Vegas Golden Knights (10-5-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Detroit Red Wings (7-6-3, in the Atlantic Division)

Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Detroit Red Wings after Tomas Hertl's two-goal game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Golden Knights' 3-2 win.

Detroit has a 4-4-1 record at home and a 7-6-3 record overall. The Red Wings have gone 4-1-0 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.

Vegas has a 3-2-2 record in road games and a 10-5-2 record overall. The Golden Knights have gone 2-2-2 when they serve more penalty minutes than their opponent.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Viktor Arvidsson has eight goals and seven assists for the Red Wings. Lucas Raymond has six goals and six assists over the last 10 games.

Mitchell Marner has two goals and 16 assists for the Golden Knights. Mark Stone has seven goals and five assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Wings: 6-3-1, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.

Golden Knights: 5-3-2, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.5 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.

INJURIES: Red Wings: Albert Johansson: out (undisclosed), John Gibson: day to day (lower body), Mason Appleton: out (undisclosed), Marco Kasper: out (upper body).

Golden Knights: Parker Wotherspoon: out (upper body), Victor Olofsson: out (undisclosed), Kai Uchacz: out (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Should Bruins make major trade for Dylan Larkin or Simon Edvinsson? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The Boston Bruins have far exceeded expectations this season. They enter Wednesday atop the Atlantic Division and sit in second place in the Eastern Conference with an 11-4-1 record.

So much has gone right for the Bruins through 16 games. Many of the team’s young players — most notably James Hagens, Fraser Minten, JJ Peterka, Frederic Brunet, etc. — aren’t just proving they belong in the NHL, they have been meaningful contributors at both ends of the ice.

The goaltending, led by Jeremy Swayman, has been elite. David Pastrnak is on his way to another point-per-game (or better) campaign.

The Bruins have positioned themselves well to make the playoffs, but plenty of work remains. It’s only early November.

One way for the Bruins to bolster their playoff chances for this season and beyond is to swing a big trade that addresses one of the team’s top-two weaknesses — the lack of a true No. 1 center and the need for another top-four defenseman.

It just so happens that one team, the Detroit Red Wings, could end up trading two players that fit those descriptions.

Red Wings center Dylan Larkin, a legit top-six forward, requested a trade earlier this year (it became public in June). After playing in 10 of Detroit’s first 16 games, he is now sitting out until a move happens. Red Wings defenseman Simon Edvinsson is a restricted free agent without a contract, so he hasn’t yet played this season. Both players have been the subject of many trade rumors of late.

Should the Bruins make a strong pursuit of a Larkin or Edvinsson trade? Let’s break down the latest reports and assess each player’s potential fit.

Latest rumors

Larkin

The Bruins reportedly are not on the list of 10 teams to which Larkin would approve a trade. Those 10 teams, according to TSN, include the Panthers, Wild, Golden Knights, Hurricanes, Avalanche, Stars, Devils, Lightning, Mammoth and Capitals.

This list is not set in stone, though, and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman noted this past Saturday that Larkin’s list could be altered to help a deal happen. “It’s possible Larkin may take some teams off, or possibly add some teams on,” Friedman said.

If the Bruins ever get on Larkin’s list, would they be interested?

“I know that the (Red Wings) director of pro scouting, Kris Draper, was in Boston for the Bruins versus Vegas Golden Knight game. We believe that the Bruins are no different than the Montreal Canadiens and would like to get on to Larkin’s list,” TSN’s Darren Dreger said earlier this week on Insider Trading.

“But I’m telling you as we have this conversation that his list remains status quo. It is an unchanged 10-team list.”

Dreger later added: “So, if you’re Don Sweeney in Boston or Kent Hughes of the Canadiens, you’re very eager to get involved. They believe that they have the pieces that can encourage Larkin to their cities, but that hasn’t happened yet.”

Edvinsson

Edvinsson, as a restricted free agent, has to be under contract by Dec. 1 or he won’t be eligible to play this season. So his situation has a deadline to work around. Unlike Larkin, any team that wants Edvinsson not only will have to part with premium assets to acquire him, they’ll also need to pay him a lot of money on a new deal.

How much?

“Simon Edvinsson is going to be north of Brandt Clarke, north of (Simon) Nemec, he’s in the $9 million range on a long-term deal,” Dreger said on TSN’s OverDrive earlier this week.

Dreger later added: “Boston would love to make a deal for Simon Edvinsson, probably more so than Dylan Larkin. San Jose, that speculation has been out there — Michael Misa, plus, maybe plus.”

