The NHL returned after the Christmas break and several derbies took place on the first day of play.

New York Islanders beat the Rangers with a score of 2:0 on their home ice, extending their streak to five and taking second place in their league behind Carolina.

Another battle between neighbors Florida and Tampa Bay ended 4:2 in favor of the Lightning. Both teams in the Atlantic Group are in the top 4.

Maple won the Canadian derby between Toronto and Ottawa 7:5, while forward Auston Matthews scored three points. That’s right, Toronto is still second to last in the East.

In the west, Calgary won its derby against Edmonton 3-2, but Oilers captain Connor McDavid scored in 12 straight games.

Among other results, we highlight San Jose’s victory over Vancouver 6:3 thanks to McClean Celebrini’s 20th goal of the season, as well as table leaders Colorado’s hard-fought victory over Vegas 6:5 in the penalty shootout.

Regular season in NHL

New York Islanders – New York Rangers 2:0

buffalo -Boston 4:1

toronto -Ottawa 7:5

in florida – Tampa Bay 2:4

New Jersey – washington 3:4 in overtime

Caroline -Detroit 5:2

winnipeg – Minnesota 3:4 in overtime

St.Louis -Nashville 3:2

Dallas – Chicago 3:4 in shootouts

Los Angeles -Anaheim 6:1

calgary -Edmonton 3:2

Vancouver – San José 3:6

Vegas- colorado 5:6 in shootouts

The second day of competitions in the elite league of the U-20 World Youth Hockey Championship has ended.

After Slovakia’s victory against Germany in Group A, the host Americans took to the ice and defeated the Swiss team with a score of 2:1. The third goal of the tournament came from forward Will Zellers.

USA has two wins and first place in the group.

However, there was almost a sensation in group B. The Canadian team put the finishing touches on Latvia in overtime and won 2:1. It is interesting that Latvia unexpectedly beat Klenov a year ago but could not repeat this success.

For Canada, we highlight two points from forward Gavin McKenna, the likely first pick of the 2026 draft.

In another match, the Czech Republic defeated Denmark 7-2.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

America – Switzerland 2:1 (0:0, 2:1, 0:0)

Goals: 21:12 Ziemer (Hagens, Horcoff) – 1:0, 32:34 Sansonnens – 1:1, 34:40 Zellers (McKinney) – 2:1

Goalkeepers: Kempf – Kirsch

Group B

Latvia – Canada 1:2 (extension) (0:0, 0:1, 1:0, 0:1)

Discs: 22:22 Resni (McKenna, Brinicke) – 0:1, 58:02 Berzalns (Sartsh, Dilevka) – 1:1, in overtime 00:44 Hage (McKenna) – 1:2

Goalkeepers: Maurins – Ivankovic

Denmark – czech republic 2:7 (1:2, 1:3, 0:2)

Discs: 02:56 Cynar – 0:1, 05:53 Petersen -1:1, 11:57 Kubiesa – 1:2, 21:45 Nestrasil – 1:3, 24:39 Larsen – 2:3, 31:20 Jiricek – 2:4, 35:01 Hosh – 2:5, 45:41 Galvas – 2:6, 46:39 Zemlychka – 2:7

Goalkeepers: Vilde – Marik

The second day of matches in the elite league of the U-20 World Youth Hockey Championship has started.

The Slovak team, which tried to score points in the match against Sweden yesterday, defeated the German team 4-1, and forward Tomas Hrenko also scored a hat-trick.

The player could be selected in the first or second round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.

An important success for the Slovaks, who defeated the group’s biggest rival in the fight for survival.

World Hockey Championship U-20. Group A

Slovakia – Germany 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1)

Discs: 10:33 Khrenko (German) – 1:0, 19:12 Khrenko (German, Straka) – 2:0, 32:23 Khrenko (Svrchek, Radivojevic) – 3:0, 51:09 Vilgoft – 3:1, 59:07 Belushko – 4:1

Goalkeepers: Pradel – Villard