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Tempers flared toward the end of the contest between the New York Islanders and Dallas Stars on Tuesday night, especially from Islanders coach Patrick Roy.

Stars right winger Mikko Rantanen was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct after boarding Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov. As Romanov was helped off the ice, Roy was incensed with the Stars and Rantanen.

The hockey community, specifically Stars and Islanders fans, had plenty of reactions to the hit, the controversy of the play and Roy’s explosion on the bench.

“Yeah that’s definitely no question a 5 min major and a game misconduct, holy,” @Listenin2Marley posted on X. 

“I don't think it was on purpose but it's the right call and it was dangerous,” @achsdu17 posted.

Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) on XPatrick Roy had some words for Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas bench following the hit.

As for Roy’s reaction, some fans loved it, while others questioned his antics.

During his meltdown, it appeared that he yelled toward Rantanen, "You're not gonna f---ing finish that game," hinting at the next matchup between the Stars and Islanders on March 26 at UBS Arena. 

“I love it. I would run through a wall for a coach that stands up for his players like that. What a beauty,” @Mithex06251754 posted.

“Someone please let Patrick Roy know that Islanders fans will happily start a GoFundMe to cover his fine if he tells it exactly like it is to the media after the game,” @nicolefshirman wrote.

“I worry for his blood pressure sometimes, but THAT’S MY COACH!,” @brass_bonanza posted. 

“Looks like St. Patrick is threatening an opposing player with bodily injury. Hey, NHL, is there a rule against a coach threatening an opponent?” @P1Rick posted.

Others had a different perspective on the play.

Before Rantanen made contact with Romanov, Isles D-man Scott Mayfield made some slight contact with Rantanen. Fans believe this forced the Stars' right winger to go through Romanov.

“Mayfield caused it, Rantanan was trying to avoid collision. Roy owes Mikko a public apology,” @AsplundPete posted.

Roy talked about the hit Rantanen made on Romanov after the game.

“All I'm going to say is, when you see the numbers, you have to lay off, everybody knows that,” Roy told reporters following New York’s 3-2 victory, according to The Hockey News' Stefen Rosner.

“I'm proud of the way that our guys handle it afterwards. No one was happy to see someone get hurt like this. And like I said, it's disrespectful for our guy. I was in Colorado when (Rantanen) was drafted there, and it's not his style. But at the same time, that should not be part of our game," the Isles bench boss added.

Stars coach Glen Gulutzan added his perspective on the play.

"If you watch the play, I think Mayfield holds up Rants, and they actually clip skates,” Gulutzan told reporters. "So Rants is going off-balance going in there, too. If you played the game and you're off-balance, you usually put your hands out.

"I've seen Rants play enough in the last 10 years. It's just one of those hockey plays that happened. I'm hoping Romanov is OK. It's a dangerous play for everybody."

This wasn’t the only situation that riled up fans who viewed this contest. Earlier in the affair, Islanders center Bo Horvat was given a 10-minute misconduct and a double-minor penalty for high-sticking center Oskar Back.

Horvat appeared to be tripped, and he swung his stick upward as he fell.

“HORVAT GOT TRIPPED LED TO THE HIGH STICK. LEADS TO HIM WITH A DOUBLE MINOR AND 10 MIN MISCONDUCT?!!?!?” @IslesGirl3 posted on X.

Even with the misconducts against Horvat and Rantanen, this game wasn’t free of additional controversy until the final horn.

As the Stars continued to push for the equalizer, they beat goaltender David Rittich to beat the buzzer, but the call was reversed upon review for goaltender interference.

Once the game officially ended in New York’s favor, Rittich didn’t shy away from a post-game celebration.

“David Rittich let it be known he was quite thrilled with the win and the call being reversed,” @RTaub_ wrote.

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When Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St-Louis revealed his lines for Monday night’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, I’ll admit I wondered how Juraj Slafkovsky would react to losing his spot on the first line. With Zachary Bolduc set to skate alongside Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, the 21-year-old Slovak found himself on the second line alongside Oliver Kapanen and Ivan Demidov.

Ever since he joined the Canadiens, Slafkovsky has spent most of his time on ice with the team’s most productive duo, but he hasn’t produced as much as they did. That’s not surprising, though, since he’s not on the same level of skills, and that’s not why he was drafted; he was drafted because of his own skill set that has more to do with a physical style of play than finesse.

