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Penguins Icon Malkin Facing Uncertain Final Chapter Ahead Of 2025-26 Season
For years now, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been a study in disappointment. In failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the past three seasons, the Penguins have failed their core of veteran star talent, including captain Sidney Crosby, center Evgeni Malkin, and defensemen Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson. But in Malkin’s case specifically, he stated time and again that he wanted to remain in Pittsburgh for his entire career.
However, recent remarks Malkin made to NHL.com seem to have opened a door for Malkin potentially finding a new NHL employer. Rather than completely shutting down the question of where he’ll be playing this coming season, Malkin talked about possibilities. You can be the judge of what he said.
“(W)e see a story, like, with Brad Marchand – looking good, you know?” Malkin said of the longtime Boston Bruin-turned-Florida Panther, who won his second Cup last year in what is likely a Hockey Hall-of-Fame career. "But…if the team trades you and you (don't) win the Cup, it's like a little bit weird, too, you know? But we'll see what's going on (with) my future. But of course everybody wants to try to play in the playoffs and have maybe one more run to the Cup."
Does that sound like someone who is 100 percent certain he’s going to finish his NHL career with the Pens? Sorry, but it doesn’t sound that way to this writer. Malkin’s desire to get into the playoffs this season could be all but extinguished well in advance of this season’s trade deadline, so if he’s truly intent on hanging up his skates after this season, and if he wants one last shot at a Cup, he probably won’t get it in Pittsburgh.
And if he’s comparing himself to Marchand, maybe there is a universe where Malkin decides to stay with the team the Penguins trade him to for another season after this one. Malkin is still only 39 years old – and in an era where veterans like Los Angeles Kings winger Corey Perry and Colorado Avalanche defensemen Brent Burns are filling important roles at age 40, it should surprise no one if Malkin finds a way to stick around through the end of the 2026-27 campaign.
This past year, Malkin produced only 16 goals and 50 points in 68 games – his lowest totals since he entered hockey’s top league in 2006 (excluding the shortened 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons). He’s also been used more sparingly, averaging just 17:47 last season – nearly two full minutes less than his career average of 19:34. But at a point in time when a slew of teams are looking for secondary scoring and a second-line center, Malkin would bring back a king’s ransom to Pittsburgh in a trade for his services.
That’s why Penguins fans should happily accept the prospect of Malkin wearing another team’s jersey before he retires and is quickly voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. There’s always the emotional allure of a top athlete staying in one city for their entire competitive life, but given the reality of how difficult it is for teams to quickly rebuild their roster, it makes more sense to part ways with an asset – however valuable they may have once been to any particular organization – and hasten the move to a new core of top talent.
It’s admirable that Malkin wants a universe in which he stays a Penguin, goes on a deep playoff run with them this season, wins his fourth Cup and rides off into the sunset. The likelihood of that happening, though, is an entirely different story.
Thus, it’s best for Malkin to be moved out at some point this season and cap off his NHL days with a long playoff run on a different team. Malkin’s desire to be a one-team star will make it hard to cut the cord, but he wouldn’t be the first icon to be separated from the only employer they’ve ever known, and he surely won’t be the last. Malkin’s last great gift to the Penguins is the gift of accepting a trade out of town – and Penguins fans should understand it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Lando Norris defiant after failing to take advantage of Piastri’s Azerbaijan crash
Norris finished seventh in Baku after Piastri’s first-lap exit
‘I’m doing the best I can. I don’t care how people look at it’
Lando Norris dismissed suggestions he should have taken greater advantage of a chance to narrow the gap to his title rival Oscar Piastri after the Australian crashed out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with the British driver insisting he did not care how his performance was evaluated.
The race was won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen but behind him Piastri crashed on the opening lap. Norris, who trailed his McLaren teammate by 31 points going into the meeting, started in seventh but finished only in the same position, taking just six points from Piastri.
Continue reading...(9-21-25) Blues-Blue Jackets Preseason Gameday Lineup
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- The St. Louis Blues are right back at it in preseason action on Sunday, another road tilt, but this time against the Columbus Blue Jackets at 4 p.m. (stlblues.com, Blues app, 101.1-FM ESPN).
