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ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Blues forward Dalibor Dvorsky was benched during a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

Dvorsky, who has five points (four goals, one assist) in 18 games this season, played just 6:36 and didn't see the ice again after the 13:48 mark of the second period, playing just nine shifts.

"Just to play faster, play with more conviction," St. Louis coach Jim Montgomery on what he wants to see. "He's not played to the standard that we want our players to play with and when that happens, you risk the chance of being sat, and that's what happened. It's part of everyone's career. It happens to everybody."

Dvorsky had started the season as the team's third-line center but of late, has been playing on the wing with Connor McMichael at center and Pavel Buchnevich on right wing.

He's scored in two of the past five games but his average ice time on the season is 11:48, down from 14:20 last season and played just nine shifts in the game Tuesday (three in the second), but the Blues believe they can still develop the No. 10 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

"He's a good hockey player. We all know that. We've all seen it," Montgomery said. "There's a big reason why we believe he's a huge part of our future here is because he's an outstanding young man, he's great to coach with. He's really good to deal with and he wants to be a hockey player. It's going to come. Sometimes it just doesn't happen as quickly as we all want it to."

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dawson Mercer and Kyle Connor each scored twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to an emotional 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.

The game marked the return of former Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to Winnipeg for the first time since his trade to the Devils, although he did not play. Instead, Jake Allen started in net and stopped 21 shots for New Jersey.

Former Devils netminder Nico Daws made 19 saves for Winnipeg.

Cody Glass and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils.

The victory extended Winnipeg’s win streak to four games, and halted New Jersey’s at five games.

After Mercer gave the Jets a 3-2 lead on the power play at 11:58 of the third period, Connor sealed the outcome with an unassisted empty-net goal.

The Devils, who trailed 2-0 after the first period, tied the game in the second period with a pair of goals 44 seconds apart. Bratt scored at 1:14 on a setup from Arseny Gritsyuk from behind the net. Jack Hughes also assisted to extend his point streak to six games.

Glass tied the game at 1:58 when he deflected Jonathan Kovacevic’s shot past Daws.

Connor scored during a two-man advantage at 15:06 of the first period when he deflected Cole Perfetti’s pass past Allen. Mark Scheifele also assisted, moving him into a second-place tie with Dale Hawerchuk in assists in franchise history with 550.

AVALANCHE 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3

TORONTO (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog scored his second goal of the game early in the third period to put Colorado ahead for good in a win over Toronto.

Devon Toews, with a goal and an assist, Brock Nelson, Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas in an empty net also scored for Colorado. Cale Makar added two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves.

Darren Raddysh and Easton Cowan, with a goal and an assist each, and Jack Roslovic scored for Toronto, which has lost four games in a row and dropped six of its last seven.

Sergei Bobrovksy finished with 22 stops.

The 38-year-old goaltender — a two-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top netminder — has allowed three goals or more in 12 of his 13 starts since signing in free agency July 1.

Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal at 5:02 of the third, just 51 seconds after Roslovic tied the score 3-3.

Raddysh’s blast that gave Toronto a 1-0 lead was clocked at 92.89 miles per hour — the fourth fastest shot to result in a goal across the league this season, according to the NHL.

CAPITALS 3, SENATORS 2, OT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Cole Hutson’s goal 74 seconds into overtime, set up by Alex Ovechkin, gave Washington to a win over Ottawa.

The Capitals overcame a horrid second period in which they allowed two goals and trailed 2-1.

Matt Roy and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the Capitals (10-6-0). Logan Thompson made 23 saves.

Ridly Greig and Hayden Hodgson scored for the Senators (11-6-2). Samuel Ersson stopped 14 shots.

Outshot 17-2 in the second period, Washington went more than 20 minutes before registering its next shot in the third period.

The Capitals showed life on the power play and maintained control after it expired and capitalized with Hutson finding Dubois at the side of the net for a wide-open shot to tie it at 2 at 12:31 of the third.

Ersson made a big save on Jack St. Ivany with four minutes remaining to keep the game tied.

With 2:57 remaining Jakob Chychrun leveled a huge hit on Nick Cousins, but no penalty was called. Cousins needed help getting off the ice.

