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"Obviously, I asked him, he obliged," Olivier said postgame. "He's been doing this for so long. It's very impressive how he's had the career he's had and been doing it year after year. It was an open fight, and anyone can get caught. Once I felt he was going down, try to hold him up. I think everyone does the same thing."

"I always came into the season wanting to play good for the Leafs and for my teammates here and give me a chance to be on that team," Ekman-Larsson said to reporters ahead of the morning skate on Tuesday. "So I'm lying if I'm saying I haven't really thought about it, to be honest with you. But very proud of myself of being named and getting a chance. With that being said, my teammates and the organization have been able to help me out."

Rookie Justin Sourdif, 23, has arrived. He had two points in two of the last three games, and those were just a modest prologue to this performance. He scored three goals - his first career hat trick - and added two assists. Actully, I think Sourdif's assist was even more impressive than his goals. He fended off both Jacob Trouba and Leo Carlsson along the boards long enough to find Leonard waiting by the net.

While Ovi has a designated Subway employee who personally delivers his food to his car before road trips - hey, you gotta avoid the crowds on such a tight schedule - he's kept things about the same as you and I would with haircuts, which blew the minds recently of his Capitals teammates. Ovechkin - a former Hair Cuttery spokesman - made the revelation inside

"We haven't found a way to win one of these games, so it was nice for Chycky. Steps up, makes a huge play for us. Goes end-to-end, just another display of his unique ability to skate. "Even though he's at the end of a shift - he's been out there for a minute-plus and still finds a way to use his explosiveness, power, and speed to get to the net. It's a huge play for our group."

Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap. All the Latest NHL Daily Recaps Today, we will be looking at the scores of the four NHL games that were played on Dec. 22, 2025. Which saw the Tampa Bay Lightning host the St. Louis Blues. As well as the Seattle Kraken and the Anaheim Ducks battling it out in the late game. All that and more in the Morning Recap.