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Updated: October 29, 2026, 8:00 a.m. EDT Brandon Montour scored in the final minute to give the Seattle Kraken a 5–4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday, October 28, ending Toronto’s late comeback. The Maple Leafs had erased a 4–2 third-period deficit through Jack Roslovic and Auston Matthews. Matthews tied the game with 1:30 remaining while Toronto had its goaltender off for an extra attacker. Montour then beat Sergei Bobrovsky with a slap shot from the right circle, according to NHL.com’s game report . Gavin McKenna scored twice on the power play and assisted on Matthews’ equalizer, recording his first NHL two-goal and three-point game. Matthews finished with a goal and two assists. Associated Press reporting carried by ESPN independently confirmed the result and McKenna’s milestone. Berkly Catton, Josh Mahura, Chandler Stephenson and Ryker Evans supplied Seattle’s other goals. The Kraken improved to 8–4–1, while Toronto dropped to 7–6–2 after a...

Updated: October 29, 2026, 8:00 a.m. EDT Tristan Jarry stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 4–0 at Rogers Place on Wednesday, October 28. Connor McDavid added two assists, extending his season-opening assist streak to an NHL-record 13 games. The victory ended Edmonton’s two-game losing streak and Calgary’s run of four consecutive wins. Associated Press reporting carried by ESPN confirmed the result and McDavid’s record, which moved him past the previous season-opening mark shared by Sebastian Aho, Ken Linseman and Wayne Gretzky. Mathieu Joseph opened the scoring in the first period, and Mattias Ekholm made it 2–0 in the second. Kasperi Kapanen scored on the power play early in the third, followed just 21 seconds later by Alex Formenton, according to the Oilers’ game report . Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also contributed two assists. Calgary changed goaltenders after Devin Cooley was injured late in the first period, with Dustin Wolf taking over. Edmo...

Updated: October 28, 2026, 7:52 a.m. EDT (Toronto) Jacob Fowler made an NHL career-high 46 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 2–0 at Enterprise Center on Tuesday, October 27. Zachary Bolduc scored against his former team and Florian Xhekaj added his first NHL goal, according to NHL.com’s game report . Fowler stopped 24 shots in the third period, when St. Louis outshot Montreal 24–3. The shutout was his second of the season and his third in the NHL, extending his personal winning streak to six games. Bolduc opened the scoring at 8:37 of the second period, finishing a Mike Matheson pass with a one-timer from the right circle just after a Montreal power play expired. Xhekaj doubled the lead 2:17 into the third by redirecting Matheson’s shot. A video review confirmed the goal after officials checked for a high stick. Matheson assisted on both goals. The Canadiens improved to 7–3–2 with their third consecutive win and extended their point streak to five games. Jord...

Updated: 27 October 2026, 5:52 a.m. EDT Matvei Gridin scored twice and added an assist as the Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday, 26 October, completing a four-game homestand without a defeat. The victory extended Calgary’s winning run to four games and ended Toronto’s own four-game streak. Gridin recorded his first three-point NHL game, while Devin Cooley stopped 26 shots for his fourth consecutive win, according to NHL.com’s game report . Gridin opened the scoring at 10:05 of the first period and Mikael Backlund doubled the lead less than two minutes later. Gridin struck again on the power play just 25 seconds into the second period to make it 3–0. Easton Cowan pulled one back for Toronto before William Nylander narrowed the deficit to 3–2 in the third. Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil then scored into an empty net to secure the result, which the official NHL game sheet confirms. Auston Matthews assisted on Nylander’s goal for his 800t...

Updated: October 26, 2026, 9:59 a.m. EDT Jacob Fowler made 33 saves as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2–1 in the NHL Heritage Classic at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg on Sunday, October 25. Defencemen Lane Hutson and Kaiden Guhle supplied Montreal’s goals in the second period, while Cole Caufield assisted on both, according to NHL.com’s game report . Hutson opened the scoring at 7:19 after a cross-slot pass from Noah Dobson. Guhle doubled the lead at 11:04 with a wrist shot through traffic. Isak Rosen brought Winnipeg within one at 15:24 of the third period, scoring his first goal of the season. The Jets could not find an equalizer. Stuart Skinner finished with 19 saves for Winnipeg. Montreal improved to 6–3–2 and extended its points streak to four games. Fowler earned his fifth consecutive win. Winnipeg fell to 4–4–3 and remained winless in five games. The Canadian Press, reporting through TSN , said Winnipeg went 0-for-4 on the power play; Montreal had no ...