The Blues will send out another group after opening on Saturday and falling 2-1 in a shootout against the Dallas Stars.
One player who will get another look is 2025 first-round pick, forward Justin Carbonneau, who scored the Blues’ lone goal on Saturday.
Justin Carbonneau was our first-round pick for a reason. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/zMX2VzqUle
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) September 21, 2025
“You know what I love about the kid is he loves to play hockey,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said of the 18-year-old. “He loves to be on the ice, and you know he loves to score goals. He’s trying always to figure out where he can go to get the puck to score. Then you know there’s areas of his game, naturally, that he’s got to get better. He loves to go to the open ice, which is outside the dots. He’s got to get inside the dots. He’s got to become a more classic goal scorer we’ve seen here in the Brett Hulls, the Brendan Shanahans, Tkachuks. Those people score goals inside the dots.”
Carbonneau skated with Dylan Holloway and 2023 first-round pick Dalibor Dvorsky and made a couple subtle, sneaky plays to free up his linemates with strong scoring opportunities.
“He’s got high-end hockey sense. That he does,” Montgomery said. “In junior hockey, you get used to having to get the puck to make something happen. Now he has guys that think the game like him, he’s got to trust that if he gets open, now he’s getting a Grade A from inside the dots, the one-timers and stuff.”
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Montgomery’s overall impressions with Saturday night’s game?
“One, it’s early in camp; we’ve still got a lot of work to do when I look at the team game,” he said. “Individually, our goaltenders (Jordan Binnington and Colten Ellis) were excellent. I thought out top pairing was very good (Philip Broberg and Logan Mailloux). I thought some individuals up front looked very good, and then there were some individuals that didn’t show enough.”
Mailloux broke up a play during the overtime when the Blues were shorthanded 4-on-3 that really helped them settle into getting an important kill, and it’s roles like those that the coaches are looking to trust the 22-year-old in.
“We’ve got to see what he can handle, because his instincts are really good as a player,” Montgomery said. “Offensively, I saw some really good instincts. Defensively off the rush, I saw some good stuff. It’s his first time playing a zone, so he’s a little slow in the D-zone. That’s to be expected. There’s a little thinking going on by both teams last night. That’s why there weren’t that many scoring chances. But our goalies were fantastic.”
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The Blues are taking more players on Sunday that have things to prove and not as much of a more polished lineup again, leaving a number of veterans behind.
Among those making his debut include Milan Lucic, in camp on a PTO; Nick Bjugstad is making his Blues debut; Mathieu Joseph and Alexandre Texier are in the lineup, and young guys to go with Carbonneau include 2023 first-rounder Otto Stenberg, Dylan Peterson, Jakub Stancl, 2024 first-round pick Adam Jiricek, Quinton Burns, and Tyler Tucker, playing his first game since ending his season with a lower-body injury in the playoffs against the Winnipeg Jets.
“See who’s going to start asserting themselves to wanting to make the Blues team,” Montgomery said. “It’s really that basic, who can show is the habits and details of [Nathan] Walker and [Alexey] Toropchenko, who has that dogged determination that Holloway plays with, who is the defenseman that is going to break up plays and look to jump and go like [Colton] Parayko and [Cam] Fowler and [Justin] Faulk do.”
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Jake Neighbours (personal) and Juraj Pekarcik (undisclosed injury), each who hasn’t been on the ice for the start of training camp, did not practice on Sunday but each was on the ice after skaters practiced doing skating drills and conditioning.
“Yeah, he’ll be back on Tuesday,” Montgomery said of Neighbours. “He’ll do a light skate today without the team and he’ll be ready to go on Tuesday.”
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Blues roster:
Forwards – Nikita Alexandrov, Sam Bitten, Nick Bjugstad, Justin Carbonneau, Hugh McGing, Mathieu Joseph, Milan Lucic, Dylan Peterson, Jakub Stancl, Otto Stenberg, Alexandre Texier, Chris Wagner.
