NHL Results: Saturday, October 24, 2026

With Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale lining up against their former club, and Cutter Gauthier hearing boos in Philadelphia, this matchup carried plenty of emotional baggage. It did not take long to boil over. A first-period brawl involving A.J. Greer gifted the Flyers consecutive power-play goals from Matvei Michkov and Porter Martone. Yet Anaheim refused to fold. Leo Carlsson catalyzed the response midway through the second, finishing a Gauthier feed to kickstart a wild back-and-forth. Tristan Luneau delivered a statement night with three points, scoring two minutes into the third period before Beckett Sennecke snapped home a power-play marker five minutes later to stretch Anaheim's lead to 5-3. Michkov answered with his second of the night to keep the building tense, but Lukas Dostal shut the door with 28 saves to seal a gritty 5-4 Ducks victory. Anaheim will look to ride this offensive surge toward the .500 mark as their road trip rolls on.

New Jersey's smothering team defense and timely depth scoring were on full display Saturday night, deepening the early-season misery for the Los Angeles Kings. After forty minutes of tight-checking hockey, Scott Laughton finally gave the visitors life late in the second, converting passes from Adrian Kempe and Anders Lee. That lead lasted less than three minutes before Anthony Mantha restored parity for the Devils off a slick dish from Jesper Boqvist. The decisive blow arrived midway through the third period. Defenseman Brett Pesce crept into the slot and sniped home a feed from Luke Evangelista to put New Jersey in front. With just over a minute on the clock and Los Angeles pressing, Arseni Gritsyuk capped a two-point night by burying a rush orchestrated by Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt. Jake Allen needed only 12 saves behind a locked-down Devils system, sending the slumping Kings to a deflating 2-5-2. New Jersey rolls on at 7-4-0, looking firmly entrenched in the Metropolitan playoff picture.

A tight, physical slugfest through forty minutes turned into absolute chaos in the third period at TD Garden, where Boston showed why they sit atop the Atlantic. After Dmitry Orlov handed San Jose a 3-2 lead on the power play four minutes into the final frame, the Bruins flipped the switch. David Pastrnak sparked the rally midway through the period before rookie James Hagens buried the go-ahead goal just forty seconds later. Fraser Minten, who claimed first-star honors with a multi-point night, capped the three-goal surge with a power-play strike to make it 5-3. Will Smith answered immediately for San Jose, burying a feed from Macklin Celebrini only 27 seconds later to keep hearts racing, but Will Borgen finally sealed the 6-4 victory with 28 seconds left on the clock. Between two heavyweight bouts and ten combined goals, this felt far more like May than late October. Now 9-2-1, the resilient Bruins show no signs of slowing down.

Drake Batherson turned Saturday night into his personal showcase, capping a four-point evening with a late hat-trick goal to steer Ottawa past the Rangers in a wild 7-4 slugfest. The Senators stormed out to an early two-goal cushion through Batherson and Tim Stützle before New York mounted a furious second-period push. Will Cuylle struck shorthanded, and goals from J.T. Miller and Alexis Lafrenière dragged the Blueshirts back to within one before the intermission. Dylan Garand endured a rough outing in the New York crease, however, and Ottawa refused to buckle under the pressure. Jake Sanderson restored breathing room midway through the third, and though Pavel Dorofeyev answered to set up a tense finish, Michael Amadio buried the dagger with just over a minute remaining before Batherson added the final flourish. It was Ottawa at their abrasive, high-octane best, delivering 34 hits to solidify second spot in the Atlantic. Now the question is whether they can sustain this furious pace on the road.

Just when Nashville thought they had stolen two points behind Juuse Saros's 34-save masterclass, Pittsburgh snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. With 1:06 left on the clock, Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson orchestrated late chaos, feeding Rickard Rakell for a dramatic equalizer to force overtime. The Predators had controlled the rhythm for long stretches. Steven Stamkos struck midway through the first period, and though Connor Dewar answered 18 seconds into the second, Jayden Struble promptly put Nashville back in front. But Saros could only hold the fort for so long against Pittsburgh's persistent pressure. Then came the heroics in the extra session. Deep into three-on-three overtime, Ville Koivunen delivered the dagger, taking a feed from Hendrix Lapierre and beating Saros with 1:16 remaining to seal a 3-2 win. Nashville drops to 3-3-4 as their extra-time woes deepen with a fourth OT defeat, while the Penguins will try to bottle this late-game resilience for the road ahead.

Revenge tasted sweet for Alex Tuch on Saturday night. The former Sabre haunted his old club with a two-goal performance, capping Washington's resilient comeback with an overtime dagger. Buffalo stormed out of the gates with early strikes from Jack Quinn and Josh Doan to take a 2-0 lead midway through the first period, but Tuch pulled the Capitals back into the fight before the intermission. Dylan Strome then took over the middle frame, burying two consecutive goals to nudge Washington ahead 3-2. Noah Ostlund answered early in the third period for Buffalo, snapping home the equalizer off a feed from Owen Power to force the extra session. After Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen turned aside several dangerous Washington rushes, the dam finally broke with 1:18 remaining in three-on-three play. Strome found Tuch cutting toward the net, and the winger finished it off to seal a thrilling 4-3 victory. Now 6-4-0, Washington carries plenty of momentum forward, while Buffalo will rue another squandered multi-goal cushion.

