ELMONT, NY -- The New York Islanders found themselves down 2-1 late in the third period, but a dramatic comeback saw them score twice in 29 seconds to win 3-2 in regulation in front of the home crowd.
First, it was Matthew Schaefer from the point for his second goal of the night with 1:03 to play in regualtion. He tried to find Anders Lee's stick in front but Zach Werenski's stick sufficed:
The Islanders comeback with 1:07 to play in regulation was the latest comeback win in franchise history.
The win gave the Islanders their second-straight victory as they are now 6-5-1 on the season. Up next is the Boston Bruins, who they host on Tuesday night at 7 PM ET.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Matthew Schaefer and Simon Holmstrom scored 29 seconds apart late in the third period, helping the New York Islanders rally for a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.
David Rittich made 20 saves in New York’s second straight win.
Miles Wood and defenseman Denton Mateychuk scored for Columbus, which beat St. Louis 3-2 on Saturday for its fourth consecutive win. Elvis Merzlikins made 36 saves.
Schaefer tied it at 2 with his second goal of the game with 1:07 to go. Holmstrom tapped a loose puck past Merzlikins with 38 seconds left for his fourth of the season.
Merzlikins slammed his stick over the crossbar in frustration after Holmstrom’s goal.
Mateychuk backhanded the puck past Rittich at 12:10 of the third for his third goal, lifting the Blue Jackets to a 2-1 lead. Kirill Marchenko and Sean Monahan assisted.
Schafer opened the scoring 5:53 into the first, rifling a shot past Merzlikins on the power play. The 18-year-old Schaefer has 10 points in 12 games since the Islanders made him the first overall pick in this year’s NHL draft.
Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri assisted. Horvat leads the Islanders with 13 points, including seven goals.
Columbus tied it at 1 on Wood’s fourth goal at 15:19 of the second.
The Islanders were coming off 3-1 win at Washington on Friday night, finishing a 1-2-1 road trip.
Columbus has won six of eight since a 1-3-0 start.
Up next
Islanders: Host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.
Blue Jackets: Visit the Calgary Flames on Wednesday to continue five-game trip.
The Buffalo Sabres have had some success with their top picks in the Kevyn Adams era, with Jack Quinn, Owen Power, Isak Rosen, Jiri Kulich, and Zach Benson all part of the current club’s roster, but part of the indictment of the current Sabres development is that only one player of the 39 selected outside of the first round in the last five drafts (Tyson Kozak) has played an NHL game.
At the 2023 NHL Draft in Nashvile the Sabres appear to have hit it big with Zach Benson 13th overall, but the jury is still out on second rounders Anton Wahlberg, Maxim Strbak, and third rounder Gavin McCarthy. Fourth rounder Ethan Miedema was not signed after two years and is no longer Buffalo property.
Here is a quick update on the remaining players selected in 2023:
Scott Ratzlaff – G – 141st overall
Last season, Ratzlaff finished 23-19-4, with a 3.16 GAA and .910 save % with the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds. After the Sabres signed veteran Alexandar Georgiev and he accepted an AHL assignment, the club demoted the 20-year-old to the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL, where he has started 3-0, with a 1.29 GAA and ,966 save %.
A physical specimen at 6’4”, 205 lb., Keohane came out of Dexter Southfield Prep in Massachusetts and was slated to play a full season in the USHL with Tri-City before heading to Harvard, but after 16 games, the 20-year-old shifted to West Kelowna in the BCHL to get more playing time. Last season, he played 11 games for the Crimson and finished with two assists, this season he is scoreless in one game.
Norwin Panocha – D – 205th overall
Drafted out of Berlin in the DEL, the 6’2”, 190 lb. defenseman opted to come to North America and play for Chicoutimi in the QMJHL. In 52 QMJHL games, Panocha had 15 assists. The 20-year-old also played for Germany at the WJC in Sweden and in Ottawa last January. After being dropped by the Sagueneens, he was selected by Prince Albert in the CHL Import Draft but played only 3 games for the Raiders before he was dropped again.
After a brief stop playing in the USHL, Panocha returned home to play for Berlin, where he finished with two assists in 16 DEL games. This season, he has two assists in 15 games with the Polar Bears.
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The Cardinals are 2-5. By tomorrow night, they could be 2-6. For now, however, they're not looking to parlay current contracts into future draft picks.
Per a league source, the Cardinals have been generally rebuffing trade interest.
Here's one reason. Their five losses have come by a total of 13 points. All seven Cardinals games have been decided by one score. They can still turn it around, starting with a win at Dallas that would move them to 3-5.
Could that change with a loss on Monday night to the Cowboys? If it does, the Cardinals won't have much time to make something happen. The window for trades closes at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
‘He got me an absolute ripper,’ says Kangaroos star Cameron Munster
A pitch invader who lined up alongside Australia’s rugby league players while the national anthem played at the weekend’s Ashes match in Liverpool has been arrested.
