-3, in the Atlantic Division)
Buffalo, New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Buffalo Sabres after Pontus Holmberg's two-goal game against the Winnipeg Jets in the Lightning's 4-3 loss.
Buffalo has an 8-6-3 record overall and a 2-1-2 record in Atlantic Division play. The Sabres have a -6 scoring differential, with 50 total goals scored and 56 given up.
Tampa Bay has a 1-0-0 record in Atlantic Division games and an 11-4-2 record overall. The Lightning are 6-2-0 in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs.
TOP PERFORMERS: Noah Ostlund has scored four goals with six assists for the Sabres. Jack Quinn has seven goals and five assists over the last 10 games.
Jake Guentzel has 10 goals and eight assists for the Lightning. Nikita Kucherov has four goals and 10 assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sabres: 5-3-2, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.6 assists, 4.3 penalties and 10 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.
Lightning: 6-2-2, averaging 4.2 goals, 6.5 assists, 3.5 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game.
INJURIES: Sabres: Matt Grzelcyk: out (lower-body), Konsta Helenius: out (upper-body), Justin Danforth: out (upper-body), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body).
Lightning: Brayden Point: day to day (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Utah Mammoth (10-7-1, in the Central Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (12-5-2, in the Pacific Division)
Paradise, Nevada; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host the Utah Mammoth after Tomas Hertl's two-goal game against the Buffalo Sabres in the Golden Knights' 4-1 win.
Vegas has a 12-5-2 record overall and a 6-3-0 record in home games. The Golden Knights have gone 6-3-0 when they commit fewer penalties than their opponent.
Utah has gone 6-5-1 in road games and 10-7-1 overall. The Mammoth have an even scoring differential this season, scoring and allowing 63 goals.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mark Stone has 10 goals and nine assists for the Golden Knights. Hertl has five goals and two assists over the past 10 games.
Logan Cooley has 11 goals and 10 assists for the Mammoth. Dmitriy Simashev has scored three goals over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Knights: 5-3-2, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.4 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.
Mammoth: 4-5-1, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.5 assists, four penalties and 9.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.9 goals per game.
INJURIES: Golden Knights: Parker Wotherspoon: out (upper body).
Mammoth: Maveric Lamoureux: out (shoulder), Nate Schmidt: out (upper body), Kailer Yamamoto: out (upper-body), John Marino: out (upper body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Marnus Labuschagne has found himself in Test cricket exile — but a pair of legends believe the talented batsmen will “succeed” at the domestic level before returning to selection equations.
Marnus Labuschagne has found himself in Test cricket exile — but a pair of legends believe the talented batsmen will “succeed” at the domestic level before returning to selection equations.
Victor Eklund, who had three hits in the first period, found the back of the net on the power play, finishing off a Brayden Schenn backhand feed from the slot at 1:11 of the second period:
The Vancouver Canucks extended their losing streak to six games after falling 3-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night. Jonathan Lekkerimäki scored the only goal for Vancouver, which came in the third period on the power play. As for Leevi Meriläinen, he stopped 14 of the 16 shots he faced in the loss.
Another night, another frustrating performance by the Canucks. Despite facing a tired Flyers team that blew a lead on Sunday before losing in overtime, Vancouver failed to generate any form of offence through the first two periods. By the second intermission, the Canucks had registered just six shots, which was the same total Philadelphia had in the second period alone.
"I think the level of frustration is high," said Drew O'Connor post-game. "No one's happy with losing. No one's happy with how we're playing. I think over the last little stretch, there's probably been some games that we've played pretty well. And then, you know, look at Winnipeg. We were really bad in Winnipeg. We have a decent response. Played pretty good in Edmonton, and then kind of more the same tonight. Just not good enough."
Poor effort and lack of compete has been a common theme for Vancouver this year. For whatever reason, the team has struggled to put forth a full 60-minute effort, which has contributed to their losses in 16 of their last 17 games. Post-game, Head Coach Manny Malhotra once again sounded frustrated as he explained some of the problems from Monday's loss.
