ST. PAUL, Minn - In a game between the Minnesota Wild (14-7-5) and the Buffalo Sabres (10-11-4), forward Mats Zuccarello recorded his 700th career NHL point.

The 5-foot-8 winger became the first Norwegian player to reach the milestone in NHL history. He is also the only Norwegian to have over 112 NHL points.

Zuccarello ➡️ Kaprizov ➡️ Back of the net

Kirill has seven goals in as many games!

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Zuccarello, 38, also became the third undrafted player in NHL history to record 700 points. He  joins Martin St. Louis (1,033) and Artemi Panarin (896) as the three players to do it.

"It doesn't really mean anything right now, but one day when I retire, I'd probably look back and it's a cool achievement," Zuccarello said on the achievement. "But right now it's tough to think about winning those games, especially, .. I wish they’d count that goal as a goal as well. It would be a 701, you know?"

What Zuccarello was talking about in the last part of the quote was the puck he put in the net in the third period that tied up the game at 2-2.

Josh Doan meant to do that 😅 pic.twitter.com/vQo5f7pigE

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 30, 2025

Nonetheless, the Wild are now 9-0-2 with Zuccarello in the lineup. He has one goal and nine assists in those 11 games.

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When the Montreal Canadiens put Samuel Blais on waivers at the start of the season, they knew there was a risk he would be claimed by a team and sure enough, the Toronto Maple Leafs picked him up. Now that many of their injured players were returning, the Ontarian club waived him as well, and since the Habs were the only team to put in a claim, they were able to assign him to the Laval Rocket, which they did.

Make no mistake, though, with the current injury situation in Montreal, it would be surprising if he weren’t called back up shortly, with one of the younger players sent back down to keep developing. Blais has already reached his full potential, whereas players like Jared Davidson would be more suited to a development role in the AHL.

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Davidson had a great season start in the AHL with nine goals and two assists for 11 points in 13 games, which was enough to earn him a call-up, but he was an healthy scratch for the last two games and in the one against the Utah Mammoth he only saw 5:23 of action, that’s not enough to make his presence in the NHL worth it. The 23-year-old would be much better served in Laval under Pascal Vincent’s guidance.

If the Canadiens decide to keep 13 forwards up even though they are back home for a couple of games, Florian Xhekaj should stay up, especially with Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators coming up. He’s done well in an admittedly small sample, picking up a point in four games and seven penalty minutes, on top of bringing a lot of fresh energy and physicality.

Meanwhile, in his first game in Laval, Blais scored two goals, including the game-tying one before scoring the game-winner in the shootout in the Rocket’s 5-4 win over Lehigh Valley.

Should Hughes opt only to keep 12 forwards, though, Blais could be a good option for the Canadiens given the current injury situation and the fact that Xhekaj could still use more AHL seasoning. With a fully healthy lineup, he’s a 13th forward. Still, right now, Patrik Laine, Kirby Dach, and Alex Newhook are all out, meaning that now’s the time Blais could get an opportunity to finally play his first official game with the Canadiens, after a detour through Toronto.

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The Detroit Red Wings have now gone four consecutive games without a victory, as they fell by a 4-3 final score on Saturday evening to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.

They did manage to salvage a point after Michael Rasmussen capitalized on a nifty pass from Patrick Kane late in regulation with goaltender Cam Talbot on the bench for an extra attacker.

Head coach Todd McLellan said that he appreciated the fact that his team rebounded to secure a point.

“They have that in them,” McLellan said about the fight his players showed on Saturday. “I thought we got through the neutral zone a little bit better and established the forecheck in the second half of the game that we didn’t have earlier in the game. That gave us a little more confidence.”

However, the Red Wings will lament the fact that they failed to capitalize on five power-play opportunities, including one in overtime. 

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Dylan Larkin, who extended his personal point streak to four games with assists on both goals, appreciated the battle that his teammates showed in the final 20 minutes of play. 

“It was good to get a point, we would have liked to get two, especially with the 4-on-3 in overtime, but we battled," Larkin said. "We stood up for each other, stood up for ourselves and I thought it was right there. It was a good battle game. A good game for us to maybe come together, show ourselves that we can play in different ways and when we’re not feeling well offensively, we can still play good defensively.”

The Red Wings and Bruins will once again face each other on Tuesday evening, this time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. 

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LAS VEGAS — The Sharks are changing the narrative surrounding them, but it’s not completely changed yet.

The 4-3 loss to the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena was a reminder of both the Sharks’ progress this year, but also that they still are not likely a playoff-caliber team just yet.

San Jose fell behind 4-1 to Vegas because of errors forced and unforced, a familiar story in the recent Sharks-Golden Knights “rivalry”.

“We shoot ourselves in the foot a couple of those goals against, for sure,” head coach Ryan Warsofsky said, perhaps referring to Colton Sissons’ and Mitch Marner’s strikes.

In the last six years that San Jose has been out of the playoffs, Vegas has used them as a piñata, going 22-1-3.

“Maybe in years past, maybe their mentality was well, it’s not our night,” Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy said.

But not these Sharks: Will Smith and William Eklund got Team Teal within a goal heading into the final frame.

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