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Probably just the tempo and the speed. You can do your best to replicate those in practice, but once you get out there in a game, at the NHL level, the tempo of the play is a lot quicker. Tonight, especially early on, at times I was a little behind. As the game wore on, I thought I got a little more comfortable.

Kaprizov has eclipsed his points prop bet in each game he's played with a set points prop. Kaprizov has put up a point in 38 games this season while posting 16 multiple-point games. In 23 of 52 games this season, Kaprizov has scored - and four times he scored multiple goals. For the season, Kaprizov has scored 27 goals, via 180 shots (converting 15.0%). While on the power play, he has 56 shots and 10 goals.

The Islanders are 7-9 when favored on the moneyline this season. New York is 7-9 (winning 43.8% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -115 or shorter. Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Islanders have an implied win probability of 53.5%. New York's 50 matches this season have finished above this game's total of 6 goals 25 times.

It's hard enough to tip in a puck right from the goalie's doorstep. That sucker is small, hard, and moving well above the speed limit, and it's a genuine feat of hand-eye coordination to not just get a blade on it, but to get only just so much blade on it to not halt it but redirect it to the angle of your choosing.

The Buffalo Sabres are closing in on a seven-year contract extension for Josh Doan that is worth $6.95 million per season, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The deal includes $7 million in signing bonuses over the first two seasons, sources told ESPN, and it also includes a seven-team no-trade clause when Doan is eligible. Doan, 23, was set to be a restricted free agent this summer.

ST. LOUIS -- Jordan Kyrou scored the only goal in a shootout and the St. Louis Blues beat Tampa Bay 3-2 on Friday night to snap the Lightning's franchise record-tying 11-game winning streak. Kyrou's backhand shot beat Andrei Vasilevskiy. Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov had a chance to extend the shootout but was stopped by Joel Hofer, who made 34 saves in regulation and overtime before delivering three more in the tiebreaker.

The Florida Panthers gave up a season-high in goals as they fell to the Carolina Hurricanes 9-1 at Lenovo Center, Friday. The Hurricanes were led by Nikolaj Ehlers, who had a hat trick and an assist. Ehlers' hatty was his first as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes and the sixth of his career. The Metropolitan Division's first-place team also got goals from Mark Jankowski, Alexander Nikishin, Andrei Svechnikov, Taylor Hall, and Eric Robinson.

The content - particularly for young people - may be a little spicy, so you have to balance that out. I thought the storyline was very compelling. And a lot of fun, because I could see where they were picking at things we (as a league) had done in the past, whether or not it was being in Sochi or the All-Star Game in Tampa. It was very well done.

Edmonton enters Thursday coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Nashville and has surged into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division. Since Dec. 1, the Oilers are 12-6-3 after a slow start. Captain Connor McDavid brings a 20-game point streak into the matchup, totaling 46 points during that stretch and leading the NHL with 82 points overall.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For months, there were various projections for which NHL players would make their nations' rosters for the 2026 Olympic Games. Now those projections have turned into actual rosters, which reinforces just how quickly the tournament in Milan Cortina is approaching on Feb. 11. It's the first time since 2014 that the Olympics will have NHL players. Deliberating how the United States of America, Canada, Finland and Sweden, among other nations, could perform at the Olympics has spawned several discussions.

Hall was born in HUmboldt, Canada, on October 3, 1931. He began skating at a young age when he became obsessed with the game. At the age of 20, he began playing pro hockey with the Indianapolis Capitals of the American Hockey League. He played well enough to sign with the Detroit Red Wings in 1951-52 and his careeer in the NHL had begun. He would remain with the Red Wings until the 1956-57 season when he was traded to the Chicago BlackHawks.