"The most frustrating part was our start," said Malhotra. "When you know the topic of discussion for the game is you want to stress a team early that's coming in on a back to back, and the message is we have to have that same level of intensity that we played with the other night. And to come out as flat as we did, and make the same mistakes, and take dumb penalties, it's concerning. It's frustrating. It's becoming a problem."
The Canucks deserve credit for how they played in the third. After allowing a goal that was called back for offside at the start of the period (shoutout Video Coaches Ian Beckenstein and Andrew Shaw), Vancouver controlled play the rest of the way and outshot the Flyers 13-2. Unfortunately, the Canucks could not find an equalizer on a late power play as instead, they surrounded an empty net goal late in the period.
"There's a number of things that go into that," said Malhotra when asked about the third-period push. "Obviously, they did do a good job of pushing back. Yes, they were a tired team on the other side. Give our group some credit for applying that pressure, but again, the lesson being we wait so long. Those are the types of efforts and mentality we need out of the gate. And when we discuss it prior to going out on the ice, and we don't see it, it's extremely frustrating."
While long losing streaks during rebuilds are expected, Vancouver's nightly effort level is shocking. Everyone sounds frustrated, but as Malhotra mentioned in his post-game, the same mistakes are happening night after night. With just three wins through their first 20 games, the Canucks need to find a way to become a cohesive unit; otherwise, they could find themselves on the wrong side of NHL history.
Stats and Facts:
Brock Boeser records point 499 of his NHL career
Filip Hronek logs a career-high 31:11 of ice time
Canucks have given up a power play goal against in 16 of their 20 games this season
Jamie Oleksiak, Luke Schenn, Filip Hronek and Guillaume Brisebois all finished the night with three blocked shots
Scoring Summary:
1st Period:
2:03- PHI: Michael Bunting (1) from Christian Dvorak and Nick Seeler
2nd Period:
3:05- PHI: Travis Konecny (2) from Matvei Michkov and Christian Dvorak (PPG)
3rd Period:
12:44- VAN: Jonathan Lekkerimäki (7) from Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson (PPG)
19:01- PHI: Travis Sanheim (2) (ENG) (SHG)
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Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers, November 13, 2026, 7:00 pm PCT
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Things got heated, then ended in a breakaway drill. | NHLI via Getty Images
The Islanders and Sharks were trading chances in a pond hockey Monday night when an old-time hockey game broke out. These are not very good teams, but they can be fun teams to watch, particularly with their recent top-of-the-draft picks (most of which, obviously, are on the persistently tanking Sharks side).
Fittingly, it ended in the longest shootout of the season thus far, where the first 15 attempts were stopped until Ivar Stenberg finally beat Ilya Sorokin for a Sharks shootout win, while Yaroslav Askarov stopped all eight Isles attempts.
The teams took turns with power play goals — one coming off a terrible call against Kyle MacLean when Macklin Celebrini fell in the neutral zone — before the gloves came off at the end of the second period with the game knotted at 2-2.
Shoves were exchanged, threats were made, and then MacLean fought Ty Dellandrea and Mitchell Chaffee fought Barclay Goodrow. Chaffee had control over Goodrow, while Dellandrea cut MacLean’s cheek open.
That set the stage for an eventful third that ignited after Victor Eklund, who had a nice power play one-time goal in a great game for him, threw a check into Kiefer Sherwood’s body, then fell on top of the Shark. The irony is that Sherwood, who wears gloves within his gloves and so cannot legally fight, picked Eklund out of a scrum at the end of the second period to demonstrate his superiority over a teenager.
Anyway, Mason Marchment, demonstrating the hockey um, intelligence that is in his DNA, initiated a scrum and started throwing ungloved punches at Eklund while the Isles teenager was tied up by, among others, the linesman. The refs procedurally called a five-minute major on Eklund so that they could review his hit on Sherwood, then decided no penalty was warranted for him but Marchment received a double-minor.
But then after the Islanders power play returned to its normal level of incompetence, the second unit took one penalty — Ondrej Palat with the lazy hook after a turnover — and then received a second one on the same play, Anthony Duclair called for tripping after the play should’ve been blowed dead when he knocked away a Sharks pass in the slot.
