Texas A&M made history vs. South Carolina on Saturday, Nov. 15, securing the largest SEC comeback since 2004.
The Addition of Vladislav Gavrikov Proving To Be Valuable For Rangers
His game may not be flashy, but Vladislav Gavrikov has provided the New York Rangers with exactly what they brought him in for.
During the offseason, the Rangers signed Gavrikov to a seven-year, $49 million contract with the hopes he can blossom into the team’s defensive anchor.
Through 18 games, Gavrikov’s presence has been valuable for the Rangers.
The 29-year-old defenseman does so many of the little things that go unnoticed to the casual eye.
In his own zone, Gavrikov is defensively sound, always in the right positions while he plays a physical brand of hockey.
Mike Sullivan has also given Gavrikov important responsibilities. With Sullivan attempting to take a defensive load off of Adam Fox, more of that work goes onto Gavrikov’s plate.
He’s been playing a critical shorthanded role and he continues to take the defensive burden off of Fox, which allows him to engage more offensively.
Gavrikov is averaging 22:34 minutes, ranking second amongst all Ranger players in that category and he leads the team in plus/minus rating at +6.
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If a player wants to get to Igor Shesterkin, they’ll have to get through Gavrikov. During the Rangers’ 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday afternoon, Scott Sabourin took a whack at Shesterkin and Gavrikov threw him to the ice in retaliation.
It’s those kinds of plays that catch the attention of Sullivan.
“For sure it does,” Sullivan said on if Gavrikov’s defending of Shesterkin caught his attention. “He's a team guy, and he'll do whatever it takes to help his teammates. I think that goes a long way with his teammates. It certainly goes a long way with his coaching staff.”
The Rangers added a defensive anchor with the addition of Gavrikov and his contributions to the team should surely not go unnoticed.
Game Preview: New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals
The New Jersey Devils will head to Capital One Arena today to face the Washington Capitals.
The Devils are 12-4-1 after beating the Blackhawks in overtime Wednesday.
The Capitals are 8-8-1, having most recently played the Florida Panthers on Thursday evening. The team lost 6-3 to the Panthers.
Simon Nemec is the Devils' player to watch, having scored his first career hat trick on Wednesday and four goals in the last two games.
For the Capitals, Tom Wilson has five goals and two assists in his last 10 games for Washington.
Injuries
On Wednesday, Zack MacEwen and Cody Glass left due to injuries and are not expected to play Saturday.
Another player who will not be in the lineup is Jack Hughes. Hughes underwent successful surgery after sustaining a hand injury. He is expected to be re-evaluated in six weeks.
Devils Provide Update On Jack HughesOn Saturday, the <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-jersey-devils/game-day/simon-nemec-s-first-career-hat-trick-leads-devils-to-4-3-overtime-victory-over-blackhawks">New Jersey Devils </a>announced that star forward Jack Hughes underwent successful surgery on his finger.
The list of injured players for the Devils now looks like:
J. Hughes (hand)
MacEwen (undisclosed)
Glass (undisclosed)
Hamilton (undisclosed)
Brown (undisclosed)
Pesce (upper-body)
Dadonov (hand)
Kovacevic (knee)
McLaughlin (undisclosed)
The Capitals released a much shorter injury list.
Dubois (abdominal surgery, out 3-4 months)
This is the first of four meetings this season. The teams play again on December 27, March 20, and April 2.
Puck drops at 7 PM as the Devils aim for their second straight win.
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Michigan holds off Northwestern with last-second field goal despite committing 5 turnovers
Kicker Dominic Zvada, after missing 2 field goals, hit the walk-off field goal to pull the Wolverines to a 2-point win.
Texas A&M stuns South Carolina with furious comeback, Social media reacts to Week 12 win
No. 3 Texas A&M survived vs South Carolina Nov. 15, keeping the Aggies' undefeated season intact with a furious 27-point comeback.
Michigan football escapes Northwestern, 24-22, despite 5 turnovers
Bryce Underwood committed 3 turnovers in 4th quarter, but Dominic Zvada kicked the winning 31-yard field goal as time expired for Michigan football.
Penguins' First-Rounder On Fire In AHL
Pittsburgh Penguins 2019 first-round pick Sam Poulin has been off to a strong start to the 2025-26 season with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
In 15 games so far this season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Poulin has recorded seven goals, seven assists, 14 points, and a plus-7 rating. With numbers like these, there is no question that the 24-year-old forward is making a big impact with the AHL squad.
Yet, what's more encouraging about Poulin's play is that he is only continuing to stay hot as the season progresses. Poulin is currently on a four-game point streak with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where he has recorded four goals and two assists over that span. With this, the young forward is red-hot right now down in the AHL.
Poulin will now be looking to continue to produce offensively with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. If he does, perhaps it could open the door for him to get another call-up to the Penguins' NHL roster in the near future.
