{"id":385864,"date":"2026-01-03T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385864\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:53:14","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-january-3-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/385864\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 January 3, 2026 – The Hockey Writers – NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All the Latest NHL Daily Recaps<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, we will be looking at the scores of the\u00a0four NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played on Jan. 2, 2026. Which saw the Florida Panthers host the New York Rangers in the 2026 Winter Classic. As well as\u00a0the Minnesota Wld and Anaheim Ducks battle it out in the late game.<\/p>\n

All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n

Vegas Golden Knights Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 10:12 \u2013 Keegan Kolesar (1) from Colton Sissons (3), Kaedan Korczak (7)
P2 9:10 \u2013 Mark Stone (11) from Brett Howden (5)
P3 8:21 \u2013 Pavel Dorofeyev (16) from Braeden Bowman (9)<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 10:39 \u2013 Alexey Toropchenko (2) from Mathieu Joseph (7), Oskar Sundqvist (10)
P2 5:39 \u2013 Justin Faulk (11) from Pavel Buchnevich (15), Tyler Tucker (6)
P2 6:37 \u2013 Sundqvist (2) from Toropchenko (2), Joseph (8)
P3 18:27 \u2013 Brayden Schenn (9) from Jimmy Snuggerud (7), Buchnevich (16)<\/p>\n

Rangers Beat the Panthers 5-1 in Winter Classic<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Rangers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 15:09 \u2013 Mika Zibanejad (13) from Alexis Lafreniere (13), Artemi Panarin (28)
P1 16:13 \u2013 Panarin (15) from Zibanejad (19), Lafreniere (14)
P2 0:58 \u2013 Zibanejad (14) from Lafreniere (15), Vincent Trocheck (14)
P3 12:25 \u2013 Panarin (16) from Trocheck (15), Zibanejad (20)
P3 18:32 \u2013 Zibanejad (15) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad celebrates with teammates after scoring an empty net goal for his third of the game against the Florida Panthers in the 2026 Winter Classic ice hockey game at loanDepot Park (Rhona Wise-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Florida Panthers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P3 2:20 \u2013 Sam Reinhart (23) from Sam Bennett (17), Brad Marchand (23)<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 17:34 \u2013 Cale Fleury (1) from Jamie Oleksiak (5), Kaapo Kakko (8)
P2 8:53 \u2013 Chandler Stephenson (11) from Jordan Eberle (13), Jared McCann (4)
P2 18:13 \u2013 Ben Meyers (3) from Ryan Winterton (5), Jacob Melanson (3)<\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P3 6:15 \u2013 Linus Karlsson (10) from Filip Hronek (21), DeBrusk (10)
P3 13:06 \u2013 Jake DeBrusk (10) from Kiefer Sherwood (17), Tom Willander (10)
P3 19:22 \u2013 DeBrusk (10) from Brock Boeser (9), Elias Pettersson (15)<\/p>\n

Shootout Summary:<\/p>\n

SEA: Matty Beniers\u00a0\u2013 Winner<\/p>\n

Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 5:39 \u2013 Kirill Kaprizov (24) from Joel Eriksson Ek (20), Quinn Hughes (28)
P2 8:10 \u2013 Danila Yurov (5) from Yakov Trenin (11), Hughes (29)
P2 14:45 \u2013 Trenin (3) from Hughes (30), Eriksson Ek (21)
P3 3:21 \u2013 Yurov (6) from Hughes (31), Mats Zuccarello (14)
P3 15:02 \u2013 Nico Sturm (3) from Marcus Foligno (3), Jonas Brodin (10)<\/p>\n

Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 13:46 \u2013 Beckett Sennecke (13) from Mason McTavish (16)
P3 17:27 \u2013 Troy Terry (13) from Mikael Granlund (9)<\/p>\n

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