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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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If the Rangers could put their last loss on Dylan Garand, as the rookie goaltender declared in the aftermath of Sunday’s defeat, then they can put this win on him, too.

Garand, playing in his 11th consecutive game since Igor Shesterkin’s season-ending injury and recently struggling in his audition to be the Blueshirts starter, delivered the performance the Rangers needed to snap their four-game skid in a 3-1 victory over the Blues at the Garden on Tuesday. He made 32 saves and nearly posted his second shutout of the season, allowing only a goal in the final minute of the game. And when paired with Adam Fox’s second-period goal, Oliver Bjorkstrand’s third-period tally and Eeli Tolvanen’s empty-net goal, it made the difference as the Rangers (8-7-1) took a needed step toward proving their early-season tear wasn’t a fluke.

“Felt like a long time in between wins there for our group,” Garand said. “Just really wanted to dig in and pay the price to get us a win tonight.”

At the center of that was Garand — because until Joonas Korpisalo returns and the goaltending outlook comes into focus, he remains at the center of everything for the Blueshirts. After recording a .951 save percentage over his first four appearances, Garand stumbled to an .871 mark over his next seven outings. Sunday, against the Oilers and Connor McDavid, marked another growing pain, especially in the first period.

But two nights later, Garand reminded the Rangers of his potential until the late rebound and subsequent goal from Pius Suter ruined his shutout bid. The Blueshirts took six penalties and had some other defensive lapses, but Garand flashed his glove on multiple occasions and avoided allowing rebounds to sit in high-danger areas. On one sequence in the first, Blues forward Mason McTavish got around Alberts Smits and cut toward the net — similar to McDavid for his goal Sunday, albeit at a reduced speed — before Garand stopped him.

He turned aside Jake Neighbours after the Blues forward curled in front of the net from the post in the second period. He stuffed Philip Broberg on a 2-on-1 after the defenseman snuck behind J.T. Miller. And in perhaps his signature save of the game, he denied Pavel Buchnevich in the slot while St. Louis was on the power play for the fifth time, too.

“I think this game was an important one for him,” head coach Mike Sullivan said of Garand. “He wanted to bounce back and have a solid night for the group, and he did. … He’s a competitive guy, and I think he’s proven what he’s capable of.”

Fox gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead just 1:49 into the second period with his second goal of the season, capitalizing off a smart sequence from Tye Kartye. Miller had snapped a pass to Kartye in the neutral zone, but when Kartye started to lose control when crossing the blue line, he spun around and dropped the puck for Fox to send into the net. The Blueshirts had plenty of chances — including two chaotic sequences in front of the net when Blues goaltender Joel Hofer was out of position — to extend their lead, but they couldn’t land an insurance tally until their new-look third line produced it.

Will Cuylle, playing his first-ever game at center, capitalized on an offensive-zone draw, fed the puck across to Tolvanen and then watched as Tolvanen made the extra pass to Bjorkstrand, who deposited his sixth goal of the season into an open net.

Gabe Perreault had a goal waved off with 6:50 remaining in the third after it was determined he kicked the puck, but Garand ensured the Rangers’ pair of goals, and then Tolvanen’s latest empty-net tally, were enough. It’ll take more than one game — against a Blues team the Rangers needed to earn two points against — for the Rangers to reverse their struggles of the last two weeks. It’ll take more than one outing like this from Garand to secure his place as their primary goaltender for the rest of the season.

“It’s a lot,” Garand said of his whirlwind. “Obviously, it’s my first experience going through this in the NHL, and there’s lots of things you can learn. Obviously, we play a lot of games, you know — how to manage that physically and mentally, all the noise kind of around the NHL. It’s new.”

But by the final minutes of the third period, the “Dy-lan” chants had returned from fans. This, more than anything from the last two weeks, was closer to the version the Blueshirts needed.

“That was obviously a big win for us,” Cuylle said. “We had to stop the bleeding.”

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Ben Hutton landed on Long Island on Monday night and was still catching up with the whirlwind at the end of practice Tuesday morning. Still meeting people, still getting adapted to his surroundings, still trying to catch his breath, not having had a real NHL practice yet this season. 

That’s life on a professional tryout contract, which is what Hutton — unsigned through the summer — inked with the Islanders on Monday. 