With great work from Ilya Sorokin, J-G Pageau, Bo Horvat and Adam Pelech, the Islanders killed off the ensuing two-minute 4-on-3. The game was still stuck at 2-2 with under 10 minutes to go.
The teams each had some half-chances the rest of the way, including an uncomfortable rush and wraparound try by Ivar Stenberg right before the horn, but overtime and then a shootout was their shared destiny. Sorokin made some nice saves in OT, and Horvat had backhand chance all alone that he sent just wide, but nothing could prevent us from the breakaway drill.
Nobody could do a damn thing in the shootout, though we had the novelty of seeing Matthew Schaefer’s first career shootout attempt, and it wasn’t so good. Sorokin and Askarov were both in a zone, so it was somewhat interesting to see the shooters try to divine a new approach that would work.
Other notes
One of the frustrating things in this game was how often the Sharks defense simply pinched down the blueline to cut off Islanders breakout passes. Again, and again, and again, with no adjustment.
Kyle Palmieri had a ton of good chances, a few that he created on his own. Coming off ACL surgery, he’s got just one goal in his last 10 games, but at least tonight he looked like more goals are near. Ah, but the less said about his unconvincing shootout approach, the better.
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Now it’s south, for games in Anaheim and L.A. on Thursday and Saturday to complete the trip.
The San Jose Sharks returned home looking to snap a five-game losing streak against the struggling New York Islanders. Goals from Ivar Stenberg and Tyler Toffoli helped the Sharks push the game into a shootout, where Stenberg was able to net the game-winner off the back of a phenomenal performance by Yaroslav Askarov.
33-year-old defenseman Ben Hutton pinched at the right time, finding some open space alongside Yaroslav Askarov to slot the puck past him and give the Islanders a 1-0 lead just 6:14 into the game. Bo Horvat continued his track record strong play against the Sharks, recording his 34th point against the team in teal by picking up a secondary assist on the play
Ivar Stenberg tied things up with a deflection off of a Tyler Toffoli shot from the faceoff circle. The goal was the result of a nice forechecking play by Ty Dellandrea. Horvat then saved a goal for the Islanders with less than a minute remaining in the period, chipping the puck away from the goal line just milliseconds before it crossed the plane.
As the returning Alexander Wennberg sat in the penalty box for tripping Simon Holmstrom, Victor Eklund scored his first goal against the Sharks to make it 2-1 just over a minute into the middle frame of play.
Just as a power play opportunity expired, Tyler Toffoli scored his fifth of the season, with the puck bouncing off of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech, to once again tie the game at 12:11 in the second period.
Seconds before the end of the second period, Barclay Goodrow dropped the gloves with Mitchell Chaffee after a major scrum at the end of the prior play. At the other end of the ice, Ty Dellandrea and Kyle MacLean had a scrap of their own.
A hit by Eklund on Kiefer Sherwood was reviewed for a five-minute major near the midway point of the final period, but the only player penalized was Mason Marchment who got a double-minor for roughing after numerous uppercuts to Eklund in the aftermath of the hit.
Right before Marchment's first penalty expired, Ondrej Palat and Anthony Duclair each took a minor penalty, giving the Sharks' a full two-minute 4-on-3 power play but nothing came of it.
Once again, sixty minutes wouldn't be enough to decide a winner and the game went into overtime with both teams looking to leave their losing streak in the rearview mirror. Despite numerous chances by both teams, neither were able to beat the opposing goaltender and the game proceeded to a shootout.
After seven perfect rounds by the goaltenders, Ivar Stenberg not only broke the deadlock, but secured a 3-2 victory for the Sharks to snap their five-game losing streak.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored twice, Connor McDavid also had a goal and the Edmonton Oilers held off the New York Rangers 3-1 on Monday night to sweep their season series.
Jaroslav Chmelar scored a short-handed goal for the Rangers (10-8-1), who had won three straight games. Dylan Garand stopped 17 shots, but gave away the puck to McDavid for an easy, unassisted goal that opened the scoring 6:42 into the first period.
McDavid leads the NHL with 48 points (11 goals, 37 assists). The three-time MVP became the fourth player in league history with a 19-game point streak to begin a season, joining Wayne Gretzky, Dany Heatley and Mats Sundin.
