{"id":397409,"date":"2026-01-08T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/397409\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:34:11","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-january-8-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/397409\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 January 8, 2026 &#8211; The Hockey Writers &#8211; NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/tag\/nhl-daily-recap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All the Latest NHL Daily Recaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, we will be looking at the scores of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/scoreboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0five NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played on Jan. 7, 2026. Which saw the Washington Capitals host the Dallas Stars. As well as\u00a0the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks battle it out in the late game.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/stars-snap-losing-streak-with-4-1-win-over-capitals-1-7-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stars Snap Losing Streak with 4-1 Win Over Capitals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 3:06 \u2013 Radek Faksa (2) from Esa Lindell (14)<br \/>P2 2:37 \u2013 Sam Steel (7) from Thomas Harley (14), Matt Duchene (6)<br \/>P3 13:31 \u2013 Wyatt Johnston (24) from Steel (9)<br \/>P3 19:41 \u2013 Roope Hintz (13) \u2013 Unassisted \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 17:41 \u2013 Alex Ovechkin (18) from John Carlson (23), Jakob Chychrun (17)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/nhl-recap-canadiens-win-flames-01-07-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texier Leads Canadiens Past Flames with 3 Points Including 100th in Career<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 17:39 \u2013 Joel Farabee (10) from Yegor Sharangovich (6), Hunter Brzustewicz (1)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 3:10 \u2013 Alexandre Texier (4) from Alexandre Carrier (10), Cole Caufield (21)<br \/>P2 7:05 \u2013 Lane Hutson (8) from Phillip Danault (8), Texier (7)<br \/>P2 8:12 \u2013 Oliver Kapanen (14) from Juraj Slafkovsky (18)<br \/>P3 3:56 \u2013 Caufield (21) from Texier (8), Nick Suzuki (33)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/blackhawks-4-goal-second-period-sinks-blues-in-7-3-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blackhawks 4-Goal Second Period Sinks Blues in 7-3 Win<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 0:27 \u2013 Tyler Tucker (2) from Brayden Schenn (9)<br \/>P2 8:22 \u2013 Otto Stenberg (1) \u2013 Unassisted<br \/>P3 13:19 \u2013 Nathan Walker (4) from Alexey Toropchenko (4), Philip Broberg (12)<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 9:26 \u2013 Nick Lardis (3) from Oliver Moore (9), Matt Grzelcyk (9)<br \/>P2 7:41 \u2013 Moore (4) from Grzelcyk (10), Nick Foligno (7)<br \/>P2 8:57 \u2013 Connor Murphy (1) \u2013 Unassisted<br \/>P2 12:27 \u2013 Landon Slaggert (2) from Colton Dach (5), Murphy (7)<br \/>P2 17:24 \u2013 Jason Dickinson (5) from Louis Crevier (10)<br \/>P3 5:11 \u2013 Andre Burakovsky (10) from Ryan Greene (12), Teuvo Teravainen (12)<br \/>P3 12:56 \u2013 Crevier (4) from Slaggert (2), Alex Vlasic (8)<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 17:41 \u2013 Ridly Greig (6) from Artem Zub (10), Jake Sanderson (23)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clayton-Keller-Mammoth-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Clayton Keller Utah Mammoth\" class=\"wp-image-1608321\"  \/>Clayton Keller, Utah Mammoth (Rob Gray-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 3:59 \u2013 Lawson Crouse (10) from Clayton Keller (24), Mikhail Sergachev (24)<br \/>P1 7:20 \u2013 John Marino (3) from Keller (25), Nate Schmidt (11)<br \/>P3 5:41 \u2013 Daniil But (2) from Jack McBain (7), Brandon Tanev (2)<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 4:10 \u2013 Tyler Toffoli (11) from Alexander Wennberg (22), Macklin Celebrini (42)<br \/>P3 5:38 \u2013 Adam Gaudette (9) from Timothy Liljegren (7), Jeff Skinner (6)<br \/>P3 18:53 \u2013 Macklin Celebrini (24) \u2013 Unassisted<br \/>OT 3:08 \u2013 William Eklund (11) from Celebrini (43)<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 11:34 \u2013 Alex Turcotte (3) from Kevin Fiala (15)<br \/>P3 6:40 \u2013 Fiala (16) from Turcotte (7), Joel Edmundson (13)<br \/>P3 17:50 \u2013 Alex Laferriere (11) from Edmundson (14), Cody Ceci (7)<\/p>\n<p><a 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