At last some positive injury news with the rare sight of a fit and healthy Wales hooker.

Elliot Dee's timely return from a lengthy ankle problem will be welcomed by Gatland, who is without Dewi Lake, Ryan Elias, Liam Belcher and Efan Daniel.

"It was great to see him out there. He's led with a real competitive edge and has the mentality to play at this and the next level," said Dragons head coach Filo Tiatia.

Sam Parry, a try scorer for Ospreys on Saturday, is the most obvious selection on paper, but only if he can resolve his differences with Gatland after walking out of the Wales camp last summer.

"Parry is a great set-piece hooker and whatever has gone on between them, they've got put it aside for the best of the team, especially given the injuries," said Hook.

Elias may yet be picked, for the latter stages of the tournament, as well as Cardiff's Evan Lloyd, despite his wayward throwing in Perpignan.

Gatland also has concerns over a third tight-head behind Henry Thomas and Keiron Assiratti.

Archie Griffin, Harri O'Connor and Sam Wainwright are all out and Leon Brown has been forced to retire, so could the coach recall Six Nations winner Dillon Lewis, as he did for the summer tour?

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Ojomoh, McConnichie; Russell, Spencer (capt); Obano, Dunn, Du Toit; Roux, Ewels, Hill, Reid, Barbeary.

Replacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Stuart, Molony, Bayliss, Schreuder, Bailey, Staddon.

Clermont Auvergne: Newsome; Delguy, Fouyssac, Simone, Tauzin; Belleau, Jauneau; Akhaladze, Fainga'a, Montagne, Simmons, Yato, Tixeront, Kremer, Lee (capt).

Replacements: Fourcade, Lotrian, Ala'alatoa, Ceyte, Rixen, Bezy, Giral, Raka.

Referee: Mike Adamson (Sco)

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins put center Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve Sunday due to an upper-body injury.

Malkin missed his fourth consecutive game against Tampa Bay. He was a late scratch before Tuesday's home game against Columbus when he participated in the morning skate, but wasn't available for pregame warmups.

Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said before the matchup with the Lightning that Malkin's IR move was procedural to activate forward Philip Tomasino from injured reserve. Sullivan labeled Malkin as day-to-day.

Malkin had a streak of 209 consecutive games before the injury, the 12th longest in team history. Pittsburgh is 1-1-1 during the current stretch without Malkin, a two-time NHL scoring champion and 2012 Hart Trophy winner.

Malkin, who scored his 500th goal and posted his 1,300th NHL point earlier this season, has eight goals and 24 assists in 41 games.

Sullivan also said Sunday that Malkin's linemate Michael Bunting was involved in a car accident outside PPG Paints Arena before the game. Sullivan said Bunting is OK, but he did not play against Tampa Bay. Bunting has 13 goals and 12 assists in 43 games this season.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Eric Staal became the fourth player to have his number retired by the Carolina Hurricanes when his No. 12 was raised at the Lenovo Center prior to the team's 3-2 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

The Thunder Bay, Ontario, native and former No. 2 draft pick spent 12 of his 18 NHL seasons with Carolina, recording 455 goals and 608 assists over 1,365 career games. He served as captain from 2009 to 2016 and appeared in six NHL all-star games, winning MVP honors in the 2008 contest.

The 40-year-old Staal, who retired in July after signing a one-day contract with the team, joined Rod Brind'Amour (17), Ron Francis (10) and Glen Wesley (2) in the rafters.

He set several franchise records after the team relocated from Hartford, Connecticut, in 1997, including for goals scored (322), assists (453), points (775), games played (909), power-play goals (105), power-play points (252) and hat tricks (13).

Aside from the individual accomplishments, Staal saw the franchise carve its place in history after winning a Stanley Cup in 2006. He called that the highlight of his career.

"The memory I have of a Hurricane is of a Stanley Cup champion," Staal said. "It's not easy to win one. I only have one, and I won it here."

Staal was joined for the ceremony by family, including his brothers Jordan, who is the current Hurricanes captain, and Marc, a former NHL defenseman. Current Hurricanes players took in the festivities from the bench, and several of his former teammates were also present. Cam Ward and Justin Williams, members of the Hurricanes Hall of Fame, donned varsity jackets and watched the ceremony from the ice.

A video montage was played, featuring highlights and interviews from Staal's playing days.

"Words can hardly do justice how much this means to me," said Staal, who was occasionally interrupted by fans chanting his name. "Growing up ... playing in the NHL felt like an impossible dream."

Staal was presented with a Breitling watch engraved with his name and number and the phrase "Forever a Hurricane."

Speaking with reporters afterward, Staal said he'd like to get involved with hockey again in some capacity. But for now, he's busy at home.

"I have three boys. They're 15, 13 and 10," Staal said. "I'm helping coach my oldest son and my youngest. ... Time just kind of goes fast."