WILD 2, CANADIENS 1, OT

MONTREAL (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored on a power play in the opening minute of overtime and Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves as Minnesota beat Montreal after Carey Price was inducted into the team’s ring of honor.

Bobby Brink scored in regulation for Minnesota (13-3-4). Kaprizov scored on a one-timer on the power play 21 seconds into the extra period for his 17th goal of the season.

Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was penalized for slashing as Quinn Hughes’ stick broke in the corner, sending Minnesota on the power play with 56 seconds remaining in regulation.

Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal (11-3-4), which extended its streak without a regulation loss to 11 games (8-0-3). Jacob Fowler stopped 22 shots.

Suzuki tied the game with a wild goal at 18:22 in the third period. With the goalie pulled, Caufield’s sharp-angled shot ricocheted off Wallstedt — twice — and the post before landing in the crease before Suzuki jammed it through a crowd.

After two periods without a goal, Brink broke the deadlock 2:53 into the third when he beat Fowler with a shot to the glove side on a breakaway.

PANTHERS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sam Bennett scored twice, and Florida snapped a two-game skid with a win over Columbus.

Florida notched its 12th victory in the last 13 games against the Blue Jackets.

Lars Eller and Sam Reinhart also scored. Aaron Ekblad had three assists, and Anton Lundell added two assists. Jacob Markstrom stopped 37 shots for Florida, which improved to 6-0-0 when leading after two periods.

Ivan Provorov scored for the Blue Jackets. Cam Talbot stopped 24 shots.

Bennett opened the scoring with a power-play goal off the rush at the two-minute mark of the second period, giving Florida a power-play goal in seven of its last eight games.

Eller made it 2-0 at 4:17 before Provorov cut that lead in half with 20 seconds left in the period.

Bennett restored the two-goal lead at 14:29 of the third. Matthew Tkachuk’s assist was his team-leading 23rd and extended both his assist and point streaks to five games.

BLUES 3, RED WINGS 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist and his score in the third period was the winner as St. Louis beat Detroit.

Snuggerud scored on a deflection with 4:02 left. Dylan Holloway got an assist on the go-ahead goal. Pius Suter and Justin Barron also scored for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid. St. Louis had lost five of its last seven games before Tuesday.

Moritz Seider and Andrew Copp scored for the Red Wings, who dropped their fifth straight and lost for the fifth time in six games.

Joel Hofer stopped 30 shots in the win for the Blues.

John Gibson, back in the lineup after sustaining a lower-body injury in a game against Tampa Bay on Nov. 3, had 30 saves for the Red Wings.

PREDATORS 3, KINGS 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored two goals, Juuse Saros made 30 saves in his 28th career shutout and Nashville extended its winning streak to five games with a victory over Los Angeles.

Nils Hoglander had two assists and Adam Wilsby got an empty-net goal in the Predators’ opener of a five-game West Coast road trip. Saros finished his first shutout of the season with 13 saves in the third period against the Kings’ improved effort.

Anton Forsberg stopped 27 shots for the Kings, who were shut out for the first time this season. Los Angeles dropped to 2-3-0 on its seven-game homestand with back-to-back losses.

Nashville scored early in the first period when Hoglander controlled a blue-line turnover by Brian Dumoulin and eventually made a backhand pass through defenseman Cody Ceci’s legs to Filip Forsberg for his sixth goal.

Filip Forsberg scored again in the second when Hoglander flipped the puck to him from the boards for an awkward shot that surprised Anton Forsberg.

After a slow offensive start to the season, Filip Forsberg has six goals in his last eight games, including two multigoal games in the past two weeks.

The Ottawa Senators' 3-2 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre was overshadowed by a devastating hit on Nick Cousins from former Senator Jakob Chychrun.

With about three minutes remaining in regulation, Cousins was trying to control the puck in his own zone when it became tangled in his skates. Focused on recovering possession, he never saw Chychrun coming.

The Capitals defenceman delivered a thunderous bodycheck that sent Cousins flying. The Senators forward absorbed the blow from Chychrun, and the back of his head then struck the glass. At that point, he appeared to lose consciousness before then landing face-first on the ice.

I've covered this league for a long time and I don't think I've ever seen another hit quite like it.