In 13 career NHL games over three seasons with Pittsburgh, Poulin has recorded two assists, four blocks, 18 hits, and a minus-3 rating.
“The Points Will Come": Red Wings Rookie Emmitt Finnie Shrugs Off Slump
One of the major storylines for the Detroit Red Wings as they began their centennial campaign in the NHL was the emergence of a trio of rookies who made the final roster thanks to their strong showings in both Training Camp and the pre-season.
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Emmitt Finnie, and Axel Sandin-Pellikka all began the season with the Red Wings for their rookie campaigns in the NHL. While Brandsegg-Nygård has since been returned to the American Hockey League, both Finnie and Sandin-Pellikka continue their tenures in Detroit.
After a blazing hot start to his career with four goals and four assists, Finnie has hit the wall in terms of offense.
He hasn't registered a point since scoring as part of Detroit's historical 6-4 comeback victory over the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 25, and he's been since been moved down further in Detroit's lineup after having initially spent a few weeks playing on the club's top line.
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That's not to say that Finnie is concerned about his first career NHL scoring drought, however.
"This is the best League in the world, and points aren't going to happen every night," Finnie explained. "Droughts are going to happen, and I'm just trying to stay positive and confident and just contribute in other ways."
"I'm just going to keep playing my game, trying to get to the net and the points will come."
Finnie is known for playing with an edge to his game, which he plans on continuing to utilize while being a nuisance to opposition goaltenders and defensemen in close proximity to the net, the area of the ice he feels he's most effective.
I like to play hard and get to the net, I feel like that's where I generate most of my chances," Finnie said. "Playing physical and around the net, that's when I feel like I'm at my best."
Despite his scoring drought, the confidence that head coach Todd McLellan had and continues to have in Finnie has not wavered.
"If we said that we’d have a seventh-round draft pick that hadn’t really played any pro hockey playing for us 19 games in and playing a prominent role, we would all be happy," McLellan said.
McLellan continued his praise of Finnie by noting the other things that he does that don't show up on the scoresheet.
“He does so much extra work for a lot of guys,” he said. “He cleans up messes on the way back because he skates so well. He loosens up pucks on the forecheck, he’ll go to the net, he stirs things up a little bit, draws some penalties. There’s a lot of assets there."
"The confidence in him hasn’t gone or diminished at all."
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Ireland v Australia: Autumn Nations Series rugby union – as it happened
Hansen a revelation at fullback as Ireland dismantled the Wallabies
8 mins. A clumsy breakdown effort from Ireland on the restart allows the Wallabies to win the ball back. However, their attack on the 22 is in about three minds and none of them have a discernible plan, which leads to O’Connor spilling the ball after a big hit from Prendergast. Yes, Prendergast, you read that right.
6 mins. Ireland work back into the 22 and the pressure coming from the pace of the recycling forces Williams to drift offside. The ball is tapped by Gibson-Park and some quick hands find Hansen free under the posts to walk in.
Continue reading...No. 12 Louisville uses hot hand from deep to wallop Ohio 106-81
Ryan Conwell scored 22 points and No. 12 Louisville had its best 3-point shooting game of the season to cruise to a 106-81 victory against Ohio on Saturday. The Cardinals (4-0), who entered Saturday averaging 102 points per game, topped 100 points for the third time this season. Louisville shot 20 of 36 in the first half, including going 9 for 17 from 3-point range.
Ex-Canadiens Center Has Big Game With New Team
Former Montreal Canadiens forward Christian Dvorak signed a one-year, $5.4 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers this off-season. This officially marked the end of his four-year stint with the Canadiens.
So far, Dvorak has been a nice addition to the Flyers' roster early on, and he certainly made an impact in their most recent matchup against the St. Louis Blues.
Dvorak had a strong night offensively for the Flyers against St. Louis, as he scored two goals and recorded an assist in Philadelphia's 6-5 overtime win. This included him scoring a goal at the 7:53 mark of the third period to cut St. Louis' lead to 5-4.
With this strong performance against the Blues, Dvorak has now recorded five goals, seven assists, 12 points, and a plus-5 rating in 17 games so far this season with the Flyers. With numbers like these, there is no question that the former Canadiens forward has had a solid start to his Flyers tenure.
Dvorak has also been red-hot as of late, as he has posted six points in his last four games with the Flyers.
In 232 games over four seasons with the Canadiens, Dvorak recorded 38 goals, 65 assists, and 103 points.
Penguins Activate & Assign 2 Prospects To AHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that they have activated forward Rutger McGroarty and goaltender Joel Blomqvist from season-opening injured reserve.