Updated: October 25, 2026, 11:53 a.m. EDT Joel Farabee had a goal and two assists as the Calgary Flames beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night, October 24, extending their winning streak to three games. The NHL’s match report confirmed that Devin Cooley made 28 saves for Calgary, which improved to 4–6–0 after opening the season with five consecutive losses. Detroit fell to 4–4–3 as its six-game point streak ended. Farabee opened the scoring late in the first period. Andrew Copp tied the game early in the second, but Zayne Parekh restored Calgary’s lead with a power-play goal at 8:38. Ryan Strome and Matvei Gridin then scored before the intermission to put the Flames ahead 4–1. Calgary converted both of its power-play opportunities, while Detroit went scoreless on two chances. Gridin also added an assist, and Matt Coronato contributed two assists. The Associated Press reported that Cooley has stopped 100 of 104 shots during his three-game winning str...

Updated: 25 October 2026, 5:48 a.m. EDT William Nylander scored twice to reach 300 career NHL goals as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–2 at Rogers Place on Saturday night, 24 October. Anthony Stolarz made 30 saves as Toronto secured its fourth consecutive victory, The Associated Press reported . The Maple Leafs improved to 7–4–2, while Edmonton fell to 8–2–1 and saw a three-game winning streak end. Leon Draisaitl scored both Oilers goals. Connor McDavid assisted on each, extending his season-opening point streak to 11 games and taking his total to 33 points. Toronto led 3–1 after two periods following goals from Jack Roslovic, Auston Matthews and Troy Stecher. Nylander made it 4–1 on a power play at 5:59 of the third period, according to NHL.com’s game report . His second goal, into an empty net at 17:56, brought up the 300-goal milestone. Zack MacEwen and Vinni Lettieri also scored during Toronto’s four-goal final period. NHL.com said Nylander reached the mark in 76...

Updated: October 24, 2026 at 5:54 p.m. EDT Jake Evans scored twice and added an assist as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 in Chicago on Friday night, October 23. Jacob Fowler made 20 saves for Montreal, according to the Associated Press match report . Connor Bedard put Chicago ahead 4:23 into the first period. Evans answered with his first goal of the season with 2:31 remaining in the period, then gave Montreal the lead with a short-handed wrist shot at 7:51 of the second. Evans also set up Kaiden Guhle’s goal with 1:34 left in the second period, completing a three-point performance that matched his career high. Mike Matheson added an empty-net goal with 2:38 remaining in the third. The NHL’s official box score records a 28–21 advantage in shots for Montreal and confirms Evans finished with two goals and one assist. Chicago goaltender Spencer Knight stopped 24 shots. The result gave the Canadiens a 4–1–1 record over their last six games, while the Blackhawks...

Updated: October 21, 2026, 1:56 p.m. EDT Canadian forward Ben Kindel was taken to hospital after a medical episode on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ team plane on Tuesday, October 20, prompting the aircraft to return to Salt Lake City shortly after takeoff. The club said he was conscious, alert and in stable condition. In a team statement , Pittsburgh said physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas of UPMC and other medical staff attended to Kindel on board. An ambulance met the returning aircraft at Salt Lake City International Airport and took him to the University of Utah Hospital for further evaluation. Kindel, 19, is from Coquitlam, British Columbia. Field Level Media reported that the Penguins were travelling home after a four-game road trip that ended with Monday’s 5–4 loss to the Utah Mammoth. The forward, selected 11th overall in the 2025 NHL draft, is in his second season with Pittsburgh and has two goals and two assists through nine games, according to the report. The team has not disclosed the...