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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Cutter Gauthier scored a hat trick for the second game in a row and the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

Mikael Granlund added a goal and two assists for the Ducks, while Leo Carlsson put away a short-handed tally and Beckett Sennecke had four assists.

Laurent Brossoit stopped 19 shots in the Anaheim net.

The Ducks came into the game with the league’s second-best power play (34%) behind only the Utah Mammoth and went 3 for 3 with the man advantage. Two of Gauthier's goals came on the power play and Anaheim has 10 power-play goals on 12 chances over its last three games.

The Canucks got two goals from Jake DeBrusk, and one each from Liam Ohgren and Linus Karlsson. Elias Pettersson notched a pair of assists. Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen made 17 saves.

Granlund opened the scoring with a power-play tally just over four minutes into the first period. Vancouver replied on a man advantage two minutes later. Marco Rossi fed Ohgren just above the crease for the goal.

The Ducks took a 2-1 lead into the intermission when Gauthier fired a shot in on his team’s second power play of the night at the 17:07 mark of the first.

Gauthier also scored three in Anaheim’s 6-3 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, and is the first player in Ducks history with back-to-back three-goal games.

The 22-year-old American has eight goals in his last three games after going the previous nine without finding the net.

Gauthier was in the penalty box midway through the third when DeBrusk scored his fourth of the season to put the score at 5-3.

DeBrusk breathed new life into Rogers arena with just over 10 minutes left on the game clock, blasting a point shot in to cut Vancouver’s deficit to a single goal.

Up next

Ducks: At the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

Canucks: At the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.

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Are you even surprised anymore?

You knew what was at stake, a chance at three straight wins. We all know how this script plays out.

And true to form for the St. Louis Blues, it played out just was predicted: a loss.

The Blues' 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday feels like another missed opportunity for a team looking for consistency.

Joel Hofer gave the Blues (7-7-1) a chance to win and kept them in it, but they were less than a minute from being shut out for the third time in five games before Pius Suter scored what amounted to be a consolation goal and ended a shutout bid by Dylan Garand, who like the Rangers (8-7-1) was on a four-game losing streak (allowed 15 goals). Garand was on waivers at the start of the season but has been thrust into a top role with Igor Shesterkin (knee) out for the season and backup Joonas Korpisalo (lower-body injury) also out.

Let's get into the game ... 

* Three in a row is like kryptonite -- The Blues are now 0-3-0 when trying to win three straight.

Sounds familiar? It should.

Last season, the Blues did put together winning streaks or more of three in a row three times from late February on, but as former general manager Doug Armstrong said, those came under "meaningless" games.

In their first five cracks at it last season, they lost every one and were outscored 29-9. 

And going back to the previous season, prior to their record-breaking 12-game winning streak they put together from March 15-April 5, 2025, they were 1-7-2 in attempts to win three in a row., and let's face it, without the record winning streak, they likely don't make the playoffs that season.

If they want to be a playoff team again, they better figure out to put winning runs together and put them together often. Right now, this core group simply doesn't get it done. 

* Good start to the game -- The Blues seemed to be on the front foot to start the game after the Rangers had to opening 30 seconds to a minute in the Blues zone, St. Louis pushed back and had some really good looks and sustained shifts -- and some lengthy ones -- in the O-zone.

What was missing though, were those areas of crashing the crease, getting bodies in and around the goalie and near the blue paint, burying good looks.

The power play (which we'll get into next) actually looked really good on the first opportunity when Scott Morrow was in the box for the Rangers for high-sticking at 7:44.

* Power play just wasn't good enough -- Look, I understand the Blues had been on a nice run with the man advantage going 8-for-24 and thrusting themselves into the top 10 (ninth) going into the game.

But in going 0-for-6 -- the last one was a meaningless 22 seconds remaining in the game -- in a game which scoring a goal (or more) with the man advantage could have made a huge difference, the Blues laid a big dud.

And the biggest problem was the breakouts and zone entries, which continue to be a problem spot. There's just not enough skill displayed for them to carry the puck in without losing the puck, getting it stripped or not doing so cleanly and it's right back down the ice and they spent the majority of their time simply trying to enter the zone outside of their first opportunity, which generated three of their eight shots.

And when they did have a good look or two the rest of the way, including Pavel Buchnevich's slot chance, retrievals were non-existent, they were one-and-done, and the Rangers, which came in with the third-ranked penalty kill on the season, so you have to give them credit for that, were able to get relatively easy clears.

And to top things off, the Blues were at times their own worst enemy making the ill-advised passes that were coming out of the zone and re-entries were problematic.

The penalty kill, which was good again going 3-for-3 despite the Rangers getting 11 of their 31 shots on goal, did its job, but the flip side of the special teams could have made a difference for the Blues in trying to secure that third straight win.

* Bad line change breaks ice -- The game was scoreless into the second period, so it was turning into one of those contests where mistakes need to be limited and when a scoring chance was available, someone needed to pounce.

The Blues had the offensive zone and puck possession when it suddenly changed hands, and whether Dalibor Dvorsky saw that or not, can't really speak for him, it was his ill-advised line change that enabled the Rangers to drive the the neutral zone with the puck, gain the D-zone of the Blues and find Adam Fox for the ice-breaker at 1:49 of the second period for a 1-0 Rangers lead:

New York goal!