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On the ice, his role is to use his big body to retrieve pucks and allow his linemates to initiate or continue the attack. The fact that he has points in only 23.1% of the goals scored while he is on the ice at even strength and 39.1% of the goals scored on the power play reflects the nature of his role. As for his points per 60 minutes, it stands at 1.6. His style of play, however, doesn't mean his production should have decreased compared to last season.

At the end of the 2024-25 campaign, his points per 60 minutes stood at 2.2, and he had gathered 51 points. His even strength points percentage stood at 65.1%. He has already shown that he can be more productive than his numbers show this season. He’s on pace for 39 points this year, a significant decrease.

Taking those numbers into account, it made sense for St-Louis to try and shake things up a bit, and Slafkovsky understood to move and rose to the challenge. He was energetic on the ice and skating with purpose. The fact that he found himself on a line with rookie-of-the-year candidate Demidov probably helped; everyone can see just how talented the young Russian is.

While Slafkovsky didn’t pick up any points, he worked hard all night and provided the screen, which allowed Lane Hutson to tie up the score with less than two minutes left in the game. It takes time to build chemistry, but the signs were positive on Monday night, even if the “kid line” faced one of the Jackets’ top lines. It will be interesting to see what they can do with St-Louis controlling the match-up on home ice, if he decides to stick with those combinations.

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LAS VEGAS -- The Golden Knights got two power-play goals, including one from rookie forward Braeden Bowman, and held on for a 3-2 win over the visiting New York Rangers.

The Knights, who recently endured a 0-2-2 four-game skid, have now won two of three, going 2-0-1.

The win moved Vegas (24 points) into a second-place tie with the Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division, both one point back of the surprising Anaheim Ducks.

Ben Hutton and Shea Theodore also scored for the Knights, while Akira Schmid made 17 saves to improve to 7-1-2 on the year, having earned seven of Vegas' eight wins.

Hutton's goal was his first in 609 days.

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on XHUTTY WAS HYPED TO GET HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON 🤩

Theodore, a cancer survivor, scored the game-winning goal on Hockey Fights Cancer night in Vegas.

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on Xthe power play has been on FIRE tonight 🔥

The Rangers got goals from Jonny Brodzinski and Vincent Trocheck, while goalie Igor Shesterkin made 23 saves.

Pavel Dorofeyev’s assist on Hutton’s second-period goal marked his 100th career point. Dorofeyev, who ranks fifth on the team with 15 points (11 goals, 4 assists), is the fourth player in franchise history to record his first 100 career points with the Knights.

KEY MOMENT: With Vegas on the power play, Schmid found himself facing a 2-on-1 shorthanded rush with the Knights clinging to a 2-1 lead. As Schmid squared up to defend Trocheck coming down the right side, a quick pass to Will Cuylle shifted the play. Schmid shifted quickly to stymie the effort and keep momentum in Vegas' favor. Moments later, Theodore buried what turned out to be the game-winning goal.

"Critical moment," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "That is how you turn a one-goal game into a win as opposed to a loss. ... He makes the save to give us a little bit of life. We got through it, let's keep pushing. We did, and we got the next goal. Ends up being the game winner."

KEY STAT: 0-for-9 ... that would be the stretch of games in which Vegas star Jack Eichel has not scored a goal. Eichel, at one point, led the league in points after opening the season with 19 points (8 goals, 11 assists) through Oct. 28. Since then, Eichel has five assists and is -2.

WHAT A KNIGHT:Bowman continues his impressive play after just four games. The 22-year-old made his debut Nov. 13 against the Islanders. In his second game, on Saturday in St. Louis, he scored the first goal of his career, also on the power play.

"He's given us good minutes. The things we're looking for are, can he keep up the pace and strength of NHL hockey night after night. In four nights, that has not dropped off. That's a good sign, because that's the challenge for all the newbies in the league."

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on XBraeden Bowman on the power play is a cheat code 🎮

UP NEXT: The Golden Knights open a three-game road trip at Utah on Thursday.

