Charlie Dammeyer likes to open his final pre-production meetings for the NHL Winter Classic by asking the room something like, “Hey, has anybody done a hockey game at Citi Field before?”Washington Capitals



Goaltending is a major weakness and neither Carter Hutton or Linus Ullmark is signed beyond this season. The defense is not great either. Jeff Skinner‘s contract looks worse by the day, while Hall and Staal are only one-year contracts. It also seems unlikely that either would want to re-sign given the way the season is going. They also have to deal with Sam Reinhart and Rasmus Dahlin as a restricted free agents this offseason.Boston Bruins

Before dressing for the game, the team took some time to check out where they were playing and got together for a picture down by the lake. And with the players wearing their '90s garb, the photo looks like an all-timer.Pittsburgh Penguins

He returned to the Bears this week to get his conditioning back in order after his COVID-19 battle and played in two games, posting a .898 save percentage — though he allowed just one goal in the second of those two games.

The start of this game was delayed about 20 more minutes because there was some glare on the ice from the sun, and players said it was hard to see in the first period.

The offensive outage is particularly apparent among Buffalo’s top-paid forwards. In accounting for a combined $38.2 million of the team’s payroll this season, captain Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner, Taylor Hall, Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart have combined for just six goals – with Reinhart scoring three.Philadelphia Flyers

"It was weird. It feels like a blur, honestly. The ice was bad, but we never even thought of stopping. I didn't think it was a possibility. I thought we were just going to grind it out and muck it up," said Avs star Nathan MacKinnon, who scored after the resumption.



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