Welcome to another NHL Morning Review.
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Today, we will review 13 games played on October 17, 2025. That includes Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers taking on Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils in the afternoon. The New York Rangers continue their Canadian road trip with a game against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
That’s it, grab your favorite morning beverage and enjoy the NHL morning recap.
The Florida Panthers are still trying to adjust to life without Alexander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk, and they lost 3-0 to the Buffalo Sabres.
Summary of Saber Goals:
P1 7:13 – Josh Doan (1) from Tage Thompson (3) and Rasmus Dahlin (4)
P2 11:12 – Josh Doan (2) via Jason Zucker (1) and Zach Benson (5)
P2 14:20 – Irving Ball (1) vs. Alex Tuch (3) and Peyton Krebs (2)
The New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators faced off in the afternoon game, with the Islanders leading 5-4.
Summary of Islander Goals:
P2 6:50 – Emil Heineman (2) of Jonathan Drouin (3) and Scott Mayfield (2)
P2 9:57 – Bo Horvat (4) from Ryan Pulock (2) and Andres Lee (1)
P2 17:45 – Lee (1) from Maxim Shabanov (1) and Matthew Schaefer (4)
P3 6:00 – Kyle Palmieri (2) from Matthew Barzal (3) and Adam Pelech (1)
P3 18:57 – Lee (2) from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2)
Summary of Senators’ Goals:
P1 17:01 – David Perron (2) from Thomas Chabot (2) and Arthur Kaliyev (1)
P2 5:32 – Shane Pinto (7) from Drake Batherson (2) and Chabot (3)
P2 16:46 – Tim Stutzle (2) from Nick Jensen (1) and Batherson (3)
P2 18:47 – Dylan Cozens (3) from Stutzle (2)
McDavid and the Oilers lost 5-3 against Hughes and the Devils.
Oilers goal summary:
P2 18:16 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3) and Jack Roslovic (1) from McDavid (6)
P3 16:30 – Nugent-Hopkins (4) from McDavid (7) and Darnell Nurse (2)
P3 19:57 – Curtis Lazar (1) from Adam Henrique (1) and Ty Emberson (2)
Summary of Devils goals:
P2 8:07 – Jack Hughes(2) from Brett Pace(2)
P2 16:02 – Jesper Bratt (3) from Hughes (3) and Nico Hischier (3)
P3 10:37 – Connor Brown(3) from Luke Glendening(1)
P3 12:33 Hughes(3) from Blatter(4)
P3 18:53 – Dawson Mercer (3) via Hischier (4) – Empty net
The Philadelphia Flyers tied the game in the third period and defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-1 in overtime.
Wild Goals Summary:
P2 1:55 – Vladimir Tarasenko (1) from Marco Rossi (4) and Jonas Brodin (1)
Summary of Flyer Objectives:
P3 7:10 – Owen Tippett (3) from Trevor Zegras (4) and Christian Dvorak (1)
2:37 OT – Noah Cates (2) vs. Tyson Foster (3) and Jamie Drysdale (2)
The St. Louis Blues took an early lead and defeated the Stars 3-1.
Summary of Star Goals:
P3 17:42 – Mikko Rantanen (3) from Wyatt Johnston (2) and Lian Bichsel (1)
Blues Goal Summary:
P2 2:27 – Jordan Kyrou (1) via Brayden Schenn (2)
P2 13:52 – Jimmy Snuggerud (3) from Pavel Buchnevich (4) and Tyler Tucker (2)
P3 18:59 – Pius Suter (2) Unassisted – Empty net
The Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to extend their winning streak to three games. However, the Seattle Kraken had different plans, winning 4-3 in overtime.
Summary of Kraken Goals:
P1 7:29 – Shane Wright (2) via Jaden Schwartz (3) and Mason Marchment (2)
P2 14:19 – Jani Nyman (2) from Marchment (3) and Wright (2)
P3 17:44 – Vince Dunn (2) from Eli Tolvanen (1) and Chandler Stephenson (1)
3:06 OT – Jordan Eberle (4) and Joshua Mahura (1) of Stephenson (2)
Summary of Maple Leafs goals:
P1 14:56 – Morgan Rielly (2) from Auston Matthews (2) and Matthew Ness (6)
P2 16:02 – John Tavares(2) from William Nylander(8)
P3 1:21 – Tavares(3) from Nylander(9)
The Canadiens and Rangers met in an Original Six game, with the Rangers winning 4-3.