PHOTO CAPTION: Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Akira Schmid (40) makes a save against New York Rangers left wing Will Cuylle (50) during the third period at T-Mobile Arena.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rookie forward Braeden Bowman scored his second career goal and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Ben Hutton and Shea Theodore also scored for the Golden Knights, and Akira Schmid stopped 17 shots. Vegas improved to 2-0-1 in the past three games following an 0-2-2 stretch.

Two of Vegas’ goals came on the power play. After a 3-for-34 skid, the Golden Knights have scored five times with the man advantage in the last three games.

Jonny Brodzinski and Vincent Trocheck scored for New York. Another would-be goal by Brodzinski in the third period was wiped out following a replay review when center Mika Zibanejad was ruled offside after Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy challenged the play.

Trocheck’s deflection during a 6-on-5 with 2:43 left cut the margin to one.

Igor Shesterkin made 23 saves for the Rangers.

Bowman, playing his fourth NHL game, scored his second power-play goal in four nights. After making a pass to the top of the slot for Mitch Marner, whose shot deflected off Shesterkin’s pad, Bowman was there to one-time the rebound into the net midway through the first period.

Hutton gave Vegas a 2-0 lead when he scored his first goal in 609 days, beating Shesterkin from the left dot early in the second.

Brodzinski cut the lead in half when he banged in the rebound of Will Cuylle’s shot on a 2-on-1 later in the period.

Theodore, who underwent surgery to treat testicular cancer prior to the 2019-20 season, scored the game-winning goal midway through the third on Hockey Fights Cancer night at T-Mobile Arena.

Up next

Rangers: Will visit Colorado on Thursday.

Golden Knights: Play at Utah on Thursday.

The Chicago Blackhawks took on the Calgary Flames at the United Center on Wednesday in their 19th game of the season. This is the second meeting between the two clubs. 

The Blackhawks came in feeling good about themselves after a big win over the Toronto Maple Leafs over the weekend. The Flames arrived in Chicago with the worst record in the National Hockey League, so they were looking for a spark in any way they could get it. 

Earlier this season, the Blackhawks and Flames met up in Calgary. It was a 4-0 shutout victory for Chicago, and it featured a lot of physical play, including multiple fights. 

At 15:05 of the first period, Ryan Donato ended a little bit of a scoring slump by giving the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead. On the goal, Louis Crevier earned another assist, giving him 8 on the season. Oliver Moore also picked up an assist. 

Almost a full period later to the minute, at 15:11 of the second, Connor Bedard scored with a high-effort play. He used his newfound extra burst to reach the puck and poke it into the net through the wickets of goalie Dustin Wolf. Sam Rinzel earned the helper on the goal with his nice puck-clearing pass from the defensive zone. 

Late in the second, the Calgary Flames scored their first goal of the season against the Blackhawks. It almost took them five full periods, but Matt Coronato's goal pulled them within one. 

Eventually, in the third period, the Flames found a way to tie the game. Rasmus Anderson ripped one past Arvid Soderblom to even things up at two goals apiece. 

Not even two minutes of game clock later, Connor Bedard scored again with a snipe of his own. Ryan Greene made a perfect pass to find him, and Bedard didn't miss. 

Oliver Moore later scored his first goal at home, and second of his career. That gave the Blackhawks some insurance, which Moore made mention of after the game as a reason to be extra proud of the goal. 

With the net empty for Calgary as they tried to come back, Connor Bedard launched one from his defensive zone into the vacant cage for the hat trick. It is his second hat trick of the season. 

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Bedard is now up to 13 goals and 29 points in 19 games played. The run that he is on is special, as he continues to make his case for Team Canada at the Olympics. 

The 5-2 score following Bedard's hat trick stood as the final, and the Blackhawks are now 10-5-4 with 24 points in the standings. They are getting awfully close to being in a playoff spot on American Thanksgiving, which is a noteworthy checkpoint in the NHL. 

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The Chicago Blackhawks will return to the ice on Thursday night for a date with the Seattle Kraken, who are not off to a terrible start themselves. Earlier this month, the Blackhawks and Kraken met up in Seattle, with a 3-1 decision in favor of the home team. 

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The Islanders held on for a 3-2 win over the Stars in Dallas on Tuesday night, improving their record on this hellish road trip to 5-1-0, but the first thing on the team's mind was for Alexander Romanov.