Scored by Adam Fox with 18:11 left in the 2nd. Assisted by Tye Kartye and J.T. Miller.

NYR: 1 | STL: 0#STLvsNYR#NYR#StlBluespic.twitter.com/OqogKiUTXl

— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) November 4, 2026

* Turnover leads to clinching goal -- The Blues pulled off the third period comeback against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday and were in a one-shot game Tuesday, but a turnover led to what amounted to be the game-winner by Oliver Bjorkstrand and a 2-0 New York lead at 9:01 after Mason McTavish lost control of a wobbly puck and turned it over, leading to a mini 3-on-1 that Bjorkstrand buried from the slot:

New York goal!

Scored by Oliver Bjorkstrand with 10:59 left in the 3rd. Assisted by Eeli Tolvanen and Will Cuylle.

NYR: 2 | STL: 0#STLvsNYR#NYR#StlBluespic.twitter.com/UIvMdZ1TLn

— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) November 4, 2026

* Tough night for Fowler-Jiricek pair -- Those two players were on the ice for the first two goals against, and it's only reflective in each being a minus-2.

I get there are a lot of fand right now down on Fowler, but he's had to be the one to nurture a couple young guys as his partner with the shuffling of defensemen and guys being out.

When Colton Parayko comes back, and that could be as early as Thursday, and also Logan Mailloux is ready to play, the Blues need to get him back with Brandon Carlo, someone he began camp with and played really well to start the season with.

Fowler can be more the guy that jumps into the offense, which is suited for his style, and Carlo is the safety net defenseman.

* What is going on with Connor McMichael? -- I can include a number of players in this category, but going into this, and some of the numbers -- or lack thereof -- that were coming from the McMichael stat lines, I really thought this would be the game perhaps the forward would break the schneid and score.

McMichael hasn't scored a goal now since the fourth game of the season (Oct. 8) against the San Jose Sharks and has just two in 15 games; he has eight points, which is OK (not great), but in the past 11 games, McMichael has four assists and just two in the past nine.

He was a minus-2 again Tuesday and just isn't shooting the puck.

In shutout losses to the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 24 and Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 27, McMichael had eight shots on goal, which is good. In nine games surrounding those two, he has a grand total of four shots. McMichael is also a minus-8 over his last nine games; his minus-8 on the season is a team worst.

But it's the line in general with McTavish and Jonatan Berggren, which started off the season so productive, has dried up considerably of late. It's gotten stale and perhaps needs a shakeup.

Berggren has just one assist in eight games since scoring Oct. 15 against the Minnesota Wild and McTavish has no points in five games and one goal in the past seven.

"We have to commit to going to harder areas so that we can generate more at 5-on-5, some greasy goals."

Hear from Pavel Buchnevich, Mason McTavish and Jim Montgomery after a loss to the Rangers. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/JF9WIAJXMa

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 4, 2026

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If this movie seems familiar, well, that's probably because something similar just happened three days ago. 

For the third consecutive game, the Pittsburgh Penguins controlled play late only to fall short, losing 3-2 in regulation to the Vegas Golden Knights when Tomas Hertl scored a power play goal with 32.8 seconds remaining on the clock. 

Hertl's power play goal - his second of the evening - came after the Penguins had a five-on-three power play opportunity for a minute and 22 seconds and failed to convert. They were 0-for-6 on the power play, while Vegas was 2-for-4. 

Special teams was the difference in this one. But just like they fell short to the Montreal Canadiens Saturday in a back-and-forth affair, and just like they blew a lead in the literal last second against the Utah Mammoth Thursday before losing in overtime, the late losses - however they're happening - are becoming a bit too much of a theme as of late for the Penguins.

"We've got to get the job done," head coach Dan Muse said. "Taking a penalty right after that power play, that's tough timing, but we've got to get the job done, whether it's situations like that, whether it's five-on-six, whether it's five-on-five. Those are big moments defensively where we have to find a way.

"Sometimes it's just getting the puck out, sometimes it's getting stops, sometimes it's getting the clears, sometimes it's getting a block. I don't think it's something [that's] the exact same thing every time. But, the bottom line is we have to be resilient in those situations. And, so far this year, it's been too many times where we haven't been."

Despite play being pretty even for the first 40 minutes, Hertil converted on a first-period power play opportunity to make the game 1-0, and the score remained that way until the third and final frame.

And, all things considered, the Penguins were the much better team for the final 20 minutes.

They came out flying to begin the period, and they were rewarded early on when they won an offensive zone faceoff - something that's been an issue for the Penguins as a whole - and Spencer Stastney dished it to his defensive partner, former Golden Knight Kaedan Korczak. Korczak threw the puck toward the net, it hit a skate, and Tommy Novak was there to pick up the loose change and tie the game at 1-1 for the Penguins. 

TOMMY COMES UP BIG IN HIS 300TH @NHL GAME 👏 pic.twitter.com/UPsg7G3GxJ

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 4, 2026

Pittsburgh continued to pressure in the minutes that followed, and they finally got the go-ahead goal when Novak passed the puck to Rickard Rakell, who was making his way across the net-front. He put a nice finish on his fifth tally of the season and fourth game in a row with a goal to give the Penguins a well-deserved lead.

