NHL Morning Review – October 25, 2025 – Hockey Writers – NHL News

Welcome to another NHL Morning Review.
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Today, we will review four games played on October 24, 2025. That includes the Toronto Maple Leafs taking on the Buffalo Sabres along the QEW. Additionally, the Calgary Flames will take on the Winnipeg Jets in an all-Canadian game.
All this and more in the latest edition of NHL Morning Review.
Alex Ovechkin scored his 899th career goal to lead the Capitals to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jackets in Columbus.
Blue Jackets Goal Summary:
P3 10:20 – Denton Mateychuk (2) via Sean Monahan (2), Dmitri Voronkov (4)
Summary of Capital City Goals:
P2 18:19 – John Carlson (2) from Connor McMichael (2), Hendricks LaPierre (2)
P3 1:36 – Ovechkin (2) via Dylan Strome (8)
P3 2:40 – Justin Sourdif (1) via Ryan Leonard (1), Logan Thompson (1)
P3 15:39 – Tom Wilson (5) from Ethan Frank (1), Carlsen (5)
P3 16:37 – McMichael (1) from Ovechkin (5), Alyakse Protas (5)
Dougie Hamilton scored twice on the power play and Nico Hischier added three assists as the Devils defeated the Sharks 3-1.
Shark Goal Summary:
P1 2:25 – William Eklund (2) from Macklin Celebrini (7)
Summary of Devils goals:
P2 0:40 – Hamilton (2) from Dawson Mercer (5), Hischier (5)
P2 9:08 – Hamilton(3) from Jack Hughes(4), Hiskill(6)
P3 19:13 – Connor Brown (4) from Hamilton (1), Hiskill (7) – Empty net
Mattias Samuelsson scored twice and Alex Tuch scored late in the third period to help the Sabers beat the Maple Leafs in the first half of back-to-back games.
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Summary of Maple Leafs goals:
P1 5:01 – William Nylander (3) from Oliver Ekman-Larsson (5), Brandon Carlo (1)
P1 12:45 – Auston Matthews (5) via John Tavares (6), Ekman-Larsson (6)
P3 1:55 – Dakota Joshua(1) from Easton Cowan(2), Nicholas Roy(2)
Summary of Saber Goals:
P1 4:38 – Samuelsson (1) via Ryan McLeod (3), Tuch (4)
P1 6:12 – Jiri Kulich (3) via Zach Benson (7), Tage Thompson (4)
P2 7:20 – Thompson (2) via Bowen Byram (3), Kulich (1)
P2 13:10 – Samuelson (2) via Rasmus Dahlin (6), Payton Krebs (3)
P3 16:59 – Owen Ball (2) on Tuch (3)
Josh Morrissey and the Jets suffered their eighth loss of the season, beating the Flames 5-3.
Flame Target Summary:
P1 5:18 – Nazem Kadri (1) via Morgan Frost (3), Zayne Parekh (1)
P2 13:56 – Mikael Backlund (2) via Blake Coleman (1), Samuel Honzek (1)
P3 8:27 – Coleman(3), Kevin Barr(2) from Backlund(1)
Jets goal summary:
P2 5:19 – Kyle Connor (4) from Morrissey (3), Dylan DeMello (4)
P2 6:24 – Jonathan Toews (2) from Morrissey (4)
P2 9:50 – Gabriel Vilardi (1) from Mark Scheifele (4), Morrissey (5)
P2 18:50 – Alex Iafallo (2) from Vilardi (5), Scheifele (5)
P3 19:52 – Vladislav Namestnikov (3) from Logan Stanley (2) – Empty net




