Talks are beginning to heat up between defenseman Ivan Provorov and the Columbus Blue Jackets on a long-term extension as per The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun. The soon-to-be unrestricted free agent is highly interested in signing an extension with Columbus.

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Tiger Woods struggled in his first night at TGL, and Charlie Woods got a good laugh out of it all. Gonzalez's 37-yard field goal propelled the Commanders past the Buccaneers and into the Divisional Round against the Lions.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have Cole Sillinger back in the lineup as the Jackets clash with the Vegas Golden Knights for the first time this season. With two days left in January, it’s rare that two teams face each other this late in the season.

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The marathon that is the league schedule has felt like a sprint at times this season, including when the Blue Jackets played 13 times in the first 23 days of December leading into the holiday break.

Zach Werenski got the @BlueJacketsNHL on the board early, extended his home point streak to 19 games and matched John Van Boxmeer for the fifth-longest home point streak by a defenseman in NHL history. #NHLStats: https://t.co/CqAc4ymxIe pic.twitter.com/LfsJyr1XKT

To sell or not to sell? That is the question facing the Canadiens, Red Wings, Bruins, Canucks and six other squads as NHL trade deadline season kicks into gear.

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Zach Werenski scored his 16th goal of the season, extending his home points streak to 19 games. He tied John Van Boxmeer for the 5th longest streak in NHL history. With the goal, he has overtaken Cale Makar in points by a defenseman and tied him with goals by a defenseman.

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The Blue Jackets reportedly have “little interest” in selling off their pending unrestricted free agents for mid-round picks at the trade deadline.