Daniel Jarvis, a serial prankster, allegedly escaped the attention of security before kick-off in the second Test against England, slipping undetected on to the pitch to link arms with Kangaroos star Cameron Munster as Advance Australia Fair played.
During the game, Malkin slashed Winnipeg forward Logan Stanley on the hands, and he was fined $5,000 - the maximum allowable under the CBA - for the slash.
Malkin, 39, has been fined on four different occasions throughout his career, and he has also been suspended by the league twice for slashing and cross-checking infractions. He has three goals and 18 points in 13 games this season.
The Toronto Marlies and Maple Leafs center David Kampf is taking time away from the team to consider his future with the Maple Leafs organization, as reported by Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman on 'Saturday Headlines'.
Ahead of the 2025-26 season, Kampf was demoted from Toronto’s NHL roster, as it’s clear his finesse game is not what Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube wants to see out of his team.
The road that could be ahead for Kampf could be rockier than he envisioned when he signed a four-year, $9.6-million contract with Toronto in 2023. As a matter of fact, it’s precisely Kampf’s contract that’s pushed him into limbo.
When a salary cap hit of $2.4 million, while only generating five goals and 13 points last season, there are going to be younger, hungrier players who’ll do the same job for more than a 50 percent cut in pay.
It’s no accident that rugged left winger Sammy Blais, who earns $775,000 against the cap, was going to jump him on the Leafs’ depth chart after the team claimed him on waivers on Oct. 6.
This is what MLSE CEO and president Keith Pelley was talking about when he said Berube was going to play a larger role in the roster decisions that GM Brad Treliving was ultimately responsible for.
This is the result of prioritizing the physicality Blais brings over the defense-minded and less physical style that Kampf employs. And as the Leafs have gotten grittier, it became apparent at the end of last season that Kampf no longer was a fit.
Indeed, Kampf played only 59 games last season – and more tellingly, one appearance in the playoffs – because he wasn’t the player Berube wanted on the Leafs’ fourth line. In addition, Kampf averaged a career-low 12:24 of ice time in the regular season.
The acquisition of veteran Nicolas Roy from the Vegas Golden Knights last summer made Kampf even more expendable. Plus, if Kampf isn’t going to be in the lineup with veteran centers Scott Laughton and Steven Lorentz injured, with an opening on Toronto’s fourth line, he’s most definitely not going to be in the lineup when they’re healthy.
The problem is, very few teams want to take on that kind of money for that type of player. That’s why, when Kampf was waived before the regular season began, there were no takers for him. Too many players can do what he can do for far cheaper than what he’s getting.
Other NHL players have come to a crossroads with their teams and mutually agreed to terminate their contracts when no trade could be arranged for them.
Terminating a contract is a more abrupt move than a contract buyout would be, but it at least gives a player a chance to find a team that will value his skills and keep him in hockey’s top league.
Ultimately, Kampf is feeling the repercussions of signing a contract that has proved to be too rich for even the Leafs. It's not entirely Kampf’s fault for being where he is right now, but he does have to own it.
Barring some catastrophic injuries to more Leafs forwards, Kampf is going to be in limbo until he comes to terms with needing a change of scenery. He wouldn’t be the first NHL veteran to discover their contractual value isn’t what it had been only a few years prior, and he won’t be the last.
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The Detroit Red Wings have been without forward Patrick Kane since he suffered an upper-body injury during their 2-1 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 17.
Shortly before Dylan Larkin's overtime game-winning goal, Kane slid awkwardly into the boards behind the net and skated slowly back to the bench favoring his shoulder.
He had officially been designated as day-to-day by head coach Todd McLellan, though he's been able to skate.
While there was hope that Kane would be able to join the Red WIngs at some point on their five-game road swing which continues with a Sunday evening tilt against the San Jose Sharks, that hope has now been dashed.
Per Max Bultman of The Athletic, who is on the trip with the club, Kane will not be available for the duration of the road swing.
Following their contest against the Sharks, the Red Wings have one game remaining on the road on Tuesday evening against the Vegas Golden Knights before they return home to play the New York Rangers on Nov. 7.
Just as he did last season, Kane had been playing on Detroit's second line combination with Alex DeBrincat and Marco Kasper.
With three goals and two assists in the five games that he's appeared in, Kane had been producing at a point-per-game pace.
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Week 10's drama-filled recap. How did all of the Week 10 upsets affect the upcoming CFP rankings release? Plus, the guys talk all things Auburn and Hugh Freeze.
The Ducks will celebrate Día de Muertos on Sunday during their game against the New Jersey Devils. They will have their first three-game win streak of the season if they beat the Devils.