Defensemen – Quinton Burns, Adam Jiricek, Leo Loof, Corey Schueneman, Hunter Skinner, Tyler Tucker.
Goalies: Joel Hofer, Vadim Zherenko.
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Blue Jackets Projected Lineup:
Yegor Chinakhov-Cole Sillinger-Mathieu Olivier
Dmitri Voronkov-Luca Del Bel Belluz-Hudson Fasching
Mikael Pyythia-Brendan Gaunce-James Malatesta
Roman Ahcan-Oiva Keskinen-Jack Williams
Brendan Smith-Jake Christiansen
Daemon Hunt-Charlie Elick
Marcus Kearsey-Dyson Mayo
Ivan Fedotov is projected to start in goal; Evan Gardner is projected to be the backup.
Observations From Blues' 2-1 Preseason Shootout Loss Vs. Stars The St. Louis Blues
opened the preseason with a 2-1
shootout loss against the Dallas
Stars at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday.
Blues Prospect Continues To Stand Out; Making Quite The Impression In Second Season With TeamSt. Louis Blues prospect Aleksanteri Kaskimaki took part in the opening pre-season game last night, continuing to make an impression on the coaching staff.
Hurricanes Expecting To Ice Younger Lineup In Preseason Opener
The Carolina Hurricanes will host their first preseason game of the season on Monday, but don't be expecting to see too many regulars on the ice.
Instead, the Canes are much more likely to ice a lineup consisting primarily of young prospects as well as a few PTOs as well when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7 p.m. at Lenovo Center.
"Planning it out right now, I've got almost all the minor league guys or guys trying to get up there playing two or three games," said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour at training camp on Sunday. "Gonna get a good look at them."
The Hurricanes currently have 42 skaters and six goaltenders on their training camp roster, but they'll only need 18 skaters and two goaltenders for Monday.
However, Carolina can't just play only the prospects in the preseason as NHL rules mandate that at least eight "veteran" players must dress for every preseason game.
A "veteran" is a player who has either played in 30 NHL games the previous season, a goalie who dressed in at least 50 NHL games, any player who has played 100+ NHL games or a current year first-round pick.
The Canes didn't draft any player in the first-round this year, so that ones already out the window, but the team has quite a few other players who can fill that requirement.
For one, all three of the team's PTOs (Givani Smith, Kevin Labanc, Oliver Kylington) meet the veteran requirement.
Then there is the team's two depth defensemen, Mike Reilly and Gavin Bayreuther, who also meet the threshold.
So right there, there's five players and the team can also have one of their two veteran netminders (Frederik Andersen, Pyotr Kochetkov) backup a younger guy like Cayden Primeau too to bring that total up to six.
Then, it's just a matter of getting a few of the regular guys a game here or there and so while you'll see primarily the young guys on Monday, there'll still be a few regulars interspersed as well.
Oh, and it seems like rising star Alexander Nikishin will get a few more games than the rest of the regulars too.
"I count him as a young kid," Brind'Amour said. "When I talk about you're going to see a lot of our younger players, he's in that group right now."
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Hall of Famer Bernie Parent, who led the Philadelphia Flyers to two Stanley Cup titles, dies at 80
PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 27: NHL Hall-of-Famer, and member of the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame Bernie Parent walks onto the ice during a pregame Heritage Night ceremony on October 27, 2016 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
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Bernie Parent, the Hall of Famer considered one of the great goalies of all time who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Flyers’ only two Stanley Cup championships during their Broad Street Bullies heyday, has died. He was 80.
The Flyers made the announcement Sunday but provided no immediate details. Parent died overnight in his sleep, said Joe Watson, a star defenseman on their Stanley Cup teams.
Watson said by phone that he saw Parent and other former Flyers players at a function on Friday night in Delaware.
“Bernie was in such pain, he could hardly walk,” Watson said, citing Parent’s bad back. “We had a great time, but I felt bad because he was in such terrible pain. To see this happen, it’s very sad.”
