{"id":393874,"date":"2026-01-05T20:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393874\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:48:03","slug":"nhl-on-tap-zibanejad-rangers-host-mammoth-after-winter-classic-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393874\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL On Tap: Zibanejad, Rangers host Mammoth after Winter Classic victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Familiar foes<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Wild will be seeking retribution when they play the Los Angeles Kings for the second time in three days at Crypto.com Arena (10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, FDSNW). Minnesota (25-10-8) came back four different times to force overtime before losing 5-4 in a shootout Saturday that extended their point streak to six games (3-0-3). Keep an eye on Wild defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/quinn-hughes-8480800\" title=\"Quinn Hughes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinn Hughes<\/a>, who has five assists in his past two games including an NHL career-high tying four in a 5-2 win against the Ducks on Friday and will represent Team USA at the Olympics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/quinton-byfield-8482124\" title=\"Quinton Byfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinton Byfield<\/a> had a goal and assist for the Kings (17-14-9) against the Wild and has four points (two goals, two assists) in his four two games.<\/p>\n<p>Surging Seattle<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle Kraken will attempt to extend their point streak to eight when they visit Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome (9:30 p.m. ET; SNW, KONG, KING 5, KHN\/Prime). The Kraken (18-14-7) are 6-0-1 in their past seven and have not lost in regulation since a 4-2 defeat against Calgary on Dec. 18. That was the last time the Kraken allowed more than three goals in a game, a significant reason for their recent hot streak. So, too, is the recent play of captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/jordan-eberle-8474586\" title=\"Jordan Eberle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Eberle<\/a> with seven points (four goals, three assists) during a six-game point streak. The Flames (18-19-4) are 3-1-0 on a five-game homestand that ends against the Kraken and have outscored opponents 14-8 in four games since the Christmas break.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth at New York Rangers (7 p.m. ET; Utah16, MSG)<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks at Washington Capitals (7 p.m. ET; Victory+, MNMT, KCOP-13)<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings at Ottawa Senators (7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, Prime, FDSNDET)<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken at Calgary Flames (9:30 p.m. ET; SNW, KONG, KING 5, KHN\/Prime)<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, FDSNW)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Familiar foes The Minnesota Wild will be seeking retribution when they play the Los Angeles Kings for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-393874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}