VOTING FOR BREAKAWAY CHALLENGE CLOSES TODAY

Voting for the Honda NHL Breakaway Challenge – the second event in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition – closes today at 5:00 p.m. ET.

While five shooters for this event will be determined by team captains, one guaranteed participant will be selected by fans via the Honda NHL Breakaway Challenge Fan Vote. The three eligible candidates are forwards Matt Duchene (COL), Dylan Larkin (DET) and Brandon Saad (CBJ).

Fans can vote via Twitter for their favorite eligible player by including his corresponding hashtag: #NHLBreakawayDuchene, #NHLBreakawayLarkin or #NHLBreakawaySaad.

 

MILESTONES & MUSING JAN 29, 2016

• The NHL announced that Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov and Predators forward James Neal have been added to the roster for the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game.
• Kuznetsov replaces Capitals teammate Alex Ovechkin on the Metropolitan Division roster, while Neal replaces Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews on the Central Division roster. Islanders captain John Tavares replaces Ovechkin as the captain of the Metropolitan Division team.
• Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner played in his 423rd consecutive games (all w/ WSH) to pass Bobby Carpenter (422) for the longest such streak in franchise history.
• Shea Weber scored what stood as the game-winning goal and Carter Hutton made 26 saves to lead the Predators to a sweep of their four-game road trip through Western Canada
• Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:25 remaining in regulation to help the Avalanche rally from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits en route to their fifth victory in their last six games.
• Both the Avalanche and Predators earned one-goal victories to head into the All-Star break occupying the two Wild Card spots in the Western Conference:
• The 2016 BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game takes place tonight at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver (9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT, SN, TVAS). All 40 players scheduled to participate in the game – representing the OHL, QMJHL and WHL – are eligible for selection in the 2016 NHL Draft.

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

Home Team in Caps
TAMPA BAY 1, Toronto 0
Philadelphia 4, WASHINGTON 3 (OT)
Nashville 2, CALGARY 1
Colorado 4, LOS ANGELES 3