Anaheim has won four of its last five games, the sole loss being a tightly-contested affair against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which saw them concede the go-ahead goal in the final five minutes of the third period.
Leo Carlsson and Troy Terry have registered points in all five of those games, with Carlsson matching a career-high for points in a game (4) in Friday’s 5-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings.
“I think we’re doing the right things to score goals,” Terry said. “The exciting thing is I think we can be even better.”
The Ducks recorded shorthanded goals in consecutive games, scoring one apiece against the Florida Panthers and the Red Wings. After killing six out of seven penalties on Friday, they’ll face another tough task in the Devils’ top-2 power play.
“We’ve got a lot of smart hockey players,” Terry said. “I think we're just learning to when to be aggressive when teams are maybe in tough spots and when to push, when to maybe not get dragged out. That’s a good power play they have over there. I know they got one, but I think (the penalty kill) has been a bright spot for us all year.”
November begins a murderer’s row-esque collection of opponents for the Ducks, who face the 9-3-0 Devils on Sunday and the reigning Cup champion Panthers on Tuesday. This is followed by two road matchups against the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights before a return home to face the Winnipeg Jets, the second game of a back-to-back (SEGABABA).
Ducks Projected Lines
Chris Kreider - Leo Carlsson - Troy Terry Cutter Gauthier - Mason McTavish - Beckett Sennecke Nikita Nesterenko - Ryan Poehling - Alex Killorn Ross Johnston - Jansen Harkins - Frank Vatrano
Jackson LaCombe - Drew Helleson Olen Zellweger - Jacob Trouba Pavel Mintyukov - Ian Moore
Lukáš Dostál (projected)
Devils Projected Lines
Stefan Noesen - Jack Hughes - Jesper Bratt Ondrej Palát - Nico Hischier - Arseny Gritsyuk Timo Meier - Juho Lammikko - Dawson Mercer Paul Cotter - Luke Glendening - Brian Halonen
Jonas Siegenthaler - Dougie Hamilton Brendan Dillon - Luke Hughes Dennis Cholowski - Šimon Nemec
Hugh Freeze kept telling us he was close. He probably thought that sounded like a reason for Auburn to keep him. No, it became another reason to fire him.
Ohio State and Indiana keep taking care of business. Texas A&M and Alabama look like the SEC's best. But beyond them, what do we really know about other highly ranked teams in college football?
The Flyers heard some boos Sunday night as they stumbled to a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Flames.
The displeasure at Xfinity Mobile Arena was justified.
It was a really disappointing weekend for Rick Tocchet’s club. The Flyers (6-5-1) were swept in a back-to-back set on home ice and scored just three goals over the two losses. They fell to the Maple Leafs, 5-2, Saturday night.
“Our will is being tested right now and we need some guys to step up, leadership,” Tocchet said. “I’m an honest guy, I’m not ripping our players, but we need some guys to get some will. I think we’ve had a couple of guys, the last two or three games, that are accepting, ‘It’s just another hockey game.’
“The fans pay a lot of money here to watch games. I don’t think we gave them a half-decent product the last two games. I think it was kind of a boring game. It falls on myself, I’ve got to get these guys to start to show some will. The Flyer fans, if they see some will, they’ll cheer you on. If they don’t, you’re going to get booed.”
• After his team’s loss Saturday night, Tocchet took accountability for the Flyers’ reluctance to shoot the puck and play around the net.
“It was the focus of our meeting this morning, it was the whole meeting,” Konecny said.
Prior to Sunday night’s game, Tocchet said the club wasted about 10 opportunities to create action in front against Toronto.
“I call it easy ice,” the head coach said. “We don’t want easy ice; we want the hard ice, the hard ice is around the net.”
The Flyers entered Sunday night with the NHL’s second-fewest shots per game at 24. Before the start of the third period against the Flames, the Flyers had only nine shots and were trailing 1-0.
“Just playing on the outside,” Sean Couturier said. “We have guys that are really talented, pretty skilled, but we’ve got to find a way to get to the inside, get to the net.”
Tocchet tried shuffling his lines in the third period, but it didn’t change much. Konecny found the back of the net directly off a draw to give the Flyers some life with 5:40 minutes left.
However, Calgary was able to close the door.
“It was an ugly game,” Tocchet said. “I feel bad for the fans. It wasn’t a fun game to watch.”
The Flames cracked him early in the second period just after the Flyers came up empty on a power play. Jonathan Huberdeau sent a shot through some bodies and past Kolosov’s blocker side, top shelf.
Huberdeau then struck again in the third period with a redirection to make it 2-0.
“They got their two goals from screens and a tip,” Tocchet said. “That’s what we’re looking for; they did it twice and they scored.”
Calgary netminder Dustin Wolf denied 17 of the Flyers’ 18 shots.