Cousins was down on the ice for a couple of minutes and slowly left the ice under his own power, but with plenty of assistance and concern from trainers and teammates.

Chychrun originally got a major, but after video review, they decided he wouldn't be penalized.

That had many Ottawa fans upset, and their frustration grew two minutes later. They had to watch Fabian Zetterlund go to the box with under a minute left in regulation in a tie game for the horrifying sin of putting the puck over the glass.

Many fans had to be thinking about the play that just left a player injured on the ice and somehow it's flipping a puck over the glass that the NHL has zero tolerance for.

Fans of all teams took to social media to argue the case. Was it a clean hit or a dirty one?

There's no question the collision was violent and hard to watch, but that doesn't necessarily make it illegal.

The important question is whether Cousins' head was the main point of contact and whether that contact was avoidable. Depending on the slow motion angle you look at, you can probably talk yourself into either verdict.

The fact of the matter is this. If a player as big as Chychrun comes to hit you, shoulder to chest, and you have no idea he's coming, it's like getting hit by a bus. Every part of your body is going to react violently to that kind of impact, including your head. That doesn't necessarily mean the head was the initial point of contact.

Chychrun doesn't have a history of being a dirty player and while it might not seem like it from the result, he appears to let up before contact. You can see from the snow flying up from his skate blades that he was putting the brakes on.

Jakob Chychrun delivers a MASSIVE hit on Nick Cousins 😳 pic.twitter.com/5Nl1q8J9qW

— BarDown (@BarDown) November 11, 2026

Cousins was vulnerable, struggling to regain control of the puck with his head down. But it's still a violent game and being in a vulnerable position doesn't make you ineligible to be checked.

On the other hand, the NHL has made it clear that players delivering hits have a responsibility to avoid illegal contact with an opponent's head.

It seemed like an aggressive choice by Chychrun to be pinching on that play. It's a 2-2 game with 3 minutes left as Cousins starts to break out. Based on the game circumstances, that's not the ideal time for a defenseman to make a deep pinch like that.

But Chychrun read the play and saw that the Senators had four players down near their own goal line, and realized he could jump up and pressure Cousins without taking an unnecessary risk.

The fact that no penalty was called doesn't settle the debate. The NHL's Department of Player Safety can still review hits after games and issue supplemental discipline.

Sens fans are also debating whether someone should have immediately fought Chychrun, which is the kind of thing you see all the time after much lesser hits than this one.

But what isn't debatable is the frightening result. Cousins' health is the biggest thing right now, far bigger than any hockey debate.

After the game, Travis Green provided a succinct update to reporters.

"He's not doing great."

By Steve Warne
The Hockey News Ottawa

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist and his score in the third period was the winner as the St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Snuggerud scored on a deflection with 4:02 left. Dylan Holloway got an assist on the go-ahead goal. Pius Suter and Justin Barron also scored for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid. St. Louis had lost five of its last seven games before Tuesday.

Moritz Seider and Andrew Copp scored for the Red Wings, who dropped their fifth straight and lost for the fifth time in six games.

Joel Hofer stopped 30 shots in the win for the Blues.

John Gibson, back in the lineup after sustaining a lower-body injury in a game against Tampa Bay on Nov. 3, had 30 saves for the Red Wings.

Up next

Red Wings: At the Florida Panthers on Thursday.

Blues: At the Utah Mammoth on Thursday.

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dawson Mercer and Kyle Connor each scored twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to an emotional 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.

The game marked the return of former Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to Winnipeg for the first time since his trade to the Devils, although he did not play. Instead, Jake Allen started in net and stopped 21 shots for New Jersey.

Former Devils netminder Nico Daws made 19 saves for Winnipeg.

Cody Glass and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils.

The victory extended Winnipeg’s win streak to four games, and halted New Jersey’s at five games.

After Mercer gave the Jets a 3-2 lead on the power play at 11:58 of the third period, Connor sealed the outcome with an unassisted empty-net goal.

The Devils, who trailed 2-0 after the first period, tied the game in the second period with a pair of goals 44 seconds apart. Bratt scored at 1:14 on a setup from Arseny Gritsyuk from behind the net. Jack Hughes also assisted to extend his point streak to six games.