Larkin’s potential fit and cost

Larkin, on paper, fits what the Bruins need. He would give them a bonafide top-six center who can produce at a high rate offensively. He has scored 30-plus goals in five consecutive seasons. He’s not an elite playmaker, but he’ll tally between 35-45 assists per year. Larkin is a real threat on the power play, too. He has scored at least 13 goals with the man advantage in each of the previous four seasons.

If healthy, Larkin should tally around 70 points each season. It’s not a staggering amount of scoring production, but the only Bruins player who has put up more than 68 points in any of the last four years is Pastrnak. They need another top-level forward to take some of the offensive burden off the captain.

Larkin is signed for four additional seasons (UFA in 2031) at an $8.7 million salary cap hit, which is a very team-friendly number for a player of his caliber with the cap projected to rise quite a bit in the coming years. Basically, he’s under contract for what should be his best remaining seasons.

So, Larkin would definitely be a major offensive upgrade for the Bruins.

What are some cons to a potential deal?

Well, Larkin hasn’t exactly produced in important games for the Red Wings. Last season, from March 1 through the finale, Larkin scored just two even-strength goals in 14 games. The Red Wings had a 4-7-3 record in those games and missed the playoffs by seven points. In the 2024-25 season, Larkin scored twice in the last 13 games and Detroit missed the playoffs by five points.

Larkin is also 30 years old. If the Bruins are willing to spend several of their remaining best trade assets, should they use them to get a younger player?

The cost to get Larkin likely will be very high.

The Bruins own all their future first- and second-round draft picks. They also have a first-rounder from the Maple Leafs in 2027 or (more likely) 2028. Boston has some good prospects, too, including Boston College center Dean Letourneau and North Dakota’s Will Zellers. If the Red Wings want an established center in any Larkin package, could Pavel Zacha be involved? Zacha is in the final year of his contract. Would he be willing to sign with the Red Wings? If not, it’s hard to see him being in any deal.

It wouldn’t make any sense to include James Hagens or Fraser Minten. Both of those players could be as productive as Larkin in the near future, and they’re obviously much younger than the Detroit star.

Edvinsson’s potential fit and cost

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

The Bruins can afford to pass on Larkin because they have two very talented young centers in Hagens and Minten. Matt Poitras looks like a real NHL center, too. Veteran center Elias Lindholm has been much more productive offensively as well.

The Bruins don’t have the same caliber of talent on the blue line. In fact, you could make a strong case that adding another top-four defenseman should be Boston’s top priority in looking to upgrade the roster. Hampus Lindholm is 32 years old. Nikita Zadorov is 31. Will Borgen is 29. These guys aren’t old, but they aren’t in the early stages of their prime, either.

Edvinsson is only 23 years old and already is capable of playing a meaningful top-four role. He could be a top-pairing player in the very near future. The Bruins don’t have a defenseman prospect who projects to be a top-four or top-pairing piece right now. Edvinsson is a very good defensive player who also has plenty of offensive upside. He’s 6-foot-6 and 226 pounds, and plays with plenty of speed. He’s already capable of playing 22-plus minutes per game.

The Bruins have the cap space needed to sign Edvinsson long term. The hard part is finding a trade package both sides can accept.

Dreger mentioned in the report above that Michael Misa plus another asset might be the cost for the Sharks to be in the mix for Edvinsson. A comparable Bruins player for Misa is Hagens. Both Misa and Hagens are centers and both were top seven picks in the 2025 draft.

There’s no way the Bruins should give up Hagens or Minten for Edvinsson. Can the Bruins make a deal based around draft picks, prospects and maybe an NHL defenseman?

But if the Bruins are going to spend top-tier assets to make an upgrade, pursuing a young player with loads of talent, size and upside such as Edvinsson makes the most sense.

MONTREAL (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets had every reason to stop believing.

They were down four goals in the third period, less than three minutes from a 10th straight defeat, in their fifth game in eight nights. Their coach was on the hot seat. Their season had been rocked from the start when former MVP goalie Connor Hellebuyck asked for a trade.

The Bell Centre was roaring and a Montreal Canadiens win looked certain, but Kyle Connor still had faith.

“Always,” the Jets winger said.

Connor scored twice, and Dylan Samberg won it in overtime as Winnipeg rallied for the latest four-goal comeback in NHL history on Tuesday night, stunning the Canadiens 5-4 to end a nine-game skid.

Winnipeg scored four goals in two minutes and six seconds to tie the game with 33 seconds remaining in regulation, before Samberg beat Canadiens goalie Jacob Fowler with a wrist shot at 3:30 in overtime.

“What a way to end the streak we were on,” Connor said.

