Also, the team announced just before warm-ups that Valeri Nichushkin would not play due to an upper-body injury. Head coach Jared Bednar later announced that he was involved in a car accident.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Valeri Nichushkin Involved in Multiple Car Accident<\/a><\/p>\n Makar had a goal overturned in the third period and couldn\u2019t believe it. I asked him about it one-on-one after the game.<\/p>\n READ MORE: In the Room: Cale Makar Was Shocked His Goal Was Overturned (+)<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s the second part of the January mailbag.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Avalanche Mailbag 2.0: Potential Playoff Matchups, Burns\u2019 Role, Malinski Contract Talks & More<\/a><\/p>\n Around The NHL<\/p>\n San Jose Hockey Now:\u00a0I\u2019m not sure many of us had San Jose as the landing spot for Kiefer Sherwood.<\/a> The Sharks made their first mid-season buy in years.<\/p>\n More importantly, the Sharks played the Panthers. And, we had a goalie fight!<\/p>\n Alex Nedeljkovic vs Sergei Bobrovsky<\/p>\n First goalie fight since Mike Smith vs Cam Talbot (Battle of Alberta) on Feb 1, 2020 pic.twitter.com\/1EgMnUwNyr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Detroit Hockey Now:\u00a0The best goalie in the NHL since the beginning of December is the Red Wings\u2019 starter.<\/a><\/p>\n Florida Hockey Now:\u00a0For the first time since the night they won the Stanley Cup, Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> is back in the lineup.<\/p>\n Chicago Hockey Now: Now a member of the Winnipeg Jets, Jonathan Toews<\/a> spoke ahead of his long-awaited return to the United Center.<\/p>\n Forever Blueshirts: The Rangers want to make a ton of trades to retool their roster. Will Alex Lafreniere<\/a> be one of them?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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