Glass tied the game at 1:58 when he deflected Jonathan Kovacevic’s shot past Daws.

Connor scored during a two-man advantage at 15:06 of the first period when he deflected Cole Perfetti’s pass past Allen. Mark Scheifele also assisted, moving him into a second-place tie with Dale Hawerchuk in assists in franchise history with 550.

Mercer opened the scoring at 7:54 when his snap shot from the faceoff circle beat Allen.

The Jets came out energized by the crowd booing and taunting Hellebuyck to express their anger and jumped to a 2-0 lead.

It took the Devils 13 minutes before they got a shot on net in the third period.

Up next

Devils: Host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

Jets: At the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

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MONTREAL (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored on a power play in the opening minute of overtime and Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves as the Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Tuesday night after Carey Price was inducted into the team's ring of honor.

Bobby Brink scored in regulation for Minnesota (13-3-4). Kaprizov scored on a one-timer on the power play 21 seconds into the extra period for his 17th goal of the season.

Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was penalized for slashing as Quinn Hughes’ stick broke in the corner, sending Minnesota on the power play with 56 seconds remaining in regulation.

Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal (11-3-4), which extended its streak without a regulation loss to 11 games (8-0-3). Jacob Fowler stopped 22 shots.

Suzuki tied the game with a wild goal at 18:22 in the third period. With the goalie pulled, Caufield’s sharp-angled shot ricocheted off Wallstedt — twice — and the post before landing in the crease before Suzuki jammed it through a crowd.

After two periods without a goal, Brink broke the deadlock 2:53 into the third when he beat Fowler with a shot to the glove side on a breakaway.

The 25-year-old capitalized on a turnover from Canadiens forward Josh Anderson, who came off the bench and bobbled the puck onto Brink’s stick after Montreal had spent a long stretch in Minnesota’s zone.

The game had been a goalie duel up to that point, with both Wallstedt and Fowler making their best impression of Price in the mid-2010s at the Bell Centre.

Newhook appeared to open the scoring on the power play with seven minutes left in the first period when he beat Wallstedt, but failed to beat the post. Defying all laws of physics, his shot struck the crossbar, rolled along it, then hit the post and bounced out.

Price received a nearly four-minute ovation before puck drop, as fans serenaded him with a blend of “Ca-rey! Ca-rey!” and “Olé, Olé” chants. The former Hart and Vezina Trophy winner – and the Canadiens’ all-time wins leader (361) – was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday in Toronto.

Up next

Wild: At the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.

Canadiens: At the Boston Bruins on Thursday.

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Cole Hutson’s goal 74 seconds into overtime, set up by Alex Ovechkin, gave the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

The Capitals overcame a horrid second period in which they allowed two goals and trailed 2-1.

Matt Roy and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the Capitals (10-6-0). Logan Thompson made 23 saves.

Ridly Greig and Hayden Hodgson scored for the Senators (11-6-2). Samuel Ersson stopped 14 shots.

Outshot 17-2 in the second period, Washington went more than 20 minutes before registering its next shot in the third period.

The Capitals showed life on the power play and maintained control after it expired and capitalized with Hutson finding Dubois at the side of the net for a wide-open shot to tie it at 2 at 12:31 of the third.

Ersson made a big save on Jack St. Ivany with four minutes remaining to keep the game tied.

With 2:57 remaining Jakob Chychrun leveled a huge hit on Nick Cousins, but no penalty was called. Cousins needed help getting off the ice.

Down 1-0 after the first, the Senators scored twice to lead 2-1 after 40 minutes.

Thomas Chabot set up both goals for the Senators.

On the first, Chabot kept the puck in at the blue line and fed Michael Amadio, who quickly passed it back. Chabot then found Greig in the slot, where he beat Thompson off his backhand.

Ottawa took the lead late in the period when Chabot took a pass from Stephen Halliday and put the puck through Chychrun’s legs to Hodgson for his first of the season.

The Capitals opened the scoring just 35 seconds into the game when Roy took a pass from Chychrun and fired a slap shot past Ersson for his first of the season.

Ryan Leonard played his 100th NHL game Tuesday. He has 26 goals and joins Alex Ovechkin (64), Alexander Semin (39), Dmitri Khristich (38) and Peter Bondra (29) as one of only five Capitals since 1990 to score 25 or more goals in their first 100 games.