With time running out in the third period, Stars forward Mikko Rantanen hit Romanov from behind, leading to the Islanders defenseman sliding face-first into the boards behind New York's goal. Romanov was a heap on the ice as officials stopped play with just 27.3 seconds remaining and waved to the benches to get medical personnel to tend to him.

Rantanen was assessed a five-minute major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct for the hit.

Mikko Rantanen was assessed a 5 minute major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct for this hit on Alexander Romanov. pic.twitter.com/nWnQwelfOQ

— Islanders Videos (@SNY_Islanders) November 19, 2025

"I hope he's going to be ok. At this moment, I don't know exactly what it is," Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said after the game. "But all I'm going to say is, when you see the numbers, you have to lay off. Everybody knows that. I mean, you don't go through the guy. I'm proud of the way that our guys handled it afterwards. No one was happy to see someone get hurt like this. And like I said, to me, it's disrespectful for our guy."

Roy, who was the Avalanche head coach when the team drafted Rantanen 10th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, said he knew it wasn't intentional, but that doesn't excuse the hit.

"I was in Colorado when [Rantanen] was drafted there, and it's not his style," he said. "But at the same time, that should not be part of our game."

Newsday's Andrew Gross reported from Dallas that Romanov was still in the arena at the time the game ended and did not have to be transported to another facility for examination, and that the mood with the Islanders is equal parts concern and anger.

"I hope he's doing good," said Calum Ritchie, who scored his first goal as an Islander on Tuesday. "That's a tough play there at the end and thankfully, we ended up getting the win for him."

"Hopefully he's alright," Ryan Pulock said. "Wasn't pretty from the bench."

"A lot happens. We're not happy to see one of our best defenseman. Hopefully, he's fine. It's dangerous," Jean-Gabriel Pageau said of the play. "We all saw it from the ice, I'm sure you guys have a different view and the replays and stuff, so you guys make your own statement on it. And for us, it's one of our friends, one of our teammates. Never fun to see that."

Pageau was asked if the play overshadowed their win on Tuesday, and the veteran center said that their thoughts are with their teammate.

"Put yourself in my shoes, one of your friends gets hurt on the ice, it's way more important than hockey to me," he said. "Obviously, we get two points... we're happy about that, but our first concern was Romy and the rest took care of itself."

DALLAS (AP) — Bo Horvat scored his 13th goal of the season in the second period before being ejected for high-sticking in the third, and the New York Islanders held on for a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.

Calum Ritchie and Kyle Palmieri also scored and David Rittich made 22 saves for the Islanders, who are 5-1 on their seven-game road swing.

Jason Robertson scored twice for Dallas, and Jake Oettinger finished with 19 saves.

Robertson, who has eight goals in his last four games, scored on a 6-on-5 backhander with 1:59 left to cut the deficit to one for the Stars, whose five-game winning streak ended.

The Stars, with Oettinger pulled, lost their man advantage with 28 seconds remaining when Mikko Rantanen was ejected for boarding Alexander Romanov, who was injured after going face-first into the boards and had to be helped off the ice.

Then Wyatt Johnson stunningly tied the game with 0.1 seconds, but his goal was waved off by official review for goaltender interference because Robertson collided with Rittich in the crease and knocked him over.

After a penalty-free first and second periods, the whistles came out in a tense third period. Islanders coach Patrick Roy was livid after the boarding by Rantanen, yelling at the officials and at the Stars bench. There were 35 penalty minutes doled out, with seven penalties in the third, including a double-minor and game misconduct for Horvat, who moved into a tie for second in the NHL in goals.

The Stars welcomed back captain Jamie Benn from lung surgery in his season debut. He played 19 shifts, with one shot and four hits.

Ritchie had his first goal and Palmieri had his first short-handed goal as members of the Islanders.

Up next

The Islanders play at Detroit on Thursday, when Dallas visits Vancouver.

The extra session has not been kind to the St. Louis Blues this season.

That trend continued on Tuesday.

William Nylander scored at 4:06 of overtime for the shorthanded Toronto Maple Leafs, who ended a five-game losing skid with a 3-2 win over the Blues at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Tuesday.

Nathan Walker and Dalibor Dvorsky scored for the Blues (6-9-5), who have dropped four of their past five (1-1-3). Jordan Binnington stopped 26 shots.