The night ended when Anaheim's Cutter Gauthier scored in overtime, his seventh of the season, off assists from Jackson LaCombe and Frank Vatrano.

AC Milan are leading the chase for Kyle Walker, sources have told ESPN, after he told Manchester City he wants to leave the club.

Walker was left out of the squad for the 8-0 FA Cup victory over Salford City on Saturday after informing director of football Txiki Begiristain that he wants to move abroad in the January window.

The 34-year-old was close to joining Bayern Munich in 2023. He is under contract at the Etihad Stadium until 2026 but a source has told ESPN that Milan are open to offering Walker a deal until 2027.

"I said to him now it's a question of the market," Guardiola said.

"He is an incredible player with his incredible physicality, when he is focused he is unstoppable as a right-back, He's a top class player, if he is fit he can play one, two, three, four more years as a professional.

"I never see a player with these physical conditions in my career, and of course I never, never, never have a desire for one player, but he has to have agreement with the club and I'm sorry, I was never involved with all the players."

Guardiola revealed the uncertainty around Walker's future meant he was left out of the squad to face Salford. City face Brentford in the Premier League on Tuesday and Guardiola says Walker could miss out again.

"I don't know, it depends on how we are going to train, I don't know," Guardiola said.

"I think I was clear all the time, if he wants to explore, the club is going to explore, and he has to decide, not me. It's not my decision.

"The situation is different now but the transfer window will finish when it finishes and I don't know what's going to happen."

Mikel Arteta described Arsenal's FA Cup third-round defeat to Manchester United on Sunday as a one-in-a-thousand occurrence after losing in a dramatic penalty shootout at Emirates Stadium.

Bruno Fernandes put the visitors in front on 52 minutes before Diogo Dalot was sent off nine minutes later for a late tackle on Mikel Merino.

Gabriel Magalhães equalized in the 63rd minute, but despite playing almost an hour against 10 men, Arsenal were unable to find another breakthrough, with captain Martin Ødegaard missing a penalty 18 minutes from the end of normal time.

United felt justice was done given the spot kick was awarded despite Harry Maguire making minimal contact with Kai Havertz in the box (there is no VAR in the FA Cup until the fifth round). But United were left to defend for long periods afterward, as Arsenal probed for a winner.

The hosts registered 26 shots in total, with Havertz guilty of two bad misses. He was also the only player to fail in the shootout, as Altay Bayindir saved his spot kick to give Joshua Zirkzee the chance to win the game and set up a fourth-round tie for United at home vs. Leicester City.

"It's unbelievable," Arteta told the BBC. "Obviously, you measure the performance and what we did in relation to the position, you know, you deserve to win the game by a mile. But the reality is we are out, and the only thing that's going to be judged is that, but internally, I can't.

"I love my players. I love our team and I love how good they are and what they do because in a thousand games, you should lose one, and probably it was this one. You have to understand this as well, it's part of our industry, our game and move on because you don't have time to do that, because on Wednesday we have a massive one."

Arsenal face a home clash with north London rivals Tottenham in the Premier League on Wednesday.

Hansi Flick said he was "really proud" of an "unbelievable" performance from his Barcelona team, after they fought back from a goal down to thrash Real Madrid 5-2 in the Spanish Supercopa final in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Barça were up against it when Kylian Mbappé put Madrid in front after just five minutes at the Al Jawhara Stadium, Jeddah, but turned the game around thanks to a brace from Raphinha and goals from Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Alejandro Balde.

"I'm really proud," Flick said in his post-match news conference. "Proud for the team, the staff, the club, the fans, everyone. Today was an unbelievable match. For the coaches, not so much! But for the fans it's really fantastic."

Flick's team began the season strongly and were leading LaLiga before a poor run of form in November and December saw them drop points in six of their last seven league games, with Flick's tactics questioned.

"We have to learn from every match, and today's match," Flick said, when asked what the Supercopa win meant for the rest of the campaign. "We can do things better, but we have a young team. We had some weeks where we didn't perform so good, and our situation in the league now is not nice. We speak about all these things in the dressing room, but for me it's important to focus on the next match."

"We know what we have to do on the pitch. "We believe in the boss and the boss believes in us," captain Raphinha said in his post-match news conference, after being named the final's MVP. "The important thing is we can fight for titles and win them."

Despite playing with 10 men for the last half hour after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was shown a red card, Barcelona's lead never looked under threat.

Szczesny started both games in the Supercopa, after regular keeper Iñaki Peña was dropped after arriving late for a team meeting.

"When Wojciech was sent off, for us it wasn't easy," Flick said. "Iñaki did fantastic, from zero to hero. But I'm very proud of how we defended, every situation, defending the goal as one team."

It's Barcelona's second Clásico victory of the season after they won 4-0 at Madrid in October.

"I don't want to look back," Flick said. "Today is a good day, we beat one of the best teams in the world, for the second time this season, it's unbelievable, we win a title here and we're very happy. Today is a day to be positive."