Up next

Capitals: At the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

Senators: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.

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TORONTO (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog scored his second goal of the game early in the third period to put the Colorado Avalanche ahead for good in a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

Devon Toews, with a goal and an assist, Brock Nelson, Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas in an empty net also scored for Colorado. Cale Makar added two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves.

Darren Raddysh and Easton Cowan, with a goal and an assist each, and Jack Roslovic scored for Toronto, which has lost four games in a row and dropped six of its last seven.

Sergei Bobrovksy finished with 22 stops.

The 38-year-old goaltender — a two-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top netminder — has allowed three goals or more in 12 of his 13 starts since signing in free agency July 1.

Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal at 5:02 of the third, just 51 seconds after Roslovic tied the score 3-3.

Raddysh’s blast that gave Toronto a 1-0 lead was clocked at 92.89 miles per hour — the fourth fastest shot to result in a goal across the league this season, according to the NHL.

Roslovic (lower-body injury) and shutdown defenseman Chris Tanev (load management) returned to the Toronto lineup after sitting out Sunday’s 4-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Morgan Rielly (lower-body injury) joined a long list of players receiving treatment in the trainer’s room. The veteran blueliner is listed as day-to-day, while center Colton Sissons (lower-body injury) is week-to-week. Kirill Marchenko (lower body) along with Marshall Rifai (lower body) and Nick Blankenburg (upper body) also remain sidelined and week-to-week.

Makar left Sunday’s practice in Denver with an unspecified injury, but took part in Colorado’s morning skate and declared himself ready for Tuesday.

Up next

Avalanche: At the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.

Maple Leafs: Host the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

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The Senators' two-game winning streak ended Tuesday night with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals at Canadian Tire Centre. Cole Hutson scored the winner in overtime and added an assist for the Capitals.

Ridly Greig and Hayden Hodgson replied for the Senators, who carried a 2-1 lead into the third period. The loss snapped Samuel Ersson's three-game winning streak, as the Sens outshot the Capitals 25-17.

It took the Capitals just 35 seconds to get on the board. Former Senator Jakob Chychrun sent a D-to-D pass to Matt Roy, who ripped home a long slap shot to give Washington a 1-0 lead.

That lead stood for more than 30 minutes until Greig evened the score at 11:05 of the second period. Greig finished off a beautiful passing play with Thomas Chabot and Michael Amadio, slipping a slick backhand into the net from the slot.

With under four minutes to play in the second, the go-ahead goal came from an unlikely source as Hayden Hodgson put the Sens ahead 2-1.

From behind the Senators' net, Jordan Spence launched a long pass to Stephen Halliday at the far blue line. Halliday left it for Chabot, and as Capitals defenceman Matt Roy lost his footing, Chabot slid the puck over to Hodgson, who ripped home a snap shot like a seasoned goal scorer.

But it was just the second goal of Hodgson's NHL career and his first since his rookie season in 2021-22.

The lead held until the 12:31 mark of the third period, when Pierre-Luc Dubois tied the game with a one-timer off a beautiful feed from Hutson.

The Senators caught a break a short time later when Washington's Jack St. Ivany appeared to have an open net to shoot at, but he was off balance and couldn't get a clean shot away.

With about three minutes remaining in regulation, Nick Cousins left the game following a devastating hit from Chychrun.

As Cousins gathered the puck in his own zone, it became tangled in his skates, and he didn't see Chychrun closing in. The former Senators defenceman delivered a crushing hit that sent Cousins flying. Cousins appeared to lose consciousness before landing face-first on the ice. 

Chychrun was not penalized on the play.

With less than a minute remaining in regulation, Fabian Zetterlund was assessed a delay-of-game penalty for shooting the puck over the glass. The penalty carried into overtime, and shortly after it expired, Hutson moved in from the right point and ripped home the winner.

With Alex Tuch and Jake Sanderson completely screening him, Ersson leaned to his left to try and get eyes on the shooter, just in time for Hutson to beat Ersson to the right.

The Senators fall to 11-6-2 on the season and will host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

There are a whole lot of Pittsburgh Penguins' faithful clamoring for the organization to begin selling off some of its longer-tenured veterans for assets given the team's 6-10-2 start to the 2026-27 season. 

