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Weekly Game Day Thread – 1/5

Welcome to the Game Day Thread for the games in the week of 1/5. Well that was some week, eh? Congratulations to Steven Stamkos on number 600! The Predators won the week winning 3 out of 4 games. Another four game week ahead – but hey no late ones! Games this week are: Tuesday 1/6 at Edmonton Oilers 8pm Central on FanDuel and ESPN Thursday 1/8 vs New York Islanders 7pm Central on ESPN+/Hulu Saturday 1/10 vs Chicago Blackhawks 7pm Central on FanDuel and ESPN ...

Quack Fix 1-5-2026

Men’s Basketball picks up first conference win Women’s Basketball cruises over Northwestern Ducks secure commitment of former Nevada punter Bailey Ettridge Ducks vs Them Orange Bowl Highlight of the Day: Orange Bowl Highlights

The Optimist: Nothing matters more than being here

The Carolina Panthers are in the playoffs. Say that out loud sometime today so that you can hear it in your own voice. It’s been long enough that you might need a minute to really hear it. At 8-9 the Panthers are going to be this year’s “least likely to” in every category in every […]

NHL Standings: At the halfway point

In the last Sunday Standings just after Christmas, the situation wasn’t looking so rosy for the Penguins. A 1-5-4 stretch had completely given up all the early-season work the team did to position themselves near the top of the standings and throw them towards the bottom end of the shuffle. With a mind towards Buffalo’s […]

Aaron Glenn seems certain to survive the NFL’s Black Monday

The 2025 season was a disaster for the New York Jets. The team posted a dismal 3-14 record and set history, becoming the first team since stats were first recorded in 1933 to register zero interceptions for an entire season. The Jets finished the year with five consecutive losses of 23 points or more and […]

Logan Stanley Suspended For Sucker Punch on Brady Tkachuk

Logan Stanley has paid the price for his sucker punch on an unsuspecting Brady Tkachuk. The NHL's Department of Safety has handed down a one-game suspension to Stanley.  Logan Stanley has been suspended one game for punching Brady Tkachuk 🫣 pic.twitter.com/fGdosvD5VZ — Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) January 4, 2026 The incident came in Saturday night's game against the Winnipeg Jets after the Ottawa Senators ' captain  was bumped into his own bench by Stanley. Tkachuk then shoved him back, w...

Everything to watch during Unrivaled’s opening day double-headers

The 2026 Unrivaled season tips off with a double double-header. On Monday, Jan. 5, the second season of the 3×3 league begins with Mist BC taking on newcomer Hive BC at 1 p.m. ET, followed by Vinyl BC meeting Laces BC at 2:15 p.m. ET. The opening set of games will be broadcast on truTV. […]

Monday Morning Bag Skate 1-5-26

This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Golden Knights 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) Analyzing Blackhawks’ slowly improving team stats from first half of 2025-26 season ( Sun-Times ) Surging Blackhawks hope Bedard, Nazar return to a reinvented, more versatile team ( The Athletic ) RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Capitals 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) Teravainen excited to fulfill Olympic d...

Tarasov, Panthers clip Avalanche 2-1 in impressive win

Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad scored unassisted goals and Daniil Tarasov made a game-saving stop on Nathan MacKinnon late in the third period to propel the Florida Panthers to an impressive 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche at Amerant Bank Arena. Clad in their 1938 Miami Clippers-inspired Winter Classic uniforms, the Cats survived some early pressure and opened the scoring 6:27 into the tilt when a determined Bennett stole the puck from Sam Malinski, drove to the net and doggedly worked ...

Wild Get Do-Over In Rematch Against Kings

It's not often that you're facing the same team in the same arena for back-to-back games but the way the schedule has been laid out for the Minnesota Wild has them hanging around Los Angeles and facing the Kings once again on Monday night. The first game ended up being a 5-4 shootout loss for the Wi...

Morning Skate: Stateside

Welcome to a new week, folks! If you’re a boring, 9-5 office worker like me, this is the week when the “eh, I’ll get to it after the holidays” rent comes due, so good luck to all of you out there. The Bruins completed the Canadian portion of their road trip over the weekend, beating […]

Devils in the Details – 1/5/26: They’re Booing Edition

Here are your links for today: Devils Links Jesper Bratt tallied a couple points, Dougie Hamilton scored for the first time in forever and the Devils took a 4-1 win over the Mammoth on Saturday. [Devils NHL] Then on Sunday, Luke Hughes had a rough outing (and got booed), the Devils scored one goal and […]

Murray State vs Northern Iowa Women’s College Basketball Odds and Prediction – Jan. 9

The Murray State Racers (12-2) will attempt to extend a nine-game winning streak when they host the Northern Iowa Panthers (8-6) on January 9, 2026. The Panthers have won four games in a row. Murray State vs. Northern Iowa NCAA Game Info Date: Friday, January 9, 2026 Time: 7 p.m. ET TV: ESPN+ Where: Murray, Kentucky Venue: CFSB Center Last Game For Each Team In Murray State’s last game, they defeated Bradley 93-82. The Racers were led by Halli Poock, who finished with 26 po...

The week ahead: Penguins playing their way back into it

What a weird season this has been for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It began with low expectations. Then they went 8-2-2 through their first 12 games. That was followed by a stretch where they won just one out of six games that made it seem like the hot start had come to a close. Then they […]

Islanders News: One more for the road

The Islanders are in a Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday pattern over the next couple of weeks as they finish their brief homestand with the Devils on Tuesday before a seven-game western road trip. That one starts with Nashville and Minnesota before crossing the border for Winnipeg and a full northwestern four-pack. But first, one more at home with […]

EOTP’s Montreal Canadiens Stars of the Week

The Habs went 2-1-0 during the first week of January and sit second in the Atlantic Division with a record of 23-13-6. The week started out with another chaotic comeback, this time against the Carolina Hurricanes, in which Juraj Slafkovský dominated the third period in a 7-5 Habs win. The Canadiens were then shut out by the St. Louis Blues in a Saturday matinée in a Jordan Binnington masterclass that ended two-zip. Montreal finished the week on a high note, taking down Dallas in overtime,...

Pens Points: Crosby keeps winning streak alive

Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Sidney Crosby wasn’t about to let the Pittsburgh Penguins falter after he and his team clawed their way back from a 4-1 deficit on Sunday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The captain assisted on Ricard Rakell’s tying goal with 13.7 seconds left in regulation before he […]

Monday Morning Fly By: All bark

*The Flyers played their first game of 2026 over the weekend, and they came up with a big win over the Oilers to rebound from a tough showing last time out against the Flames. [ BSH ] *When you finish going through our takeaways over here, you can check out Charlie’s over at PHLY. Because you simply can never have too many takeaways, right? [ PHLY ] *Particularly from a game like that, when there really was so much to like from the Flyers. Towards the top of the list is the fact that...