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While the NHL is concerned about the status of the ice hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games, sources told ESPN on Wednesday there are no indications the league would pull out of the event -- despite reports that the ice arena surface is about 3 feet too short. The NHL plans to send players to the 2026 Olympics in February for the first time since the 2014 Games in Sochi.

During an appearance on Sportsnet's "Real Kyper and Bourne," DeBoer said he expects the playing surface to be several feet smaller than an NHL rink, though he was baffled as to why. "The ice surface, it looks like it's going to be smaller than NHL rink standards [by] it looks like three or four feet," he said. "I don't understand how that happened."

There might not be a tougher roster to crack in all of sports than Canada's in a best-on-best hockey tournament, and this will be the first Olympics with NHL players since 2014. The amount of elite talent Canada has to choose from is staggering. They could ice two teams and be in the mix for a gold medal with both. Star players and past Stanley Cup champions won't make the cut. Not everyone can be selected.

He feels way more comfortable and he's probably our best player on the wall, just with his ability to get pucks off the yellow and make plays. He's been very good. I also feel like he has less pressure playing on the wing, if that makes sense. Centerman, there's a lot going on defensively, offensively. I think now he's in that spot where he can just rely on his gift and he doesn't have to worry about anything else. I think that helped him.

Chychrun's streak continues as the Caps down the Leafs, LT makes his Vezina case and more in today's Caps Clips.

For years, American Thanksgiving has served as one of the NHL's most reliable predictive benchmarks. In the salary cap era, roughly 77 percent of teams sitting in a playoff spot on Thanksgiving ultimately qualify for the playoffs in April. Last season, 12 of 16 teams, or 75 percent, held their ground. It's a trend coaches, executives, and fans have leaned on for years to separate early-season pretenders from legitimate contenders.

"I'm going to say is [that] when you see the number, you have to lay off. Everybody knows that. You don't go through the guy," Roy said after the game. "I was in Colorado when [Rantanen] was drafted there. It's not his style. But at the same time, that should not be part of our game."

So, they come in the league in 2000. They haven't made round two of the playoffs ever. They haven't made the playoffs since 2020. They've missed the playoffs 20 of 25 times. The best Blue Jacket ever is Rick Nash. They've had 7 team captains: Lyle Odelein, Ray Whitney, Luke Richardson, Adam Foote, Rick Nash, Nick Foligno, and Boone Jenner. I've never heard a single conversation about the Blue Jackets.

📸: Alan Dobbins/RMNB The Washington Capitals are without veteran center Nic Dowd against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Dowd, 35, participated in the team's morning skate ahead of the game but did not take the ice for warmups. He did not miss a single game for the Capitals last season. Nic Dowd is out for the night with an upper-body injury, per the Caps. - Katie Adler (@katieEadler) November 19, 2025

Originally drafted 24th overall by the Nashville Predators in 2019, Tomasino has yet to fully establish himself as a regular NHL player who can be entrusted to play more than 15 minutes a night. He showed flashes of his potential in the early going, but struggled in his last season in Nashville before a midseason trade to Pittsburgh. His production saw an uptick after joining the Penguins, recording 23 points (11 goals and 12 assists) in 50 games played to provide

The Utah Mammoth visit the Shark Tank tonight, getting ready to finish out the second night of a tough back-to-back series. Last night, the Mammoth fell in overtime to the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. Since its hot start, Utah has cooled off a bit. The Mammoth are 10-7-2 for the season, not as far ahead of the San Jose Sharks as the team once was. Utah has points in three straight games, but has lost its last two.

The Ottawa Senators hosted the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, Nov. 15, for the first time in nearly a year, but there was some familiarity on both sides. It was the first time that Jordan Spence faced his old team after being dealt at the 2025 NHL Draft, and on the other end of the ice, former Senators' backup Anton Forsberg started for the Kings.

New Jersey Devils C Jack Hughes underwent successful surgery on his finger,