Ice Chips: Skinner expected to start as Jets open season vs. Bruins
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Neither the Vancouver Canucks nor the Edmonton Oilers were entirely happy with their first two games of the season.
Embarrassing, unacceptable, ugly and warts were the Calgary Flames’ own descriptors of what was going to be an occasion at the Saddledome.
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.
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.
Vince Dunn scored and had two assists for the Seattle Kraken in a 6-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov left in the second period against San Jose on Thursday night after his left knee appeared to buckle during a scrum with Sharks defender Darnell Nurse and forward Zack Ostapchuk along the boards.
Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and tallied four assists as the Edmonton Oilers outlasted the Vancouver Canucks for a wild 9-7 victory on Thursday.
Nick Foligno and Blake Coleman scored first-period goals, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.
Igor Shesterkin became the 18th goaltender in NHL history to score a goal and first for the New York Rangers when he shot the puck into an empty net late in a 5-1 victory against Tampa Bay on Thursday night.
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.
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.
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.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies got off to a hot start with his new team, scoring a goal and adding an assist in his first period with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
TSN’s Hockey Insiders on Darren Dreger’s takeaways from his 1x1s in Winnipeg, the latest on Quinn Hughes and Pavel Zacha, how cut-resistant socks helped Jake McCabe, Team Canada’s next GM, and the IIHF set to elect its new president.
Anthony Stolarz was sharp in net and Easton Cowan paced the offence in the Toronto Maple Leafs' first victory of the young season. Mark Masters checks in with more.
Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman did not travel with the team to Vancouver, and could miss a couple of weeks, per TSN’s Ryan Rishaug.
The Anaheim Ducks have signed promising young defenseman Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension worth $43.2 million after just 14 NHL appearances.
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff says there remains no timeline for a Connor Hellebuyck trade as the team gets set to open its 2026-27 season on Friday.
Victor Hedman is back playing hockey, and the Tampa Bay Lightning captain hopes the trying times he went through over the past 10 months will benefit him down the road.
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff talks to Darren Dreger about the team's expectations and focus after missing the playoffs last spring while dealing with Connor Hellebuyck's trade request.
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