Parent’s steel-eyed stare through his old-school hockey mask landed him on the cover of Time magazine in 1975 when the Flyers reigned as one of the marquee teams in sports. He won Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe and Vezina trophies in back-to-back seasons when the Flyers captured the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975, the first NHL expansion team to win the championship.
“The legend of Bernie Parent reached far beyond the ice and his accolades,” the Flyers said in a statement. “Bernie had a deep love for Philadelphia and fans of the Flyers. He was passionate about his role as an ambassador for Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education and inspired an entire generation of hockey fans. He dedicated his time, energy and enthusiasm to not only grow the game, but also to spread joy to anyone he encountered.”
After he made his NHL debut with Boston in 1965, Parent was left unprotected by the Bruins in the 1967 expansion draft and was selected by the Flyers. After 3 1/2 seasons, he was traded to Toronto but ended up back in Philadelphia ahead of the 1973-74 season. He won a league-high 47 games that season and led the NHL in wins again the next season with 44.
He retired with the Flyers in 1979 after 271 wins — 231 of them with the Flyers — over a 13-year career. Parent was accidentally struck in the right eye with a stick in 1979 and was temporarily blinded. He never played again.
The Flyers beat the Bruins in six games to win the Stanley Cup in 1974 and beat Buffalo in 1975. Parent had shutouts in the clinchers each season.
On the flight home from Buffalo, the Flyers plopped the Stanley Cup in the middle of the aisle. For close to 90 minutes, they couldn’t take their eyes off hockey’s ultimate prize.
“We were able to just sit back, look at the Stanley Cup and just savour it,” Parent said in 2010. “It was just a special time.”
With Parent the unstoppable force in net, “Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,” became a popular slogan in Philadelphia that stuck with him through the decades.
Parent, team captain Bobby Clarke and Dave “The Hammer” Schultz all became stars for the Flyers under owner Ed Snider in an era when the team was known for its rugged style of play that earned the Bullies nickname. They embraced their moniker as the most despised team in the NHL and pounded their way into the hearts of Flyers fans. More than 2 million fans packed Philadelphia streets for each of their championship parades.
“We always felt comfortable with Bernie in the net,” said former Flyers winger and enforcer Bob Kelly. “He would challenge the guys in practice. He’d stop the puck and throw it back at you and say, ‘go ahead, try and catch this one.’ He was the first guy to jump in line to help another teammate if they needed it. He was a real testament to what a team player is all about.”
Parent’s No. 1 jersey was retired by the Flyers and still hangs in the rafters of their arena and in 1984 he became the first Flyers player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is still the Flyers’ career leader in shutouts with 50.
Parent remained connected with the team over the years as an ambassador.
“He was so good with people,” said Watson, who first met Parent in 1963. “A lot of athletes don’t get it or don’t give fans the time of day. Bernie gave everyone the time of day. He’d always have his rings on. He’d show them to the people and people loved to see them. This past Friday in Delaware, people were coming up, they wanted to see the rings. People were so excited to see him. He had a great sense of humor. Bernie was a funny guy.”
The final career highlight came in 2011 when Parent was in the net for an alumni game outdoors at the baseball stadium Citizens Bank Park ahead of the NHL Classic. “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” echoed throughout the park for the affable goalie, who played 5 minutes, 32 seconds and stopped all six shots. Each save made the “Bernie!” chants return.
Parent was the second Hall of Fame goaltender to die this month following the loss of Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden. Dryden helped the Montreal Canadiens win six Stanley Cup titles in the 1970. He died at 78 after a fight with cancer.
“They’re big losses,” Watson said. “They were just prime, super goaltenders.”
Giants rookie Trevor McDonald nails audition, earns another shot at starting
Giants rookie Trevor McDonald nails audition, earns another shot at starting originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
LOS ANGELES — Trevor McDonald said all the right things Sunday, even though he’s just three appearances into his big league career.
The Giants right-hander mentioned he was thankful for the opportunity and is simply focused on helping the team win as many games as possible down the stretch. But for the 24-year-old, September is about more than just filling innings.
