NHL Games & Standings

• 000064 Oct 18, 2026 Panthers' Hat Trick Parade Is Hiding Some Standout Numbers Hat tricks dominate Florida's hot start, but Seth Jones' nine-game point total and the Tkachuks' production deserve a closer look.
• 000008 Oct 18, 2026 Raymond's Shootout Winner Gives Red Wings a Win Over Sharks Despite No Goals Lucas Raymond's shootout winner capped a late comeback over San Jose, lifting Detroit to 3-3-2 before a four-game West Coast trip.
• 000108 Oct 18, 2026 Islanders Look Clear Winners in Bo Horvat Trade as Aatu Raty Heads to Toronto Bo Horvat has settled in as Islanders captain, and Aatu Raty's waiver exit to Toronto leaves the Canucks' return from the 2023 deal looking thin.
• 000107 Oct 18, 2026 Ondrej Palat Is Quietly Winning Over Islanders Doubters Written off after a rough stretch on Long Island, Ondrej Palat has become a trusted forward for Pete DeBoer through eight games.
• 000106 Oct 18, 2026 Matias Maccelli's Fall Tests Islanders' Depth After Toronto Win Maccelli's lower-body injury and Calum Ritchie's early exit cloud the Islanders' 4-1 win over Toronto, and the Isles now face Anaheim short-handed.
• 000024 Oct 18, 2026 Kraken Defense Unravels in Sunrise as Panthers Win 8-3 Verhaeghe and Bennett both finish with hat tricks as Seattle's defense collapses in an 8-3 loss, though the Kraken still close the trip 3-1-1.
• 000066 Oct 18, 2026 Panthers Log Natural Hat Tricks in Three Straight Games, Verhaeghe Joins Rare Club Brady Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe made NHL history for Florida, with natural hat tricks in three straight games. Verhaeghe also joined a short list o...
• 000109 Oct 18, 2026 Varlamov's Shootout Night in Ottawa Says More Than the Standings Do Semyon Varlamov's 18-save effort in a 2-1 shootout loss to Ottawa matters more for his season and the Islanders' depth than the lost point does.
• 000012 Oct 16, 2026 Vegas Checking Its Way Into Transition Goals Early Vegas' commitment to the 200-foot game is producing transition goals again, and a 7-2-0 start has the Golden Knights atop the NHL standings.
• 000025 Oct 16, 2026 Kraken Gift Lightning Winner in 4-3 Overtime Loss as Montour Exits Early Seattle's giveaways and a Hedman overtime rush sank the Kraken 4-3 in Tampa, and Brandon Montour's early exit leaves the blue line thin.
• 000068 Oct 15, 2026 Panthers' Goal Spree Sets Up a Tough Test for Struggling Canucks Florida's seven-goal nights rarely lead to a letdown, and Brady and Matthew Tkachuk are chasing franchise history when Vancouver visits Thursday.
• 000110 Oct 15, 2026 Islanders Fifth-Rounder Vladimir Dravecky Is Already Drawing Top-Four Talk Guelph's Ron Davison says Islanders fifth-rounder Vladimir Dravecky can handle top-pairing minutes and run a power play. Here's why that matters.
• 000069 Oct 14, 2026 Brady Tkachuk's four-point night in Columbus shows why patience mattered Tkachuk had four points as Florida beat Columbus 7-3. The win doesn't settle the questions about the Panthers' offense, but it does reframe the early...
• 000026 Oct 14, 2026 Grubauer and Zegras Heat Up as Kraken Edge Flyers in Shootout Seattle blew a two-goal lead, then beat Philadelphia 3-2 in a shootout behind Philipp Grubauer's 24 saves and a feud with Trevor Zegras.
• 000014 Oct 14, 2026 Lafrenière Keeps Finding the Net as Rangers Face Lightning Without Shesterkin Lafrenière's fourth straight game with a goal headlines a Rangers-Lightning clash, with a faceoff mix-up and the young goaltending depth also under th...
• 000111 Oct 14, 2026 Matthew Schaefer's Minutes and Metrics Already Look Like a Norris Case At 19, Matthew Schaefer is logging 25:26 a night with elite possession numbers. Top-five Norris consideration looks realistic, but first place is a bi...
• 000112 Oct 13, 2026 Mathew Barzal Turns the Inspiration Around for Injured Islanders Star Sidelined by lingering knee problems, Mathew Barzal surprised cancer survivor Tommy Ryan on live TV and said Ryan's fight is keeping him going.
• 000113 Oct 13, 2026 Islanders' Slow Start Gets Cover From a Soft Metro Division The Islanders have looked streaky, but a Metro Division with no runaway leader gives them time to find their footing before the playoff race tightens.
• 000070 Oct 13, 2026 Vamos Gatos Night Is a Start, But Panthers Hispanic Outreach Needs More Ice Time Vamos Gatos Night on October 15 is a strong celebration, but the Panthers' LATAM Cup work points to a bigger question about how Hispanic families get...
• 000114 Oct 13, 2026 Islanders' Holmstrom Moved to Fourth Line as DeBoer Blames Expectations Pete DeBoer thinks expectations are weighing on Simon Holmstrom, so the Islanders winger has dropped to the fourth line after a slow start.
• 000071 Oct 13, 2026 Frozen Frenzy 2026: Panthers at Blue Jackets Lead All 16 NHL Games All 16 games on Frozen Frenzy Tuesday, from the 6:00 p.m. ET opener to the Bruins-Sharks finale at 11:00 p.m., with Florida at Columbus at 6:15.