Summary of Rangers goals:
P1 11:56 – Mika Zibanejad (2) from Adam Fox (2) and Artemi Panarin (3)
P3 0:34 – JT Miller (2) from Fox (3) and Panarin (4)
P3 4:11 – Matthew Robertson (1) from Panarin (5) and Connor Sheary (2)
P3 5:51 – Panarin (1) from Zibanejad (1) and Vladislav Gavrikov (1)
Summary of Canadiens goals:
P1 1:33 – Juraj Slafkovsky (2) from Cole Caufield (3)
P1 3:42 – Nick Suzuki (1) from Ivan Demidov (3) and Brendan Gallagher (5)
P3 8:26 – Noah Dobson (1) via Jaylen Struble (1) and Josh Anderson (1)
Blue Jackets overcome adversity to defeat Lightning 3-2
Lightning Goal Summary:
P1 12:42 – Ryan McDonagh (2) from Pontus Holmberg (2) and Eric Cernak (1)
P1 16:22 – Anthony Cirelli (3) from Jake Guentzel (5) and Victor Hedman (5)
Blue Jackets Goal Summary:
P1 4:58 – Kent Johnson (1) from Boone Jenner (3) and Adam Fantilli (2)
P2 13:59 – Damon Severson (1) from Mathieu Olivier (1) and Charlie Coyle (2)
P3 1:15 – Kirill Marchenko (5) from Dmitry Voronkov (3) and Zach Velensky (3)
It was a special night for Mark Scheifele as the Jets defeated the Predators 4-1.
Predator Target Summary:
P3 18:56 – Michael Bunting (2) from Ryan O’Reilly (1) and Brady Skjei (2)
Jets goal summary:
P1 2:39 Scheifele (6) via Kyle Connor (5) and Alex Iafallo (2)
P1 10:25 – Nino Niederreiter (2) from Vlad Namestnikov (1) and Dylan DeMelo (3)
P3 5:26 – Logan Stanley (2) from Gustav Bequest (3) and Jonathan Toews (2)
P3 16:52 – Namestnikov (2) from Toews (3) and Neiderreiter (3)
The Hurricanes defeated the Kings 4-3 in overtime to remain undefeated.
Summary of hurricane goals:
P1 0:12 – Jordan Starr (2) via William Carrier and Jordan Martinuk (4)
P1 3:58 – Staal (3) from Mike Reilly (2) and Jalen Chatfield (2)
P2 3:43 – Jesper Kotkaniemi (1) via K’Andre Miller (1)
OT 1:45 – Seth Jarvis (6) via Sebastian Aho (6) and Miller (2)
Kings goal summary:
P2 4:35 – Trevor Morre (2) from Phillip Danault (2) and Joel Edmundson (1)
P2 16:04 – Andrei Kuzmenko (2) from Quinton Byfield (4) and Adrian Kempe (4)
P3 11:02 – Kevin Fiala(4) from Kempe(5)
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The Avalanche are still off to a hot start this season after defeating the Bruins 4-1.
Bruins goal summary:
P1 3:11 – Johnny Beecher (1) from Charlie McAvoy (3) and Mason Lowry (2)
Avalanche Goal Summary:
P1 7:08 – Nathan MacKinnon (5) from Artturi Lehkonen (3)
P1 10:22 – Josh Manson (1) via Brent Burns (4) and Gabriel Landeskog (2)
P3 4:14 – MacKinnon (6) from Raikkonen (4)
P3 17:23 – Martin Necas (4) from Lehkonen (5) – Empty net
Sidney Crosby led the Penguins to a 3-0 victory over the Sharks.
Penguins goal summary:
P2 7:35 – Crosby (3) from Kris Letang (1) and Rickard Rakell (3)
P3 7:02 – Anthony Mantha (2) via Justin Brazeau (1) and Evgeni Malkin (7)
P3 19:38 – Malkin (2) from Crosby (4) and Erik Karlsson (3) – Empty net
Mitch Marner scores twice, beat Flames 6-1, Golden Knights remain undefeated in regular season
Flame Target Summary:
P1 3:42 – Jonathan Huberdeau (1) from Nazem Kadri (4) and MacKenzie Weever (2)
Summary of Golden Knights goals:
P1 0:46 – Marner(1) from Ivan Barbashev(4)
P1 5:39 – Thomas Hertl (3) vs. Mark Stone (10) and Jack Eichel (7)
P1 15:03 – Stone (1) from Eichel (8)
P2 3:57 – Barbashev (2) from Kaeden Korczak (1) and Jeremy Lauzon (2)
P2 19:06 – Marner (2) from Stone (11) and Eichel (9)
P3 2:37 – Stone (2) from Hertl (3) and Eichel (10)
