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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.

Defense and goaltending, not goal-scoring, was the story of this one. It wasn't settled until a shootout, which the Rangers dominated to take a 2-1 victory. Igor Shesterkin, who made a save on a penalty shot in the first period, stopped the first two Blue Jackets in the shootout. Vincent Trocheck beat Jet Greaves on the Rangers' second attempt. Kirill Marchenko tied it for the Blue Jackets, but J.T. Miller ended the game by going high to give the Rangers four points on the two-game road trip.

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,

"I've never had a fight in my life, but I think things change over time, and I think people change. And I think when you see a teammate down like that and they try and push us around, I'm not going to stand for that. Just tried to jump in there, and next thing you know, gloves are off. And yeah, I thought it was a great fight."

Matthews was visibly upset upon going to the locker room, and after missing 15 games last season, you have to be worried about his long-term outlook. Toronto's captain was designated with a lower-body injury, which would mean its a new ailment, as he sustained an unspecified upper-body injury last year, which kept hm out of 15 games. After the game, none of Matthews' teammates claimed to have seen the hit, only wishing their teammate well, ostensibly moving forward to Thursday's game.

Even Stormy wanted a piece. While the ruckus along the boards continued, Martin Fehervary and Jackson Blake began scuffling in the corner. Seeing that Fehervary was getting the better of Blake, Logan Stankoven jumped in as the third man and dropped the gloves with the Slovakian rearguard. Fehervary and Stankoven both left the bout bloodied, with Fehervary getting the takedown victory.

Things aren't going well for the Calgary Flames, the professional Canadian hockey team founded in 1972. Despite pushing for a playoff spot late last year, the Flames only have three wins through fourteen games this season, securing an early spot as the worst team in the National Hockey League so far. Some fans think this may be the sign of early-season tanking - when a team loses on purpose in order to get a better draft pick in the summer.

The explanation was that, in [the referee's] opinion, it was a goal. I disagree with his opinion, but that's the way it is,

Eklund, who is tied for second on the Sharks with 11 points, did not travel with the Sharks to Seattle on Tuesday afternoon as he continues to deal with a lower-body injury that also caused him to miss Sunday's home game against the Detroit Red Wings, a 3-2 shootout loss. Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said Eklund, who has had the injury for over a week, is considered day-to-day, but it is trending in the right direction.

Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Gabriel VilardiVladislav Namestnikov - Jonathan Toews - Alex IafalloNino Niederreiter - Adam Lowry - Tanner PearsonCole Koepke - Parker Ford - Brad Lambert Josh Morrissey - Dylan DeMeloLogan Stanley - Neal PionkColin Miller - Luke Schenn Connor HellebuyckEric Comrie Haydn Fleury, Nikita Chibrikov Cole Perfetti (ankle), Dylan Samberg (wrist), Gustav Nyquist (undisclosed) Status report Lowry will make his season debut after having hip surgery on May 27.

Carbery didn't provide much else, other than saying the team didn't know whether Dubois would need surgery to repair his lower-body ailment. The club's bench boss was asked a follow-up question on Tuesday about whether the Capitals believed Dubois would not return for another game during the 2025-26 campaign. "No, we do not think it's going to be season-ending," Carbery said. "Just an extended period of time at this point. No update on him."