Glass sparkles for Blackhawks in League debut

There's a first time for everything. And for Jeff Glass, his was an NHL victory in his League debut on Friday night.
Glass, a 32-year-old journeyman goaltender recalled by the Chicago Blackhawks from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, made 42 saves in a 4-3 win at the Edmonton Oilers.

Glass (32 years, 40 days)
became the second-oldest goaltender
in the NHL's expansion era (since 1967-68) to earn a win in his NHL debut, behind Rob Zepp (34 years, 106 days) who won for the Philadelphia Flyers at the Winnipeg Jets on Dec. 21, 2014, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Snow way!

The United States completed a wild third-period comeback
and defeated Canada 4-3
in a shootout at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship Group A preliminary round game outdoors at New Era Field in snowy Buffalo.
The victory capped a crazy day for the United States, which got some help from a group of fans long before arriving at the stadium. NHL.com Staff Writer Mike Zeisberger
has the details
.

Good to be The King

New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has still got it. Perhaps he was warming up for the 2018 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic against the Buffalo Sabres at Citi Field on Monday (1 p.m. ET; NBC, SN, TVA Sports, NHL.TV) with this
amazing sliding blocker save
on Detroit Red Wings forward Andres Athanasiou during a 3-2 shootout loss on Friday.

Let Hayes be your guide

Attending the Winter Classic but not familiar with New York City? That's fine, Rangers forward Kevin Hayes
has you covered
.

Classic blog

What goes through a player's mind heading into the Winter Classic? Sabres forward Jason Pominville can tell you how he feels about it, and also
how his 8-year-old son feels
about it (hint: he's pumped!)

He's the Boss

Dylan Larkin's amazing childhood nickname "D-Boss" has surfaced recently and his Red Wings teammates love it, so why not
put it on some of his gear
?

Tricky Granlund

The Minnesota Wild
defeated the Nashville Predators
4-2 on Friday, thanks to a hat trick from center Mikael Granlund, his second in the NHL, and 41 saves from Devan Dubnyk.

Sasakamoose honored

The Oilers had a special guest on hand Friday night. Fred Sasakamoose, the first Indigenous player in the NHL and Order of Canada recipient,
dropped the ceremonial first puck
. Sasakamoose, 84, played 11 games with the Black Hawks (as they were known then) in 1953-54.