For the first time this season, however, McDavid failed to record an assist — ending his record-setting streak to start a season at 18 games.
Draisaitl scored on a snap shot at 2:59 of the second for a 2-0 lead.
Just more than two minutes later, the Rangers killed off a brief 5-on-3 Edmonton power play and Mika Zibanejad sprung Chmelar on a breakaway as he exited the penalty box. Chmelar beat Levi for his second goal of the season.
New York pulled Garand for an extra skater late in the third and drew a penalty that produced a 6-on-4 advantage. Draisaitl picked off a soft backpass and lofted the puck into an empty net from his own zone for his NHL-best 18th goal.
That extended his goal-scoring streak to four games and his point streak to six.
FLYERS 3, CANUCKS 1
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Michael Bunting and Travis Konecny scored in the first two periods to help Philadelphia beat Vancouver in a matchup of struggling teams.
Travis Sanheim added an empty-net goal for Philadelphia (5-10-5), and Christian Dvorak had two assists. Joseph Woll stopped 18 shots for the Flyers, who were coming off a 4-3 overtime loss Sunday night at Calgary. They had dropped three in a row (0-2-1) and six of seven (1-4-2).
Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored a power-play goal with 7:16 remaining for the Canucks (3-16-1), who have lost six consecutive games. They are 1-15-1 since a 2-1 start.
Vancouver continued to press after Lekkerimaki’s goal but couldn’t find the equalizer. Leevi Merilainen finished with 14 saves.
The Canucks came within inches of tying it on a power play with 5:52 left, but Lekkerimaki’s shot pinged off the crossbar.
Sanheim’s short-handed goal sealed it with 58.3 seconds to play. That was Philadelphia’s first shot on goal in the third period.
SHARKS 3, ISLANDERS 2, SO
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Ivar Stenberg scored the only goal in a shootout that lasted eight rounds, and San Jose beat New York to snap a five-game losing streak.
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist, and Stenberg also scored in regulation for the Sharks (8-11-1). Stenberg has six goals and is tied for the scoring lead among NHL rookies.
Yaroslav Askarov made 30 saves for San Jose.
Ben Hutton and Victor Eklund scored for the Islanders (7-6-4), who have lost four straight games (0-2-2). Ilya Sorokin stopped 37 shots.
Stenberg put the Sharks on the board late in the first period after Toffoli sent a shot toward the net. Stenberg got a piece of the puck to redirect it past Sorokin and tie the game at 1.
San Jose again rallied from a goal down midway through the second when Toffoli’s shot deflected off Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech and into the net. It was Toffoli’s first goal in eight games.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Michael Bunting and Travis Konecny scored in the first two periods to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Monday night in a matchup of struggling teams.
Travis Sanheim added an empty-net goal for Philadelphia (5-10-5), and Christian Dvorak had two assists. Joseph Woll stopped 18 shots for the Flyers, who were coming off a 4-3 overtime loss Sunday night at Calgary. They had dropped three in a row (0-2-1) and six of seven (1-4-2).
Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored a power-play goal with 7:16 remaining for the Canucks (3-16-1), who have lost six consecutive games. They are 1-15-1 since a 2-1 start.
Vancouver continued to press after Lekkerimaki's goal but couldn’t find the equalizer. Leevi Merilainen finished with 14 saves.
The Canucks came within inches of tying it on a power play with 5:52 left, but Lekkerimaki’s shot pinged off the crossbar.
Sanheim's short-handed goal sealed it with 58.3 seconds to play. That was Philadelphia's first shot on goal in the third period.
Bunting returned to the lineup after sitting out five games as a healthy scratch. He skated on the top line alongside Dvorak and Owen Tippett.
SAN FRANCISCO ― The Golden State Warriors have taken a blow to the depth in their backcourt early in the 2026-27 season, despite an eight-game winning streak.
Williams logged 1 minute, 39 seconds for Golden State and scored four points on 2-of-3 shooting, connecting on back-to-back layups before exiting the game with a hamstring injury.
