News and Notes from Monday, March 23rd, 2026
News
- The National Hockey League announced the Three Stars of the Week.
- The First Star went to Tampa Bay Lightning F Nikita Kucherov. Kucherov had six goals, and seven points in the four games he played on the week.
- The Second Star was awarded to Nashville Predators F Filip Forsberg, who had four goals and nine points on the week in four games played. Rounding out the Three Stars is Montréal F Cole Caufield who had four goals and eight points in three games played.
- The National Hockey League also announced the second set of Global Series games. These games will take place on November 12th and 14th, 2026 in Helsinki, Finland at Veikkaus Arena.
- The series will feature the Carolina Hurricanes and Seattle Kraken.
- In addition to the games that will take place in Germany in December, this will be fifth consecutive year that NHL regular season contests take place in Europe.
- In the PWHL, it was announced that Kelly Pannek was named the Player of the Week. In two games played, Pannek had three goals, one being a game winner, while riding a five-game point streak.
- Pannek also currently co-leads the PWHL in goals and points.
Jersey Tracking and Mini Recaps
Ottawa Senators v. New York Rangers – 730p ET
- In New York, the Senators made the trip to Manhattan to take on the Rangers and in the first Ottawa took the 1-0 lead when Shane Pinto scored his 19th on the power play. In the second, Warren Foegele netted his 12th of the year as the Sens took the 2-0 lead. In the third, New York got on the board when Conor Sheary scored his fourth goal of the season but the Senators held on to get the 2-1 win over the Rangers.
Today’s Games
- VAN v. BOS – 7p ET (PWHL)
- TOR v. BOS – 7p ET
- CAR v. MON – 7p ET
- OTT v. DET – 7p ET
- SEA v. FLA – 7p ET
- CHI v. NYI – 7p ET
- CLB v. PHI – 7p ET
- COL v. PIT – 7p ET
- MIN v. TB – 730p ETOn a solo game of action, it would be quick work as the #GoSensGo defeated the #NYR, plus the weekly #ThreeStars announcement from the #NHL, and other news out of the NHL and #PWHL. #WomensHockey #NHLStats
- WAS v. STL – 8p ET
- SJ v. NAS – 8p ET
- NJ v. DAL – 8p ET
- VGK v. WIN – 8p ET
- LA v. CAL – 9p ET
- EDM v. UTH – 930p ET
- ANA v. VAN – 10p ET
Noteworthy in Hockey
- 32 Thoughts: The Podcast: We Just Want Clarity – (Sportsnet)
- The Sheet with Jeff Marek: Suspensions, Point Leaders, and Pillow Fights feat. Colby Cohen – (Daily Faceoff)
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