In addition, both McGroarty and Blomqvist have been assigned to Pittsburgh's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
McGroarty played in his first eight career NHL games this past season with Pittsburgh, where he recorded one goal, two assists, three points, 12 hits, and an even plus/minus rating. Down in the AHL with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton during the 2024-25 season, he posted 14 goals, 25 assists, 39 points, and 37 penalty minutes.
Blomqvist, on the other hand, had a 4-9-1 record, a 3.81 goals-against average, and a .885 save percentage in his first 15 career NHL games last season with Pittsburgh. He also had an 8-7-3 record, a .914 save percentage, and a 2.84 goals-against average in 18 games last season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
With McGroarty and Blomqvist being two key prospects in the Penguins' system, it is certainly good news that they are ready to start their seasons. It will be interesting to see how much of an impact they can make with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton from here.
Why Draymond Green disagrees with Charles Oakley's opinion of his playing style
Why Draymond Green disagrees with Charles Oakley's opinion of his playing style originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Draymond Green sees and hears everything, even commentary from former NBA players.
19-year NBA veteran Charles Oakley recently said Green’s style of play wouldn’t have worked in the 90s, citing the Warriors’ forward’s penchant for trash talking as something that would’ve been different in his era. (h/t basketball network)
Green first and foremost expressed the respect he has for Oakley, before offering a detailed response as to why he disagrees with the longtime enforcer’s opinion of him during a recent episode of “The Draymond Green Show.“
“Uncle Oak is my guy, so there will be no slander here. I got the utmost respect, Uncle Oak did it at the highest level at what he was in this league, and I respect that” Green said. So what I will say is this. I respect everything Uncle Oak said and his opinion is his opinion. I disagree with some of it, as in like Draymond’s style wouldn’t fit in the NBA in the 90s. And I disagree with that because my style of who Draymond Green is, I created my style.”
Green averaged 16.2 points per game in his senior season at Michigan State, serving as a dynamic scorer on one of the nation’s best teams. Upon arriving in the NBA as a second-round draft pick, Green had to reinvent himself to sustain his professional career. The Warriors forward explained how that adaptability would translate to any era, not just modern basketball.
“I’m a basketball player, so I know how to adjust to different situations. When I came into this league, I was not who I am today. I created this guy, who I am today,” Green explained. “When I came in this league, I scored the basketball. That’s kind of who I was and how I got here. I also rebounded the basketball and passed the basketball, it’s kind of who I was and how I got here. Most importantly, I was a winner before I got here and after I got here.
“So, I became who I became while not quite being myself, which is why I love me and I’m so proud of me. Because I feel like if you task someone with becoming someone totally different than who they ever were, they may become serviceable NBA players but they usually don’t become potential Hall of Famers.”
Green also highlighted the difference in play between the 90s and today as being a key factor into why he disagrees with Oakley’s assessment.
“And so that’s why I’m so proud of me, because regardless of how I had to do it, I went and made it happen,” green said. “But by no means don’t make the mistake, I was never this player. I just happened to make this player great. So, I disagree with not being able to play in the 90s. The skill level wasn’t as high as it is today. They did not run up and down the court like we do today, the game was way slower.
“Yeah, guys were bigger, and you can say guys are soft today but I’m sorry to tell you, Nikola Jokić ain’t soft. I’m sorry to tell you, [Victor Wembenyama] is a little skinny, but he ain’t soft. The game ain’t bruising like it used to be, but quite honestly we’re not allowed to do that. We’re not allowed to play the game as physical as they played it. Also, nobody wanted to see that s–t. So, the game kind of changed to increase the ratings of more basketball that people want to see. I respect and love the OGs but it’s different, the game is played totally different today.”
Green is a four-time NBA champion and a Defensive Player of the Year Award winner, with a Hall-of-Fame caliber resume that makes it difficult to envision a scenario where he wouldn’t be able to play in another era and find similar success.
Looks like Green and Oakley will have to respectfully agree to disagree on this one.
(11-15-25) Golden Knights-Blues Gameday Lineup
ST. LOUIS – Consistency and desperation, desperation and consistency.
Two words often spoken but not gained enough on a regular basis when it comes to this year’s St. Louis Blues.
Such was the case again on Friday when the Blues scored five goals in a game but lost, 6-5 in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers. They’ll look to get right back on the horse on Saturday when the Blues (6-8-4) host the Vegas Golden Knights (7-4-5) to close out a four-game homestand at Enterprise Center (7 p.m.; FDSNMW, ESPN 101.1-FM).
Consistency of stringing consecutive wins together seems to be an issue, and it’s only happened once this season through 18 games (Games 2 and 3).
“Yes, very surprised,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. “I think it’s a mental attitude. I have to take ownership of making sure that they trust the habits and want to do it. And then there’s the mental component of attitude of game management goes into it, and that’s a habit too. It’s playing the game the right way. I think four of their five goals are directly the result of poor habits or puck management. And we gained our leads by good game habits and management, and players made plays.”
