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2026-27 season ยท Thu, Oct 1

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Final/OT

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA

Luca Cagnoni scores in OT in the Sharks' season-opening victory over the Panthers

Luca Cagnoni rocketed a shot off goalie Akira Schmid at 3:14 of overtime and the San Jose Sharks opened the season with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

Final

Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC

Connor McDavid has a goal and four assists as the Oilers hang on to beat the Canucks 9-7

Connor McDavid scored a goal and had four assists as the Edmonton Oilers built a six-goal lead and held on for a 9-7 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Final

Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Guenther has 2 power-play goals in the Mammoth's 6-0 victory over the Blackhawks

Dylan Guenther scored two power-play goals, Karel Vejmelka made 15 saves and the Utah Mammoth opened the season with a 6-0 romp over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Final

Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB

Vince Dunn has a three-point night to lift Kraken over Flames, 6-1

Vince Dunn had a goal and two assists, Matty Beniers scored and had an assist, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Calgary Flames 6-1 in the season opener for both teams.

Final

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN

A fast first period sets the tone as the Wild open with a 3-1 win over Nashville

Nick Foligno and Blake Coleman scored first-period goals, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night in the...

Final

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH

Knies has 2 goals and an assist in Columbus debut as Blue Jackets beat Sabres 6-3

Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist in his Columbus debut and the Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday night for their first season-opening victory in five years.

Final/OT

Prudential Center, Newark, NJ

Olympic hero Jack Hughes scores in OT to lift the Devils over the Flyers 3-2

Jack Hughes scored with 1:37 left in overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

Final

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Igor Shesterkin becomes first Rangers goalie to score in 5-1 win over Lightning in home opener

Igor Shesterkin became the first New York Rangers goalie to score when he lofted the puck the length of the ice into an empty net, capping a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.