{"id":428821,"date":"2026-01-26T11:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/428821\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:47:13","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-january-26-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/428821\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 January 26, 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\">six NHL games\u00a0<\/a>that were played on Jan. 25, 2026. Which saw the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Colorado Avalanche. As well as\u00a0the Anaheim Ducks and Calgary Flames battle it out in the late game.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 6:19 \u2013 Brock Nelson (25) from Cale Makar (41)<br \/>P1 7:31 \u2013 Nelson (26) from Artturi Lehkonen (21), Valeri Nichushkin (17)<br \/>P2 18:53 \u2013 Jack Drury (8) from Parker Kelly (9), Joel Kiviranta (4)<br \/>P3 17:41 \u2013 Nelson (27) from Nathan MacKinnon (50) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 18:58 \u2013 Max Domi (7) from Bobby McMann (11), Easton Cowan (10)<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 8:11 \u2013 Dougie Hamilton (6) from Jack Hughes (22), Connor Brown (10)<br \/>P3 8:14 \u2013 Hughes (12) from Hamilton (13), Brown (11)<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 7:37 \u2013 Ryker Evans (4) unassisted<br \/>P3 7:04 \u2013 Matty Beniers (12) from Jordan Eberle (16)<br \/>P3 7:22 \u2013 Berkly Catton (5) from Chandler Stephenson (17), Eeli Tolvanen (20)<br \/>P3 18:48 \u2013 Eberle (18) unassisted \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 9:25 \u2013 Fabian Zetterlund (12) from Stephen Halliday (7)<br \/>P2 5:51 \u2013 Dylan Cozens (16) from Ridly Greig (16), Brady Tkachuk (18)<br \/>P2 6:07 \u2013 Jordan Spence (4) from Tyler Kleven (7), Tkachuk (19)<br \/>P2 17:50 \u2013 Halliday (2) from Thomas Chabot (15), Tim Stutzle (30)<br \/>P3 1:22 \u2013 Cozens (17) from Tkachuk (20)<br \/>P3 2:05 \u2013 Halliday (3) from Kleven (8)<br \/>P3 3:56 \u2013 Nick Jensen (4) from Chabot (16), Shane Pinto (12)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mads-Sogaard-Senators-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Mads Sogaard Ottawa Senators\" class=\"wp-image-1615472\"  \/>Ottawa Senators goalie Mads Sogaard makes a save as Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone looks on (Marc DesRosiers-IMAGN Images)<\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 15:05 \u2013 Rasmus Andersson (11) from Tomas Hertl (24)<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 5:24 \u2013 Evgeni Malkin (13) from Tommy Novak (19), Egor Chinakhov (5)<br \/>P2 8:41 \u2013 Ben Kindel (9) from Ryan Shea (17), Anthony Mantha (19)<br \/>P2 17:22 \u2013 Kindel (10) from Justin Brazeau (11), Brett Kulak (6)<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 6:29 \u2013 Jake DeBrusk (13) from Elias Pettersson (18), Evander Kane (15)<br \/>P3 14:00 \u2013 Teddy Blueger (3) from Liam Ohgren (3), Filip Hronek (26)<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 15:33 \u2013 Tobias Bjornfot (1) from Cole Schwindt (1)<br \/>P3 5:20 \u2013 Mackie Samoskevich (5) from Gustav Forsling (16)<br \/>P3 7:24 \u2013 Carter Verhaeghe (15) from Evan Rodrigues (13), Forsling (17)<br \/>P3 18:11 \u2013 Sam Reinhart (26) from Rodrigues (14), Eetu Luostarinen (16) \u2013 Empty Net<br \/>P3 19:38 \u2013 Bjornfot (2) from Verhaeghe (25), Anton Lundell (21)<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 19:30 \u2013 Tyler Bertuzzi (25) from Ilya Mikheyev (9), Wyatt Kaiser (7)<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 6:17 \u2013 Jonathan Huberdeau (9) from Mikael Backlund (20), Matt Coronato (14)<br \/>P1 7:56 \u2013 Hunter Brzustewicz (1) from Adam Klapka (7), Joel Farabee (10)<br \/>P3 4:50 \u2013 Coronato (14) from Matvei Gridin (2), Nazem Kadri (26)<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 3:22 \u2013 Beckett Sennecke (16) from Alex Killorn (10), Mikael Granlund (13)<br \/>P2 12:41 \u2013 Sennecke (17) from Granlund (14), Killorn (11)<br \/>P3 13:08 \u2013 Chris Kreider (17) from Ryan Poehling (14), Cutter Gauthier (23)<br \/>OT 2:54 \u2013 Sennecke (18) from Jackson LaCombe (27)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.substack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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