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Blackhawks: Ryan Greene Scores His First Career NHL Goal

The Chicago Blackhawks, while playing the St. Louis Blues, saw one of their bright young players score their first career NHL goal. 

Young Ryan Greene put one into the back of the net for the first time against the St. Louis Blues. Connor Bedard gained the zone, scanned the ice, and sent it back to Lukas Reichel, who centered it where Ryan Greene was able to score for the first time in the big leagues. 

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Bedard was being double shifted due to dressing 11 forwards and 7 defenseman, and it paid off in a big way. This was the third point of the night for both Bedard and Reichel. 

Greene, who is a defensive center first, does have offensive capabilities when he needs to display them. As the captain of Boston University, he scored some big goals while performing well as a two-way player. 

In the NHL, Greene won't be relied on for offense as much as others, but he is more than capable of making plays from time to time. 

Greene's goal made it 8-3 in favor of the Blackhawks in the third period of their fifth game of the season. This is a goal that he won't soon forget. 

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Greene is the second Blackhawks player to score his first NHL goal this season, joining Sam Rinzel. On the active roster, Artyom Levshunov is the other waiting for his first. Eventually, you'd think Oliver Moore gets his at some point this year as well, but he will have to earn the call-up first. 

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Mason Appleton Stays Hot As Red Wings Top Panthers For Third Straight Win

The Detroit Red Wings have made sure that the bad feelings from their season-opening 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens are but a distant memory. 

Since that night nearly a week ago, they've rattled off three consecutive victories, with the latest being a 4-1 triumph over the Florida Panthers at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday evening. 

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The Red Wings were forced to play without forward Lucas Raymond, who was hurt in Monday afternoon's 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Panthers were considerably shorthanded themselves, playing without Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, and Dmitry Kulikov. 

First-year Red Wings forward Mason Appleton, who slotted into Raymond's spot on the top line, has made the most of his recent promotion. 

He scored twice on Wednesday, including the game's opening goal early in the second period to break a scoreless tie. He also added a goal late in regulation into the vacated Panthers net.

After tallying the game-winning goal against the Maple Leafs on Monday, Appleton has the hot hand with three goals in his last two games. 

Patrick Kane scored a power-play goal in the second period to increase Detroit's lead to 2-0, while Michael Rasmussen would add a second empty-net goal in the final few seconds of the third period. 

The Panthers managed to halve Detroit's lead in the second period to 2-1 thanks to the third goal of the campaign from Brad Marchand, but it's as close as the Panthers would get to drawing even. 

Making his third consecutive start, goatlender Cam Talbot continued his strong play by turning aside all but one of the 22 shots the Panthers fired his way. His Florida counterpart in Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves in a losing effort. 

Among Bobrovsky's saves was a key third-period stop on rookie forward Emmitt Finnie, who was left all alone in front of the net after receiving a pass from fellow rookie Michael Brandsegg-Nygård. 

The Red Wings will next prepare to face yet another divisional opponent in the Tampa Bay Lightning, who come to town for a Friday night matchup. 

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Panthers lose second straight, come up short against Red Wings in Detroit

The Florida Panthers continued their five-game road trip on Wednesday night when they paid a visit to the Detroit Red Wings.

Florida found it difficult to generate offense against the Wings, logging only 22 shots en route to a 4-1 defeat at Little Cesars Arena.

Both teams had their opportunities during the opening frame, but it was the starting goaltenders – Sergei Bobrovsky for Florida and Cam Talbot for the Red Wings – who kept the game scoreless with nine saves apiece.

It didn’t take long for that to change once the second period got going.

Mason Appleton scored on Detroit’s first shot of the middle frame, beating Bobrovsky with a shot along the ice after Dylan Larkin forced a turnover in Florida’s end just over two minutes into the period.

Patrick Kane made it 2-0 for the Red Wings with a 5-on-3 power play goal midway through the period, the first power play goal surrendered by Florida all season.

It took about five minutes, but it was Brad Marchand who finally got the Cats on the board.

Directly off an offensive zone draw won by Anton Lundell, Marchand picked up the puck and swept all the way around the faceoff circle, down below the goal line, behind the net and out the other side before sending a wraparound shot that somehow went through Talbot at the 14:05 mark of the middle frame.

Unfortunately for the Cats, that would be the extent of their offensive output in Detroit.

Empty-net goals by Appleton and Michael Rasmussen sealed the victory for the Red Wings and sent Florida to their second straight defeat.

On to New Jersey.

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Photo caption: Oct 15, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Florida Panthers right wing Mackie Samoskevich (11) takes a shot defended by Detroit Red Wings right wing Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (28) in the first period at Little Caesars Arena. (Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images)

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Kings extend Keegan Murray with five-year, $140 million contract

Keegan Murray's thumb injury isn't going to keep him from signing a $140 million contract.

Murray has played his way into becoming a key part of whatever comes next in Sacramento. On Wednesday, the Kings rewarded him by agreeing to a five-year, $140 million contract extension, a story broken by Shams Charania of ESPN and since confirmed by other sources. This is a straight five years, no options. That averages out to about $28 million a season, a number that feels in line with what he deserves in this market, but the Kings believe could be a great deal for them if he lives up to his full potential.

Murray is out to start this season, having suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb, which likely means he'll miss around 10 games, maybe more.

That's a real blow because Murray is the best defensive forward Sacramento has, the guy who often gets the toughest perimeter defensive assignments, and the team doesn't really have anyone to replace him. Murray and the Kings' coaches have said that with Dennis Schroder now at the point in Sacramento, Murray will be chasing fewer small guards around and can focus on defending wings, a more natural position for him.

