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Against a team that has that much firepower, especially with [Stephen] Halliday coming back, you just can't afford to give them anything. When you turn pucks over in tough areas of the ice and leave them alone in front of the net, it makes for a long one. We couldn't overcome it. It's disappointing, but it wasn't from a lack of effort from the guys coming in. I thought they did a nice job.

Connor opened the scoring 4:20 into the first period, pouncing on a rebound after Alex Iafallo deflected Mark Scheifele's shot. Morrissey doubled the lead early in the second with a shot through traffic, and Toews made it 3-0 just 42 seconds later on a power play, sliding home a rebound from Gabe Vilardi's attempt.

The upstart Anaheim Ducks overachieved out of the gate this season in eye-popping fashion. Anaheim was 11-3-1 through its first 15 games, led the NHL in scoring (4.13 goals per game) at that mark and perhaps most shockingly, it was the Ducks' 21-year-old forward Leo Carlsson sitting second overall in league scoring with 10 goals and 25 points to start the season. It was a script particularly befitting the club's Disney roots. But the Ducks' Cinderella story has taken a Maleficent-like turn.

A.J. Greer got off the schneid, scoring a pair of goals to help the Florida Panthers topple the Buffalo Sabres by a 4-3 count at Key Bank Center. Aided by an early interference minor on Josh Doan, the Panthers drew first blood 2:35 into the action when Carter Verhaeghe took a pass from Sam Reinhart, who was knocked down, and fed Uvis Baliniskis at the left point.

We're now well past the halfway point of the NHL season, and things are still quite wacky. From all eight teams in the Atlantic being separated by just thirteen points to just six points separating eight teams in the Western Conference wild card race, it's still going to take some time to truly see some separation in the NHL. And the statistics don't even begin to paint such a picture. Here's just five of the wildest numbers from another chaotic month of NHL hockey.

"Just a really good spirit, really good person. Affected a lot of people positively when they walked into that place," McMann said to Sportsnet about Wilson. "And he was just a lifelong Leafs fan. Always wanted to talk hockey, would always record the games, watch them later."

Maple Leafs F Nick Robertson will not return to tonight's game (lower body).- Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) January 13, 2026 Waiting on the severity of the injury There was no immediate update on Robertson from Craig Berube following the game, as they will need to take a closer look to examine the injury. If Robertson's set to miss time with the Maple Leafs, this could be a crucial injury coming at a very important stretch of their schedule.

Eriks Mateiko received one of the biggest honors of his career last week when he was named to Latvia's Olympic hockey team. Days later, though, Mateiko suffered a scary injury during Hershey's 3-2 overtime loss Sunday to the Cleveland Monsters, and it's unclear if it will impact his trip to Italy in February. The Capitals prospect was injured and helped off the ice with 11:19 remaining in the second period after having an incident along the sideboards with Monsters defenseman Corson Ceulmans.

SAN JOSE Injured forward Will Smith will join the San Jose Sharks on their upcoming road trip against Eastern Conference teams, but it remains unclear when he'll play again, coach Ryan Warsofsky said Sunday. Smith, who was injured in the Sharks' Dec. 13 road game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, skated again on Sunday and is slated to practice with the team again on Monday, although it was uncertain whether he'll once again be in a non-contact jersey.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have assigned defenceman Dakota Mermis to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL) on a long-term injured reserve (LTIR) conditioning loan, the team announced on Monday. Mermis, 32, has been out of game action since December 8 after suffering a lower-body injury in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The defenceman went knee-on-knee with Lightning forward Gage Goncalves and left the game following the injury.

Florida shook off disappointing losses to Toronto and Montreal and left Canada with a big two points after grinding out a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and and assist and Evan Rodrigues ended a long goalless drought to knot the score in the first period. Aaron Ekblad contributed a pair of helpers and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17 of 19 shots to collect his 18th win of the campaign.

Alex Ovechkin got on the board early in the Washington Capitals' game against the Nashville Predators and accomplished some big history in the process. With a blistering one-timer from the left circle, Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the 2025-26 season, giving him 20 goals for the 21st time in his career. The tally came on a five-on-three power play at 5:56 of the first period, giving the Capitals a 1-0 lead. The goal, Ovechkin's 917th of his career, beat the Predators' Justus Annunen,

The Maple Leafs receive encouraging news as Craig Berube expects Anthony Stolarz to return to the Maple Leafs during their upcoming road trip. Stolarz has been out since November 11th with an upper-body injury. The Maple Leafs begin their four-game round trip on Sunday night as they face off against the red-hot Colorado Avalanche. It seems that Stolarz will be returning to game action soon, but the exact timeline has yet to be released.

The Rangers have recalled forward Brennan Othmann again. To make space, Anton Blidh was returned to the AHL. Othmann was reassigned on New Year's Day after the first wave of 2026 injuries that included Noah Laba and Conor Sheary. His reassignment then was due to bonuses in his contract making it impossible to keep him on the roster and still be cap compliant.