The lefty defenseman, age 33 with a résumé that includes a Stanley Cup win with Vegas in 2023, was languishing with his personal trainer and skills coach in Ottawa at this time, oh, two days ago.

Now he’s doing everything in his power to turn a 10-day tryout into a permanent contract with an Islanders club that badly needs some stability on its back end following an injury to Ryan Pulock. 

“I never really experienced something like this,” Hutton said. “I’ve been in the league for a long time now. Thought I had a good year [last season], nothing came of it. I just kept my work boots on, staying ready. Waiting for an opportunity and here we are now. Gotta make the most of it.” 

Hutton is not eligible to dress for the Islanders unless he signs an actual contract — while on a PTO, he can only practice and travel. Aside from the obvious organizational need, the reason to believe that might happen is that it was Pete DeBoer’s Golden Knights who signed Hutton in 2021. 

“He made himself an important part of that group for four or five years on a really deep defense, on a really good team,” DeBoer said. “So I think he’s versatile, he’s experienced. He was playing deep into the playoffs last year. And again, I think the situation there was, he was behind a lot of really good defensemen the last five, six years at arguably the best defense in the league, or at least in that conversation.” 

Hutton was scratched for most of the Knights playoff run last season, playing six games in the second round and once in the conference final. He profiles as a capable third-pair defenseman which, if you are the Islanders — who cobbled together a third pair of Matt Kessel and Scott Mayfield, with Kessel playing his off side, for a 4-0 shellacking at the hands of the Oilers over the weekend — sounds pretty good. 

First, though, Hutton has to catch his breath, and earn a full-time contract. One thing at a time. 

“Today was a good skate,” he said. “Trying to get my hockey lungs back there. As much as you skate one-on-one, you know the 5-on-5’s a different beast. It’s fun to be out here and get to learn the guys a little more.”

Matt Rempe didn’t hesitate. It’s “definitely been different” seeing his name in a trade rumor, something that had never happened until last week, when Sportsnet’s Frank Seravalli reported that Oilers head coach Mike Babcock is “believed to admire” the 6-foot-9 Rangers forward — and specifically linked Rempe as a potential option for a team looking to add size. 

It marked the first rumor to swirl about Rempe, who, after making the roster out of training camp, fell out of the fourth-line rotation and skated only in his third game of the season Tuesday when the Rangers hosted the Blues at the Garden. He said he’ll stay off social media to avoid the chatter and has instead focused on trying to carve out a role with the team he broke into the NHL with four years ago. 

“I don’t pay attention to that stuff,” Rempe, a Calgary native, told The Post on Monday. “That type of stuff’s all out of my control. I’m just focused on here and trying to get better and get in the lineup and make the most of those opportunities.” 

Tuesday marked a rare chance for Rempe to skate in a game this season, as head coach Mike Sullivan placed him on the fourth line alongside center Noah Laba and the recently recalled Jaroslav Chmelar. Rempe appeared in the season opener against the Bruins and then Oct. 13 against the Lightning, but he hasn’t played the past three weeks — watching instead as Sullivan searched for solutions to a fourth line that hardly played. 

Rempe’s path since the start of last season has been rocky, too. He underwent two thumb procedures following an October 2025 fight with Ryan Reaves, and the injury — and subsequent recovery — limited what Rempe could contribute with his puck movement and stick-handling. Rempe, though, reiterated in training camp that he was fully recovered, and he fought Tampa Bay’s Jeffrey Viel on Oct. 13. 

But now his future with the Blueshirts has started to become — at the very least — a bit murky with the Edmonton trade rumor, too. 

“Just don’t read into anything like that,” Rempe said. “Whatever happens happens. That’s out of your control, so you just try to focus on what you can do each day. When I’m out at the rink, I’m doing things I like to do and not paying attention to that type of stuff.” 

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It was a first period to forget for the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena.

After 20 minutes, Detroit found itself trailing 2-0 while being thoroughly outplayed, getting outshot 13-2 in the opening period.

And now, injury has been added to the insult. The Red Wings announced that goaltender John Gibson suffered a lower-body injury and would not return to the game.

UPDATE: John Gibson (lower body) will not return to tonight's game.

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

Daniil Tarasov, who played on Monday evening in Detroit's 5-3 win over the Florida Panthers, replaced him. 

