NHL Results: Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Clayton Keller put on a masterclass in playmaking on Tuesday night, dishing out three assists to steer the Utah Mammoth to a gritty 3-2 road victory over Toronto. While Jack Roslovic did everything he could for the Maple Leafs—answering Utah’s advances twice off feeds from Auston Matthews—Toronto simply could not stay out of the penalty box when it mattered most. Dylan Guenther broke the ice with just thirteen seconds remaining in the opening frame on the man advantage, and after Andrew Peeke and Roslovic traded tallies in the middle frame and early third, Utah's special teams struck the decisive blow. Midway through the final period, Nick Schmaltz snapped home another Keller cross-ice feed on the power play to restore the lead for good. Sebastian Cossa shut the door from there, turning aside 27 shots to weather a frantic six-on-five push. The win lifts Utah to 10-6-0 and cements their hold on second in the Central, while Toronto must quickly find a cure for costly late-game penalties.

Montréal fans were already filing toward the exits with a comfortable 4-0 lead late in the third period, thinking Cole Caufield’s two power-play strikes had iced the night. Instead, they witnessed one of the most absurd collapses in recent memory. Winnipeg erupted for four goals in just 126 seconds to shock the Bell Centre. Tyrel Bauer, fresh off a heavyweight bout with Arber Xhekaj, sparked the uprising at 17:21. Morgan Barron followed 42 seconds later, and Kyle Connor took over from there. The Jets sniper struck twice in a 27-second span, knotting the score on the man advantage with only 33 ticks remaining on the clock. Jacob Fowler had stood tall with 42 saves, but he had no answer when Dylan Samberg crept down from the point at 3:30 of overtime to bury the dagger. It was a staggering theft for a sputtering Jets squad that suddenly has all the belief in the world heading into the remainder of their road trip.

Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov needed less than thirteen minutes to tilt the ice completely in Tampa Bay’s favor. Point opened the scoring on the power play midway through the first period, then doubled the cushion five minutes later with his second of the night, both orchestrated by vintage Kucherov setup work. When Anthony Cirelli tucked home a rebound midway through the second to make it 3-0, Detroit looked buried. Credit the Red Wings for pushing back with real bite, ramping up the physicality with 37 hits on the night. Lucas Raymond quickly answered Cirelli’s marker, and J.T. Compher brought Detroit within one on an early third-period power play. Andrei Vasilevskiy stood tall against the late surge, however, stopping 19 of 21 shots before Ryan McDonagh sealed the 4-2 victory with an unassisted empty-netter with just one second remaining. The win lifts the Lightning to 20 points, keeping them firmly in third place in a loaded Atlantic Division as they continue their November homestand.

Dylan Garand came within 59 seconds of a pristine shutout at Madison Square Garden, turning aside 32 of 33 shots to anchor New York’s 3-1 victory over St. Louis. After a scoreless, physical opening frame, Adam Fox broke the deadlock just under two minutes into the second period, jumping into the rush to bury a feed from J.T. Miller. The Rangers ran into discipline trouble with 12 penalty minutes, but Garand stood tall against heavy pressure, outdueling Joel Hofer at the other end. Oliver Bjorkstrand provided breathing room midway through the third, and Eeli Tolvanen put the game out of reach with a late marker off another crisp Fox setup. Pius Suter finally solved Garand with a consolation tally in the dying minute, spoiling the clean sheet but not the celebration. The win pushes New York to 8-7-1 and third place in the Metropolitan Division, building much-needed defensive momentum as their homestand rolls on.

Thirty-one seconds was all the Central-leading Wild needed to take complete control in Philadelphia. Matt Boldy opened the scoring four minutes into the game before Michael McCarron doubled the advantage on the very next shift. When Joel Eriksson Ek made it 3-0 just forty-two seconds into the middle frame—prompting a frustrated ten-minute misconduct for Trevor Zegras—Minnesota appeared headed for a runaway victory. Credit the struggling Flyers for refusing to fade quietly. Tyson Foerster finally solved Jesper Wallstedt late in the second, and Denver Barkey snapped home a power-play marker early in the third to slash the deficit to one. Wallstedt held firm through the ensuing push, finishing with 23 saves on 25 shots, before Danila Yurov took a feed from Kirill Kaprizov with under two minutes remaining to ice the 4-2 result. The win pushes Minnesota to an impressive 11-3-3, and with their young goaltender dialed in, the Wild look every bit like serious contenders heading into the weekend.