That's goals in four straight for Raks 👏 pic.twitter.com/rOV3xS0ZHF

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 4, 2026

The Penguins kept coming after the go-ahead goal, but as they have done time and time again, they blew their lead less than a minute and a half later. While pressuring in the offensive zone, Ben Kindel faked a shot and allowed a puck to squirt back to Kris Letang, who whiffed on a one-timer. The puck, as a result, went right to the tape of the speedy Trevor Connelly, who took it all the way back down the other way on a breakaway and beat Arturs Silovs in highlight-reel fashion to tie things back up at 2-2.

Still, the Penguins kept the pressure on, leading to a power play with a little more than four minutes remaining. During the kill for Vegas, defenseman Brayden McNabb got nabbed for high-sticking, which gave the Penguins the two-man advantage for nearly a minute and a half. 

And, well, the rest was history. The Penguins failed to convert, and Vegas did not when they were rewarded a late power play on a Novak tripping call. Again, special teams was the difference, but the Penguins know they need to lock down late in games to turn what are close losses into close wins. 

"I think, it's like... the game is there," said Silovs, who was solid again with 20 saves on 23 shots, none of which he could have stopped. "I think there’s a lot to like. The game can go either way, and it went the opposite way.

"But, I think we're really close to breaking through."

Takeaways: Spooky Defensive Zone Play Dooms Penguins In 5-4 Loss To CanadiensDespite a late push, Pittsburgh could not make up for some early-game errors as they dropped their sixth game in the last eight.

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Here are a few takeaways after another tough loss:

- It's getting tough to keep beating the very dead horse, so to speak. But, once again, Declan Carlile was at the epicenter of blown defensive coverage that led to goals against. And, as was the case against Montreal on Saturday, that happened twice and led directly to goals against. 

On Vegas's second goal, Letang was already pinching, and understandably so. He was gearing up to take a one-timer that he, ultimately, whiffed on. But there should have been coverage at the top of the zone, right?

Nope.

Instead of remaining high in the zone with Letang pinching, Carlile chose to chase Connelly, who did a 180 the other way much faster than Carlile was able to get back and recover on. Boom, a goal against. 

BREAKAWAY CONNELLY 🦅 pic.twitter.com/bjxgrUdKo7

— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) November 4, 2026

On the power play goal at the end? Yes, it was a power play goal, but Carlile's man was Hertl at the net front, and he let him just walk behind him and get set up to redirect the puck into the back of the net uncontested. Boom, another goal against. 

Seeing DOUBLE 🫣 pic.twitter.com/j2cnydZAZM

— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) November 4, 2026

Unfortunately, it's becoming a nightly occurrence at this point where Carlile's lapse in defensive coverage is leading to goals against. He is a team-worst minus-10, and it's a completely earned minus-10.

Left defenseman Jake Livanavage was just recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS) Tuesday, and the 22-year-old has done a pretty darn good job so far in the AHL and earned his opportunity to get a look. Quite frankly, he should absolutely be in the lineup when the puck drops against the Boston Bruins on Thursday.

Even if Livanavage isn't a defensive stalwart - he's alright in his own zone, but nothing special - the Penguins are at a point where it's probably better to watch a young guy with promise figure it out at the NHL level, even if there are a few blunders.

Their current blue line is costing them hockey games, and even though it's not all on one singular guy, he's been a little too largely responsible lately.  

Penguins Recall Young Defenseman After Hot AHL StartDefensive prospect Jake Livanavage earned the call to the NHL club with his impressive start for the WBS Penguins

- Egor Chinakhov is getting chances. He's helping generate chances. He's playing a 200-foot game. He's covering high for defensemen. He's getting some looks.

But, at some point, he needs to start producing. 

Chinakhov has two goals and four points in 11 games this season. He just signed a three-year extension worth $6.25 million annually. Yet he has the same amount of points as Blake Lizotte and less points than Hendrix Lapierre, Nick Robertson, and Connor Dewar, all of whom have played mostly bottom-six roles this season. Carlile, Letang, Korczak, and Sam Girard all have more points than him, too. 

He's missing the net far too much on the shots he does take, and he's taking less shots than he did last season. It's not as if Chinakhov is playing poorly because he's not. 

But the Penguins paid him to score goals. If they're going to turn things around, it's not just the defense that has to step up. They need some of their regular producers to do their part, too. Rakell has found his game, so it's Chinakhov's turn to find the back of the net. 

- Speaking of Rakell, what a turnaround it has been for him in the last six games. 

He went from having no goals and two points in his first nine games to five goals and seven points in his last six games. And three of those goals have been game-tying goals, while the one Tuesday was the go-ahead goal.

It's safe to say he's found his form again, and he and Sidney Crosby seem to have found that long-lost chemistry that they were missing to start the year. Novak has begun to gel nicely on that line in the past couple of games, too.

It's big news that the first line is finally getting going. And Rakell has been, arguably, the biggest reason for that in recent games. And the crazy thing is that he's still missing the net with frequency, meaning he and Crosby could have even more points. 