The Blues began a five-game road trip on Tuesday and continue Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Let’s look at Tuesday’s observations:

* Terrible sequence for Blues to end a game, highlighted by a highly-skilled goal – The goal, quite frankly, should have never been available for Nylander to begin with.

John Tavares, who was at the end of, or beyond the end of, a long shift at 1:36, goes into the right corner and the Blues converge two skaters (Philip Broberg and Pavel Buchnevich), with Dylan Holloway behind the play waiting for one of his teammates to win the puck back to him for a potential final possession.

Broberg’s shift was at 58 seconds but Buchnevich was the fresher of the players, having just stepped on for his third OT shift at 16 seconds. He comes in to really make sure they can win the puck back. But Tavares is able to kick it out to Morgan Rielly, who finds Nylander coming down the left hand side, he dangles around Holloway, who now has to scramble into position, then dangles around Binnington and tucks the puck inside the near post.

Game over:

Pure filth from Willy Nylander 🔥 pic.twitter.com/iPLWKehSdC

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 19, 2025

The Blues had been pretty strong on wall battles in this game, but it’s been a lingering issue in this first quarter of the season and reared its ugly head once again to cost them another point in the extra time, falling to 0-3 in OT, 0-2 in shootouts.

* Blues trying to play Buchnevich through his slumps is a problem – It’s no secret that Buchnevich is struggling and underperforming by a country mile.

We all know he has just three even-strength points (all assists) in 20 games now and just seven points (two goals, five assists) on the season. Unacceptable for an $8 million player.

But until this guy figures it out, if he figures it out, maybe it’s time in these situations for Jim Montgomery to give ice time, especially in overtime, to someone that deserves it.

Dvorsky is your future, how about him? Maybe a Pius Suter, who didn’t see the ice in OT? Maybe get Jimmy Snuggerud, also the future, back out there for another shift since he was on the bench at the 2:07 mark and rested.

But Buchnevich had a blunder of a turnover that resulted in a penalty shot in a 4-3 OT loss to the Seattle Kraken on Nov. 8 and had a chance to win it in his previous shift when Broberg found him in the slot area, only to fumble the puck at his stick and nearly losing it again.

Buchnevich was on the ice for all three goals against (minus-3 for the game) and had one shot attempt in the game (blocked), took an undisciplined penalty in the first period that didn’t cost them a goal but it came not long after in 17:19 of ice time.

He did make a good play to help with Dvorsky’s power-play goal, but the miscues and mistakes are glaring for someone who’s supposed to be a top-end player.

* Fourth line creates a break, momentum – The fourth line of Walker, Oskar Sundqvist and Alexey Toropchenko did what they are supposed to do: create momentum and hard, gritty, grinding shifts.

They did that and opened the scoring with what was the tone-setter for their game when Walker – or should I say Nylander – made it 1-0 for the Blues when the Toronto forward inadvertently batted the puck past Dardene Prairie’s Joseph Woll at 1:50 of the first period for a 1-0 lead. But it came after initial pressure below the goal line that helped fuel the fire in that situation:

that was a reaaaaallllllly favorable bounce. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/rKpdO82Pw8

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 19, 2025

So think about this: Walker scored a goal but didn't have a shot on goal in the game. Pretty rare but it happens on those proverbial own goals.

* Breakdown on tying goal in first starts with undisciplined penalty – The Blues had some good mojo going, but Buchnevich takes an ill-advised offensive zone holding minor at 3:25, and although the Blues killed the play off, Jake McCabe tied the game 1-1 at 5:36 on a floater from the left point.

The Blues had a chance to clear the puck, but Justin Faulk, playing in his 1,000th game, failed to get the clear, and after McCabe’s initial shot was blocked in the slot, the puck hopped over Brayden Schenn’s stick, who thought he was going with it out of the zone, McCabe used former Blue Dakota Joshua as a screen to knuckle one into the corner:

Caber callin' Corners ⇱@OREO | #LeafsForeverpic.twitter.com/27Np4Ik0qO

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) November 19, 2025

* Special teams create life, Blues turn up shot volume from moment of tying goal – It started with a solid penalty kill for the game, going 3-for-3, including killing off Tyler Tucker’s double minor for high-sticking in the first period after his partner Matthew Kessel, who had a tough first, got walked by Max Domi.

