NHL: Capitals 1, Lightning 3
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves, Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Conor Geekie scored in the first period, and the Lightning won their home opener with a victory over the Capitals on Saturday night.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves, Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Conor Geekie scored in the first period, and the Lightning won their home opener with a victory over the Capitals on Saturday night.
TSN Hockey analyst Cameron Gaunce joins SportsCentre to discuss if he's seeing signs of improvement from the Oilers, what stands out the most to him from the Maple Leafs' first three games of the season, and what an extended absence for Jake Sanderson would mean for the Senators.
Florida centre Aleksander Barkov has been placed on long-term injured reserve by the Panthers, meaning the injury to his left leg will keep him sidelined for at least the next 10 games and quite possibly beyond.
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist to give him nine points through three games as the Oilers beat the Kraken on Saturday night. Owen Michaels and Leon Draisaitl also scored for Edmonton while Devon Levi made 19 saves to earn the win.
Tommy Novak scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Penguins a victory over the Canadiens on Saturday night. Novak converted a 2-on-1 from Evgeni Malkin at 1:33 of overtime, as Pittsburgh recovered after allowing a four-goal lead in the second period slip away.
Stephen Halliday broke a tie at 9:46 of the third period, Linus Ullmark made 27 saves, and the Senators opened their season with a victory over the Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko scored for Toronto, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots.
Alex Newhook discusses what it means to be a reliable player for the Montreal Canadiens, and how he's shaped his game around being trusted to make a difference in big games.
Juraj Slafkovsky discusses what he liked about how the Montreal Canadiens played in their season opener, and what he likes about playing alongside Ivan Demidov.
After some criticism of missing an optional skate earlier in the week, Gavin McKenna was out early for the Maple Leafs, even working on his shot with associate coach Daniel Alfredsson as practice winded down. TSN's Mark Masters has more.
Tonight in Toronto, the Senators start their 2026-27 NHL campaign. Many teams, including the Maple Leafs, have already played two games so far this season, which has the Sens ''antsy'' to get going, not happy having to wait so long to get things going.
Tonight, Travis Green will coach in 500th NHL game. It will be different for him however, and his former assistant, and Senators legend Daniel Alfredsson will be a part of the opposing bench. Green spoke about his career, and what Alfie has meant to him.
Tonight, two natives of Whitehorse will go head-to-head in the NHL as Ottawa's Dylan Cozens visits Toronto to face Gavin McKenna. Cozens spoke about the relationship his family has with McKenna, and is happy to see how they can help grow the game in smaller communities.
In Toronto's opening game against the Canadiens, Jake McCabe was hit behind the net by Jake Evans where his skate blade landed on the McCabe's leg. Shaken up from the hit, the Leaf's defenceman went off to get things looked at, and says he was luck to avoid a serious injury.
Darren Raddysh was a big name acquisition this offseason for the Maple Leafs, with hopes that he could anchor the powerplay with his heavy shot. Pointless and -3 over the first two games, Raddysh admits that he is still trying to settle into his new surroundings.
Daniel Alfredsson will be coaching against his former team tonight as the Senators pay a visit to Toronto. The former Sens captain was of course a major part of the classic battle of Ontario clashes, and figured that maybe time would have had him become more unrecognizable in his new city.
Roope Hintz is taken off the ice after a forceful knee collision.
Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist, Lukas Dostal made 27 saves and the Ducks opened the season by holding off the Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday night.
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.
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger joins Danielle Bain to discuss how Stuart Skinner looked in his first game as a Winnipeg Jet, what the positive takeaways are for the Jets in their first game of the season, and how Viggo Bjorck looked in his NHL debut.
Elias Lindholm tied the game with 1:38 left in regulation and JJ Peterka scored at 3:21 of overtime to give the Bruins a 4-3 victory over the Jets on Friday night. Dylan DeMelo, Kyle Connor and Mario Ferraro scored for Winnipeg in the Jets opener. Stuart Skinner stopped 26 shots.
Dylan Garand made 23 saves for his first career shutout and the Rangers spoiled the Red Wings' opener with a 2-0 victory on Friday. Sean Durzi scored on a first-period power play and Eeli Tolvanen added an empty-netter.
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