With great play from the likes of Mathew Barzal and the dynamic rookie defenseman, Matthew Schaefer, as well as the great play from goaltender Ilya Sorokin, the Isles have been hanging near the top of the Metropolitan Division for most of the season.

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It’s been a good few days for Parker Wotherspoon. His beloved Seahawks came up with a big win on Saturday night, advancing to the NFC Championship game. After that, he got to travel back home, as the Penguins defenseman is “from somewhere in BC,

Sidney Crosby climbed a couple of all-time NHL leaderboards while skating in his 1,400th career game Monday afternoon in Seattle. Crosby recorded his second assist of Monday night on Rickard Rakell’s third-period goal to help lead the Penguins to a 6-3 road win over the Kraken with his 1,

Minnesota wrapped up its seven-game road trip with a 4-1-2 record, securing 10 of a possible 14 points.

Vejmelka has a 22-11-2 record through 36 games played. He has a 2.53 goals against average and a .903 save percentage. Vítek Vaněček, the other half of Utah’s goaltending tandem, has a 2-9-2 record, a 2.92 goals against average, and a .883 save percentage.

New York Giants rookie QB, Jaxson Dart and his girlfriend Marissa Ayers went for a NHL game date, where the Utah Mammoth defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-3 at home in Salt Lake City on January 17.

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Shabanov has 15 points (4G, 11A) in 35 games this season for the Islanders, his rookie year in the NHL. The Russian winger is expected to skate with Max Tsyplakov, who is playing consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 1 and 3, and Casey Cizikas. Shabanov also skated on the Islanders second power-play unit.