The Jets had controlled most of the play before the rally but Fowler, the NHL’s rookie of the month for October, looked unbeatable. He had made 33 saves in Montreal’s win over Winnipeg at the Heritage Classic outdoor game on Oct. 25, and he stopped 42 on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old American reached back for a glove save to rob Cole Perfetti’s backhand on the doorstep with 4:34 left in regulation, at the time preserving his shutout. He made 19 saves in the second period alone, including several incredible stops on Mark Scheifele.

“That young Fowler kid, wow,” Jets coach Scott Arniel said. “That’s twice now I’ve seen him. I don’t want to see him anymore. Wow, he’s something. The stops he was making, especially in that second period.

“But really, that was the message after the first and after the second: Don’t stop.”

Jets defenseman Tyrel Bauer played his part in turning things around.

A sixth-round draft pick playing in his 10th NHL game, Bauer dropped the gloves with Canadiens heavyweight Arber Xhekaj with 9:20 left in regulation. Xhekaj fired up the crowd and was soon joined in the penalty box by his younger brother, Florian, the two grinning together on the arena’s big screen.

But the 6-foot-3, 207-pound Bauer had the last laugh, scoring his first career goal with 2:39 left in regulation to ignite the comeback.

“That’s a long, hard stretch, but this group believed in each other,” said Bauer, his fists still dripping blood after his tilt with the older Xhekaj. “We had each other’s backs in that room, the guys had my back on the ice tonight. I blacked out for the rest of it.

“I don’t know if I wanted to win a hockey game more in my life.”

Morgan Barron made it 4-2 at 18:03, with Bauer earning an assist that completed his Gordie Howe hat trick. Connor then tied it with two one-timers 27 seconds apart with the goalie pulled — the second on the power play — before Samberg finished the job.

Over in the Canadiens’ locker room, players had trouble explaining how they fell apart.

“I guess (we) thought the game was over,” said Canadiens winger Cole Caufield, who scored his second of the game early in the third period to make it 4-0. “We had a four-goal lead. There’s no excuse for this. It’s terrible.”

Head coach Martin St. Louis said the Canadiens “got what we deserved.”

“We were winning, but we weren’t outplaying them,” he said. “If you look at the game as a whole, forget the score, Winnipeg was the better team tonight.

“How the whole thing happened, that’s hard to explain. I’ve never been part of anything like that.”

The Jets entered desperate for their first win since Oct. 13, and their first since Hellebuyck’s trade to the New Jersey Devils ended a tumultuous finish to his Jets tenure.

They were coming off a 7-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday that Connor, an 11-year veteran, called a “low point” with the franchise. That loss raised questions about Arniel’s future behind the bench heading into Tuesday night’s game.

It’s a night the Jets hope they can look back on as the turning point in their season.

“I’m so happy that we won tonight and we got that win,” Arniel said. “This is November 3, this isn’t February and March. To me, we’re still in the hunt. Going into this game, we were four points out of a playoff spot in the West.

“You just gotta stay in the pack. I know it’s been a grind for us, but we just gotta stay in it. And hopefully this is the jump-start that we needed.”

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To begin their three-game Western Canada road trip, the Anaheim Ducks traveled to British Columbia to take on the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday evening. 

The Ducks were coming off a 6-3 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, hoping to return to a .500 record, and looking to avenge an overtime loss to Vancouver a week ago in which the Ducks surrendered a three-goal lead of their own late in the game.

Takeaways from the Ducks 6-3 Win over the Senators

Ducks Place Nick Jensen on Waivers

The Canucks entered on a three-game losing streak and were trying to earn just their fourth win of the year. 

Prior to Tuesday’s game, the Ducks placed forward AJ Greer on IR after sustaining an upper-body injury late in Sunday’s game against the Sens. His roster spot was filled by prospect Nico Myatovic, who made his NHL debut and was inserted into the lineup in Greer’s spot alongside Tim Washe and Sam Colangelo on the listed third line.

The rest of the lineup remained unchanged for the Ducks. Here’s how they lined up to start this one:

Killorn-Carlsson-Caulfield

Gauthier-Granlund-Sennecke

Myatovic-Washe-Colangelo

Malott-McQueen-Nesterenko

Lacombe-Helleson

Mitchell-Luneau

Mintyukov-Warren

Laurent Brossoit got the start for the Ducks in net and saved 19 of the 23 shots he faced in this game. He was opposed by Kevin Lankinen, who stopped 17 of 22. 

This game was relatively even from a 5v5 shot and chance perspective, but once again, the Ducks’ power play and star power were able to paper over a handful of defensive blunders enough to earn Anaheim two points in this one. 