Every opportunity is an audition, and McDonald certainly opened some eyes on Sunday. The game was won, 3-1, after he departed, but he more than did his part, allowing just one run over six-plus innings against a Los Angeles Dodgers club that has had its way with the Giants all season.
It’s too soon to know what that will mean for McDonald in the offseason. But for now this much is clear: He has earned another start next weekend.
“Yeah, for sure,” manager Bob Melvin said. “You pitch six innings against a lineup like that, you deserve another start.”
The Giants have much bigger questions to answer over the final week, but here’s a small one they should probably kick around in meetings next week at Oracle Park: Why did it take so long for McDonald to get a shot?
The right-hander is not a top prospect and didn’t explode off the page in Triple-A, but that’s a tough league for pitchers, and he generally handled himself well. Plus, there’s the simple, overriding fact that the Giants ran out of pitching weeks ago and McDonald has been on the 40-man roster all season.
That lack of depth helped drop them below .500, but McDonald led the Giants on Sunday as they at least avoided a sweep. He struck out three and scattered six hits while getting a couple of huge double plays behind him.
“Man, that was great,” Melvin said. “To be able to go against that lineup, his first start for us, I’ll tell you what — he’s not afraid. There’s some determination in him.”
" … He's not afraid."
Bob Melvin likes what he saw from Trevor McDonald in his first MLB start 👏 pic.twitter.com/IptdXoCyS1
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 21, 2025
That was no surprise to the organization’s top prospect, who also arrived on this road trip. Bryce Eldridge made his first start at first base and helped out with a diving stop that started a double play. Afterward he said McDonald was his favorite pitcher to play behind in Triple-A because he works quickly and throws strikes.
McDonald relies heavily on his sinker, but it was the breaking ball that stood out Sunday. He got some ugly swings from Shohei Ohtani early on and said that helped him settle in.
“That took the pressure off right away,” McDonald said.
When it got turned back up, the gloves were there.
Willy Adames and Christian Koss teamed up for an athletic double play, and Eldridge ended the seventh with the dive and then a throw across the diamond to Matt Chapman. It skipped, but that can be excused from the former two-way star. A lot was thrown at Eldridge the last week and throws to third were not high on the list.
“Thankfully we’ve got a Gold Glover over there,” Eldridge said. “I told him I’d get him back a few times.”
Eldridge should get a few opportunities over the final six games. The plan is for him to split first base and DH with Rafael Devers on the homestand, which could mean another day behind McDonald.
The Giants have had two empty slots in their rotation for most of September, but Kai-Wei Teng has impressed the staff with his strikeout stuff. Carson Whisenhunt could be back for one more appearance, but there still will be an opportunity for McDonald. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see some veterans shut down when the Giants are officially eliminated, which could come as soon as Tuesday.
McDonald said he’s just trying to contribute, but he knows there’s a lot at stake for him right now, even if that’s not the case for the team overall.
“I’m trying to finish strong,” he said, “and carry that into the offseason and come back next spring and try to make the team.”
Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened
Gabriel Martinelli’s injury-time goal cancelled out a beauty from Erling Haaland and denied City an old-fashioned away win
4 min Arsenal have started pretty well. Trossard makes a surging run down the left before being eased to the ground with a hint of disdain by Khusanov. No foul given.
1 min And they’re off. City have started with Phil Foden on the right and Bernardo Silva as the right-sided No8, a swap from the last two games. This is their revised line-up.
Continue reading...Chet Holmgren attends Oklahoma’s win over Auburn in SEC football game
Chet Holmgren attends Oklahoma's win over Auburn in SEC football game.
Ryder Cup home crowd could turn on USA team at Bethpage, claims Luke Donald
Europe’s captain refers to payments to US players
‘We all know how high the ticket prices are’
Luke Donald has cranked up the heat on the United States Ryder Cup team by claiming the home crowd at Bethpage from Friday may be more likely to turn on Keegan Bradley and his players because they are being paid to take on Europe. In what is a highly controversial move, Bradley and his 12-man side will each collect $500,000 (£370,000) – $300,000 of which must be directed towards charity, with the rest labelled a stipend – while the European contingent continue to perform at the Ryder Cup for free. Added to the mix is the fact that tickets start at $750 per tournament day.
