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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
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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
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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
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Crosby took Ray Bourque's record, and Boston has to clap
Sidney Crosby's 1,112th assist with Pittsburgh passed Bourque for the most with one franchise, and he did it 84 games faster.
Sully · 3 min read
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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
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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
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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·
Gord's Notebook: Hughes stays, Nikishin signs, and Edmonton's net is next
Minnesota's extension is a press release away, Carolina won the staredown at $3 million, and the Flames keep winning their way out of a sell-off.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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The Ferda Room: Hellebuyck is a Devil, and Florida forgot the puck
New Jersey won the two-month goalie auction, the Panthers were outscored 9-1 on the road, and last week's locks went 2-4.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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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·
Dubas is open for business, and Karlsson is the Penguin who moves
Pittsburgh's new owners want younger, four veterans are in play, and only one of them has a contract built to move fast.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Maurice called it arrogance and softness. The puck only says arrogance
Florida threw more hits in two blowout losses than in three straight wins, but 23 giveaways in Pittsburgh tell the real story.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Panthers are the NHL's most shorthanded team, and it's costing them
Florida has been shorthanded 46 times in 11 games, the most in the league by our count, with Chicago and Winnipeg next on the trip.
Pabs · 3 min read
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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
Florida Panthers·
Panthers give Cooper Black nothing in a 4-0 loss at Pittsburgh
The power play went 0 for 4, Matthew Tkachuk's point streak ended at nine, and Florida dropped the back half of a back-to-back.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Cooper Black gets his NHL debut in Pittsburgh on a back-to-back
Markstrom is out with an upper-body injury, so the 6-foot-8 rookie starts against a Penguins team that has lost four straight.
Pabs · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Ottawa wins the Brady grudge match, Knuble doubles up
Florida takes 44 penalty minutes and loses 5-1 in Ottawa, Cole Knuble scores twice in Buffalo, and the Panthers turn around in Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Khusnutdinov extension is fair if the shooting holds up
Boston gives the 24-year-old winger three years at $3.95 million starting in 2027-28, more than four times his current cap hit.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Cooper Black is the Panthers' seatbelt for the Ottawa-Pittsburgh back-to-back
Florida recalled Black from Charlotte with Markstrom one game back from injury, and the goalie numbers make the split easy: Markstrom in Ottawa, Schmid in Pittsburgh.
Pabs · 3 min read
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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
Florida Panthers·
Cole Reinhardt is back, and the Panthers' fourth line needs his shot
Florida recalled Reinhardt and sent Lafferty to Charlotte, and the winger is expected to debut Wednesday in Ottawa, where his pro career began.
Pabs · 3 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Hellebuyck's Friday, Larkin's clock, and Pittsburgh starts selling
Friedman's four Hellebuyck teams, a studio clock on Larkin, the Leafs shopping with premium assets, and why Norris's minutes are the real Buffalo rumor.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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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
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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
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Ice Breaker: MacKinnon goes for four, and Boston’s power play bails it out
MacKinnon had a goal and three assists as Colorado erased a 2-0 hole, and the Bruins scored on three straight power plays in Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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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
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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
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Bedard is back, and Chicago's power play needs him yesterday
Connor Bedard is trending toward his season debut against Pittsburgh, his first game as captain and his first beside Patrick Kane.
Sully · 3 min read
NHL·
Penguins plug a hole with Ryan Johnson, and Buffalo buys a long shot
Pittsburgh lands a former first-round defenseman for Caleb Jones and Wisconsin product Daniel Laatsch a day after losing van Riemsdyk.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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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
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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
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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
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Ice Breaker: Draisaitl's four helpers sink the Ducks, Jets steal one late
Edmonton scores five straight in the second at Anaheim, Kyle Connor beats Colorado with a minute left, and Tom Wilson runs Washington past Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The Flyers are 0-2-2, and Joseph Woll earned both points
Philadelphia has been outshot 158-77 through four games, its power play is 0-for-11 and the goalie is the only one doing his job.
Sully · 3 min read
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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
NHL·
Ovechkin's last lap is already running on 13 minutes a night
He told the Capitals this season is his last, and two games of usage say Washington's plan for him was already changing.
Marcus Lind · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Stützle sinks the Bruins, Oettinger takes a paid nap
Ottawa wins in Boston, Tampa smothers Philadelphia, Winnipeg answers in nine seconds and Dallas blanks San Jose on 13 shots.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Gord's Notebook: Edvinsson wants out, Edmonton shops sideways, Canada needs a GM
Fifteen items after week one: Edvinsson's trade wish, Edmonton's lateral move, Hughes and Crosby in no hurry, and four candidates for Team Canada.
Gord Tremblay · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Ducks' power play sinks the cats, Marchand returns
Anaheim went 3 for 4 with the man advantage, Winnipeg did the same in Detroit, and Seattle buried Calgary 6-1.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Penguins stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 26 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Erik Karlsson | PIT | D | 16 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 | 23:17 | -- |
2 Tommy Novak | PIT | C | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 | 16:02 | 35.9 |
3 Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0.79 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21.4 | 16:59 | 40.0 |
4 Kaedan Korczak | PIT | D | 16 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 18:19 | -- |
5 Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 8 | 0.63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14.3 | 19:18 | 51.9 |
6 Rickard Rakell | PIT | RW | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 4 | 0.56 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | 19:40 | 42.9 |
7 Hendrix Lapierre | PIT | C | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 | 0.58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | 12:13 | 42.0 |
8 Nick Robertson | PIT | LW | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | +8 | 4 | 0.44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 21.2 | 12:59 | 100.0 |
9 Samuel Girard | PIT | D | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 2 | 0.54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 19:07 | -- |
10 Ben Kindel | PIT | C | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 2 | 0.46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 | 17:04 | 42.4 |
11 Kris Letang | PIT | D | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 8 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 | 20:06 | -- |
12 Blake Lizotte | PIT | C | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 13:36 | 44.4 |
13 Bryan Rust | PIT | RW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 4 | 0.71 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 | 17:22 | -- |
14 Connor Dewar | PIT | C | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 4 | 0.31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 | 13:36 | 32.4 |
15 Declan Carlile | PIT | D | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 11 | 0.31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 | 18:46 | -- |
16 Ville Koivunen | PIT | RW | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 8 | 0.36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16.7 | 13:58 | 66.7 |
17 Egor Chinakhov | PIT | RW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 | 0.33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 15:22 | 0.0 |
18 Filip Hallander | PIT EDM | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 10:15 | 50.0 |
19 Spencer Stastney | PIT | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 17:18 | -- |
20 Andrei Kuzmenko | PIT | LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 12:44 | -- |
21 Elmer Soderblom | PIT | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 11:25 | 100.0 |
22 Justin Brazeau | PIT | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 10:02 | -- |
23 Avery Hayes | PIT | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 12:43 | 100.0 |
24 Ilya Solovyov | PIT | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 16:14 | -- |
25 Rutger McGroarty | PIT | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 13:40 | 25.0 |
26 Trevor van Riemsdyk | PIT | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 18:48 | -- |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