And the power play came through when Dvorsky’s one-timer from the right circle at 13:18 of the second period tied it 2-2.

Buchnevich kept a play alive with a diving effort to keep the play alive, the Blues were able to reload the play from low to high, work it around to Robert Thomas, who found Dvorsky with a seam pass with a Toronto forward missing his stick because it was broken, and Dvorsky made no mistake with his third goal – all on the power play – of the season:

Get to know the name Dalibor Dvorsky. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/qWM4Y0jwRL

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 19, 2025

* Blues found life after looking somewhat lifeless – The Maple Leafs were missing some key components (Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies, Chris Tanev) and others in this game, and the Blues at one point were being outshot 20-7 to a cast that would have resembled half of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.

But by getting that initial power play, created by Walker’s hustle to draw a tripping minor on McCabe at 12:06, the Blues then caught some life with 16 of the next 18 shots in the game and creating much more O-zone time. They just couldn’t find that next goal despite a plethora of opportunities.

Jordan Kyrou was part of a lot of those opportunities, and the Blues’ winger finished with six shots on goal on 12 attempts; you had to think a goal was coming but it never did.

* Missed too many nets – The Blues simply missed the net too many times, 18 of them in all.

Scoring chances were aplenty in the game, but six guys missed the net two or more times in the game, and that’s just too many in a one-shot game.

Kyrou had the best chance I could recall in the third period when he came in walking into the inner edge of the left circle and tried picking the top right corner but missed the net. That was the chance to win the game but there were others, including Buchnevich’s overtime chance.

“At the end of the day we’ve got to find a way to start putting some wins in the win column.”

Cam Fowler, Dalibor Dvorsky and Jim Montgomery after Tuesday’s game in Toronto. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/8knWP8VOvV

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 19, 2025

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LAS VEGAS -- Rookie Braeden Bowman gave the Golden Knights an early 1-0 lead over the New York Rangers Tuesday night with the second goal of his four-game-old career.

Bowman, who made his debut Nov. 13 against the Islanders, was in perfect position to slam home a rebound on the power play against Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin.

Sitting to the left of the goal, Bowman fed Mitch Marner at the top of the slot. Marner's shot caromed off Shesterkin's right pad to Bowman, who one-timed it in the net.

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on XBraeden Bowman on the power play is a cheat code 🎮

On Saturday, in his second game, he scored in St. Louis, also on the power play. In doing so, he became the fourth Golden Knight to score his first NHL goal on the man advantage.

He also became Vegas' fifth skater whose goal stood as a game-winner.

An undrafted free agent, the 22-year-old earned an AHL contract with Henderson in July 2024 and later signed his entry-level contract with Vegas on March 3, 2025, during his first pro season with the Silver Knights.

PHOTO CAPTION: Vegas Golden Knights right wing Braeden Bowman (42) celebrates after scoring a goal against the New York Rangers during the first period at T-Mobile Arena.

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Senators winger Nick Cousins has made a career out of being hard to play against, getting under people's skin, and pretty much doing whatever is required to help his team win. Opponents often don't care for his tactics, and sometimes the NHL doesn't either. So, on Tuesday, the league put its foot down. Kind of. 

The NHL announced that Cousins has been fined $2,000 as supplementary discipline under NHL Rule 64 (Diving/Embellishment). He was flagged for falling to the ice a little too easily in a game against the Utah Mammoth earlier this month.

According to the league, Rule 64 is designed to bring attention to and more seriously penalize players (and teams) who repeatedly dive and embellish in an attempt to draw penalties.

In a business where even the lowest-paid employees are making close to a million dollars, it's hard not to chuckle over the notion that the league might believe there's anything "serious" about a $2000 fine. That's an amount most players can recoup from under their floor mats the next time they get their Mercedes detailed.

But the real punishment isn't financial. It's the attention and stigma of being publicly labelled a diver. To many NHL players, it's a scarlet letter. No hockey player in this country wants to be thought of as a diver. It's an incredible contrast to professional soccer, where diving and pretending to be injured to fool the referee is appreciated by most and tolerated by all.

But most North American hockey fans can't stand it. As an example, there's a popular Instagram account with almost 20K followers, entirely devoted to "exposing the divers/embellishers of the NHL."

