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"You knew it was coming," said Predators coach Andrew Brunette, whose final seven seasons as a player overlapped with Alex Ovechkin's first seven in the NHL.

Holloway was hit in the neck area by a puck with 2:37 remaining in the period, and proceeded to finish his shift.

Ovechkin has five goals in his past four games to get on pace to catch and pass Wayne Gretzky for the NHL career goals mark before the end of the season -- and Washington has won eight of 11.

For now, it's practice only for Valeri Nichushkin, who remains in Stage 3 of the player assistance program and ineligible to play in games.

The Islanders are already playing without winger Anthony Duclair, who is expected to miss several weeks with a lower-body injury.

San Jose sends fellow defenseman Matt Benning, a 2025 third-round pick and a sixth-rounder to Toronto ...

A banged-up Colorado team also will be missing another forward in Miles Wood for the next week or so due to an upper-body injury.

The move fills a major need after Sean Durzi and John Marino were sidelined long term.

Besides Aleksander Barkov, Florida's Finnish contingent includes Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Niko Mikkola.

McDavid was chasing the puck past the Blue Jackets blue line when he tripped over Zach Werenski's extended stick and slid into the boards.