It's good to see he's found his game again. If things don't turn around quickly for Pittsburgh, I suspect he'll be getting interest on the trade market.

'I'm Still Learning So Much': Rakell Continues Growth As Leader, Player Later In CareerPittsburgh Penguins' forward Rickard Rakell hasn't always been the most vocal player in the room, but he's learned a great deal about leading by example during his time in Pittsburgh.

- Again, the Penguins play Boston Thursday, and this is a team that continues to surprise.

A year after they were expected, like the Penguins, to be a lottery team and made the playoffs instead. Now, they're leading the formidable Atlantic Division at 11-4-1 with 23 points. 

The Penguins are 5-8-2 with 12 points and are tied with the Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets in the basement of the East. 

These teams are about as far apart as can be right now. A win Thursday could do wonders for team morale. 

If there is a such thing as a must-win game this early in the season, Thursday is it. The Penguins hit the road for another Western swing after that, so they need to go into that on a high note if they have any hopes of turning their season around.

- The Penguins wore their new Hometown Remix jerseys for the first time Tuesday.

I like them a lot. And they looked even better in action. 

Reactions: Penguins Reveal Hometown Remix JerseysThe Pittsburgh Penguins, along with all 31 other NHL teams, revealed their unique Hometown Remix jerseys Monday.

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Playing their second game in just over 24 hours against a Sunshine State-based divisional rival, the Detroit Red Wings looked largely listless for the first portion of the contest before mounting a comeback effort.

Unfortunately, the comeback wasn't meant to be.

The Tampa Bay Lightning, mired in a controversy of their own after the shocking trade request of superstar forward Nikita Kucherov, held off the Red Wings with a 4-2 win at Benchmark International Arena. 

Final. Back home Thursday vs Vegas. pic.twitter.com/S8aPGT3Efp

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 4, 2026

With the setback, the Red Wings fell to 7-6-3 through the first 16 games of the 2026-27 campaign. And making matters more complicated was the fact that goaltender John Gibson departed the contest after the first period; he did not return. 

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The aforementioned Kucherov picked up a pair of assist in the opening 20 minutes alone, both on goals from Brayden Point, giving the Lightning a two-goal cushion. That lead was increased to 3-0 after a tally from Anthony Cirelli near the midway point of the second period. 

At that point, the Red Wings began battling back. Forward Lucas Raymond stayed hot by scoring his sixth goal of the season just under two minutes later, followed by an early third period power play tally from J.T. Compher, cutting the deficit to a single goal. 

Pierre LeBrun Reports Dylan Larkin’s Camp Won’t Budge As Red Wings Stalemate Continues According to the latest information from NHL insider Pierre LeBrun, Dylan Larkin and his representation aren't backing down from the line they've drawn regarding his 10-team approved destination list.

While Daniil Tarasov on the bench for an extra attacker, Detroit pressed heavily for the equalizer, but fell just short; defenseman Ryan McDonaugh sealed the win with an empty net goal in the waning seconds of regulation.

Before departing, Gibson stopped 11 of the 13 shots he faced; in relief, Tarasov stopped 12 of 13 shots. Meanwhile, Andrei Vasilevskiy denied 19 of 21 attempts. 

The Red Wings return home to Little Caesars Arena to host the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday evening. 

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The Winnipeg Jets did the improbable Tuesday night, erasing a 4-0 deficit with just 2:31 to play before Dylan Samberg scored in overtime to give the Jets a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

It was a record-breaking comeback. Per the NHL, it's the latest 4-0 comeback in league history.

Tyrel Bauer got the comeback started with a goal at 17:21 of the third period. Morgan Barron added a second at 18:03. U.S. Olympic gold medalist Kyle Connor scored with one minute to go and then added the equalizer with a power-play goal at the 19:27 mark.

The Jets' historic comeback officially began 57 minutes, 21 seconds into the game. The prior record was held by the Los Angeles Kings, who began to erase their four-goal deficit after 52 minutes, 46 seconds of play in a 2007 game against the Dallas Stars.

The @NHLJets were shut out for 57:21 but Tyrel Bauer’s first career goal triggered the club’s fastest quartet of tallies to force overtime, where Dylan Samberg had the winner to complete the latest four-goal comeback victory in @NHL history.#NHLStats: https://t.co/O4b304ypDUpic.twitter.com/rqD73f5YTX

— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 4, 2026

The Jets entered Tuesday night's game having lost nine in a row, including a 7-0 thumping in their last outing. The Canadiens had won five in a row entering Tuesday's game.

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MONTREAL (AP) — Dylan Samberg scored in overtime as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a nine-game losing streak by storming back from a four-goal deficit to beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Montreal led 4-0 when Cole Caufield scored his second of the game and 10th of the season 46 seconds into the third period.

But Winnipeg scored four goals in 2 minutes, 8 seconds to tie the game with 32 seconds remaining in regulation on Kyle Connor's power-play strike, his second goal of the game.

It was the latest four-goal comeback in NHL history.