It appears that the Penguins may have tried to make a move. But, according to a former NHL player on one of the most prominent NHL podcasts, the player in question said 'no thanks.'

As suggested by ex-NHL defenseman Keith Yandle on Tuesday's episode of Spittin' Chiclets - the podcast which Yandle co-hosts with Paul Bissonette and Ryan Whitney - the Chicago Blackhawks attempted to acquire forward Rickard Rakell from the Penguins during Pittsburgh's road trip on the West Coast, which is what actually prompted the recall of young forward Rutger McGroarty, per Yandle.

"I heard a rumor that Rakell turned down a trade to go to Chicago, and that's why they brought up - who is the kid they brought up? - [Rutger] McGroarty," Yandle said. 

Keith Yandle - Spittin Chiclets - #Blackhawks & #LetsGoPens : Actually, I heard a rumor that Rakell turned down a trade to go to Chicago. And that's why they brought up, who is the kid they brought up, McGroarty. - 11/10 #NHLpic.twitter.com/M3FvcOX0RJ

— R i N K Y (@RinkyReport) November 10, 2026

Rakell, 33, has six goals and 10 points in 18 games this season. He has two seasons, counting this one, left on his six-year contract that pays him $5 million annually and that includes  an eight-team no-trade list. 

Of course, this rumor must be taken with a grain of salt. The McGroarty recall was in response to forward Ville Koivunen being day-to-day with a lower-body injury and the team needing another healthy forward on their road trip, so it's unlikely that a potential Rakell trade to Chicago would have been the reason McGroarty was brought aboard. 

Also, Rakell's eight-team no-trade list was, presumably, already submitted, as his name has been in rumor circles dating back to the summer and beyond. If this was the case, GM and POHO Kyle Dubas probably would not have even entertained the Blackhawks as legitimate contenders to land him no matter what they were willing to give up. 

If the Penguins are open for business, as reported by Elliotte Friedman Saturday, that would make some sense. But Dubas is still at the mercy of no-trade and no-movement clauses with pretty much all of his veteran players except for forward Bryan Rust, who is currently on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least four more weeks.

The rumor, up to this point, has not been substantiated or confirmed by other insiders or sources.

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CALGARY, Alberta — Despite riding a three-game win streak into Edmonton on Monday, the Rangers still made a lineup change. 

Replacing Matt Rempe with Luke Glendening and rearranging the bottom six was certainly not a major factor in the 3-1 loss to the Western Conference-leading Oilers, but it is a reflection of their current center depth and how Blueshirts head coach Mike Sullivan is trying to manage it. 

Without the advantage of the last line change while on the road, the Rangers presumably wanted the peace of mind that comes from having another true center in the lineup. 

Including another penalty killer against the No. 3 power play in the NHL couldn’t hurt either. 

After utilizing Will Cuylle as their third-line center the previous three games, however, the Rangers’ limited options and production down the middle are beginning to be felt. 

Of course, the lower-body injury Joseph Veleno suffered four games into the season has exacerbated the situation. Tuesday marked exactly a month since the Rangers announced he would be sidelined for about 3 1/2 months. 

The Rangers gave rookie Cole Beaudoin — acquired in the Vincent Trocheck trade — a look for four games before turning to veteran Justin Dowling for another four. 

When it became clear neither option was a fit, the Rangers signed Glendening to a professional tryout before giving the 37-year-old a one-year, $850,000 contract. Glendening hasn’t been the most impactful, sitting with zero points through four games, but he has been serviceable. 

Beaudoin has been hurt essentially since his last NHL chance. Neither Juuso Parssinen nor Carey Terrance, acquired in the Chris Kreider trade, inspire much confidence or are near ready. 

And Tuesday afternoon, the Rangers recalled the 29-year-old Glenn Gawdin, who hasn’t played in the NHL since logging one game during the 2023-24 season with the Ducks. 

Alberts Smits, who missed the past two games with an upper-body injury, was placed on injured reserve to make room for Gawdin. 

When looking at the big picture, it’s understandable why Sullivan looked to move Cuylle to the middle. 

