🏒Ovechkin Racing Toward Gretzky

Stepan, Hurricanes rally past Devils in shootout for 11th win in row, Ovechkin gets hat trick, Capitals score 9 to cruise past Canadiens, McDavid has 5 points, extends streak to 17 in Oilers win against Kraken, Golden Knights recover, defeat Predators in OT, Pavelski signs 1-year, $3.5 million contract with Stars, Eight-year NHL veteran Smith-Pelly announces retirement on Instagram, Bedard ties Lindros with 31 career points at the World Juniors, World Junior Championships quarterfinal matchups set, and Jagr has 5 points in 5 games with Kladno Knights. Here are all the links you need before you get to the rink.

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NHL News

• Stepan, Hurricanes rally past Devils in shootout for 11th win in row

• Ovechkin gets hat trick, Capitals score 9 to cruise past Canadiens

• McDavid has 5 points, extends streak to 17 in Oilers win against Kraken

• Golden Knights recover, defeat Predators in OT

• Bunting helps Maple Leafs defeat Avalanche, spoil MacKinnon return

• Tuch has 4 points, Sabres defeat Bruins in OT for 6th straight win

• Red Wings rally past Senators with 3 quick goals in 3rd

• Hughes scores twice, Devils hand Penguins 4th straight loss

• Zibanejad, Rangers hold off struggling Panthers

• Hartman scores 2 goals, helps Wild defeat Blues

• Weegar gets first goal for Flames in win against Canucks

• Pavelski signs 1-year, $3.5 million contract with Stars

• Eight-year NHL veteran Smith-Pelly announces retirement on Instagram

AHL News

• San Diego Blanks Henderson, 3-0

• Saturday wrap: Wranglers ring out 2022 atop AHL

• Friday wrap: Stars extend streak to 10

• Coaches named for 2023 AHL All-Star Classic

• Quinton Byfield's Showing Signs of Improvement in the AHL

• Former Phantom Carey now has different goals in mind

ECHL News

• Frenetic Game Ends in Win for Fuel

• Third Period Lead Slips Away as Rabbits Drop New Year's Day Game to Jacksonville in Overtime

• K-Wings Score 3 Power Play Goals, Growlers Escape in OT

• Walleye Pick Up A Point In Cincinnati To End The Year

• Rush Drop Oilers in OT, 4-3

• Railers Open New Year with 4-3 Shootout Win over Maine

• Nailers Put Exclamation Point on 2022 with 6-5 Comeback Win

• Seven Different Rabbits Score, Greenville Downs Savannah for Third Straight Win

• Thunder Offense Lights up Allen on New Year's Eve

• ECHL Transactions - Jan. 1

• ECHL Transactions - Dec. 31

• ECHL Transactions - Dec. 30

• ECHL announces fines, suspensions

International News

• World Junior Championships quarterfinal matchups set

• World Junior Championship roundup: United States handles Finland

• World Junior Championship roundup: Gajan, Slovakia shut out Latvia

• Bedard ties Lindros with 31 career points at the World Juniors

• Remembering Forsberg’s 31

• Vityaz stuns SKA, Dinamo and Spartak pile up the goals. December 30

• Man of the Week: Dmitrij Jaskin

• Best Players of the 2022-2023 seventeenth week

• Gajan’s great adventure

• Adam Fantilli owes a lot to brother Luca for his fast-track development

• CHL notebook: Devils prospect Filmon flourishing in WHL

College News

• Rankings roundup: How the top 20 NCAA hockey teams fared, Dec. 15-Jan. 1

• SATURDAY RECAP: No. 12 Providence downs No. 6 Merrimack in Ledyard Bank finale; UAA finishes monster sweep of No. 13 UMass Lowell; No. 5 Penn State completes sweep of No. 20 RIT

• FRIDAY RECAP: Final weekend of 2022 starts with No. 6 Merrimack downing Dartmouth in OT, No. 8 Boston University edging No. 9 Harvard in OT, Alaska Anchorage upsetting No. 13 UMass Lowell, No. 2 Quinnipiac defeating Holy Cross

• No. 2 Wisconsin skates past No. 4 Quinnipiac women's hockey on the road

• No. 4 Quinnipiac shuts out No. 2 Wisconsin women's hockey in Game 2 for series split

Signings, Trades, and Acquisitions

• Pavelski signs 1-year, $3.5 million contract with Stars

Miscellaneous

• Daily fantasy hockey picks, projections

• Fantasy Hockey Pickups: Brock Boeser is still (somehow) available — go get him

• Winter Classic preparation for Bruins, Penguins going 'according to plan'

• Senators Stepping Up Efforts To Move Nikita Zaitsev

• What Will the Vancouver Canucks Do With Bo Horvat in 2023?

• Free Agent Stock Watch: Right Wingers

• Oilers to host Flames in 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic

• Blackhawks' Domi could stay in Chicago after trade deadline

• The Goalie Dilemma

• Thomas Milic with an incredible save last night for Team Canada against Sweden.

• How Winnipeg Jets' Sam Gagner Reached 1,000 NHL Games

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NHL Injuries

• ANA Max Jones LW Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• ANA Derek Grant C Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• ARI Nick Schmaltz C Upper Body Day-to-Day

• BOS Tomas Nosek C Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• BUF Eric Comrie G Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 7

• CAR Ondrej Kase RW Concussion IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• CAR Frederik Andersen G Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• CGY Brett Ritchie RW Undisclosed Day-to-Day

• CHI MacKenzie Entwistle RW Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• CHI Jujhar Khaira LW Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• CLB Daniil Tarasov G Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• CLB Nick Blankenburg D Ankle IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 7

• CLB Patrik Laine RW Covid-19 Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• DET Ville Husso G Illness Expected to be out until at least Jan 4

• DET Tyler Bertuzzi LW Hand IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 7

• DET Filip Zadina RW Leg IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 6

• EDM Leon Draisaitl C Undisclosed Day-to-Day

• EDM Klim Kostin C Lower Body Day-to-Day

• FLA Anthony Duclair LW Achilles IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• LA Trevor Moore LW Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Jan 7

• LV Jonathan Marchessault C Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• LV Jack Eichel C Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• LV Daniil Miromanov D Lower Body

• LV Alec Martinez D Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• MON Kaiden Guhle D Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Jan 5

• NJ Nathan Bastian RW Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• NJ John Marino D Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• NSH Cole Smith LW Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• NSH Mark Borowiecki D Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• NYI Cal Clutterbuck RW Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• NYI Kyle Palmieri RW Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• NYI Oliver Wahlstrom RW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 10

• NYI Simon Holmstrom RW Knee IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 10

• NYI Adam Pelech D Head IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 10

• OTT Rourke Chartier C Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• PHI Carter Hart G Concussion IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• PIT Kris Letang D Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• PIT Josh Archibald RW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 5

• PIT Chad Ruhwedel D Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Jan 2

• SEA Joonas Donskoi RW Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• SJ Markus Nutivaara D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• SJ Radim Simek D Upper Body Day-to-Day

• STL Vladimir Tarasenko RW Upper Body Day-to-Day

• TOR Rasmus Sandin D Neck IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 3

• WAS Connor Brown RW Knee IR. Expected to be out until at least May 1

• WAS Nicklas Backstrom C Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1

• WAS T.J. Oshie RW Upper Body Day-to-Day

Source: CBS Sports as of 5:32 AM CST, Jan. 2, 2023