The St. Louis Blues face the Chicago Blackhawks in an NHL game on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 (1/7/26) at United Center in Chicago, Ill.

The Washington Capitals face a big test from the Western Conference on their home ice with a showdown looming Wednesday night against the Dallas Stars.

Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the 14th week of the regular season.

Mika Zibanejad had a hat trick, Artemi Panarin scored twice and the Rangers beat the Panthers 5-1 on Friday night in the Winter Classic -- the first outdoor game played in Florida.

The Utah Mammoth are the only team in the NHL that have never played an outdoor game — but that will change next year.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the league-leading Colorado Avalanche 4-2 to extend their win streak to an NHL-best eight games.

Meyers scored with 1:37 left in the second period to put Seattle ahead 3-2, and McCann made it 4-2 with a power-play goal a half-second before the end of the period.

The Dallas Stars face the Washington Capitals in an NHL game on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 (1/7/26) at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

Denver Barkey’s transition to the NHL has not followed the usual arc of a young player trying to announce himself. There has been no frantic pace to his game, no sense that he is pressing for offense or trying to force relevance shift by shift.