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Gibson surrendered two goals to Lightning forward Brayden Point (both of which were assisted by Nikita Kucherov, who shocked fans with a trade request last week) on 13 shots.

If he's unavailable for Detroit's next game, which is Thursday evening at home against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights, expect Michal Postava to be called up once again from the American Hockey League affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins. 

Postava recently picked up his first NHL victory after having been called up under emergency conditions due to an injury to Tarasov, stopping 25 of 28 shots as part of a 4-3 shootout victory on Oct. 26. 

So far this season, Gibson, who is playing in the final season of his contract, is 4-5-1 with a 3.37 goals-against average and a .860 save percentage. 

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An intriguing name has hit the NHL waiver wire. On Tuesday, the Winnipeg Jets placed former 2022 first-round pick Brad Lambert on waivers. The 22-year-old forward has played 11 games this season and recorded one assist. 

Lambert has had an interesting career up until this point. At the start of the 2021-22 campaign, he was thought of as a top-five prospect for the 2022 NHL Draft. In the end, he struggled during his draft year, where he dropped to 30th overall before being selected by the Jets. 

After being drafted, Lambert made his way to North America, where he started his career in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose. He would play 14 games before being assigned to the WHL, where he helped the Seattle Thunderbirds make it to the 2023 Memorial Cup Final. Lambert was a point-producing machine in the WHL as he recorded 38 points in 26 games before finishing the playoffs with 26 points in 17 games. 

Since his time in the WHL, Lambert has spent the last four seasons bouncing between the NHL and AHL. His best year came in 2023-24, where he recorded 55 points in 64 games with the Manitoba Moose. So far in his career, Lambert has 106 points in 173 AHL games, along with nine points in 42 games.

This year, Lambert hasn't had many opportunities in Winnipeg. While he has played 11 games, he is averaging 9:10 of ice time with close to zero time on the power play. According to Natural Stat Trick, Lambert has created two individual high-danger scoring chances at even strength and has an xGF% of 23.59. 

Lambert is the type of low-risk bet that Ryan Johnson and his staff should be making on the waiver wire. He is a fast, offensively gifted player and is young enough to fit with the rebuild timeline. Lambert is also right-handed and has shown he can play center, which is a current need for the Vancouver Canucks. 

The good news for the Canucks is that the team currently sits at the top of the waiver wire list. This means that if Johnson and his staff feel that Lambert is worth claiming, they don't need to hope that another team claims him first. Waivers are determined by the NHL standings, which is why Vancouver currently has top priority in the order. 

With players like Lambert, a change of scenery may be exactly what they need to get back on track. It clearly hasn't worked with the Jets, which could be the Canucks' gain. If Johnson decides to claim Lambert, it could lead to another win for the organization on the waiver wire. 

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The injury situation for the Pittsburgh Penguins isn't exactly ideal right now. With Elmer Soderblom being downgraded to week-to-week and a couple of players now day-to-day - in addition to already having forward Bryan Rust on injured reserve - there is seemingly no end in sight.

However, one bright spot is that a door of opportunity has been opened for one of the Penguins' young defensive prospects.

Ahead of their home tilt against the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday, the Penguins recalled defenseman Jake Livanavage from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS). The 22-year-old left blueliner was signed to a two-year entry-level contract late last season out of the University of North Dakota. 

He is off to a hot start to his AHL career this season, registering two goals and eight points in nine games. The 6-foot, 186-pound defenseman from Gilbert, Ariz. has been quarterbacking the WBS power play and making things happen with his speed, mobility, offensive instincts, and booming shot.

Livanavage's services were deemed potentially necessary in the first place because Penguins' defenseman Kaedan Korczak, an ex-Golden Knight, is day-to-day with a lower-body injury, along with forward Evgeni Malkin. After the Penguins' morning skate Tuesday, Korczak - a right-shot blueliner - said he should be good to go for Tuesday's tilt, so it is unclear whether or not Livanavage will make his season debut against Vegas.

Penguins' Defensive Prospect Off To Hot Start In AHLPittsburgh Penguins' blueliner Jake Livanavage, signed out of the NCAA last season, has impressed in his first taste of AHL action.

Given the team's defensive woes this season, there is still a possibility that Livanavage could sub in for someone on the left side. 

He appeared in one NHL game last season, which was on Apr. 14 against the St. Louis Blues. Livanavage played more than 25 minutes and was a minus-2 in the affair.