Though it is likely not a long-term solution and Sullivan continues to tinker with the lineup, the Rangers have even bigger problems at center than just a shallow pool of players. 

Top two centers Mika Zibanejad and J.T. Miller combined for just four — four! — 5-on-5 goals through the first 19 games of the season. 

With only seven goals between the two, the Rangers have suffered tremendously without the offensive production they have needed from two of their marquee players. 

In their nine losses, including Monday night in Edmonton, the Rangers have been limited to one or no goals six times. 

“Hard on myself in that department,” said Miller, who has four goals. “I feel like I’m all over the net right now, and nothing seemed to find the net. We’re just missing that timely goal. That was a big game for us [Monday]. I thought if we could get one [Monday], it really had the ball rolling for us. It hurts a little right now, but we got a day off [Tuesday] to think about it and then we’ll move forward to Calgary.” 

Miller has rather consistently generated scoring chances and made for an effective duo with Tye Kartye, but the finish has evaded him both 5-on-5 and on the power play. In addition to hitting three posts, Miller has just one power-play goal. 

Sullivan and assistant coach David Quinn, who is in charge of the power play, opted to split up Zibanejad and Miller — as well as double-shift Adam Fox — in hopes of giving the two units a jolt. 

Like Miller, Zibanejad also has just one goal on the power play so far this season. 

The Rangers were able to score on the power play two games in a row against the Flyers and the Kraken recently, but the club’s overall body of work with the man advantage has been underwhelming at 18.9 percent. 

Against the Oilers, Sullivan went with the second unit — Fox, Miller, Cuylle, Kartye and Oliver Bjorkstrand — at the start of power plays more than usual. 

When Ryan Shea got called for tripping Alexis Lafrenière with 1:26 left in regulation, however, the Rangers put Fox, Miller, Zibanejad, Kartye, Lafrenière and Pavel Dorofeyev out there with an empty net. 

The group represents the players Sullivan and his staff believe are the Rangers’ best right now. 

“They’re, for the most part, getting fairly split even,” Sullivan said of the two power-play units. “Sometimes, if Mika’s line’s on the ice and they’re tired, we’ll go with the other unit. And then sometimes, if they’re both fresh, it’s a sense of, ‘OK, who do we think is going well?’ The other thing is I thought J.T. was pretty good in the faceoff circle, so he’s inclined to win the opening faceoff, which gives us zone time. When he’s dominant in the faceoff circle like that, that helps. 

“So there are multiple reasons why we make the decisions, but it’s not a case of one’s getting favored over the other. For the most part, they’ve been pretty split 50-50 down the middle.”

On Monday, the NHL announced their Three Stars of the Week which included Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros.

Saros was named the league's Third Star of the Week, behind Anaheim Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier and New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes. 

Saros allowed just a single goal against both the Carolina Hurricanes and the St. Louis Blues, saving 53 of 55 shots against while also picking up a 2-0-0 record during that period.  

To date, this season has been a major return to form for Saros. After spending the last two seasons with a save percentage below the .900 threshold, he's currently sitting at a .912 through his first 12 starts of the 2026-27 campaign. He currently sits seventh in save percentage in the NHL amongst goaltenders with 10 or more games played.

Saros is expected to be back in action tonight, as the Predators visit the Los Angeles Kings to kick off their west coast road trip.

Former Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane is heading to the KHL.  

The veteran forward, who turned 35 at the beginning of August, has signed a (terms of contract and team), departing from his hometown team one year after being acquired via trade. Kane played for a total of six NHL teams throughout his career, as he also spent time with the Atlanta Thrashers, Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks, and Edmonton Oilers. 

Through 71 games played in the 2025–26 season, Kane scored 13 goals and 18 assists, good for seventh on the Canucks in points. He played in his 1000th NHL game on March 30 against the Vegas Golden Knights and celebrated the milestone on home-ice on April 4 against the Utah Mammoth — his final game as a member of the Canucks. 

Vancouver’s decision to acquire Kane was polarizing to start. The Canucks traded for the forward in June of 2025, sending a fourth-round pick in last year’s draft to the Oilers in exchange. Edmonton used this pick to select forward David Lewandowski. 

