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WASHINGTON — In the face of Flyers nightmare-inducer Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, Flyers goalie Carter Hart didn’t bat an eyelash.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins won’t be playing again this season, unless it’s in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Kraken held Beniers back from the NHL one year longer than expected, and he has rewarded them with a fantastic rookie season. The Hawks would love if their ultra-slow path for Lukas Reichel leads to the same payoff.

An NHL future is essentially guaranteed for Vlasic, so he’s using this season in the AHL to be more experimental offensively and to test his limits.

PHILADELPHIA — The shirts belonged to his father when he was a hockey-obsessed teenager in Russia with dreams of reaching the NHL. The trading cards were pulled from his dad’s collection, the ones Dmitri Tertyshny thought of when he looked at opponents on the ice and marveled how his hockey…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Discontent was the prevailing theme. Fans were unhappy and the team was reeling.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks were simply no match for Connor McDavid, Leon Drasaitl, and the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.

PITTSBURGH — If the PPG Paints Arena crowd’s timid reactions to the Penguins’ pregame introductions were any indication of how the team’s Friday-night game against Winnipeg was expected to go, there was correctly little reason to hope for a winning effort.

Reichel’s AHL assignment comes as Patrick Kane prepares to return from injury. The move aligns with the Hawks’ general development philosophy for Reichel over the past two seasons but contrasts with a quote from coach Luke Richardson on Sunday.