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On Monday evening, the Detroit Red Wings took care of business against the divisional rival Florida Panthers, earning a 5-3 victory at Amerant Bank Arena in the first of a two-game road swing in the Sunshine State. 

Not only did the Red Wings get goals from veterans Alex DeBrincat and Justin Faulk, but young forwards Carter Mazur (first NHL goal), Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, and Emmitt Finnie (empty net) all tallied in what was Detroit's seventh win of 2026-27. 

The Red Wings are getting contributions from throughout the lineup, and in doing so, they've accomplished something they haven't done since the 2010-11 season, the penultimate campaign of Hall of Fame defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom's career.

For the first time in 16 years, the Red Wings have three players (Alex DeBrincat, Viktor Arvidsson and Lucas Raymond) with at least 15 points through the team's first 15 games of the season for the first time since the early goings of 2010-11, when Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk each reached the same mark. 

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DeBrincat and Raymond are two of Detroit's top offensive producers, and Arvidsson, who was signed to a two-year contract during the offseason and has effectively replaced Patrick Kane, has been a tremendous fit for the Red Wings. 

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As part of the win over the Panthers, DeBrincat scored his seventh goal of the season, while Arvidsson and Raymond added an assist each. 

Afterward, head coach Todd McLellan noted the resiliency of the group, which rebounded from what was a tough 5-4 setback against the St. Louis Blues on home ice on Saturday afternoon. 

"You've got to stay in battles and try to win as many as you possibly can, and I liked our effort and our commitment to that," McLellan said. "I thought that we got better as the night went on. I thought goalies on both sides played really well, and we won the special-teams battle.

So, at the end of the night, to win in this building, you have to have all of that - and maybe sometimes more.”

The Red Wings will now face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday evening; like the Red Wings, the Lightning are now suddenly faced with the awkward situation of their top forward requesting a trade, as Nikita Kucherov recently informed the club he wouldn't be re-signing.  

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Jarome Iginla revealed an ongoing health battle the Hockey Hall of Famer believes might be due to complications from hip surgery.

The 49-year-old former NHL great, a 600-goal scorer and two-time Olympic gold medalist, told Sportsnet he’s still trying to figure everything out.

“Unfortunately I have been battling some health issues,” he said. “Some neurological issues. I’m not entirely sure what it is, it may be from metal toxins from reaction to the cobalt hip.”

The hard-nosed forward, who twice led the NHL in goals during a 20-year career spent with the Flames, Penguins, Bruins, Kings and Avalanche, had his hip replaced a few years after his final season in 2016-17, with cobalt-chromium components. The breakdown of the material can see debris and ions enter the bloodstream, causing various health issues.

There are no concrete answers yet, however.

“I need more time to figure it all out, but I’m still hopeful that I will recover fully,” he said. “Things are slowly getting under control, thanks be to God.”

Per Sportsnet, he has been dealing with high mercury levels in his body, while also working through energy, weight and speech issues due to medications. He’s been going through testing and medical consults for over a year.

Iginla currently serves as a special advisor to Flames general manager Craig Conroy, a teammate from his days in Calgary where he rose to NHL stardom on his the strength of his scoring ability — he was one of the few sources of constant offense during the league’s “Dead Puck” era — and legendary toughness as a willing fighter when the occasion came.

He broke the 30-goal plateau 12 times in his career — twice hitting the 50-goal mark en route to 625 career tallies and 1,300 points in 1,554 games to go with 1,040 penalty minutes. He is Calgary’s all-time leader in goals (525), points (1,095), games played (1,219) and game-winning goals (83), and further cemented his status as a Flames legend during a run to the Stanley Cup Final, in which he collected 13 goals and 22 points in 23 games as the franchise came one goal short of a Game 7 comeback to the Lightning.

in 2020, he became just the fourth black NHLer to be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Since retiring in 2018, the Edmonton, Alberta native has seen his three kids all turn pro. His oldest son, Tij, was the No. 6 overall pick by the Mammoth in the 2024, while his middle child Joe was drafted by the Flames in the third round earlier this year. Daughter Jade was the second-round pick by the PWHL’s Hamilton franchise at this year’s draft as well.

