Ducks hold on for victory over Golden Knights to open season
Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist, Lukas Dostal made 27 saves and the Anaheim Ducks opened the season by holding off the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday night.
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McTavish scores right away in Blues debut in opening-night win over Stars
Mason McTavish scored only 94 seconds into his first game with the Blues to put them ahead to stay, Joel Hofer stopped 25 shots for his ninth career shutout and St. Louis won 4-0 at Dallas on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Peterka nets OT winner as Bruins spoil Jets’ season opener
JJ Peterka scored 3:21 into overtime to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets in front of a packed house of 15,209 at Canada Life Centre on Friday night.
Blues forward Toropchenko leaves season opener with apparent shoulder injury
St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko left the season-opening game at Dallas with an apparent shoulder injury early in the second period Friday night after being hit by two Stars players behind his own net.
Tuch scores twice in Washington debut as Capitals beat Hurricanes
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.
Hiller sees obvious ‘big solution’ as Tavares, Nylander and McKenna look to get on track
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.
Larkin booed during intros in Detroit before Rangers shut out Red Wings
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.
‘I think it’s coaching’: Babcock takes blame for Oilers’ defensive struggles
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.
Reindl takes over as IIHF president; Canada left without council seat
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.
Sanderson expects to play in Sens’ opener, Stanley loaned to AHL
Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson is expected to play in the team’s opening game Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Kuzmenko back with Penguins after leave of absence
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.
There are two horses named in memory of Gaudreau running in the same race
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.
Ice Chips: Jets’ Bjorck, Bauer to make NHL debuts vs. Bruins
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Oilers, Canucks take lessons from high-scoring games: ‘Got to learn to play a whole 60’
Neither the Vancouver Canucks nor the Edmonton Oilers were entirely happy with their first two games of the season.
‘It was just ugly’: Flames’ final season at Saddledome opens on sour note
Embarrassing, unacceptable, ugly and warts were the Calgary Flames’ own descriptors of what was going to be an occasion at the Saddledome.
Cagnoni scores OT winner in Sharks’ season-opening victory over Panthers
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.
Guenther has two power-play goals in Mammoth’s shutout victory over Blackhawks
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.
Dunn’s three-point night spurs Kraken to win over Flames
Vince Dunn scored and had two assists for the Seattle Kraken in a 6-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Barkov set for MRI as Maurice says injury ‘not related’ to last year’s surgery
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.
McDavid leads with five points as Oilers outlast Canucks for wild win
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.
Fast first period sets tone as Wild open with win over Predators
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.
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