NHL Dives invites followers to DM them with any dives they witness in the NHL, and the video of the offender's theatrics and fakery is quickly posted for all to see. They even post standings, or as they call it, "The Diving Board."

With Cousins' second infraction, that's when automatic fines start to kick in.

Cousins was issued a warning in a game at Washington on Oct. 25, though he really didn't do much embellishing. He was slashed on the back of the leg, though not very hard, and dropped briefly to one knee.

His second citation, which triggered the $2,000 fine, was issued for an incident vs. Utah on Nov. 9. Utah forward JJ Peterka was assessed a minor penalty for interference on a play where Cousins fell to the ice without taking much contact at all.

Once a team takes four diving penalties in a season, their coach is also on the hook for all future dives, starting at $2000 for a fifth dive, then escalating to a cap of $5000 for the eighth dive and every dive after that.

That can also be an effective deterrent, because no player wants to aggravate or take money away from the man who controls his ice time.

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It looks like the Pittsburgh Penguins' injury woes have trickled down to their farm system. 

On Tuesday, it was announced by the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League that Penguins' defensive prospect Peyton Kettles will be out indefinitely after injuring his shouler. He is scheduled to have surgery Friday in Pittsburgh. 

Kettles was selected 39th overall by the Penguins in this summer's draft, and the big, 6-foot-5 defenseman has a goal and three points in five games this season split between the Swift Current Broncos and the Kelowna Rockets. He played with fellow defensive prospect Owen Pickering at Swift Current for two seasons from 2022-24.

He was traded from Swift Current to Kelowna on Oct. 30 in CHL blockbuster that included defenseman Jackson Gillespie and five draft picks - one of which is a 2027 first-round pick. Kettles had already missed Penguins' training camp due to injury and recently returned from that injury before sustaining this one. 

The Rockets are 8-6-3-1 and are currently ranked eighth in the Western Conference. They will play host to the Calder Memorial Cup Final at the conclusion of the 2025-26 junior season. 

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The New York Islanders improved to 5-1-0 on their seven-game road trip after a big 3-1 win in the Big D against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. David Rittich made  saves for his second straight win. 

Bo Horvat broke a 1-1 tie, scoring his 13th of the season at 3:12 of the third after a favorable bounce off the end-wall:

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Then, after Horvat found himself in the box for a double-minor, also earning himself a 10-minute misconduct, Kyle Palmieri did his best Jean-Gabriel Pageau impression, scoring shorthanded to give the Islanders a 3-1 lead at 7:38 of the third:

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Horvat was unable to play the final 13:12 of the third. 

The Stars pulled within one, scoring with 1:59 to go in the third with the extra-attacker courtesy of Jason Robertson's second of the game. But that's as close as Dallas would get.

Early in the Calum Ritchie scored at 0:31 of the period for his first goal since joining the Islanders, but Jason Robertson answered 1:55 later:

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 We await an update on defenseman Alexander Romanov, who was hit from behind by Stars forward Mikko Rantanen with 27.3 seconds to play. Rantanen received a five-minute major and a game misconduct. 

The Stars thought they scored to force overtime with 0.2 seconds to play in regulation -- which they did -- but the league deemed it goaltender interference after a review. 

The Islanders conclude their road trip against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night with puck drop at 7 PM ET on MSGSN2. 

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One of the major storylines for the Detroit Red Wings in their centennial campaign has been the emergence of several rookie players.

On Tuesday evening against the visiting Seattle Kraken, a pair of rookies took center stage. 

Nate Danielson scored his first career goal while adding an assist, while Emmitt Finnie broke a lengthy goal-scoring drought of his own (assisted by Danielson) as part of Detroit's 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Little Caesars Arena.

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With the victory, the Red Wings improved their record to 12-7-1 and moved into the top spot in the Atlantic Division. 

It was the Kraken who found the back of the net first after team captain Jordan Eberle banged home a loose puck at the side of the net while on the power-play in the first period. 

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Detroit's Lucas Raymond knotted the score early in the second period with his sixth goal of the season and second in as many games.

Not long afterward, it would be Danielson who was credited with his first NHL goal after a shot from fellow rookie Axel Sandin-Pellikka deflected off his shin and past goaltender Joey Daccord. Immediately, rookie Emmitt Finnie retrieved the puck from the net that Danielson will keep forever.

