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NHL·
Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 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
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Sunrise scores ten, Tampa loses Kucherov's signature
The Panthers swept Winnipeg with a power play that finally works, Kucherov asked out across the bay, and the Everblades' perfect start ended with a shutout.
Pabs · 6 min read
NHL·
Gord's Notebook: Kucherov's price, Edvinsson's deadline, and Guerin won't beg
Kucherov asked for $20 million and got slow-walked, Detroit has a Dec. 1 clock on Edvinsson, and Winnipeg's captain said the word changes.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
NHL·
Kraken give up on Shane Wright, grab Matthew Wood
Seattle sends its 2022 fourth overall pick to Nashville for a winger with teeth, betting both struggling prospects just needed a change of scenery.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The Ferda Room: Kucherov asks out, Larkin walks out, Florida wins out
Tampa's MVP wants a trade and the room splits on when BriseBois should deal him, while the Panthers sweep a 13-goal week and Gord stays perfect.
Ferda Desk · 9 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: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Montreal isn't on Larkin's list, and Detroit's price is the problem
The Canadiens keep circling Dylan Larkin, Simon Edvinsson's Dec. 1 clock is ticking, and Detroit's interim GM has to blink somewhere.
Gord Tremblay · 3 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: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Kucherov passed Stamkos, and it took him 192 fewer games
Nikita Kucherov's 1,138th point came on a Saturday assist in Utah, and a Panthers lifer has to admit what it means.
Pabs · 3 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
NCAA·
Gophers sweep No. 3 North Dakota, and Wyatt Cullen arrives
Minnesota went from winless to sweeping its oldest rival in 48 hours, capped by a Predators first-rounder's hat trick at Mariucci.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 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
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Gord's Notebook: Rangers won't panic, Hellebuyck wavers, Montreal chants for Larkin
Seventeen items after week two: New York's patience in net, the first crack in Winnipeg, ten teams calling Detroit and a chant at the Bell Centre.
Gord Tremblay · 5 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·
Montreal sold Jayden Struble at the right time, for the right price
A 2027 second-rounder for an eighth defenseman whose minutes were falling, while Nashville gets a cheap left shot and his RFA rights.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Panthers win ugly in L.A., Matthews erases a 3-0 hole
Florida wins in regulation without a power-play goal, Toronto rallies past Nashville, and Lafrenière's hat trick leans on two empty nets.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Minors·
Five CHL grads debuted in week one, and one was a first-rounder
Jiříček, Warren, Trudeau, Bauer and Lombardi all got NHL sweaters, and three of them went in the fourth round or later.
Tommy Kessler · 2 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·
Ice Breaker: three fights, two shutouts and a Bruins comeback
Boston steals one in Winnipeg, Joel Hofer and Dylan Garand post shutouts, and Alex Tuch scores twice before Carolina wakes up.
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·
Central Division predictions: Colorado's still the class, but the fight for third just changed
Eight teams, a Utah team nobody saw coming this fast, and a Winnipeg number that's about to catch up to itself.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: 71 players on waivers, then it finally counts
No games, just a cutdown: eight Panthers among 71 waived Sunday, four goalies on the wire, and Florida opens in Raleigh Tuesday.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Preseason's over, and Carolina already looks ready for Florida
Tampa beats Florida's kids in a shootout, Carolina blanks Nashville 6-0 before Tuesday's opener, and Lindgren stops 36 in Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Hot Sauce: Bob's a Leaf now, and Anaheim gave up 10
Five graded takes from a week with three fights in 24 seconds, a 5-1 lead that vanished in Greensboro, and Tampa's stars minus-2 against camp invites.
Sully · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Carolina erases 5-1, and San Jose scores 10
The Hurricanes win in Greensboro with three seconds left, Stenberg gets a hat trick, and DeBrincat fights and scores the OT winner.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Primeau steals one, Isles erase three, Stenberg arrives
Ten preseason games: the Panthers lost a shootout to a Carolina backup, the Islanders came from 3-0 down, and the No. 2 pick played 22 minutes in his debut.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Predators stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 25 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Filip Forsberg | NSH | LW | 16 | 5 | 14 | 19 | +2 | 6 | 1.19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | 20:26 | 50.0 |
2 Roman Josi | NSH | D | 16 | 2 | 16 | 18 | +4 | 12 | 1.13 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4.4 | 25:29 | -- |
3 Ryan O'Reilly | NSH | C | 16 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 10 | 1.06 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 24.1 | 21:07 | 60.3 |
4 Steven Stamkos | NSH | C | 16 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 6 | 1.06 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 23.1 | 18:42 | 60.7 |
5 Adam Edstrom | NSH | C | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 0 | 0.44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 23.1 | 15:07 | 33.3 |
6 Ross Colton | NSH | C | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0.44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 | 13:18 | 100.0 |
7 Adam Wilsby | NSH | D | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | 19:47 | -- |
8 Alexander Kerfoot | NSH | C | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 4 | 0.38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | 16:21 | 47.1 |
9 Brady Skjei | NSH | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 2 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 19:58 | -- |
10 Jonathan Marchessault | NSH | RW | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 | 16:37 | 33.3 |
11 Nils Hoglander | NSH | LW | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 6 | 0.31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | 10:23 | 50.0 |
12 Jack Drury | NSH | C | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | 17:11 | 48.3 |
13 Shane Wright |  SEANSH | C | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | 14:08 | 47.9 |
14 Matthew Wood | NSHSEA | RW | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 14:17 | 36.0 |
15 Nick Perbix | NSH | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 6 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 18:26 | -- |
16 Jayden Struble |  MTLNSH | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 7 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 14:52 | -- |
17 Mavrik Bourque | NSH | C | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | 16:01 | 41.5 |
18 Reid Schaefer | NSH | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0.22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10:47 | 50.0 |
19 Vitali Pinchuk | NSH | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 0.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 8:29 | 35.0 |
20 Daemon Hunt |  MINNSH | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 13:41 | -- |
21 Jack Ahcan | NSH | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 7:36 | -- |
22 Nicolas Hague | NSH | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 17 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 16:34 | -- |
23 Ilya Lyubushkin | NSH | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 16:11 | -- |
24 Ryan Ufko | NSH | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15:27 | -- |
25 William Trudeau | NSH | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9:11 | -- |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