Williams checked out of the game at the 3:18 mark of the first quarter and did not return. The organization said Williams suffered a left hamstring injury and missed the rest of the game against New Orleans. The Warriors guard is scheduled for an MRI.
"He's a huge part of our team, and he's given us such a lift, and it's a hamstring," Kerr told reporters after the game. "He is gonna get an MRI, so we'll see how bad it is.”
Warriors backcourt depth keeps dwindling
Golden State suffered a setback losing Williams. The hope is that his injury is not severe, otherwise the Warriors' backcourt depth is diminishing early.
In addition to Williams' early exit, reserve point guard Will Richard didn't play Monday against the Pelicans. Richard has a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his left thumb and is ruled out indefinitely.
"We're trying to wait till the swelling goes down. I'll do a workout, catching and going full speed, and see if it's comfortable …. I want to play," Richard said.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was bummed about the news because of how well Richard has been playing, at times even starting.
"It’s a shame. He’s playing at a really high level, a lot of confidence, filling an important role," Kerr told reporters before Monday night's game. "At times starting, at times coming off the bench. But able to really play good minutes for us and brings energy, a lot of defensive intensity, shooting the ball well. So we’re hopeful that he’s able to play through it and we’ll know more after a few days when the swelling goes down."
Golden State was also without Gary Payton II, who was out with an illness and left knee inflammation. The Warriors are still going without the likes of Moses Moody and Jimmy Butler III, who is progressing along.
The Warriors are bruised and battered, but unbeaten in the last eight games.
TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 05: Cam Schlittler #31 of the New York Yankees warms up before the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on October 5, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images) | Getty Images
ESPN | Bradford Doolittle: It’s awards week! For Yankees fans, Wednesday is the night to pay attention as that’s when the AL and NY Cy Young Award winners will be announced. There shouldn’t really be much suspense for the Cy Young recipient in the American League. This should be Cam Schlittler’s hardware to take home. Doolittle agrees as he predicts who will win each award this week. “When you look at the progression of the AXE leaderboard, it was pretty much a wire-to-wire win for Schlittler, and I suspect he’ll be a near-unanimous choice when the AL Cy Young is announced.” You love to hear it.
MLB.com | Max Ralph: Closer David Bednar is a free agent. I suspect the club’s (and the fans’) prefered course of action is to re-sign Bednar and hand him the keys to the ninth inning again. But in the event that falls through, the Yankees will have to look elsewhere for a closer in 2027. For a look at free agent, trade, and in-house options, peruse Ralph’s article. Seriously though. Just bring back Bednar.
MLB.com: MLB.com took us around the hot stove Monday, looking at the latest rumors. For the Yankees, it’s that the club plans to upgrade third base. Pulling from Jon Heyman’s reporting for the New York Post, MLB notes that third base and the bullpen sit atop the Yanks’ needs as we head into a three-week offseason stretch before Major League Baseball inevitably locks the players out. I think it’s probably fair to say everyone was expecting third base to sit atop the Yankees’ pyramid of needs.
The second-year star had 43 points in the Dallas Mavericks' 125-122 win against the Indiana Pacers on Monday, Nov. 9 at the American Airlines Center. He added 10 rebounds for a double-double and six assists with three steals for good measure.
According to the NBA, the 19-year-old joins Kevin Durant as the only other player in league history to have at least 40 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a game as a teenager. ESPN adds that this is the 14th game in which Flagg has scored at least 30 points before turning 20 years old. Only LeBron James has more with 20 such games before he reached his 20th birthday.
Flagg had back-to-back dunks in the first quarter to cap an 11-0 run by the Mavericks. In one key play with less than 30 seconds left in the game, he dribbled against Andrew Nembhard, then drained a step-back jumper. The bucket extended Dallas' lead to four.
Kyrie Irving contributed 35 points for the Mavericks, while Pascal Siakam had 29 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Indiana.
This is the first time this season that Flagg has crossed the 40-point mark and the fifth of his young NBA career. In April during his rookie season, the former Duke standout scored a career-high 51 points in a loss to the Orlando Magic. At 19 years old, he was the youngest player in NBA history to reach the 50-point mark.
