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    Stars' Radek Faksa: Questionable for Tuesday

    Faksa (upper body) is questionable for Tuesday's qualification matchup against Denmark at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

    Faksa sustained the injury near the end of Sunday's 4-3 overtime loss to Switzerland. He has contributed two assists through three games for Czechia at the tournament.

  • Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Three points vs. Germany

    Matthews recorded two goals, including one on the power play, and an assist in the United States' 5-1 win over Germany on Sunday in the 2026 Olympics.

    Matthews was the USA's biggest difference-maker in this win, and he continues to be the Stars and Stripes' biggest scoring weapon. Matthews led all American skaters in the group stage with five points (three goals, two assists) in three appearances.

  • Owen Martin C | WPG

    Jets' Owen Martin: Pots two goals for Spokane

    Martin scored twice in WHL Spokane's 4-2 win over Wenatchee on Sunday.

    Martin ended a seven-game goal drought with this performance. He's up to 16 goals, 33 points and a plus-5 rating over 51 appearances this season. The Jets prospect is one point away from matching his total from the 2024-25 regular season, but it took him just 39 contests to accumulate 34 points last year.

  • Lightning's Zemgus Girgensons: Record-setting Olympian for Latvia

    Girgensons picked up an assist Sunday in Latvia's 4-2 loss to Denmark at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

    It was his fourth helper in eight career Olympic games, which tied Girgensons with Sandis Ozolinsh for the most among Latvians at Olympics featuring NHL players. Latvia plays Sweden on Tuesday in the qualification playoffs, so Girgensons will have a shot at standing alone on that scoring mountain.

  • Blue Jackets' Brendan Gaunce: Logs three points for Cleveland

    Gaunce scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in AHL Cleveland's 4-3 overtime win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday.

    Gaunce has four goals and four assists over eight outings with the Monsters since he was demoted from the Blue Jackets in late January. The veteran forward has 14 points in 19 appearances at the AHL level and another six points in 25 games at the NHL level. Should the Blue Jackets need forward depth after the Olympic break, Gaunce would likely be near the top of the list for a call-up.

  • Oilers' Connor McDavid: Three more points in rout

    McDavid scored a goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Canada's 10-2 win over France in Olympic round-robin play Sunday.

    McDavid wraps up the preliminary round at his first Olympics with two goals and nine points in just three games, putting him well out in front as the tournament's leading scorer -- nobody else has more than six points. The Oilers superstar will get a couple days of rest before Canada faces the winner of a Czechia-Denmark qualifying tilt in Wednesday's quarterfinal.

  • Penguins' Sidney Crosby: Three points against France

    Crosby scored a goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Canada's 10-2 rout of France in Olympic round-robin action Sunday.

    The future Hall of Famer doubled his goal and point totals for the tournament, as Crosby set up tallies by Devon Toews in the first period and Cale Makar in the second before potting his own just before the second intermission. Crosby will get a couple days of rest before Canada faces the winner of a Czechia-Denmark qualifying tilt in Wednesday's quarterfinal.

  • Devils' Marc McLaughlin: Picks up three points in AHL win

    McLaughlin scored a goal and added two assists in AHL Utica's 7-4 win over Rochester on Sunday.

    McLaughlin was waived Feb. 11 and cleared a day later. This was his season debut at any level after missing the first four months of the campaign due to an undisclosed injury. McLaughlin had just 20 points in 50 regular-season contests between Utica and Providence last season, and he also earned three points in a career-high 14 NHL outings between Boston and New Jersey.

  • Sharks' Macklin Celebrini: Makes history in Sunday's rout

    Celebrini scored two goals, one on the power play and the other on a penalty shot, and added an even-strength assist in Canada's 10-2 win over France in Olympic round-robin action Sunday.

    The 19-year-old phenom continues to make history in Milan. Celebrini became the first NHL player to ever score on a penalty shot in the Olympics when he beat Julian Junca late in the second period -- something Sidney Crosby failed to do on his attempt in 2010, and both Patrick Kane and Corey Perry whiffed on in 2014. Celebrini also now holds the Olympic record for most goals by a teenager with four in only three games, and he's tied Evgeni Malkin's record for most points by a teenager with six. The San Jose star will look to claim that record for himself in Canada's quarterfinal game Wednesday, against either Denmark or Czechia.

  • Islanders' Matthew Highmore: Tallies twice in AHL loss

    Highmore scored two goals in AHL Providence's 3-2 overtime loss to Bridgeport on Sunday.

    Highmore is now at seven goals and 25 points in 47 appearances this season. He's on pace to top the 30-point mark in the AHL for the third time in four years, though he's unlikely to land anywhere near his 61-point effort from the 2022-23 regular season with Springfield. Prior to Sunday, Highmore had gone more than two months without a goal, earning just seven assists over 23 appearances.

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