Adam Fantilli needed less than a minute of overtime to flip the script against one of the West's best. With Vegas down a skater early in the extra frame, the young center buried a crisp power-play feed from Charlie Coyle and Kent Johnson just 59 seconds in, securing a gutsy 2-1 upset for Columbus. The Blue Jackets owed this one to Cam Talbot. The veteran netminder was sensational, turning aside 26 of 27 shots as Vegas pushed the pace for long stretches. Columbus struck first midway through the opening period when Denton Mateychuk joined the rush, but Tomas Hertl leveled things with under three minutes left in the frame. From there, Talbot and Carter Hart traded clutch stops through two scoreless periods of heavy, physical hockey. Johnson finished with two primary helpers, but it was Fantilli's lethal finish that delivered Columbus its biggest win of the young season. The Blue Jackets will look to carry that momentum forward as they fight to climb out of the Metropolitan basement.

Twenty seconds in the middle frame were all the Carolina Hurricanes needed to tear a scoreless grind wide open in St. Louis. After a cagey opening twenty minutes, Sean Walker finished off a slick feed from Sebastian Aho early in the second period, and before the Blues could catch their breath, Jesperi Kotkaniemi buried another just twenty seconds later. Logan Stankoven piled on late in the frame off Seth Jarvis's second helper of the night, turning what had been a tight road duel into an absolute clinic. Pyotr Kochetkov handled the rest, tracking pucks through heavy traffic to turn aside all 24 shots he faced for a spotless shutout. Nikolaj Ehlers tacked on a power-play dagger early in the third, ensuring Joel Hofer's 35-save effort for St. Louis went unrewarded. Sitting pretty atop the Metropolitan Division with a 9-2-2 record, Carolina looks every bit like a well-oiled machine ready to punish anyone who blinks against their suffocating forecheck.

Edmonton might be perched atop the Pacific, but Toronto delivered a brutal reality check in Alberta with a 7-2 dismantling of the Oilers. Anthony Stolarz set the tone early, turning aside 30 shots to frustrate a high-flying Edmonton attack that threw 42 hits but generated little finish. Jack Roslovic cracked the game open late in the first period before setting up Auston Matthews five minutes into the second, sparking a Leafs avalanche that Tristan Jarry could not contain. Leon Draisaitl tallied twice off Connor McDavid feeds to briefly offer hope, yet William Nylander snuffed it out with a pair of third-period strikes, including a power-play marker. By the time Vinni Lettieri capped the rout with 31 seconds remaining, the Oilers looked completely deflated. With Toronto climbing firmly into third in the Atlantic, Edmonton faces a sudden test of resilience to see if this blowout is a one-off stumble or a sign of deeper defensive cracks.

Dmitry Simashev picked quite the stage for his first career two-goal night, capping an electric Utah comeback against a heavyweight Tampa Bay squad. The Lightning came out flying, leaning on early strikes from Jake Guentzel and Pontus Holmberg before Brayden Point buried a power-play marker during a chaotic five-goal opening frame. When Conor Geekie pushed Tampa's lead to 4-2 early in the second period, the visitors seemed in total command. Utah refused to fold. Anders Lee trimmed the deficit midway through the second before Simashev hammered home the equalizer with three minutes left before the intermission. After a grueling, scoreless third, the drama peaked in sudden death. Just 1:44 into overtime, goaltender Karel Vejmelka kickstarted an odd-man rush that Barrett Hayton fed right onto the tape of Simashev, who beat Dennis Hildeby cleanly. The dramatic victory vaults the resilient Mammoth into first place in the Central Division, proving this fiery start is anything but a fluke.

Joel Farabee put on a masterclass in Calgary, driving the Flames to a commanding 4-1 victory over Detroit with a three-point performance. After Farabee opened the scoring late in the first period, Andrew Copp briefly drew the Red Wings level early in the second. That deadlock lasted only six minutes before Calgary’s young core took over. Dynamic defenseman Zayne Parekh hammered home a power-play marker midway through the frame, sparking a three-goal blitz. Ryan Strome tucked in a rebound before rookie Matvei Gridin buried another man-advantage tally in the dying minutes of the period to blow the game wide open. In net, Devin Cooley turned aside 28 of 29 shots, looking completely unfazed even as Detroit pushed physically late, culminating in a spirited bout between Jake Middleton and Ben Chiarot. The Flames snap a frustrating skid with their most complete effort of October, and if this youthful power play keeps humming like this, Calgary might finally be turning a corner.

Kirill Kaprizov wasted precisely twenty-six seconds establishing Minnesota's dominance in Seattle, and the Wild never truly looked back. While rookie Berkly Catton managed to level the score midway through the opening frame for the Kraken, the second period turned into an absolute blitz. Blake Coleman broke the deadlock just over two minutes into the middle stanza, followed by a blue-line strike from Olli Maatta and a slick finish by Joel Eriksson Ek, who capped a dynamic two-point night alongside Kaprizov. Minnesota dismantled Seattle with relentless forechecking, outshooting the hosts 36-24 while Jesper Wallstedt delivered a poised 23-save performance in net. Coleman added an unassisted exclamation point late in the third to seal an emphatic 5-1 rout. The victory lifts Minnesota into second place in the Central Division, underscoring their rising contender status in the West. If the Wild can bottle this suffocating five-on-five efficiency, their upcoming road swing through western Canada could yield plenty more points.