Tyrel Bauer and Morgan Barron started the rally to break Montreal goalie Jacob Fowler's shutout bid for the Jets, who were coming off a 7-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

Stuart Skinner made 18 saves, while Mark Scheifele and Dylan Demelo had two assists each.

Owen Beck and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal and Juraj Slafkovsky added two assists. Fowler stopped 42 shots. On Beck's goal, Arber Xhekaj and Florian Xhekaj became the first brothers to record a point on the same Canadiens goal since Andrei Kostitsyn and Sergei Kostitsyn on Jan. 17, 2009.

Nick Suzuki missed his sixth consecutive game with a hand injury. The Canadiens captain had played 546 straight regular-season games to begin his NHL career. He appears close to returning after practising without any obvious limitations Monday and Tuesday morning.

Winnipeg reunited its prolific top line of Scheifele, Connor and Gabriel Vilardi in search of a spark. The Jets piled on the shots and eventually broke Fowler late in the game.

Up next

Jets: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Canadiens: Host the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night.

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TORONTO (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored the winner on a power play with 6:48 left in regulation and the Utah Mammoth beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Dylan Guenther and Andrew Peeke also scored for Utah. Sebastian Cossa made 27 saves. Clayton Keller added three assists and Mikail Sergachev had a pair.

Jack Roslovic scored twice for Toronto, which got 33 stops from Sergei Bobrovsky. Auston Matthews assisted on Roslovic’s goals.

Schmaltz snapped a 2-all tie when he buried a loose puck in the crease on the man advantage after Bobrovsky made a huge stop on Keller.

Down 2-1 in the third period, the Maple Leafs tied it at 9:05 when Rosolvic moved in alone on Cossa and scored his second of the night on a backhand shot.

A two-time Stanley Cup champion signed over the summer to a big-money deal in free agency for the next three seasons, Bobrovsky entered with a 3-5-2 record, .885 save percentage and a 3.29 goals-against average.

LIGHTNING 4, RED WINGS 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored two goals, Anthony Cirelli got one and Tampa Bay beat Detroit for their seventh straight home win.

Reigning NHL MVP Nikita Kucherov had two assists in his first home game since asking the Lightning for a trade, and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 19 shots.

Lucas Raymond and J.T. Compher scored Detroit’s goals. The Red Wings pulled their goalie for an extra shooter for the final three minutes and put plenty of pressure on Vasilevskiy but couldn’t get the tying goal. Ryan McDonagh slid an empty-netter down the ice with 1 second left.

RANGERS 3, BLUES 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Fox had a goal and an assist, Dylan Garand made 32 saves, and New York snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over St. Louis.

Oliver Bjorkstrand also had a goal for the Rangers and Eeli Tolvanen scored an empty-netter and had an assist. J.T. Miller had a pair of assists.

Pius Suter scored with 59 seconds to play for the Blues to spoil Garand’s shutout bid. Joel Hofer had 28 saves for St. Louis.

The Blues went scoreless on the power play in six chances. The Rangers were 0 for 3 on the power play.

The Rangers are now 7-2 at home this season and have won seven games when leading after the first period. They allowed two or fewer goals in a game for the ninth time this season.

WILD 4, FLYERS 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, and Joel Eriksson Ek scored what proved to be the winner after a Flyers clearing attempt hit a referee as Minnesota beat Philadelphia.

The Wild scored two goals in 31 seconds in the first period. Boldy took a pass from Quinn Hughes and snapped it from the high slot past Flyers goalie Dan Vladar to open the scoring.

On the next shift, a pass from Blake Coleman hit off Porter Martone’s skate and caromed right to Michael McCarron, who wristed it past Vladar to make it 2-0.

The Flyers were unhappy with referee Kyle Rehman on the opening shift of the second period. A clearing pass from Jamie Drysdale hit Rehman and created a 2-on-1 for Minnesota. Boldy fed a pass to Erikisson-Ek for a wrister that beat Vladar to extend the lead to 3-0.

Philadelphia’s Trevor Zegras shouted at Rehman and was immediately assessed a 10-minute misconduct.

Jesper Wallstedt made 23 saves for the Wild, who extended their point streak to six games (5-0-1) and have won five straight on the road.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, PENGUINS 2

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tomas Hertl’s second goal of the night with 32 seconds left in regulation lifted Vegas past Pittsburgh.

Vegas won in Pittsburgh for just the second time in franchise history when Hertl tipped a pass from Mark Stone past Pittsburgh goaltender Arturs Silovs. The winner came shortly after the Golden Knights killed a late 5-on-3 power play.

Pittsburgh forward Tommy Novak, who scored and added an assist during a third-period rally, was called for tripping shortly after the teams returned to even strength. Hertl’s second power-play goal of the night — and the second allowed by the Penguins’ penalty kill at home — sent Pittsburgh to a third straight loss.

Adin Hill stopped 23 shots for the Golden Knights, who found their legs late a night after a shootout loss in Boston.

STARS 6, CAPITALS 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jason Robertson scored the third-fastest natural hat trick in team history to help Dallas to a victory over Washington.

Robertson’s sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the season came in a stretch of 5 minutes, 20 seconds early in the second period. His last, a snap shot from the point through traffic to make it 4-0, chased Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson with 14:17 to go until the second intermission.

