ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues No. 1 defenseman Colton Parayko is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after injuring his left knee in the team’s shootout victory at the Los Angeles Kings.
President of hockey operations and general manager Doug Armstrong said Thursday that Parayko will undergo a scope on the injured knee and be evaluated in six weeks. The Blues play their final regular-season game two days short of the six-week mark.
Parayko, 31, plays more ice time than anyone else on the Blues, averaging nearly 24 minutes over 62 games and recording 35 points. His absence is a blow to their hopes of making the playoffs and comes after beating LA put them one point back of the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
St. Louis shored up some organizational goaltending depth on Thursday by signing Colten Ellis to a two-year, two-way contract extension. Ellis will make the league minimum $775,000 each of the next two seasons if he's in the NHL and $175,000 in 2025-26 and $225,000 in the American Hockey League in '26-27.
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St. Louis Blues' Colton Parayko (55) and Mathieu Joseph (71) celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Kings in an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 1, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko (55) celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko (55) moves the puck past Los Angeles Kings left wing Kevin Fiala (22) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 12, 2026--
MarkLines Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Makoto Sakai; TYO:3901) announced its launch of the "MarkLines Gen-AI Beta Version," the new feature for B2B users in the automotive industry.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260112383839/en/
This AI-powered feature enables users to ask questions in natural language and instantly receive highly reliable, relevant data drawn from MarkLines’ extensive automotive database. Moreover, the system analyzes this information by leveraging the rich content across its platform and delivers clear, concise, text-based insights.
By combining trusted data with advanced analytical capabilities through generative AI, this service represents a first-of-its-kind B2B offering in Japan, with only a limited number of comparable examples globally. This feature is available at no additional cost to corporate members of the company’s information platform.
Key Features of MarkLines Gen-AI
1. Simultaneous Provision of "Data" and "Analysis" in Search Results
Generative AI tools that search publicly available information on the web often cannot produce accurate and detailed data, frequently failing to provide satisfactory answers for automotive industry professionals.
With this new function, the "Data" section introduces the most relevant proprietary data from MarkLines’ content, while the "Analysis" section generates accurate and reliable textual explanations based on cross-referenced search results.
2. Cross-Searching Across a Broad Range of Automotive Information
MarkLines’ content spans a wide array of areas: market trends such as sales volumes and model changes, technological trends like ADAS and EV powertrains, supply relationships between automakers and suppliers, and industry trends represented by news and technical reports.
This feature enables cross-searching across multiple content menus, allowing users to obtain comprehensive, purpose-fit answers in a one-stop service.
3. Queries and Answers Supported in Over 60 Languages
In addition to English, Japanese, and Chinese, questions can be asked in over 60 languages.
Answers will also be provided in the language used for the query.
Future Plans
The feature will launch in beta and be continuously refined based on user feedback ahead of an official release.
In addition, the company will enhance the capabilities of "MarkLines Gen-AI", aiming to further improve its accuracy and provide more specialized and high-quality answers.
"MarkLines Gen-AI Beta Version" can take questions in natural language and instantly give highly reliable, relevant data drawn from MarkLines’ extensive automotive database (Image: MarkLines Co., Ltd.)