Much has been made of likely antipathy from the New York audience towards Donald and his players as Europe look to retain the trophy they won in Rome two years ago. However, the Englishman believes USA could find themselves under intense gallery pressure if Europe gain an upper hand. “That could happen,” said Donald. “We all know how high the ticket prices are, and it’s going to be an expensive trip out for a family of four. If the US players are getting paid a stipend, or whatever it is, and they aren’t performing, the New Yorkers could make them know about it.”
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Projecting the College Football Playoff: Miami makes another statement, while Texas Tech, Indiana join the party.
What we learned as Trevor McDonald's stellar first start fuels win vs. Dodgers
What we learned as Trevor McDonald's stellar first start fuels win vs. Dodgers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
LOS ANGELES — In at least one way, the Giants got what they needed this weekend. The New York Mets dropped two of three to the lowly Washington Nationals at home, continuing their late-season slide.
It wasn’t the Giants, though, who went charging through that door.
The Cincinnati Reds are now in the driver’s seat for the final NL postseason spot, and the Giants will head home knowing they could be eliminated in the next 48 hours. They at least made sure the flight was a happy one.
Trevor McDonald impressed in his second outing of the year and the Giants rallied late, winning 3-1 to avoid a four-game sweep at Dodger Stadium. They finished with a 2-5 road trip and will head home at 77-79 on the season.
The game was scoreless and zooming along at an incredible pace until the seventh, when the Dodgers scored and put two in scoring position with one out. Tommy Edman hit a line drive to first but it was snagged by the 6-foot-7 Bryce Eldridge, who was making his first big league start on the dirt. Eldridge isn’t just tall, he also used to be a pitcher, and he made a quick throw to third for an inning-ending double play.
Bryce Eldridge already making it look easy at first base 😲 pic.twitter.com/Nald0qhFOM
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 21, 2025
The momentum carried over, as the Giants put three runs on Blake Treinen in the top of the eighth. Treinen got booed off the field after a stretch that included a go-ahead walk of Willy Adames with the bases loaded.
Quite The Audition
In his third career big league appearance, McDonald certainly did enough to earn a start next weekend against the Colorado Rockies.
McDonald had a shutout going until the seventh. With a struggling bullpen, manager Bob Melvin tried to stretch the right-hander out and it hurt his final line, but he certainly showed something.
McDonald started his day by striking out Shohei Ohtani and he finished with three of them, along with nine groundouts, which is the norm for him. He scattered six hits and walked just one. McDonald was a two-pitch guy (sinker, curveball) in the minors and it was that way Sunday, too, but it worked. He threw his curve 40 times and got seven whiffs.
Trevor McDonald strikes out Shohei Ohtani in his first big-league start 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LiRwSU0Z0G
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 21, 2025
That Was Quick
Adames and Christian Koss teamed up for one of the best double plays of the year for the Giants …
Both were a big part of the game-winning rally, too. Koss ignited it with an infield single and added a hustle double in his final at-bat.
Revenge Season
In the future, Old Friends will have a hard time topping what Michael Conforto did to the Giants this year. Conforto is hitting just .204 overall and continues to lose playing but he would be well below .200 without the four series against his former teammates.
It was scoreless until the seventh, when Conforto followed a walk and single with a single to left. That gave him 10 RBI against the Giants this year; 28 percent of his RBI for the season have come in rivalry games. Conforto is 14-for-37 overall against the Giants with three homers, which matches the number he hit all of last season at Oracle Park.
Mets vs. Nationals: How to watch on SNY on Sept. 21, 2025
The Mets wrap up a critical three-game series against the Nationals at Citi Field on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. on SNY.
Here's what to know about the game and how to watch...
