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Cole Caufield, Habs out to extend Knights' tough stretch
Jan 24, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Montreal Canadiens right wing Cole Caufield (13) reacts after scoring a goal during the second period against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Cole Caufield will look to continue his torrid goal-scoring pace on Tuesday when the Montreal Canadiens host the Vegas Golden Knights.
Caufield recorded his second career hat trick in Montreal’s 4-3 setback to the Boston Bruins on Saturday, extending his point streak to five games (eight goals, two assists) in the process.
With a goal on Tuesday, Caufield will match Max Pacioretty and Max Domi for the longest goal streaks in franchise history over the last 30 years. Pacioretty scored in six straight games in 2014-15, and Domi matched that in 2019-20.
Boasting a team-leading 29 goals, Caufield is trending toward becoming the Canadiens’ first 40-goal scorer since Vincent Damphousse reached the mark in 1993-94.
Caufield isn’t interested in chasing records, only wins.
“It’s obviously frustrating,” Caufield said after Montreal dropped its second straight game on Saturday. “But it’s a team game and I think we all could have been better.
“This was a huge two points that we needed. So back to work (this) week and got to learn from this one.”
Caufield joined Zack Bolduc and former top overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky in collecting a goal and an assist in the Canadiens’ 4-1 victory over the Golden Knights on Nov. 28.
Captain Nick Suzuki, who has team-leading 59 points, set up a goal in the first encounter versus Vegas. He carries a five-game point streak (two goals, seven assists) into Tuesday’s rematch.
Sam Montembeault turned aside 30 of 31 shots in the first meeting with the Golden Knights. He has struggled of late, however, yielding seven goals on 37 shots over his last two games.
Jakub Dobes, who is 5-0-1 in his last six games, likely will draw the start for the Canadiens on Tuesday.
Vegas captain Mark Stone scored his team’s lone goal against Montreal in November. However, he saw his 14-game point streak come to a halt in a 7-1 shellacking by the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
“It looked like an NHL team versus a junior team,” Stone said after his club fell for the third time in four games following a season-high seven-game winning streak.
“It just wasn’t, it wasn’t what we are. So, I’m sure there’s certain things that we’ll probably flush, but you can’t just flush it, because you can’t let this be the expectation.”
Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy wasn’t going to leave it there.
“I didn’t like our battle level at all, our compete, our races early on,” Cassidy said. “And typically the team will have pushback, but we didn’t really have that either. So this one, we’re going to have to have an honest discussion about it.”
New acquisition Rasmus Andersson provided his team’s lone goal on Sunday. Andersson was playing in just his second game with the Golden Knights after being acquired in a trade with the Calgary Flames on Jan. 18.
Jack Eichel, who leads the team in assists (42) and points (61), saw his 11-game point streak (seven goals, 13 assists) come to a halt on Sunday.
–Field Level Media
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US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Alpine Skiing – Women’s Team Combined Victory Ceremony – Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, Belluno, Italy – February 10, 2026. Bronze medalists Jacqueline Wiles of United States and Paula Moltzan of United States celebrate after the Women’s Team Combined CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Austria’s Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women’s team combined Olympic gold on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favorites Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the podium in a major shock.
Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher took the silver, 0.05 behind, and Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan finished third for the United States on a slalom piste set by the Austrian coach.
World and Olympic downhill champion Johnson and dominant slalom skier Shiffrin finished fourth — missing a medal by 0.06 of a second — after looking set to repeat their 2025 world championship win.
Johnson was fastest in the downhill leg but Shiffrin, winner of seven out of eight slaloms this season and the most successful World Cup skier of all time, was only 15th in the slalom run on Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Olimpia delle Tofane piste after losing the advantage early on.
Shiffrin arrived at the 2022 Beijing Games as favorite to win a fistful of medals but left empty-handed. She has two more chances in giant slalom and slalom.
The fourth place also ended Johnson’s hopes of a “double double” — holding both the world downhill and team combined titles and adding Olympic golds in both.
The silver was Aicher’s second of the Games after she finished runner-up in the downhill. Remarkably, the German skied the slalom leg on Tuesday.
–Reuters, special to Field Level Media
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Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
Detroit LIons Tracy Scroggins exchanges words with Green Bay Packers Marco Rivera after a play during the second quarter of their game Sunday, December 10, 2000 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo by Dale Guldan) Tracy Scroggins, who spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, died Monday. He was 56.
The Lions announced the passing of the former defensive end but did not provide a cause of death.
His family issued a statement to TMZ, however, that blamed football, saying they believed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. That can be diagnosed only after death.
Scroggins was among the thousands of former players to sue the NFL over concussion-related symptoms. The case was settled in 2015.
“Playing in the NFL gave Tracy the opportunity to pursue his lifelong dream and to rise from poverty,” the family statement read. “However, unfortunately, the NFL was also ultimately the cause of his untimely demise. Tracy spent every moment of retirement courageously battling the devastating effects of CTE. While our hearts are heavy, we find comfort in knowing that he is finally at peace.”
Scroggins appeared in 142 games (89 starts) with the Lions from 1992-2001. The team selected the Oklahoman in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Tulsa.
He retired with 60.5 sacks, 321 tackles (23 for loss), eight forced fumbles and seven recoveries, and an interception.
–Field Level Media
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Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin out vs. US
[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Feb 8, 2026; Milan, Italy; Kristin O’Neill of Canada celebrates scoring their first goal with Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada and Ella Shelton of Canada against Czechia in women’s ice hockey group B play during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Mandatory Credit: David W Cerny/Reuters via Imagn Images Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin won’t play in Tuesday’s Group A game against the United States after sustaining a lower-body injury in Monday’s 5-1 win over Czechia, Hockey Canada announced.
A three-time gold medalist who has earned the nickname “Captain Clutch,” Poulin is considered day-to-day after leaving Monday’s win in the first period following a hit into the boards from Czechia’s Kristyna Kaltounkova. The latter was assessed a penalty for an illegal hit.
Poulin, 34, is playing in her fifth Olympics, winning gold in 2010, 2014 and 2022 along with a silver in 2018.
Canada and the U.S. have combined to win all six gold medals in women’s hockey since it was introduced in the 1998 Nagano Olympics — Canada claiming four and the Americans two. They’ve faced off five times in the gold-medal game and are heavy favorites to meet there again in this year’s Games.
Both teams are undefeated entering Tuesday’s Group A game. Canada is 2-0 with a 9-1 goal differential, while the U.S. is 3-0 with a 15-1 differential.
–Field Level Media
US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
