Saturday, October 10, 2026

Full night on the NHL ice

The NHL served up a jam-packed Saturday with shootouts, overtime, and standout performances across North America.

Saturday night brought a packed NHL slate, including shootout finishes, hat tricks, and strong goaltending performances. Vancouver visited New Jersey, where the Devils took control on special teams for a 4-1 win over the Canucks. Linus Karlsson opened the scoring on a Vancouver power play, but New Jersey answered with four straight, featuring two goals and an assist from Nico Hischier and a strong outing in net from Jake Allen, who made 20 saves for the win.

Boston rolled past Philadelphia 5-1 at TD Garden, powered by Fraser Minten's three-point night and supported by Jeremy Swayman's 14-save effort. In Colorado, William Nylander recorded five points and Auston Matthews had four as Toronto stormed to a 6-3 victory over the Avalanche.

The night also saw several close calls decided after regulation. Ottawa erased an early deficit to edge Nashville 3-2 in a shootout on Shane Pinto’s clincher. Montreal’s Jacob Fowler and Detroit’s Daniil Tarasov dueled in a scoreless tie, with Zachary Bolduc netting the lone shootout marker for a 1-0 Canadiens win. Rickard Rakell scored in the shootout to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 victory over Dallas.

Elsewhere, Kirill Kaprizov tallied a hat trick to lead Minnesota past Florida 4-1. Edmonton got two third-period goals to pull away from San Jose in a 3-1 road win, with Vasily Podkolzin named the game’s first star. Utah won its visit to Buffalo 4-1, pulling away after the first period, while Carolina downed Chicago 5-2, highlighted by Jackson Blake’s two-point effort.

Anaheim notched a 4-2 win at Calgary behind a key shorthanded goal from Ryan Poehling and a sturdy night in net from Ville Husso. St. Louis came back from two down to defeat Columbus 5-3, with Jimmy Snuggerud scoring twice and Dylan Holloway recording three assists.

Vegas capped things off with a 2-1 overtime win over Los Angeles, as Mitch Marner scored the power-play winner and added an assist in the extra frame.

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NHL · Final · TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers

Boston Bruins

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Pavel Zacha, Mason Lohrei, Marat Khusnutdinov, Casey Mittelstadt, and Fraser Minten scored for Boston.
Porter Martone had Philadelphia's lone goal.
Jeremy Swayman made 14 saves for the Bruins; Dan Vladar stopped 27 of 32 for the Flyers.
Three stars: 1. Fraser Minten (3 points), 2. Marat Khusnutdinov, 3. JJ Peterka.

NHL · Final · Prudential Center, Newark

Vancouver Canucks

New Jersey Devils

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Linus Karlsson opened for Vancouver on the power play.
New Jersey replied with two goals from Nico Hischier, plus markers from Jesper Boqvist and Jesper Bratt.
Jake Allen made 20 saves for the win; Leevi Meriläinen and Kevin Lankinen combined for 33 saves for the Canucks.
Three stars: 1. Jake Allen, 2. Nico Hischier (2 G, 1 A), 3. Jesper Bratt.

NHL · Final · SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers

San Jose Sharks

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Mattias Ekholm, Vasily Podkolzin, and Alex Formenton scored for Edmonton.
Macklin Celebrini netted San Jose's only goal.
Tristan Jarry stopped 19 of 20 for the Oilers; Yaroslav Askarov had 17 saves for the Sharks.
Three stars: 1. Vasily Podkolzin, 2. Macklin Celebrini, 3. Connor McDavid.

NHL · Final · Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild

Florida Panthers

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Kirill Kaprizov scored three times with an assist for Minnesota. Matt Boldy added a goal.
Matthew Tkachuk tallied Florida's only goal.
Jesper Wallstedt made 29 saves for the Wild.
Three stars: 1. Kirill Kaprizov (hat trick, 4 points), 2. Matt Boldy, 3. Matthew Tkachuk.

NHL · Final · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Utah Mammoth

Buffalo Sabres

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Utah got goals from Kailer Yamamoto, Nick Schmaltz, Anders Lee, and John Marino.
Tage Thompson scored for Buffalo.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 23 of 24 for Utah.
Three stars: 1. John Marino, 2. Anders Lee, 3. Kailer Yamamoto.

NHL · Final SO · Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings

Montréal Canadiens

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Red Wings vs. Canadiens | NHL Highlights | Oct 10, 2026

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Scoreless regulation and overtime; Zachary Bolduc scored the only shootout goal.
Daniil Tarasov (DET) and Jacob Fowler (MTL) each stopped all 30 shots in regulation.
Three stars: 1. Jacob Fowler, 2. Daniil Tarasov, 3. Zachary Bolduc.

NHL · Final SO · Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa