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Alex Tuch scored twice in his first game for Washington, Alex Ovechkin opened his 22nd NHL season with an assist and the Capitals beat the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night.
After watching his second line get badly outshot on Wednesday night, Jim Hiller made a point of checking in with John Tavares, William Nylander and Gavin McKenna, Mark Masters writes.
Dylan Garand made 23 saves for his first career shutout and the New York Rangers spoiled the Detroit Red Wings’ opener with a 2-0 victory on Friday.
Defensive weakness was an issue much of last season for the Oilers and the early returns have been similar in 2026-27. Edmonton scored 14 goals in its first two games, taking three of four possible points against the Vancouver Canucks, but gave up 13.
German official Franz Reindl has been elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation by just three votes after incumbent Luc Tardif chose not to run.
Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson is expected to play in the team’s opening game Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko was back on the ice with the team Friday following a leave of absence after the death of his father.
Because he grew up playing hockey with and against Johnny Gaudreau in their teenage years, Vincent Conanan talks about the late NHL star plenty. He gets chills when old text messages from Gaudreau show up when he’s searching his phone.
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Neither the Vancouver Canucks nor the Edmonton Oilers were entirely happy with their first two games of the season.
Embarrassing, unacceptable, ugly and warts were the Calgary Flames’ own descriptors of what was going to be an occasion at the Saddledome.
Luca Cagnoni rocketed a shot off goalie Akira Schmid at 3:14 of overtime and the San Jose Sharks opened the season with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.
Dylan Guenther scored two power-play goals, Karel Vejmelka made 15 saves and the Utah Mammoth opened the season with a 6-0 romp over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
Vince Dunn scored and had two assists for the Seattle Kraken in a 6-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov left in the second period against San Jose on Thursday night after his left knee appeared to buckle during a scrum with Sharks defender Darnell Nurse and forward Zack Ostapchuk along the boards.
Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and tallied four assists as the Edmonton Oilers outlasted the Vancouver Canucks for a wild 9-7 victory on Thursday.
Nick Foligno and Blake Coleman scored first-period goals, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.
Igor Shesterkin became the 18th goaltender in NHL history to score a goal and first for the New York Rangers when he shot the puck into an empty net late in a 5-1 victory against Tampa Bay on Thursday night.
Jack Hughes scored with 1:37 left in overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
Igor Shesterkin became the first New York Rangers goalie to score when he lofted the puck the length of the ice into an empty net, capping a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.
Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist in his Columbus debut and the Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday night for their first season-opening victory in five years.
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