Game Preview, 1/31: Utah Hockey Club vs. Columbus Blue Jackets WHEN: 7:00 p.m. MT TV: SEG+, UtahHC+, Utah 16 | RADIO: KSL Sports Zone 97.5 FM, NHL App

The 4 Nations Face-Off is just a couple weeks away. The event will bring together a group of the globe's best NHL players going head-to-head battling it out for

SAN JOSE – Instead of airing on NBC Sports California, the San Jose Sharks’ game against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday is being shown exclusively on ESPN. The broadcast begins at 7:30 p.m. Roxy Bernstein will have the play-by-play, Ray Ferraro is the color analyst, and Leah Hextall is the ice-level reporter.

Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been selected as the U.S. captain for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off.

Auston Matthews will serve as captain for the United States in the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, and his team is the only one involved without a glaring injury question to answer.

Brothers Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes each collected a goal and an assist as the New Jersey Devils scored four times in the second period and rolled to a 5-0 rout of the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night in Newark,

William Wallinder was named the first star for the Grand Rapids Griffins in a 4-1 victory over the Rockford IceHogs.

William Nylander scored for Toronto, which has lost three straight in regulation. Joseph Woll had 22 saves. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Florida beat Los Angeles.

The Penguins' secondary scoring has evaporated, placing a bigger burden on top-liners Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust. That's part of the logic behind a double-double stack for Josh Inglis, who presents his three best NHL props for tonight.

UTAH: #28 IAN COLE - Cole spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins and won two Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017 alongside current Utah teammate Olli Määttä. The defenseman has 13 points (1G, 12A) and ranks second in the NHL with 135 blocked shots.

Dominik Shine’s tale of making the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings at age 31 is clearly a feel-good story that makes everyone smile. The Grand Rapids Griffins forward was driving to buy his 21-month-old son Connor hockey skates when he was informed the Red Wings were signing him and bringing him to Detroit.

• Ville Koivunen and Vasily Ponomarev, two of the prospects acquired in the Penguins’ Jake Guentzel trade last season, each turned hat tricks. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had never had two players score hat tricks in the same game.