Mikko Rantanen scored later in the second period to tie Robertson for the team lead as Dallas picked up points for a fifth consecutive road game.

Roope Hintz scored and added an assist, and Joel Kirvanta struck first for Dallas midway through the first period. Jake Oettinger had 20 saves.

Jordan Kyrou scored a goal and had two assists for Washington, which eventually closed the deficit to 6-5 on Ryan Leonard’s goal on a six-on-five with 1:02 remaining.

BLUE JACKETS 7, AVALANCHE 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mathieu Olivier scored 28 seconds into the game and Charlie Coyle had two goals and two assists as Columbus snapped a two-game skid with a victory over Colorado.

Coyle scored his first goal for the Blue Jackets with 7:57 remaining in the second period on a tip-in, assisted by Zach Werenski and Kent Johnson. He added a wrist shot with 8:39 left in the third, assisted by Cole Sillinger and Damon Severson.

Valeri Nichushkin, Sillinger, Ivan Provorov and Jacob Christiansen scored for the Blue Jackets.

Cale Makar and Nazem Kadri scored for the Avalanche, who had their three-game winning streak halted. Colorado was playing the second game of a back-to-back after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 Monday night.

Cam Talbot made 27 saves in the win for the Blue Jackets. Scott Wedgewood had 12 saves for the Avalanche.

DEVILS 4, OILERS 3 (S0)

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes scored two goals and had an assist, Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves to win his first home start of the season and the New Jersey Devils ended the Edmonton Oilers’ winning streak at three by winning 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday night.

Fans chanted “USA! USA!” after Hughes’ first goal, a nod to him scoring the winner in overtime to deliver gold for the U.S. at the Olympics against Canada in the final. Hellebuyck, who backstopped the Americans in Milan, was making his third start for the Devils since they traded for him.

Arseny Gritsyuk got the shootout winner and Connor Brown also scored in regulation against the Oilers, who he played with for two seasons and helped reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2024 and ’25. The Devils have won two in a row and five of their past six.

Connor McDavid extended his NHL record season-opening assist streak to 16 games with his league-leading 31st. Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl scored for Edmonton, and Tristan Jarry had his shutout streak ended after more than seven periods without allowing a goal but finished with 31 saves.

Skating in his 1,038th regular season game, Nugent-Hopkins broke a tie with Hall of Famer Kevin Lowe for the most in Oilers franchise history. Players wore T-shirts with that number and a caricature of Nugent-Hopkins on it.

JETS 5, CANADIENS 4 (OT)

MONTREAL (AP) — Dylan Samberg scored in overtime as Winnipeg snapped a nine-game losing streak by storming back from a four-goal deficit to beat Montreal.

Montreal led 4-0 when Cole Caufield scored his second of the game and 10th of the season 46 seconds into the third period.

But Winnipeg scored four goals in 2 minutes, 8 seconds to tie the game with 32 seconds remaining in regulation on Kyle Connor’s power-play strike, his second goal of the game.

It was the latest four-goal comeback in NHL history.

Tyrel Bauer and Morgan Barron started the rally to break Montreal goalie Jacob Fowler’s shutout bid for the Jets, who were coming off a 7-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

Stuart Skinner made 18 saves, while Mark Scheifele and Dylan Demelo had two assists each.

PREDATORS 4, HURRICANES 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Roman Josi and Ross Colton each had a goal and an assist to lead Nashville to a victory over Carolina.

Nick Perbix scored his first goal of the season and Adam Edstrom added a goal. Filip Forsberg had two assists and Juuse Saros made 29 saves for the Predators, winners of two straight.

Jackson Blake scored and Pyotr Kochetkov made 16 saves for Carolina, which had its four-game winning streak snapped.

The loss was the first of the season for Kochetkov, who was just the third goaltender in NHL history to win each of his first 10 games in a season.

DUCKS 5, CANUCKS 4

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Cutter Gauthier scored a hat trick for the second game in a row and Anaheim held on for a victory over Vancouver.

Mikael Granlund added a goal and two assists for the Ducks, while Leo Carlsson put away a short-handed tally and Beckett Sennecke had four assists.

Laurent Brossoit stopped 19 shots in the Anaheim net.

The Ducks came into the game with the league’s second-best power play (34%) behind only the Utah Mammoth and went 3 for 3 with the man advantage. Two of Gauthier’s goals came on the power play and Anaheim has 10 power-play goals on 12 chances over its last three games.

The Canucks got two goals from Jake DeBrusk, and one each from Liam Ohgren and Linus Karlsson. Elias Pettersson notched a pair of assists. Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen made 17 saves.

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TORONTO (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored the winner on a power play with 6:48 left in regulation and the Utah Mammoth beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Dylan Guenther and Andrew Peeke also scored for Utah. Sebastian Cossa made 27 saves. Clayton Keller added three assists and Mikail Sergachev had a pair.

Jack Roslovic scored twice for Toronto, which got 33 stops from Sergei Bobrovsky. Auston Matthews assisted on Roslovic's goals.

Schmaltz snapped a 2-all tie when he buried a loose puck in the crease on the man advantage after Bobrovsky made a huge stop on Keller.

