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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov and Hughes run the Sharks out of St. Paul
Four points from Kaprizov, 31 minutes from Hughes, a Ducks comeback in Calgary and a Sabres rout on a three-game Friday.
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Florida Panthers·
Barkov and Marchand are packing for the road trip, not playing on it
Maurice is bringing both injured forwards for morning skates because Florida won't practice again until Nov. 19, with early December the target.
Pabs · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Detroit spoils the new sweaters, Marner makes it 10 straight
The Red Wings score twice in 45 seconds to beat Florida 5-3, Colorado erases a 2-0 hole in Chicago, and Pastrnak ends it in Boston.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Easton Cowan turned one night on the Matthews line into a job
The Leafs' 2023 first-rounder has four points in three games since his promotion, and his penalty-kill minutes say the coach trusts him.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
NHL·
Columbus is listening on Voronkov, and his ice time said so first
The Blue Jackets scratched Dmitri Voronkov twice before the calls started, and the Marchenko trade raises the price of getting this one wrong.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
NHL·
Matthews ties Bure at 700 games, and only legends are ahead
Toronto's captain scored his 436th goal in his 700th game in Columbus, sixth-most ever through 700 and the most by anyone who debuted after Bure.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Matthews drives the Leafs, Zegras feeds Michkov twice
Toronto's power play scored twice to beat Askarov, Zegras assisted on every Flyers goal, and Utah held off a late Pittsburgh push.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The NHL's empty seats are a price problem, not a hockey problem
Vegas lost its first sellout and Edmonton left 2,000 seats empty for McDavid, and both teams are winning. The bill is the issue.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Calgary ends Carolina's streak, Kaprizov hits 10
Devin Cooley made 34 saves to snap the Hurricanes' seven-game run, and Kaprizov's power-play winner gave him 10 goals in nine games.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Florida Panthers·
Seth Jones is playing less and producing more for the Panthers
Since Aaron Ekblad came back, Jones has lost three and a half minutes a night and piled up eight points in four games.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Brady Tkachuk was never broken, and the Canucks are next
Twelve shots and no points through five games, then five points in two: the Bennett line was built for exactly this.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Panthers aren't overrated. They just keep going to the box
Florida leads the NHL with 99 penalty minutes through seven games, and the losses line up with the busiest nights.
Pabs · 2 min read
NHL·
Bowness wants his Blue Jackets embarrassed. Mission accomplished
After a 7-3 home loss to Florida and Mathieu Olivier's ejection, Columbus has a discipline problem a speech won't fix.
Sully · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
Florida Panthers·
Tkachuk brothers put up nine points in Panthers' 7-3 rout of Columbus
Brady's natural hat trick came in 8:03, Matthew had five assists, and a power play that entered 3-for-32 went 4-for-6.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Vilmanis isn't scoring yet, and Maurice is right not to care
One point through six games, but the rookie's minutes haven't flinched and his line with Lundell is winning the shot battle.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Schmid gets the net as tired Panthers visit Columbus
Florida plays the back half of a back-to-back with no morning skate, Markstrom's tightness and Cooper Black's first NHL recall in the mix.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Panthers turn to Schmid, call up Cooper Black for Columbus
Jacob Markstrom gets a night off after tightening up in Buffalo, and Florida isn't taking chances with its net ahead of Columbus.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Buffalo burns the Panthers, Ullmark stays perfect
Reinhart's power-play double wasn't enough in Buffalo, Ottawa's goalie moved to 5-0, and Quinn Hughes kept his streak alive in Minnesota.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Tampa owns the week, and the cats' power play owes one
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: a 3-0 Lightning, a Panthers power play at 1 for 28, an Everblades tune-up and a UCF team that still hasn't lost.
