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Today, we’ll look at the scores from 10 NHL games played on December 9, 2025. That includes a game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning. and a late-game battle between the Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabers.
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Shorthanded lightning spurt, Canadiens 6-1
Lightning Rating Summary
P1 2:27 – Brayden Point (4) from Jake Guentzel (15), Oliver Bjorkstrand (8)
P1 6:03 – Pontus Holmberg (2)
P1 17:12 – Nikita Kucherov (13) from Maxwell Crozier (4)
P2 2:43 – Charlie Edward Dastos (3), Kucherov (23)
P3 1:22 – Darren Radish (4) from Anthony Cirelli (9)
P3 8:41 – Raddysh (5) from point (9)
Canadiens scoring summary
P2 19:06 – Oliver Kapanen (9) from Nick Suzuki (25), Ivan Demidov (17)
Devils beat Senators 4-3 to end losing streak
Senators Score Summary
P1 1:36 – Drake Batherson (11) via Brady Tkachuk (7), Jake Sanderson (18)
P1 12:59 – Tim Stutzle (12) from Tkachuk (8), Dylan Cozens (9)
P2 10:35 – Batherson (12) from Cozens (10), Stutzle (14)
Devils score summary
P1 5:09 – Simon Nemec (7) from Connor Brown (4), Arseny Gritsyuk (8)
P1 17:59 – Arseny Gritsyuk (7) via Connor Brown (5), Cody Glass (1)
P2 4:21 – Paul Cote (3) unassisted
P3 12:24 – Cody Glass (5) from Gritsyuk (9), Brown (6)
Penguins score summary
P1 9:49 – Noel Acciari(1) from Connor Dewar(4)
P2 19:41 – Tommy Novak (5) via Erik Karlsson (18), Ryan Shea (9)
P3 16:05 – Anthony Mantha (9) via Sidney Crosby (13), Karlsson (19)
Duck score summary
P2 5:19 – Jackson LaCombe (4) via Beckett Sennecke (16), Cutter Gauthier (18)
P2 14:10 – Troy Terry (8) unassisted
P3 19:59 – Sennecke (10) unassisted
Penalty shootout summary
All Nippon Airways: Leo Carlsson – Winner
Islanders sweep season series with 5-4 shootout win over Golden Knights
Golden Knights Score Summary
P1 12:02 – Noah Hanifin (2) from Jack Eichel (25), Shay Theodore (15)
P1 16:01 – Mitch Marner (6) via Kaedan Korczak (2), Mark Stone (17)
P3 1:27 – Ivan Barbashev (11) via Brayden Bowman (5), Eichel (26)
P3 19:46 – Pavel Dorofeyev (12) from Marner (23), Stone (18)
Islanders Score Summary
P1 19:33 – Bo Horvat (18) via Ryan Pulock (15), Matthew Schaefer (14)
P2 3:56 – Marc Gatcomb (1) via Casey Cizikas (5), Kyle MacLean (2)
P2 13:30 – Simon Holmstrom (5) from Calum Ritchie (3), Anthony Duclair (6)
P3 10:15 – Mathew Barzal (14), Maxim Shabanov (7), Horvath (19)
Summary of the message
NYI: Emil Heineman – Winner
Flyers’ Travis Konecny scores 500th career point in 4-1 win over Sharks
Shark Score Summary
P1 11:33 – Colin Graf (6) from John Klingberg (6), Will Smith (17)
Flyers Rating Summary
P1 18:39 – Christian Dvorak (7) from Trevor Zegras (17), Travis Konecny (17)
P2 3:20 – Carl Grundstrom (1) via Nick Seeler (4), Travis Sanheim (10)
P2 19:48 – Noah Cates (7) from Bobby Brink (6), Jamie Drysdale (10)
P3 18:17 – Konecny(8) from Dvořák(12)
Blue Jackets Score Summary
P1 12:39 – Dmitri Voronkov (11) from Sean Monahan (12), Kirill Marchenko (15)
Hurricane Rating Summary
P2 9:42 – Seth Jarvis (17) from Andrei Svechnikov (9)
P3 7:53 – Eric Robinson (6) from Taylor Hall (9), Joel Nystrom (4)
P3 13:38 – Jordan Staal (9) from Svechnikov (10), Shayne Gostisbehere (19)
P3 18:45 – Jordan Martinuk (4) via K’Andre Miller (11), Sean Walker (6)
Minten and Kastelic score twice, Bruins beat Blues 5-2
P2 12:48 – Fraser Minten (5) from Marat Khusnutdinov (4), David Pastrnak (19)
P2 14:34 – Mark Kastelic (5) via Sean Kuraly (5), Victor Soderstrom (1)
P3 8:01 – Kastlic (6), Nikita Zadorov (9) from Kurali (6)
P3 11:33 – Minten (6) from David Pastrnak (20)
P3 18:19 – Pavel Zacha (8) via Elias Lindholm (14), Pastrnak (21)
Bruce Score Summary
P1 5:27 – Robert Thomas (5) from Pavel Buchnevich (10), Justin Faulk (9)
P3 4:51 – Thomas (6) from Buchnevich (11)
DeSmith stops with 30 points, Stars beat Jets 4-3
Star rating summary
P1 0:44 – Esa Lindell (4) via Wyatt Johnston (19), Mikko Rantanen (27)
P2 1:16 – Roope Hintz (9) from Rantanen (28), Johnston (20)
P2 2:31 – Alexander Petrovich (2) from Mavrik Bulk (6)
P3 4:46 – Jason Robertson (19) from Miro Heiskanen (21), Rantanen (29)
Jets scoring summary
P2 11:04 – Mark Sheffield (15) from Kyle Connor (21)
P2 18:52 – Scheifele (16) via Josh Morrissey (20), Connor (22)
P3 5:54 – Logan Stanley (4) via Cole Perfetti (3), Gabriel Vilardi (13)
Donne and Thompson lead Sabers to 4-3 overtime win over Oilers
Sabers Score Summary
P1 19:01 – Josh Doan (9) via Rasmus Dahlin (19), Tage Thompson (11)
P2 11:03 – Thompson (14)
P2 11:59 – Doan (10) from Thompson (12), Dahlin (20)
0:33 OT – Alex Tuch (11) via Ryan McLeod (10), Dahlin (21)
Oilers score summary
P3 0:10 – Connor McDavid (15) from Matthias Ekholm (13)
P3 1:56 – Vasily Podkolzin (6) via Leon Draisaitl (21), Ty Emberson (6)
P3 19:58 – McDavid (16) via Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16), Evan Bouchard (23)
Avalanche Score Summary
P1 1:12 – Brock Nelson (11) via Josh Manson (5), Brent Burns (11)
P1 10:21 – Artturi Lehkonen (11) from Martin Necas (26), Nathan MacKinnon (26)
P3 19:52 – Cale Makar (10) from Necas (27), MacKinnon (27)
Predator Score Summary
P1 4:05 – Jonathan Marchessault (6) via Ryan O’Reilly (13), Filip Forsberg (10)
P1 5:30 – Reid Schaefer (2) from Fedor Svechkov (4)
P3 12:58 – Brady Skjei (1) via Adam Wilsby (4), Luke Evangelista (16)
Penalty shootout summary
NSH: O’Reilly – Winner