Down 2-1 in the third period, the Maple Leafs tied it at 9:05 when Rosolvic moved in alone on Cossa and scored his second of the night on a backhand shot.

A two-time Stanley Cup champion signed over the summer to a big-money deal in free agency for the next three seasons, Bobrovsky entered with a 3-5-2 record, .885 save percentage and a 3.29 goals-against average.

The 38-year-old, who had allowed three goals or more in nine of 10 starts entering Tuesday, was helped out by some posts in the first, but could do nothing against the NHL’s top-ranked power play when Guenther shot through a screen with 12.4 seconds left on the clock in the first.

Toronto tied it at 10:20 of the second when Roslovic scored past Cossa moments after Maple Leafs defenseman Troy Stecher’s stick exploded on an odd-man rush before Peeke pushed the visitors ahead with a controversial goal at 13:42.

Peeke’s blast through traffic beat Bobrovsky at 13:42 of the second for a 2-1 lead. Mammoth center Barrett Hayton appeared to interfere with the netminder when their skates touched, but the officials ruled the sequence a good goal. The Maple Leafs then declined to challenge and risk a minor penalty.

The Mammoth will have played 13 of their first 19 games on the road before returning home on Nov. 12 against the St. Louis Blues.

Up next

Mammoth: At Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

Maple Leafs: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

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Pregame

A couple of debuts for the Penguins tonight, Justin Brazeau is in the lineup for the first time this season and the newest jersey hits the ice for the first time.

Lined up and ready to roll.#LetsGoPenspic.twitter.com/KaSkKDq5OH

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 3, 2026

The Golden Knights will match that lineup with Adin Hill in net and this group.

VGK shaking up the forward lines in Pittsburgh:

Howden-Eichel-Stone
Barbashev-Karlsson-Marner
Connelly-Hertl-Bowman
Lavoie-Dowd-Gatcomb

McNabb-Theodore
Lauzon-Andersson
Hanifin-Coghlan

Hill

— Danny Webster (@DannyWebster21) November 3, 2026

First period

The Penguins get two power plays early in the game, they don’t score on either but keep puck possession and get a few looks on net with nothing against – so that’s not nothing for them.

Hendrix Lapierre takes a penalty later in the period and the Vegas power play shows how it’s done. Mitch Marner shoots from deep and the puck kicks out on the rebound right to Tomas Hertl. That’s bad, as is the fact the closest player to Hertl is a fellow Golden Knight. Hertl lifts the puck past Arturs Silovs, 1-0.

Fun Fact: This is the first power-play goal allowed by the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena this season 😏 pic.twitter.com/b86evCgbWI

— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) November 4, 2026

Sidney Crosby makes a little overeager of a back check on Marner and takes a penalty for tripping near the end of play.

Shots are 10-7 Vegas after one. Familiar story where Pittsburgh wasn’t bad, but couldn’t cash in on their power play and the Golden Knights did which leads to the difference on the scoreboard early on.

Second period

Vegas gets nearly a full two-minute power play to start the period, the Pens handle it much better and barely let them get setup.

The Pens’ first line puts on some pressure and causes Trevor Connelly to lift a puck over the glass. Crosby sets Ville Koivunen up for a glorious chance but he shoots in wide. (Kinda wish that was Evgeni Malkin or Bryan Rust, eh?)

Rest of the period drains out. Vegas looks like a team that played in Boston last night. The Pens, well, not sure what their excuse is for a sluggish opening 40 minutes. Silovs has kept them within striking distance.

Third period

The Pens come to life early in the third, Crosby wins a faceoff against Jack Eichel in a strength-on-strength matchup. Kaeden Korczak generates a goal against his former team by throwing a point shot down that Eichel gets a piece of, but the puck rolls right to Tommy Novak who is able to knock it in from in front. 1-1.

TOMMY COMES UP BIG IN HIS 300TH @NHL GAME 👏 pic.twitter.com/UPsg7G3GxJ

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 4, 2026

The goal helps open up the game and make it more entertaining with chances at both ends. Vegas goes back to the penalty box when Blake Lizotte gets his stick chopped out of his hands. The Pens keep zone possession for the full two minutes and work a number of nice passes but can’t find a goal.

The pressure mounts and it’s Rickard Rakell who puts the Pens ahead. Novak drives strong to the net and slides a puck across the crease. The Vegas defender made a false step towards Novak, leaving Rakell wide open to almost scoop the puck to the top of the net. 2-1, 10:02 left in the game and Vegas doesn’t even have a shot on goal officially in the period.

That's goals in four straight for Raks 👏 pic.twitter.com/rOV3xS0ZHF

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) November 4, 2026

Vegas gets their first chance and they make it count. The Pens are still super-aggressive and get burnt when a pass from low to high goes past Kris Letang and Connelly has a breakaway. Connelly puts a heck of a forehand deke to tie the game at 2.

Trevor Connelly is speed 💨 pic.twitter.com/OTCG4mGYG3

— NHL (@NHL) November 4, 2026

Jeremy Lauzon gives the Pens a power play with 4:03 to go and things are looking promising. Even more so when a high-stick hits Crosby and Pittsburgh gets a long 5v3 to score the potential game winner. They don’t really even come close.

