It was a dream NHL debut for Josh Doan on Tuesday at Mullett Arena.

The 22-year-old scored twice with his father, Shane Doan, in attendance as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2.

"That was something special," Josh told reporters after the game. "Right from the beginning, all the guys made it so unique and special."

Shane is the Coyotes' franchise leader in every major statistic. He accumulated 402 goals and 972 points in 1,540 games with the franchise over 21 seasons.

"It's crazy, people clapped for his first shift," Shane said on the Coyotes' broadcast before Josh found the back of the net. "It's just special, we're so fortunate."

Josh already has one up on his dad, as it took Shane 17 games to score his first NHL goal.

He got his first of the night late in the second period to put Arizona up 2-1.

"I almost missed it," Shane said postgame, according to ESPN. "It's so cool."

One wasn't enough for Josh, as he deflected in the eventual winner midway through the third.

The young winger has 26 goals and 46 points in 62 games this season with the AHL's Tucson Roadrunners. He leads all rookies in goals.

Josh was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, and grew up playing for the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes. After two years with the USHL's Chicago Steel, he played at Arizona State for two seasons and then turned pro.

"As a kid, it wasn't something that was for a while in the works when I was undersized at 16," Doan said. "It's been a long journey."

The Coyotes drafted Josh 37th overall in 2021 after he went undrafted the prior year.

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If it were up to Jake Guentzel, he'd still be a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

"My intention was to stay," the Carolina Hurricanes forward said after his team's 4-1 loss Tuesday against the Penguins, according to 93.7 The Fan's Jeff Hathhorn. "They just thought there was a better direction, to go a different way. It's out of my hands, not my choice."

Pittsburgh dealt Guentzel to the Hurricanes ahead of March's trade deadline for Michael Bunting, three prospects, and a conditional second-round pick.

Tuesday's game was his first in Pittsburgh since the trade. The Penguins honored Guentzel with a tribute video in the first period.

"It's special," Guentzel said. "You look back at all of the memories you've had here. It's just a cool little touch that they do."

The 29-year-old winger, a pending unrestricted free agent, spent his entire eight-season career in Pittsburgh before being sent to Carolina.

General manager Kyle Dubas said trading Guentzel was one of the most "difficult decisions" he's made as an executive. However, the deal left longtime captain Sidney Crosby without answers when asked by the media what message the move sent to the club.

Dubas later elaborated on the choice to move Guentzel, saying, "My sights were set on giving the team as long as possible to assert itself more in the race."

Guentzel has been on fire with two goals and 12 points in nine games with the Hurricanes. Carolina is up 16-1 in all situations with him on the ice, and the only goal against was an empty-netter.

The Penguins are nine points out of the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot with 11 games to play. The Hurricanes are second in the Metropolitan Divison with 97 points.

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The New York Rangers became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Rangers emphatically booked their postseason ticket Tuesday with Adam Fox's overtime winner against the Philadelphia Flyers.

With the Detroit Red Wings' overtime loss to the Washington Capitals, the Rangers clinched a playoff spot by securing a point against the Flyers.

The 6-5 victory for New York was a wild back-and-forth affair, with Philadelphia tying the contest four times. The teams combined for seven goals in the third period.

The Rangers are headed to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. New York lost in the first round against the New Jersey Devils last year after making the Eastern Conference Final the season prior.

New York is also the first team this season to reach 100 points, hitting the mark for the third straight year. The Rangers have compiled three consecutive 100-point campaigns two other times in the franchise's history - 1970-73 and 2014-17.

The result was head coach Peter Laviolette's 800th victory in his NHL career, making him the seventh bench boss to do so.

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The Vegas Golden Knights topped the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in overtime Monday after a wild sequence.

Logan Thompson denied Pavel Buchnevich's penalty shot effort 30 seconds into the extra frame.

And Jonathan Marchessault buried the game-winner past Jordan Binnington just 19 seconds later when the Blues gave him too much time in front of the net.

Golden Knights forward William Karlsson lauded Thompson's performance postgame.

"I think the word is clutch," he said, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal's Danny Webster. "That's what we need from goalies this time of year."

Thompson's save was the first on an overtime penalty shot in Vegas' franchise history.

The Golden Knights extend their advantage over the Blues for the second wild card spot to five points with the overtime victory.

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Head coach Martin St. Louis will resume his position on the Montreal Canadiens' bench Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche.

St. Louis has been away from the Canadiens since March 16 to be with his family. The team confirmed St. Louis' son Mason was in hospital due to complications from an injury sustained while playing hockey. The 16-year-old is now in stable condition and recovering at their home in Connecticut.

"I'd like to thank Geoff Molson, Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, along with Trevor Letowski, our players, coaches, and hockey operations staff for fully understanding and facilitating my need to be with my family for the past several days," St. Louis said.

He added: "Everyone within the Canadiens organization has been very supportive of my wife Heather and me as we fully focused on our son Mason and his recovery from a hockey injury."

The Canadiens went 1-2-1 without St. Louis on the bench. Trevor Letowski will resume his position as an assistant with St. Louis' return.

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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill left in the third period with an undisclosed injury and didn't return in the team's 4-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

Hill was replaced by Logan Thompson after stretching to make a save on forward Cole Sillinger.

Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy didn't have an update on Hill's status postgame, but added that the netminder approached the bench saying he wasn't at 100%, per The Athletic's Jesse Granger.

Saturday's game was Hill's 32nd of the campaign, the most he's played in an NHL regular season.

The 27-year-old missed nearly a month earlier in the season with a lower-body injury.

Hill was hurt to begin last year's playoffs before becoming the team's starter in the second round. He's been the Golden Knights' go-to netminder since he led Vegas to the Stanley Cup.

The Golden Knights are 38-25-7 and hold the second wild card spot in the Western Conference.

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Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Rick Nash will serve as general manager for the 2024 World Championship.

Nash was tabbed by Doug Armstrong, Canada's GM for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off and 2026 Olympics, to select the roster.

"Hockey Canada has meant a lot to me throughout my career, and I couldn't be more excited to lead our team at the World Championships in May," Nash said. "Representing Canada has been a great source of pride for me throughout my career, and I am looking forward with our staff to put together a team that will work extremely hard towards our goal of winning a gold medal in Czechia."

The 39-year-old was an assistant GM for Canada's silver medal-winning World Championship team in 2022. He's been in the Columbus Blue Jackets' front office since 2019 and has been the team's director of player development for three seasons.

"Rick is an outstanding person to lead Canada's national men's team at this year's World Championship, as he brings a wealth of international and NHL experience from his playing career and his time as an executive," Armstrong said.

Nash represented Canada at three Olympics and four World Championships as a player. He won gold at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, as well as the 2007 Worlds.

The first overall pick in the 2002 draft, Nash accumulated 437 goals and 805 points with the Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, and Boston Bruins. He retired in 2019 due to lingering concussion issues.

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Six rule changes will be proposed to the NHL's competition committee and board of governors ahead of the 2024-25 season, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. Another will take immediate effect coming out of the general manager meetings in Florida.

Two new coach's challenges are being proposed to review puck-over-glass and high-sticking penalties.

Teams would be able to challenge if they believe the puck hit something on the way out on a puck-over-glass call. Additionally, a team could ask to review a high-sticking penalty if it's believed there wasn't an offense committed by its player.

In both cases, the team would go down to a five-on-three if the call on the ice stands.

A rule change taking immediate effect is a ban on players having legs over the bench while not on the ice. A team will first be warned before a bench minor is assessed.

No changes are being proposed to the current overtime format. There was consideration of extending the extra period to seven minutes, but the idea didn't gain traction, according to Friedman.

Here are the rest of the potential rule changes:

• Goaltenders will be added to the list of players who can be penalized for intentionally dislodging the net.
• When a goaltender loses his mask and play is blown dead, the opposing team gets an offensive zone faceoff with the choice of side, regardless of where the puck was at the time of the whistle.
• If players refuse to play the puck after a high stick or a hand pass, the non-offending team would get a faceoff one zone better than where the play occurs. For example, a defensive zone offense would result in a neutral zone draw.
• After an icing, the offensive center gets a warning on a faceoff violation, rather than being tossed from the draw.

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Philadelphia Flyers captain Sean Couturier was left out of the lineup as a healthy scratch for Tuesday's clash against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Couturier, 31, has four assists and is a minus-14 in his last 15 games. He last scored a goal Feb. 10.

"Control what I can control, it is what it is," Couturier said before the game, according to PHLY Sports' Charlie O'Connor.

He added, "Just gotta leave my ego aside, I guess, and hopefully the team finds a way to get a win here tonight, and I can get back into it soon."

The 31-year-old was named the Flyers' captain Feb. 14.

Couturier returned to action this season after missing nearly two years with a back injury. The 2020 Selke Trophy winner has 11 goals and 36 points in 64 games.

Philadelphia is third in the Metropolitan Division with 76 points.

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Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas doesn't just want Sidney Crosby to finish his career with the team. He wants the club to compete for a Stanley Cup in the process.

"I think everyone's been pretty clear on where they stand on the fact everyone would like to see him end his career in Pittsburgh," Dubas told The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun, "And it's my intention that in those years that we're back and definitely contending."

Amid a disappointing campaign that sees Pittsburgh on the outside of the playoff picture, the Penguins traded Crosby's long-time linemate Jake Guentzel before the deadline.

The deal left Crosby searching for answers, and his comments began to draw into question his future in Pittsburgh.

"It's tough when you have to make those decisions," Dubas said about trading Guentzel. "But you have to always do what you believe is best for the long term of the organization and my sights were set on giving the team as long as possible to assert itself more in the race."

Dubas understands Crosby's uncertainty about the trade.

"I would never expect for us to move a key player from our team and have any of those guys, including (head coach Mike Sullivan), Sid, Kris Letang, (Evgeni) Malkin, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, to think that that's a good thing."

Crosby's voice remains vital, but Dubas admits there are decisions he makes as a GM that his star captain may not like.

"I think you'd be remiss not to seek his opinion and how he's feeling," he said. "Obviously he's done so much for the city of Pittsburgh and for the Penguins ... I want his opinion, I value his opinion."

He added: "We may not always agree and I might have to do things in the short run he disagrees with."

Dubas noted that a private conversation between himself, Crosby, and his agent Pat Brisson would occur after the season regarding the future and the team's next steps.

The Penguins are sixth in the Metropolitan Division and are six points out of the second wild-card spot.

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