Mets Notes
- Juan Soto is slashing a robust .347/.422/.708 with seven home runs, three doubles, one triple, 20 RBI and 15 runs in September (72 at-bats). On Saturday, he recorded his sixth RBI to tie the game or put the Mets ahead in the seventh inning or later.
- Francisco Lindor extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single in the third inning on Saturday and finished 1-for-5. Since Aug. 13, he leads the majors in hits, is tied for first in runs (35), and ranks eighth in OPS (1.020, minimum 100 plate appearances).
- Sean Manaea is slated to take the mound first, with Clay Holmes expected to follow in a bulk relief role. The lefty-righty tandem swapped duties in Tuesday's home win over the Padres, allowing a combined three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts across nine innings.
- With Manaea being reinstated from the paternity list, RHP Chris Devenski has been designated for assignment.
NATIONALS | METS |
|---|---|
| James Wood, DH | Francisco Lindor, SS |
| Dylan Crews, RF | Juan Soto, RF |
| Josh Bell, 1B | Brandon Nimmo, LF |
| Daylen Lile, LF | Pete Alonso, 1B |
| Paul DeJong, 2B | Jeff McNeil, 2B |
| Jorge Alfaro, C | Mark Vientos, DH |
| Brady House, 3B | Brett Baty, 3B |
| Nasim Nuñez, SS | Luis Torrens, C |
| Jacob Young, CF | Cedric Mullins, CF |
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Long Island Native, Islanders Fan Marshall Warren About To Live Out A Dream
EAST MEADOW, NY -- Long Island native Marshall Warren is about to live out a dream when the New York Islanders host the Philadelphia Flyers for their first preseason game.
Hailing from Suffolk County's Laurel Hollow, the 24-year-old defenseman and die-hard Islanders fan will get his first chance to don the Blue & Orange in an actual NHL game.
Islanders Matthew Schaefer To Make Preseason Debut vs. FlyersEAST MEADOW, NY -- New York Islanders No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer will be part of the game group that faces the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night.
"Yeah, it's pretty exciting," Warren said. "For me, it was Nassau Coliseum, but now, like, UBS is obviously their home rink, so that'd be cool to get out there. But you got a job to do, and you got to get out there and have some fun and win the game. I'll get to enjoy it a little bit after the game. But yeah, I'm just kind of focused right now and ready to go."
His family and friends will be in attendance. The ticket count, he's not so sure on the number.
"Good question," Warren said. "I don't even know. Like, really, I think it's word of mouth. I'm sure there'll be a lot of people there, but I don't even know. My parents will be there, obviously my sister."
During training camp last season, Warren was brought to a preseason game in Philadelphia, but did not get to play. Head coach Patrick Roy said that he wanted Warren to get a taste of what an NHL warmup was like and see him work toward getting to play next time.
That time is now, and Warren is ecstatic for the opportunity, as he couldn't contain his smile during his pregame media session.
"It's a good opportunity to showcase what you have and showcase your skills," Warren said. "That's where you want to be. You want to be playing against the other top guys. So I think it's a good opportunity for me."
Islanders captain Anders Lee knows how cool getting a game in on Long Island is for Warren.
"It's really cool. I'm pumped for him in that regard," Lee said. "And his process, going through that situation last year, and putting in the work and continuing to get better, he's earned that right to play a game tonight.
"He's looked great in camp. He's got a great attitude out there. His focus is there, and it'll be fun to see him on the ice."
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Marlen Reusser and Remco Evenepoel take world time trial titles in Rwanda
Swiss Reusser beats Kigali field by 51.89sec to take gold
Belgium’s Evenepoel passes Pogacar on way to victory
Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser overcame illness this year to win the women’s individual time trial at the cycling Road World Championships in Kigali on Sunday, while Remco Evenepoel of Belgium won a third successive men’s individual time trial title.
Reusser finished 51.89sec quicker than the rest of the field for a dominant victory, taking the rainbow jersey in a time of 43min 09.34sec around the 31.2km course in Rwanda’s capital on the opening day of the week-long championships, being hosted in Africa for the first time.
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