Game Notes

Power Play: Anaheim’s top unit continues to scorch, scoring on all three attempts in this game. The top unit continues to grow more cohesive, creative, and deadly. They have several go-to plays for various situations, but it’s their ability to score in a variety of ways that makes all five players truly dangerous at all times.

They opened the scoring with a low-to-high-to-middle sequence that found its way to Granlund in the bumper from Sennecke at the bottom of the circle. After that goal was scored, when Sennecke had the puck at the bottom of the circle, the Vancouver PK collapsed on him, which then opened up the lane from Sennecke to Gauthier at the top of the circle, where he scored two of his three goals. 

Defensive Zone Coverage: It was clear that after their last meeting, Vancouver identified point shots and heavy traffic as a way to exploit Anaheim’s pressure-zone system, as the Ducks encourage stepping out, eliminating the short side, and blocking shots, rather than battling for position with the net-front attacker.

Until the Canucks’ fourth goal, Anaheim did a much better job of actually blocking those shots after passes went from d-to-d along the blueline, a key facet in the determination of the system’s success. Rookie defenseman Noah Warren, in particular, has taken well to the system and is properly judging how aggressive to be toward the shooter and knowledgeable of his positioning, so that his goaltender can have the best chance of seeing a shot or he himself can block it. 

Nico Myatovic: Myatovic played just 10:34 TOI in this game, mostly due to the Ducks’ reliance on the top-six and 9:02 of this game being played on special teams. He played a dependable forechecking and defensive game, which was to be expected. Numbers reflect his minutes were low-event, but he flashed moments of effectiveness on the forecheck, disrupting multiple retrievals and providing some explosive backchecking routes. 

Penalty Kill: Leo Carlsson has been inserted on the Ducks’ second penalty kill unit of late, and in this game, he led Ducks forwards in PK TOI with 3:29. He struggled when he played the role a year ago, often overcommitting to the perimeter and cheating for offense a bit, alongside Troy Terry. However, through his brief stint in the role this season, he’s more calculated with his challenges, utilizing his length and explosion to close time and space. 

He’s translating his ability to read pucks out of battles to not only gain possession for his club, but kill 10-15 seconds at a time and provide some counter-offense in the process, as displayed by his shorthanded goal in this game. He needed to progress into a more refined 200-foot product in his fourth year in the NHL, and the early returns are promising. 

The Ducks will next head to Alberta for a back-to-back on Thursday and Friday, beginning with a matchup against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday at 5 pm PST.

Takeaways from the Ducks 7-6 Loss to the Sabres

Sabres’ Olen Zellweger Ready for Return to Anaheim

Takeaways from the Ducks 6-5 OT Loss to the Canucks

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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After a night when the Rangers killed all six of their penalties, Mike Sullivan was left ruing the stick infractions that they’ve continued to commit — and that have repeatedly tested the league’s best penalty-kill unit.

The Blueshirts jumped from third to first in the NHL when their 3-1 win over the Blues ended as their success rate climbed to 90.4 percent, but they took three penalties in the first period, two more in the second and another — though Alberts Smits’ was for delay of game — in the third.

“I thought the kill was good,” Sullivan said. “I think it’s a little concerning that the type of stick infractions that we’re taking game in and game out. That’s a conversation we’ve had in between periods. I gotta think about next steps on that one, but we’ve gotta do a better job of our responsibility with our sticks.”

Dylan Garand, who made 32 saves and was less than a minute away from his second shutout of the season, saved the Rangers with some critical stops against a St. Louis power play that entered the night as the 10th best in the NHL. Scott Morrow and J.T. Miller were called for high-sticking penalties, while Noah Laba went for slashing and Jaroslav Chmelar and Mika Zibanejad were given hooking penalties.

The Blueshirts penalty kill has emerged as their definitive strength through the early portion of their season, especially as their power play continues to take shape. They’ve allowed just five goals while opponents have the man advantage all season.

But all five of their stick-infraction penalties occurred while they were either tied or protecting a one-goal lead, giving the Blues plenty of opportunities to shift the tenor of the game.

“It’s a lot to ask to have the penalty kill have to kill that many opportunities against a real good power play,” Sullivan said, “but I thought those guys that were on it did a terrific job.”

Matt Rempe didn’t hesitate. It’s “definitely been different” seeing his name in a trade rumor, which 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 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. 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 told The Post on Monday before skating 8:29. “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.”

Defenseman Sean Durzi missed his second consecutive game with an undisclosed injury, prompting Morrow — who logged 13:07 — to take his place in the lineup again. Durzi remained day to day. … With his goal and an assist on Eeli Tolvanen’s empty-net tally, Adam Fox now sits at 19 points through 16 games, and his points rank third among defensemen in the leag

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.

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.  

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- 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. 

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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. 

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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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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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