Montgomery mentioned desperation in his postgame press conference on Friday.
“The urgency we need has to come from within,” he said. “It has to be communicated more consistently by the coaching staff and the players have got to take ownership of owning moments.”
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The Blues will implement three lineup changes for Saturday’s game.
Joel Hofer will start in goal after Jordan Binnington made 26 saves on Friday.
Nick Bjugstad and Tyler Tucker, each a healthy scratch Friday for the first time this season, will come in replacing Mathieu Joseph and Hunter Skinner, who made his NHL debut on Friday, respectively.
Joseph did not see the ice for the final 9:31 of the third period, which included a game-tying goal at 5-5 by Owen Tippett. Joseph’s last two shifts in the game were goals against, including an unfortunate fourth goal in which Matthew Kessel slipped and fell in the D-zone with the puck.
“Yes, he’s not the only one that could have done better in that instance (on the fifth goal),” Montgomery said. “He’s the first forward back; we’d like that play killed when Zegras cuts it back initially. And then he’s supposed to stay low, so he should have been in the middle of the ice. Instead, him and ‘Torpo’ had to make a switch. And then our defensemen didn’t scope out quick enough. We had two at the net and they had four high. And then the slot play, if Joseph’s going to be high, he’s got to shoulder check and make sure he has that play. That’s the exact breakdown of the goal as it happens in our structure.”
The lineup is fluid and the Blues held an optional morning skate today that included six forwards (including Jake Neighbours), four defensemen and two goalies.
They ended the game on Friday playing Brayden Schenn between Dylan Holloway and Jordan Kyrou and could go back to that line again Saturday.
“I thought they gave us a lot of juice,” Montgomery said. “They obviously had the one goal as a line, which gave us a lead 4-3, but I also thought they had one play where they had two chances, the one-timer by Kyrou from the Schenn pass and then we had the rebound off of it. They could have made it 6-3. Some of those things were good to see, and they didn’t spend a lot of time in the D-zone.”
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Blues Projected Lineup:
Pavel Buchnevich-Robert Thomas-Jimmy Snuggerud
Dylan Holloway-Brayden Schenn-Jordan Kyrou
Pius Suter-Dalibor Dvorsky-Nick Bjugstad
Alexey Toropchenko-Oskar Sundqvist-Nathan Walker
Philip Broberg-Colton Parayko
Cam Fowler-Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker-Matthew Kessel
Joel Hofer will start in goal; Jordan Binnington will be the backup.
Healthy scratches include Mathieu Joseph, Alexandre Texier and Hunter Skinner. Jake Neighbours (leg) is out.
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Golden Knights Projected Lineup:
Ivan Barbashev-Jack Eichel-Braeden Bowman
Pavel Dorofeyev-Tomas Hertl-Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad-Brett Howden-Reilly Smith
Cole Reinhardt-Colton Sissons-Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb-Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin-Kaedan Korczak
Jeremy Lauzon-Zach Whitecloud
Akira Schmid will start in goal; Carl Lindbom will be the backup.
Healthy scratches include Alexander Holtz and Ben Hutton. Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body) and Mark Stone (upper body) are out.
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Carlos Beltran ‘super happy and grateful’ to be heading into Mets Hall of Fame
Carlos Beltran received the call earlier this week.
The Mets announced on Thursday evening that the outfielder will be inducted into the team Hall of Fame next season, along with Bobby Valentine and Lee Mazzilli as part of their first class since 2023.
SNY’s Chelsea Sherrod met up with Beltran in an exclusive one-on-one interview to discuss the honor prior to Saturday night's Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico Showdown at Citi Field.
“First of all, I’m super,” he said. “I feel that it’s a confirmation of all the effort that you put in as a player. In the seven years that I was here, there’s no doubt I went through ups and down, but at the end of the day, when I look at the numbers, I feel proud.
“Being able to be accepted into any team Hall of Fame is a beautiful thing, so I’m super happy and grateful for the opportunity.”
Beltran doesn’t know what to expect as far as his emotions when the big day comes, but he’s hoping to be able to keep things in check so he can deliver a good speech for the fans, his family, and his teammates.
The slugger had many memorable moments during his seven-year stint in orange and blue, but some of his favorites came during the 2006 campaign, which was one of his best with the club.
“Going to the playoffs was a beautiful moment,” he said. “I was also able to win my first Gold Glove with the Mets; being able to receive that call was an incredible thing because I worked so hard in Kansas City to try to win and never won it -- I got to experience that and a lot of other good things with the Mets.”
Some of those good things include five All-Star appearances, two more Gold Gloves, and a pair of Silver Sluggers.
Beltran also slashed .280/.369/.500 with 149 home runs, 208 doubles, 559 RBI, 551 runs scored, and 100 stolen bases during his time with the Mets.