NHL Results: Sunday, October 11, 2026

Seattle depth proved too much for Washington to handle on Sunday night, spoiling a vintage Alex Ovechkin moment in the District. Ovechkin fired home late in the first period off a unique setup from brothers Aliaksei and Ilya Protas, but the Kraken simply refused to go away. Jordan Eberle answered with eleven seconds left in the opening frame, and after Boone Jenner tied things 3-3 just 46 seconds into the third, Seattle took complete control. Joey Daccord weathered a 33-save storm, keeping Washington at bay while Jared McCann delivered the decisive blow. With just over five minutes remaining, McCann took a feed from Brandon Montour and buried the game-winner, followed swiftly by Ryan Winterton icing it. That makes four wins in six games for the surging Kraken, who suddenly look like a legitimate offensive threat out west.

Tye Kartye wasted no time setting the tone at Madison Square Garden, finding the net just 27 seconds into the contest. Vancouver hung tough through two periods, even answering Will Cuylle's early second-period strike with a shorthanded equalizer from Elias Pettersson late in the frame. But Kartye struck again less than ninety seconds later, and the floodgates burst open in the third. Alexis Lafrenière buried a power-play marker just over a minute into the final stanza before Gabe Perreault finished off a slick feed from Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad. Cuylle capped his two-goal night midway through the third, turning a competitive tilt into a 6-2 blowout. Dylan Garand was steady when tested with 19 saves, while Kevin Lankinen endured a rough evening as New York scored on six of 25 shots. The Rangers improve to a blistering 5-2-0, while Vancouver slips to 2-5-0 and must find answers quickly before this early-season slide deepens.

Philadelphia's search for a first victory of the season crashed into a red-and-black buzzsaw as the Metropolitan-leading Hurricanes rolled to a 4-1 win. Following a cagey opening frame, Carolina blew the contest open during a frantic six-minute stretch midway through the second period. Andrei Svechnikov broke the ice off a Sean Walker feed, and former Flyer Shayne Gostisbehere doubled the lead shortly after. Christian Dvorak briefly offered the home crowd life when he solved Pyotr Kochetkov, but Sebastian Aho snatched the momentum right back just 88 seconds later, beating Joseph Woll to restore the two-goal cushion. Mark Jankowski provided late insurance in the third, leaving Kochetkov with a light 18-save workload. While Carolina looks utterly dominant atop the division at 5-1-1, the winless Flyers are spiraling at 0-5-2 and desperately need answers before this dismal autumn digresses into a lost campaign.