Flyers can't erase 3-0 hole in loss, drop to 4-9-4 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers couldn’t overcome a three-goal deficit Tuesday night as they lost to the Wild, 4-2, at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Tyson Foerster and Denver Barkey found the back of the net for the Flyers. Barkey’s goal came on the power play 1:48 minutes into the third period, cutting the Flyers’ deficit to 3-2.

But the Flyers couldn’t convert on a power play shortly after that. Minnesota ultimately restored order and iced the game with an empty-netter.

“I feel like we’ve always competed and never quit, but we just can’t be chasing the game,” Barkey said. “Against a top team like that, it’s a lot harder to come out on top.”

Rick Tocchet’s club found itself in a 3-0 hole not even a minute into the second period. From tough breaks to tough calls, the Flyers didn’t have a whole lot go their way (more on that below).

Still, though, the Flyers (4-9-4) failed to sustain the momentum from their last effort, a 6-3 win Sunday at home over the Mammoth.

“It’s one game,” Sean Couturier said Tuesday after morning skate. “We’ve got to build on that, do that consistently. It almost has to just become automatic in our minds, in the way we play.”

Consistency has totally escaped the Flyers in the opening month-plus of the season. The Flyers have just 12 points in 17 games. Last season, they had 21 points through 17 games (9-5-3).

The Wild (11-3-3) are a Western Conference contender. The Flyers face them again Dec. 5 when they visit Grand Casino Arena.

• Dan Vladar denied 18 of 21 shots.

The Flyers had a frustrating and costly start to the middle stanza. Minnesota cushioned its lead to 3-0 just 42 seconds into the period. The Flyers were hurt by a bad bounce and then apparently some bad actions.

As Jamie Drysdale tried to play the puck up the boards, it hit one of the officials. The Wild quickly turned the favorable bounce into a goal by Joel Eriksson Ek.

Right after the play, Trevor Zegras was hit with a 10-minute misconduct penalty, forcing him to sit for half of the period. The Flyers’ forward must’ve done something to upset referee Kyle Rehman about the unfortunate bounce. He appeared to tap his stick as he skated by Rehman.

“Just a little frustrated and I can’t be doing that,” Zegras said. “I’ve known Kyle for a long time. Just a stupid decision by me.”

Tocchet didn’t excuse it, either.

“You’re showing the ref up,” Tocchet said. “Whether you’re pissed, you can’t tap the ice. You shouldn’t do that.”

In the first period, the Flyers fell into an early 2-0 hole. Matt Boldy and Michael McCarron scored for Minnesota. The goals came just 4:37 minutes into the action and just 31 seconds apart.

Boldy made it 1-0 on a great blast. McCarron added to the lead when he had a puck go off Porter Martone’s skate and right to him in the slot.

“Bad bounces happen every night,” Drysdale said. “It’s unfortunate that they directly resulted in goals against. That sucks, it’s never fun. But I felt like we had a chance, I felt like we played some good hockey, some good stretches.”

Tocchet knew the Wild’s top line of Eriksson Ek, Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov would be a handful. That trio has not been scored on at 5-on-5. It was as advertised Tuesday night.

Minnesota netminder Jesper Wallstedt stopped 23 of the Flyers’ 25 shots.

“I think we had nine or 10 scoring chances where we miss the net,” Tocchet said.

After Foerster’s second-period goal drew the Flyers to within 3-1, Travis Konecny nearly made it a one-goal deficit. He took a pass from Barkey on a 2-on-1 rush, but the Flyers’ alternate captain misfired.

“I have an open net, 2-on-1,” Konecny said. “There were a couple of looks I had in the slot. For me, I’m mad at myself. I had a lot of good looks tonight, I had zero shots. So it’s unacceptable.”

During the second period, Nick Seeler was whistled for back-to-back penalties — one for crosschecking and the other for holding. He and the fans weren’t happy with either of the penalties.

The Flyers had a chance to strike on the opening shift of the game. Zegras had a good look, but his shot went wide. Later in the first period, with the Flyers down 2-0, Martone rung the post on the power play.

A lot of missed opportunities for the Flyers.

“A game like this kills you because we had opportunities and we missed them,” Tocchet said. “Against this team, you can’t miss your opportunities.”

• Matvei Michkov recorded a secondary assist on Foerster’s goal.

Michkov has put up 24 points (14 goals, 10 assists) in his last 24 regular-season games, a stretch that dates back to April 3 of last season.

