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New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe was ejected from Friday's game against Dallas for elbowing Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen up high.

New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe will have an in-person hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety for his hit on Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Friday night.

Bernhard Langer and 24-year-old son Jason Langer beat Tiger and Charlie Woods in a playoff to win the PNC Championship on Sunday. Bernhard made eagle on the first playoff hole to clinch the win. This is the duo's second consecutive victory at the event and fourth overall. More to come.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark suffered an upper-body injury during the first period of Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

The New York Rangers are still trying to find answers for their first-half struggles after limping into the Christmas break with a 5-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Monday."Every game, it feels like it has to happen that night," forward Vincent Trocheck said, per The New York Post's Mollie Walker. "Just seems like we get down early or we get down at any point in the game and we just fold. That can't happen."Trocheck added: "We've got to show more heart. We should be embarrassed," according to USA Today's Vince Z. Mercogliano.The Rangers mustered just 12 shots on goal in the defeat, their lowest total since posting 11 shots in a 4-0 loss on March 21, 2003, also to the Devils.Chris Kreider, the longest-tenured Ranger, missed Monday's contest as a healthy scratch. New York head coach Peter Laviolette explained the call postgame, saying, "We just need more.""At the end of the day, we're not playing a brand that we need to play in order to be successful," he said, per Walker. "He's a guy that we count on to help deliver that. For me, those conversations aren't easy, but that's the decision that I made today."Superstar Artemi Panarin was a man of few words when asked what he made of his longtime teammate's benching."I don't know what to say," he said, according to Mercogliano. The Rangers have lost 13 of their last 17 games and risk falling to last place in the Metropolitan Division if the New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets win their games Monday.The reigning Presidents' Trophy winners return to action Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning. "We get a break now," Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren said, according to Walker. "We've got to look at ourselves in the mirror here and come back really hungry because this is just not winning hockey we're playing right now. It's miserable for us, it's miserable for the fans. It's time to figure it out."The Devils added insult to injury Monday by showing footage of Rangers fans cheering when New Jersey took Jack Hughes with the No. 1 pick at the 2019 NHL Draft. New York landed Kaapo Kakko at second overall. The Rangers traded Kakko to the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday. OH MY GOD.The #NJDevils just played the video of Rangers fans cheering when Jack Hughes got drafted.Jack bursted out into laughter when they showed him on the jumbotron. pic.twitter/a3bwQogl5j— Daniel Amoia (@daniel_amoia) December 23, 2024 Hughes played coy when asked if the clip put a smile on his face. "I don't know. I don't think it, no," he said with a laugh. "Unless the camera caught me."The Devils have taken the first two games of the season series against the Rangers. The rivals face off again on Jan. 9 and April 5.

Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov was ejected from Monday's clash against the Florida Panthers for a knee-on-knee collision with Matthew Tkachuk.The incident occurred late in the first period. Kucherov was handed a five-minute major and a game misconduct after a review, while Tkachuk needed help down the tunnel. Tkachuk down the tunnel after a knee-on-knee collision. Immediately waved at the trainer to come help him off the ice. pic.twitter/xG1CwwkRG4— Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) December 24, 2024 More to come.

It's a holiday miracle. The Buffalo Sabres picked up a dominant 7-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Monday night, ending their losing streak at 13 games.

Ducks' Gibson won't return after taking stick to face

Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine suffered an upper-body injury during Monday's 5-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. There was no update postgame on the severity of his injury.It isn't clear how Laine got hurt, but he collided with Jackets forward Dmitri Voronkov early in the first period. Patrik Laine touches the puck and the boos rain down in Columbus. pic.twitter/3RXtL755jH— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 24, 2024 The Finn played 6:15 of ice time in the opening frame. Montreal initially listed Laine as questionable to return, though he missed the remainder of the game.Laine's 2024-25 debut was delayed until early December due to a preseason knee injury, but he's been a bright spot on the ice for the Habs ever since. He racked up eight power-play goals in his first nine games of the campaign before taking on Columbus.The sniper spent the last four seasons with the Blue Jackets before being traded to Montreal in August. Laine said prior to Monday's contest that his old team was "too comfortable" with losing.The Canadiens don't play again until Saturday against the Florida Panthers.

The World Junior Championship can often be a tournament dominated by 19-year-olds, but it also presents an opportunity for draft-eligible players to boost their stock with a strong performance.