Danielson appeared to have his second career goal just minutes later after he deked around defenseman Adam Larsson and beat Daccord with a power move to the net, though the goal would be taken back after Finnie was ruled to have entered the offensive zone just a fraction too early. 

The Kraken then managed to tie the game on a deflection goal from Ryker Evans, but Detroit would restore the lead after Danielson picked up his second point of the evening with a perfect feed to Finnie, who roofed a shot past Daccord for his first goal since Oct. 25. 

Despite a late push by the Kraken in the third period, the Red Wings iced the game after Dylan Larkin scored into the vacated net, picking up the 600th point of his career in the process. 

Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot won for the eighth time this season, making 20 saves, while Daccord countered with 23 saves. 

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Reinforcements arrived for the New Jersey Devils ahead of their Tuesday night game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena. 

Forward Connor Brown and Evgenii Dadonov, along with defenseman Dougie Hamilton, returned to head coach Sheldon Keefe's lineup. Brenden Dillon, who was a game-time decision after missing Monday's practice, also played. 

The welcomed additions to the lineup caused a shake-up amongst the Devils' forward group, with only one line remaining intact from the prior game. Arseny Gritsyuk was elevated to play with Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt, while Dawson Mercer centered a line with Timo Meier and Brown on his wings. Dadonov began on the fourth line with Paul Cotter and Luke Glendening. 

The new-look Devils looked out of sync for most of the 60 minutes and ultimately suffered a 5-1 loss to the Lightning, with Guentzel scoring a hat trick. 

Guentzel scored the game's opening goal at 11:40 of the first period. Mercer attempted a pass to Meier, but Guentzel picked up the pass and beat Markstrom on the breakaway. 

With 21 seconds left in the opening period, Anthony Cirelli found a wide-open Nikita Kucherov to extend Tampa's lead to 2-0 heading into the first intermission. 

While Luke Hughes was in the penalty box, Tampa extended its lead to 3-0. Guentzel scored his second goal of the game. 

Hischier provided a spark for the team when he scored in the final minutes of the second period. The play was reviewed and confirmed as a good goal. Gritsyuk and Bratt picked up the assists. 

Darren Raddysh's slap shot beat Markstrom 4:49 into the third period, for a 4-1 Tampa lead. Dennis Cholowski turned the puck over to J.J. Moser. He passed the puck up ice to Brayden Point, who found Raddysh. 

With 12 minutes remaining in regulation, Guentzel completed the hat trick, securing a 5-1 victory for the Lightning. He entered tonight's game with 32 points in 33 games against New Jersey. 

The Devils will travel to Sunrise to face the Florida Panthers on Thursday. 

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Guentzel scored three goals for his eighth career hat trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Darren Raddysh had a goal and two assists, and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and assist. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves as Tampa Bay improved to 9-3-0 since a 1-4-2 start.

Nico Hischier scored for New Jersey, which got Dougie Hamilton, Connor Brown and Evgeni Dadanov back in the lineup. Jakob Markstrom stopped 24 shots for the Devils, who lost in regulation for the first time since Nov. 2 to end a five-game point streak (4-0-1).

The Lightning played without coach Jon Cooper, who missed the game for what the team described as personal reasons. Cooper, the head coach for Team Canada at the Olympics in February, last missed a game on Dec. 21, 2021, at Las Vegas when he tested positive for COVID.

Jeff Halpern served as the head coach on Tuesday.

Guentzel opened the scoring on a breakaway 11:40 into the game, and added his second of the game at 10:38 of the second period with a power-play goal as he shoveled in a pass from Raddysh. Guentzel completed his third hat trick in a Lightning uniform at 7:48 of the third period from the left post as he again shoveled a puck into the net off a cross-ice pass from Kucherov.

Kucherov moved into third all-time in franchise history with his 366th career goal with 22 seconds left in the first period to make it 2-0. Hischier cut New Jersey’s deficit to 3-1 with 2:13 remaining in the second for his 435th career point to move past Mark Streit for fifth-most by a Swiss-born player.

Up next

Devils: At Florida on Thursday

Lightning: Host Edmonton on Thursday