You could almost sense an even up call would come if the situation presented itself, and wouldn’t you know it that Novak gave the refs a chance to send him to the box just seconds after the Pittsburgh power play ended. They did and Vegas was looking at a late power play to make the most of it. Wouldn’t you know who won the pony. Declan Carlile has Tomas Hertl in front of the net, until he doesn’t. Hertl’s second of the night puts the Golden Knights back in front late.

HERTL POWER! 🐢

A late goal from Tomas Hertl secured the win for the @GoldenKnights! pic.twitter.com/iaDRjHbBEy

— NHL (@NHL) November 4, 2026

And that does it, no time really for a comeback effort. Pens fall in regulation.

Some thoughts

• What did everyone think of the new jerseys from seeing them on the ice? Everyone’s always got their own subjective take on it, for us it’s a forced smile and ‘looks nice’. The 60th anniversary logo super-imposed for TV on center ice was pretty cool (couldn’t put something like that down in reality?) and the blue matte helmets were a good touch. Maybe it’s just a dark blue concept jersey that wasn’t truly a replica of the past carries a little too much baggage, but hey, surely they’ll sell a few and serve their purpose.
• The good news for the Pens is their top line is in fine form. Rakell now has goals in five of his last six games, including four straight. Sidney Crosby is starting to look more like Sidney Crosby when it comes to creating chances in the last week or so. Novak played an inspired game and recorded two points. Good signs there.
• That said, the other side of the sword is those three players are the majority of the power play, and it still isn’t clicking right. ‘Fun’ little quirk of the game where they can look so good at 5v5 and not carry it over to when they should have more time and space to operate.
• To pile on, just can’t go 0-for-6 on the power play and let a golden opportunity of a 5v3 with time running out and the win just sitting there. Just can’t happen if you want to win a game.
• Further, the PK has been a strong point early in the season but giving up two goals, including one near the death of regulation, is a bitter pill to swallow. I’d still put the disappointment/anger level deserving on the power play group at least 90/10 as a split, but in the bigger picture that PK group still got picked apart (to be fair by some extremely talented stars on the other side).
• Carlile has had his minutes and role reduced, aside from inexplicably still being trotted out for the top PK group. 14:39 played tonight and two total goals against. I dunno, maybe try Ilya Solovyov or Jake Livanavage next time? Neither of them are going to fix the penalty kill but Carlile’s drifting into unplayable form at this point.
• Chinakhov did get three shots on goal, but his biggest impact in his limited 11 minutes and change was turning the puck over for a goal against. Tough sledding for him right now, might be a little harsh but it seems like he’s drifting back into ‘inconsistent Columbus’ version more this season than the sensation from the change of scenery boost seen last year.
• I’m sure Letang will get crushed for his part in the second goal against, simply for the optics of being aggressive when the Pens finally took a lead, but you know what? I don’t knock the idea behind it. It was only a 2-1 score, Pittsburgh had all the momentum and was sensing the chance to double the lead and really take control of the game. Things went off the rails when Chinakhov’s back pass got deflected up in the air and the end result stunk, but sometimes keeping the pedal down is the right idea, wrong ending. Most of the Vegas players were at the tail end of a shift there. It’s about context and situation there, if there’s 2-3 minutes left, the right play is to be conservative. Almost nine? I’m chalking that up here for any defensemen in that situation to attempt to support the attack.
• Feel rough for Silovs, gave up two power play goals scored by a former 35-goal scorer from point blank range with no resistance from the defense (those guys aren’t going to miss out on those types of chances..). Then a breakaway goal by a former first round pick known for his offense. In between, thought he was very good. Other than the first line forwards (at even strength only) can’t say too much more positive for the rest of the boys in those blue jerseys.
• Tonight kicks off four games in six days for the Pens, they played most of the game like it was already their fourth game in six nights. Then again, they have only played three times in the last 10, they looked a lot more in the rust than rest category with this performance. Perhaps getting into a more regular rhythm will do them well.
• Tough, tough ending. It was looking likely that the Pens would get one point out of this one. Even two for a while with how great they looked in the first half of the third period. Unfortunately for them, the second half of the period was rough and they end up taking another L.

This one will sting, at least the 11-4-1 Boston Bruins aren’t up next on Thursday night. Oh wait, they are.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mathieu Olivier scored 28 seconds into the game and Charlie Coyle had two goals and two assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a two-game skid with a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

Coyle scored his first goal for the Blue Jackets with 7:57 remaining in the second period on a tip-in, assisted by Zach Werenski and Kent Johnson. He added a wrist shot with 8:39 left in the third, assisted by Cole Sillinger and Damon Severson.

Valeri Nichushkin, Sillinger, Ivan Provorov and Jacob Christiansen scored for the Blue Jackets.

Cale Makar and Nazem Kadri scored for the Avalanche, who had their three-game winning streak halted. Colorado was playing the second game of a back-to-back after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 Monday night.

Cam Talbot made 27 saves in the win for the Blue Jackets. Scott Wedgewood had 12 saves for the Avalanche.

Up next

Avalanche: Host the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

Blue Jackets: Host the Dallas Stars on Thursday.

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