Pabs · 6 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Cam Talbot wins with a ninth team, and Columbus got him for $950,000
The 39-year-old became the first goalie to win with nine franchises, and the Blue Jackets may need him more than they planned.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Shesterkin helped off, Kraken pile six on Detroit
The Rangers lose their goalie and a four-game streak in Washington, Seattle scores four in the second, and Anaheim keeps rolling.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Montreal's four-goal comeback still loses in Pittsburgh
Tommy Novak ends a wild one in overtime, Ilya Sorokin blanks the Devils, and Connor McDavid adds the league's fastest skate to his point streak.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Lyle Odelein, the shutdown guy, dies at 58
The Blue Jackets' first captain and a 1993 Stanley Cup champion with Montreal played 1,056 NHL games across nine teams.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Shesterkin scores, McDavid hits five, and Barkov's knee
A Rangers goalie scores for the first time ever, Edmonton outlasts Vancouver 9-7, and Florida loses in San Jose with its captain hurt.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Toronto buys Marchenko, and opening night finally arrives
No games Monday, just a blockbuster: Knies to Columbus, Marchenko to Toronto at $12.5 million, and five openers tonight starting in Raleigh.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Marchenko's $12.5 million is fair now and cheap by 2029
Toronto matched McDavid's cap hit for a 26-year-old winger, and the rising ceiling is why that isn't the overpay it sounds like.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
NHL·
Marchenko to Toronto, Knies to Columbus, and the cap math that made it work
The full return: Toronto gets Marchenko, Merzlikins and Miles Wood. Columbus gets Knies, Lorentz, Andrae and a 2027 second. And Marchenko signs for $12.5 million.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
NHL·
Metropolitan Division predictions: Carolina's floor is still everyone else's ceiling
Eight teams, a Philadelphia team nobody wants to play in March, and a Pittsburgh core running out of runway.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The Ferda Room: Fantilli got paid, Larkin got a list, Florida gets Raleigh
Six writers, one table: the $82.5 million deal, a Hughes clock, Sully's grievance, the Panthers' road opener and the first locks of the season.
Ferda Desk · 8 min read
Blue Jackets stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 24 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Kent Johnson | CBJ | C | 15 | 8 | 8 | 16 | +2 | 6 | 1.07 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 23.5 | 17:49 | 0.0 |
2 Zach Werenski | CBJ | D | 15 | 2 | 12 | 14 | +6 | 0 | 0.93 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 | 28:18 | -- |
3 Charlie Coyle | CBJ | C | 15 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +2 | 8 | 0.87 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 | 19:52 | 52.8 |
4 Cole Sillinger | CBJ | C | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 8 | 0.53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 | 15:31 | 58.8 |
5 Valeri Nichushkin | CBJ | RW | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 2 | 0.53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 16:44 | 33.3 |
6 Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | D | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 | 0.47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14.8 | 22:31 | -- |
7 Matthew Knies | CBJ | LW | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 | 0.47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | 18:13 | 50.0 |
8 Adam Fantilli | CBJ | C | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0.40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 8.9 | 20:49 | 59.8 |
9 Damon Severson | CBJ | D | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +6 | 10 | 0.46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 | 22:15 | -- |
10 Mathieu Olivier | CBJ | RW | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 27 | 0.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | 15:33 | 75.0 |
11 Sean Monahan | CBJ | C | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 16:15 | 52.3 |
12 Jake Christiansen | CBJ | D | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 6 | 0.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | 14:00 | -- |
13 Dmitri Voronkov | CBJ | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 9:51 | 0.0 |
14 Emil Andrae | CBJ | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10:33 | -- |
15 Carson Soucy | CBJ | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 14:45 | -- |
16 Conor Garland | CBJ | RW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | 13:33 | 0.0 |
17 Erik Gudbranson | CBJ | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 7 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 15:31 | -- |
18 Ivan Provorov | CBJ | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 21:31 | -- |
19 Dante Fabbro | CBJ | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 14:31 | -- |
20 Danton Heinen | CBJ | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 10:10 | 47.2 |
21 Jack Williams | CBJ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 9:54 | 50.0 |
22 Luca Del Bel Belluz | CBJ | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7:40 | 32.4 |
23 Ryan Lomberg | CBJ | LW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | 8:27 | 0.0 |
24 Steven Lorentz | CBJ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8:45 | 0.0 |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