Tomas Hertl picked the absolute best time to deliver his second power-play goal of the night, silencing Pittsburgh with only thirty-five seconds left in regulation. After a grinding, scoreless middle frame, the third period erupted into pure chaos. The Penguins erased Vegas’s early lead when Tommy Novak scored just over a minute into the final stanza, followed midway through by Rickard Rakell’s go-ahead tally. Pittsburgh smelled an upset, but that advantage lasted just eighty-one seconds before Trevor Connelly knotted things at two. Then came heartbreak for the hosts. With overtime looming and a late man advantage in hand, Jack Eichel and Mark Stone worked the puck to Hertl, who beat Arturs Silovs cleanly for the dagger. Adin Hill stopped 23 shots to lock down the victory, aided by a heavy Vegas forecheck that out-hit Pittsburgh 29-9. The Golden Knights keep rolling at 10-5-2, while the reeling Penguins must quickly regroup before this skid deepens.

Jason Robertson turned Capital One Arena into his personal shooting gallery early in the second period, scoring a natural hat trick in just five minutes and twenty seconds to power Dallas to a wild 6-5 victory. Robertson's blitz—striking on the power play twenty-three seconds in, then adding two even-strength tallies—put the Stars in complete control with a 4-0 cushion. But the Capitals refused to fold quietly. Jordan Kyrou, Boone Jenner, and Jakob Chychrun all answered before the second intermission, turning an apparent blowout into a barnburner. Roope Hintz restored brief breathing room for Dallas early in the third, finishing a setup from Robertson to make it 6-3. That insurance proved vital. Justin Sourdif cut the deficit midway through the frame, and Ryan Leonard buried a rebound with sixty-two seconds left to set up a frantic six-on-five finish, but Jake Oettinger barred the door in the dying seconds. The Stars survive to claim their ninth win, though they will want to tighten up defensively before hitting the ice again.

Nobody saw this kind of blowout coming in Columbus, where the Blue Jackets turned in an absolute demolition of the Avalanche with a 7-2 rout. Charlie Coyle ran the show with a four-point performance, but Mathieu Olivier set the tone just 28 seconds into the opening frame with a lightning-fast opener. Cale Makar briefly steadied Colorado midway through the first, but the roof caved in during a devastating second period. Jacob Christiansen and Cole Sillinger struck before Coyle and former Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin tallied 39 seconds apart to cap a four-goal surge. Colorado netminder Scott Wedgewood had a night to forget, stopping just five of nine shots as Columbus scored almost at will. Cam Talbot was rock-solid at the other end with 27 saves, leaving the frustrated Avs with little room to mount a comeback despite a late power-play marker from Nazem Kadri. Columbus will look to carry this newfound offensive swagger into Thursday, while Colorado faces some serious soul-searching on defense.

Jack Hughes took over Newark for a breathless 45 seconds in the middle frame, and it proved just enough to push New Jersey past the Pacific-leading Oilers. After Evan Bouchard opened the scoring for Edmonton, Hughes engineered a three-goal Devils outburst in the second period. First, he set up Connor Brown on the power play, then struck twice himself in a frantic 45-second span — once at even strength and again on the man advantage — to flip the night upside down. Edmonton refused to fold. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins pulled one back late in the frame, and Leon Draisaitl hammered home a Connor McDavid feed just one minute into the third to force overtime. Tristan Jarry stood tall with 31 saves to drag Edmonton into extra hockey, but the shootout belonged to Arseni Gritsyuk, whose slick finish sealed a dramatic 4-3 victory. Now sitting at ten wins, New Jersey is proving it can punch with the league's true heavyweights.

Even the NHL-leading Hurricanes can run into a brick wall, and his name is Juuse Saros. The Finnish netminder turned aside 29 of 30 shots to steer Nashville to an emphatic 4-1 victory over Metropolitan-pacing Carolina. Nick Perbix opened the scoring late in the first period off a slick feed from Filip Forsberg, who then set up Roman Josi early in the second to double the lead. Jackson Blake pulled one back midway through the middle frame off a setup from Logan Stankoven, giving Carolina momentary life, but Saros shut the door on any comeback hopes. Nashville reasserted control five minutes into the third when Adam Edstrom buried a Josi setup, and Ross Colton added late insurance with under a minute remaining. Pyotr Kochetkov endured a frustrating night at the other end, beaten three times on just 19 shots. For Nashville, taking down the league's most dominant club proves their veteran leaders can still dictate terms when everything clicks.

Cutter Gauthier picked the perfect night for a hat trick, leading Anaheim through an absolute slugfest in Vancouver. Between five fighting majors and a combined 84 penalty minutes, the Ducks found their rhythm on special teams. Playmaker Beckett Sennecke orchestrated the attack with four assists, feeding Gauthier for a pair of power-play tallies before the winger completed his trio early in the third period. Leo Carlsson also chipped in a shorthanded marker to pad the lead. Vancouver refused to go quietly, however. Jake DeBrusk struck twice inside a four-minute span midway through the final frame, transforming a comfortable cushion into a frantic finish. Laurent Brossoit stood firm under late pressure to lock down a chaotic victory that pulls Anaheim back to .500 and leaves the reeling Canucks buried at 3-13-1. If Tuesday’s boiling tempers were any indication, their next divisional clash will be unmissable theater.