Drysdale also assisted the goal, giving him four helpers over the last two games.

Martone and Zegras assisted Barkey’s goal.

• Bobby Brink was back in Philadelphia as a visiting player for the first time since being traded at last season’s deadline.

The Flyers sent Brink to the Wild in exchange for David Jiricek. In 17 games this season, Brink has a goal and eight assists. The 25-year-old winger picked up a secondary helper on McCarron’s goal.

Brink spent parts of four seasons with the Flyers.

“To see his development as a young guy coming in to where he’s at today, a lot of credit goes to him and the way he has become a regular NHL player,” Couturier said. “I’m happy for him.”

Jiricek, a 22-year-old defenseman, was a healthy scratch Tuesday night. He hasn’t played in two weeks.

• Next up for the Flyers is a five-game road trip, which starts Thursday when they visit the Rangers (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).

“We’ve got a big road trip coming up that if we play well, it could bring a lot of energy to the group for this next little stretch here,” Zegras said. “Our game’s coming, it’s coming.”

For years, Jarome Iginla was the kind of player who seemed impossible to wear down. Night after night, he took the hits, battled through traffic and found ways to make an impact. Across 1,554 NHL regular-season games, he built a career defined by toughness, consistency and an unwillingness to back down.

Now, the hockey world is getting a much different look at the former Colorado Avalanche forward.

Iginla recently opened up to Sportsnet's Eric Francis about some health issues he's been navigating in retirement, including neurological complications that doctors are still working to understand.

"Unfortunately, I have been battling some health issues," Iginla told Francis. "Some neurological issues. I'm not entirely sure what it is, it may be from metal toxins from reaction to the cobalt hip."

The 49-year-old's health became a topic of conversation last week after a clip from Hometown Giants, Amazon Prime's new series following the Vancouver Giants of the WHL, showed Iginla speaking with a noticeably weaker voice than fans may remember.

According to Sportsnet, complications following a hip replacement surgery have led to medications that have affected his energy, weight and speech. There are also concerns about potential metal toxicity from his implant, as certain hip replacements can release metals into the bloodstream over time.

Iginla has reportedly dealt with elevated mercury levels as well. He told Francis that he and his doctors are working to bring those levels down while trying to determine whether they are connected to the suspected cobalt-related complications.

It's a lot for someone who spent so much of his life being the picture of durability. Still, Iginla hasn't lost hope.

"I need more time to figure it all out, but I'm still hopeful that I will recover fully," he said. "Things are slowly getting under control, thanks be to God."

That optimism is something hockey fans can certainly appreciate. Iginla has never been someone who shied away from a challenge, and while this fight looks nothing like the ones he faced on the ice, it's clear he's determined to keep moving forward.

Iginla's Colorado Connection

Avalanche fans have their own memories of Iginla, who joined Colorado ahead of the 2014-15 season after spending the majority of his career with the Calgary Flames.

He may not have spent as long in Denver as he did in Calgary, but he gave the Avalanche plenty to remember. One moment in particular came on January 4, 2016, against the Los Angeles Kings.

Iginla scored a power-play goal that night in a 4-1 Colorado victory, and it was no ordinary tally. After taking a pass from Tyson Barrie along the far side, Iginla drove toward the net and sent the puck across the ice. It took an unexpected bounce off Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin before finding its way into the net.

Just like that, Iginla had reached another milestone.

Gabriel Landeskog, then in his fifth season as Colorado's captain, was on the ice to witness it. It's a fitting connection between two generations of Avalanche leadership, with Landeskog still wearing the captain's C today.

Iginla's time in Colorado was just one chapter in a remarkable career. Drafted 11th overall by the Dallas Stars in 1995, he went on to become one of the most accomplished players of his generation. He scored 625 career NHL goals and recorded 1,300 points, while becoming Calgary's all-time leader in games played, goals and points.

He also represented Canada at three Olympic Games, bringing home two gold medals along the way. After stops with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings, Iginla officially retired following the 2017-18 season.

His playing career was built on an ability to endure just about anything the game threw at him. Now, fans across the hockey world are hoping he can find that same strength away from the rink.

For Avalanche fans who remember what he brought to Colorado, the hope is simple: that Iginla gets the time, answers and treatment he needs to feel like himself again.