Since the start of his NHL career in the 2009–10 season, Kane has hit the 40-point mark a total of nine times, the most recent of which came in 2023–24 as a member of the Oilers. His current career-high in points recorded during a single season is 30 goals and 27 assists in 74 games with the Jets during the 2011–12 season.  

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The Senators will get one injured player back on Tuesday night, but they'll have to wait a little longer for another as they prepare to host the Washington Capitals at Canadian Tire Centre.

Forward Ridly Greig is expected to return after missing time with an injury, giving head coach Travis Green another option up front.

However, despite Linus Ullmark's removal from injured reserve and his return to full practice, the Senators have opted to be extra cautious with their oft-injured goaler. 

They've decided to give Samuel Ersson another start.

Ersson has won his last three games, allowing just four goals over that stretch. His resurgence has helped the Senators stay afloat without Ullmark, going 4-3-1 during his absence.

With Ullmark not suiting up, the Senators have recalled Jackson Parsons to be their backup on Tuesday.

21 year old rookie Carter Yakemchuk will be a healthy scratch for the fifth time in six games. The one game he did play in that stretch was because Tyler Kleven was under the weather. 

The Senators enter Tuesday's game with an 11-6-1 record, good for fourth place in the Atlantic Division and ninth overall in the NHL. Washington is 9-6-0, sitting fourth in the Metro and 13th overall.

Tuesday's game also marks another return to Canadian Tire Centre for former Senators defenceman Jakob Chychrun.

The Senators traded Chychrun to Washington in the summer of 2024 in exchange for defenceman Nick Jensen and a third-round draft pick.

Two years later, the deal isn't looking great for the Senators.

Chychrun has become an important part of Washington's defence and has 11 points through his first 15 games this season. Jensen departed the Senators as a free agent this past summer and is now playing for Anaheim's AHL farm club. The third rounder was sent to LA in the Warren Foegele trade.

The Senators have since rebuilt much of their defence, but Chychrun's continued offensive production, combined with being only 28, certainly makes Sens fans wish they had more to show for his departure.

For all the attention surrounding what's expected to be Alex Ovechkin's final NHL season, the Capitals superstar hasn't exactly been lighting up the scoresheet.

Father Time comes for us all.

Now 41, one of the greatest goal scorers in hockey history has managed just one goal and four points through 15 games.

But other players have helped pick up the slack.

Dylan Strome leads the Capitals with 14 points in 15 games, followed by Alex Tuch with 13. Promising young forward Ryan Leonard has also made an impact early in his sophomore season, collecting 11 points.

Washington has also enjoyed a rhome-heavy schedule to begin the season. The Capitals have played 11 of their first 15 games at Capital One Arena, where they've compiled a 7-4-0 record. They're 2-2-0 on the road.

It's been home sweet home for the Sens at Canadian Tire Centre, posting a 6-2-0 home record.

They're coming off Saturday's 4-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth, a game in which Nick Cousins scored the winner with just 2:18 remaining.

Tim Stützle continues to lead the club offensively with 23 points, while he and Drake Batherson share the team lead with nine goals apiece.

Washington, meanwhile, is expected to use the following combinations:

Tuch – Strome – Kyrou
A. Protas – Dubois – Wilson
Ovechkin – Sourdif – Beauvillier
Jenner – I. Protas – Leonard

Chychrun – Roy
Fehervary – Liljegren
Hutson – St. Ivany

Game time is 7 p.m. at Canadian Tire Centre. The game will be televised on TSN5.

Steve Warne
The Hockey News 

Ilya Safonov is headed back to the KHL. According to a report from Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali, the Russian forward has left the Abbotsford Canucks and is headed back home. At the time of writing, it is unknown what KHL team Safonov will join, but he has spent his entire pro career in Russia with Ak Bars Kazan. 

Safonov signed a one-year contract with the Canucks this past off-season. He started the year in the AHL with Abbotsford, where he posted four points in 12 games. Safonov is able to go back to the KHL, as he has a clause in his contract that allows the move. 

Vancouver acquired the rights to Safonov back in 2025 from the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations. The 25-year-old was drafted 172nd overall in 2021, but did not sign with Chicago. In 331 career KHL games, Safonov has scored 65 goals and recorded 128 points. 

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