Bruins Rout Predators 6-0, Leafs Edge Rangers 5-4 in NHL

Updated 06:30 UTC, Oct. 23, 2026: full slate completed

Correction and completion: the first version of this roundup was filed before the late games ended. It covered five games and called Thursday a five game night. The full slate had 12 games. The roundup now covers all 12 finals, and the seven late results are added below the original report.

In Edmonton, the Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 in a shootout after trailing by two goals in the third period. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each scored two goals and added three assists. McDavid tied the game with 1:28 left and the goalie pulled, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who also scored in regulation in his season debut, got the only shootout goal. McDavid has 31 points in 10 games. He joins Mario Lemieux, Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky as the only players to reach 30 points in 10 games or fewer. Devon Levi made 22 saves. Jackson Blake, Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, Logan Stankoven and Juuso Valimaki scored for Carolina, and Brandon Bussi made 16 saves.

In Dallas, Roope Hintz tied the game with two minutes left in regulation and scored on a breakaway with 1:13 left in overtime, giving the Stars a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Wyatt Johnston scored his first goal of the season and added an assist. Jake Oettinger stopped 17 shots. Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor scored for Winnipeg, and Stuart Skinner made 35 saves in the loss.

In St. Louis, defenseman Justin Barron had a goal and three assists, a career night, as the Blues beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2. Dylan Holloway scored twice and added an assist. Jimmy Snuggerud, Mason McTavish and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for St. Louis, and Joel Hofer stopped 27 shots. Brett Howden and Jack Eichel scored for Vegas.

In Elmont, Brandt Clarke scored at 2:43 of overtime and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 3-2. Artemi Panarin scored twice for Los Angeles, and Darcy Kuemper made 41 saves. Victor Eklund and Matthew Schaefer scored for the Islanders, who have points in five straight games.

In Seattle, the Kraken beat the Utah Mammoth 5-3. Utah tied the game at 3-3 in the third period on two goals from Logan Cooley, before Mackie Samoskevich put Seattle back in front for good. Jordan Eberle and Brandon Montour each had a goal and an assist, Matty Beniers also scored, and Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves.

In Calgary, the Flames beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 behind 36 saves from Devin Cooley. Michael McCarron scored in the third period for Minnesota. In Vancouver, Lucas Raymond scored twice and added an assist as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Canucks 5-2, scoring three times in the first period.

Boston and Pittsburgh shut out their opponents, Toronto won a nine goal game at home, San Jose scored six in Ottawa and New Jersey handled Anaheim on a 12 game Thursday night in the NHL.

The widest win came at TD Garden, where the Boston Bruins beat the Nashville Predators 6-0. David Pastrnak scored two goals and added two assists. Charlie McAvoy had four assists. Michael DiPietro stopped all 28 shots for his first career shutout. Boston scored twice in each period. Casey Mittelstadt opened the scoring at 3:49 of the first period, Elias Lindholm made it 2-0 on a power play at 16:38, Pastrnak and JJ Peterka scored in the second, and Mark Kastelic and Pastrnak again scored in the third. The Bruins improved to 8-2-1 and extended their point streak to seven games at 6-0-1. Nashville fell to 3-3-3 and has lost four of its last five. Justus Annunen made 25 saves in his first start of the season.

In Pittsburgh, the Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 to end a four game losing run. Nick Robertson scored twice, at 15:19 of the first period and into an empty net at 17:34 of the third. Hendrix Lapierre scored at 9:59 of the second and added an assist. Evgeni Malkin scored at 1:40 of the third and also had an assist. Arturs Silovs made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season. Pittsburgh had gone 1-6-1 in its previous eight games. Florida was shut out for the first time this season, one night after a 5-1 loss at Ottawa. Cooper Black made 17 saves in his NHL debut for the Panthers. At 6 foot 9, Black became the tallest goaltender in league history.

Toronto gave home fans the closest game of the night, a 5-4 win over the New York Rangers at Scotiabank Arena. Easton Cowan and Teddy Blueger scored in the first period around a goal from Mika Zibanejad, and Toronto led 2-1. The second period brought five goals. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Tye Kartye put New York ahead, Brandon Duhaime tied the game at 3-3, and Kirill Marchenko sent Toronto into the third period up 4-3. The Rangers tied the game late in the third. Troy Stecher then scored with 28 seconds left, off passes from Morgan Rielly and Duhaime, to win it. Toronto's fourth line, Blueger, Duhaime and Zack MacEwen, combined for seven points after recording none in the team's earlier games. Adam Fox had four assists for New York. Toronto outshot the Rangers 35 to 25 and improved to 6-4. New York fell to 7-4.

San Jose won 6-2 at Ottawa despite being outshot 42 to 28. Yaroslav Askarov made 40 saves for the Sharks. San Jose scored three goals in the second period to take control. Collin Graf and Jacob Trouba each had a goal and an assist, and Kiefer Sherwood set up two goals. Tim Stutzle and Jordan Spence scored for Ottawa. Fabian Zetterlund put nine shots on goal for the Senators and came away with one assist.

New Jersey beat Anaheim 4-1 in Newark. Arseny Gritsyuk scored at 4:38 of the first period, his fifth goal of the season and his fourth straight game with a goal. Nico Hischier scored on a power play at 19:19 of the first, also his fifth. Tim Washe cut the lead to 2-1 at 8:20 of the third for Anaheim. Anthony Mantha restored the two goal lead at 13:27, and Jack Hughes scored into an empty net at 19:53. Jesper Bratt had two assists and Nico Daws made 16 saves. New Jersey improved to 6-4-0 and has won four of five. Anaheim fell to 4-6-0 and has lost five in a row after a 4-1-0 start. Ville Husso made 25 saves for the Ducks.

What it means

Two shutouts on the same night underlined the gap between the early contenders and the teams chasing them. Boston has points in seven straight games. Toronto keeps winning close home games on scoring depth rather than star turns, and on Thursday that depth was its fourth line. For Florida and Anaheim, the lesson was the opposite. Florida played its second game in two nights and did not score. Anaheim has followed a strong opening week with five straight losses.

What happens next

The Ducks play at Philadelphia on Saturday, and the Devils host Los Angeles the same day. The Panthers play at Chicago on Sunday. Boston, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Ottawa and San Jose all return to the schedule this weekend as the early standings take shape.