Last season, Murray averaged 12.4 points and 6.7 rebounds a game, numbers that were a step back from his sophomore season (15.2 points and 5.5 rebounds, plus basically a steal and a block per game). That regression had more to do with the Kings' additions of Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan — two other players on the wing who take a lot of shots — than it does with Murray's development. Both of those players are on the trade block this season and are not part of the long-term plans in Sacramento.

With this contract, Murray is.

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Los Angeles Kings Drop In THN Power Rankings

The Hockey News have released their NHL power rankings by Jason Chen on Wednesday. This is the fourth edition of the power rankings, as the first week of the regular season has passed.

In the first power rankings, the Kings were sitting pretty at the No. 10 spot. Since then, they’ve dropped further and further after every week.

For Chen’s latest edition of THN’s power rankings, Los Angeles is in the lowest position they’ve been in during this young 2025-26 campaign.

NHL Power Rankings: Stars Start On Top As The Movement BeginsNHL Power Rankings: Stars Start On Top As The Movement BeginsWe can't overreact yet, but the Stars and Hurricanes lead the way while the Bruins are the biggest surprise in the NHL power rankings.

From last week to this week, the Kings have dropped seven spots, falling from 12th to 19th place. 

Since last week’s power rankings to this week’s, LA have won against the Vegas Golden Knights in a shootout, lost to the Winnipeg Jets in regulation, and lost to the Minnesota Wildin a shootout.

Adrian Kempe (Matt Blewett-Imagn Images)

It wasn’t a great week for the Kings by any means in terms of the results the team was getting. A lot of that has to do with their inability to stay out of the box.

Ever since opening night on Oct. 7, the Kings have been shorthanded a league-leading 22 times. In addition, they have allowed the joint-most power-play goals with seven, equalling the Columbus Blue Jackets.

‘When It Rains, It Pours’: Kings’ Disastrous Discipline Costing Wins And Points‘When It Rains, It Pours’: Kings’ Disastrous Discipline Costing Wins And PointsDespite a strong effort by the Los Angeles Kings to push for a point against the Minnesota Wild on Monday evening after facing a 3-0 deficit, they can only blame themselves. 

Chen highlighted in the power rankings that Los Angeles is still without a regulation win this season. There are only two teams in the entire league that have zero regulation wins and have played four games so far.

The Kings stand between two fellow Pacific Division teams. One spot below LA in 20th are state rivals, the Anaheim Ducks, who are 2-1-0. Ahead of the Kings are the Seattle Kraken, who own a 2-0-1 record and jumped eight spots from the previous week’s power rankings.

Both Seattle and Anaheim are ahead of Los Angeles in the NHL standings.

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Latest Flyers Roster Move Shows Team Still Stuck in Old Ways

Despite some strong recent performances from their youngsters, the Philadelphia Flyers continue to resist building an active roster based on merit.

On Wednesday, reports surfaced that the Flyers had sent Emil Andrae down to the AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms after the defenseman appeared in just one NHL game for the team.

In his most recent call-up, Andrae, 23, played only 10:22, but he and the Flyers were pretty dominant in those minutes.

Making your season debut against the Florida Panthers is no easy task, but Andrae made it look so as the Flyers out-shot their opposition 7-1 with the Swede on the ice at 5-on-5.

So, while it would appear Cam York is destined to return from injury ahead of Thursday night's home matchup against the Winnipeg Jets, the Flyers still just aren't icing their best possible team.

On Monday night, Noah Juulsen skated away from a Matvei Michkov pass at the offensive zone blueline despite having ample time and space to make a play and continue possession.

Adam Ginning has been alright - and certainly better than Egor Zamula, whose struggles are being compounded by agent issues - but the bar isn't all that high.

At least with Andrae in the lineup, the Flyers are able to move (and carry) the puck up the ice with consistency.

NHL Trade Rumors: Flyers Badly Need Defensive UpgradesNHL Trade Rumors: Flyers Badly Need Defensive UpgradesThe <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/philadelphia-flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> are reportedly scouring the NHL trade market for much-needed defensive reinforcements, but which players are actually going to be worth their while?

We know the Flyers are hell-bent on building a Stanley Cup-contending defense that's stocked to the brim with size and range, but they aren't there yet. How can that be enforced reasonably against Andrae despite being a handful of years down the road?

And, further to that point, why not draft any big left-shot defensemen?

On the right side, the Flyers already have Travis Sanheim, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jamie Drysdale, Oliver Bonk, Spencer Gill, Carter Amico, Helge Grans, and Luke Vlooswyk, and on the left, the Flyers have almost no projectable defensemen.

There's Andrae, and then there's Hunter McDonald and Ty Murchison. Nick Seeler turned 32 in June, and Cam York is presumably in Philadelphia for the long haul.

If Zamula, Andrae, and Ginning are on the outs after this year, that's the list.

This is all to say that, if the Flyers want to win and play their best 19 players every night, Andrae is one of them.

Rick Tocchet Issues Blunt Warning to Struggling Flyers DefensemanRick Tocchet Issues Blunt Warning to Struggling Flyers DefensemanThe <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/philadelphia-flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> may have lost to the New York Islanders in Thursday night's preseason game, but their continued struggles on defense are of much greater concern.

And if the 23-year-old isn't a future asset, he can become one. But the Flyers won't have much success trading a defenseman who can't get in the lineup ahead of Juulsen, Ginning, and Zamula on a regular basis.

That's why, for better or for worse, the Flyers are still stuck in those old school ways of needing to be big, strong, and punishing. Time will tell if they have the required finesse in their locker to take the team to the next level.