NHL Last Night: Thursday, Oct 1, 2026

8 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final / OT

Full report

Philadelphia Flyers

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils edge Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in overtime at home. Travis Sanheim (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PHI: Cates–Foerster–Michkov skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Travis Sanheim had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:47.
•New look for PHI: Cates–Foerster–Michkov skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Joseph Woll (PHI) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932); the overtime loss.

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New York Rangers rout Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Dorofeyev and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:37 together.

•Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:53.
•Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:44.
•Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:04.

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Final

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Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at home. Matthew Knies (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:06.
•Charlie Coyle had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:04.
•Noah Ostlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:42.

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Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at NSH. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MIN's PP1 (Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy and Shabanov) went scoreless in 5:28 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.

•MIN's PP1 (Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy and Shabanov) went scoreless in 5:28 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.
•NSH's PP1 (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Wood) went scoreless in 4:45 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.
•Jonas Brodin (MIN) blocked 6 shots in 20:28.

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Seattle Kraken rout Calgary Flames 6–1

Seattle Kraken beat Calgary Flames 6–1 at CGY. Vince Dunn (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SEA's PP1 (Montour, Kakko, Beniers, Wright and Catton) went scoreless in 3:09 of 5v4 time with 1 attempt.

•Vince Dunn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:37.
•Jared McCann had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:54.
•Kaapo Kakko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:49.

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Utah Mammoth rout Chicago Blackhawks 6–0

Utah Mammoth beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–0 at home. Dylan Guenther (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:41 together.

•Dylan Guenther had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:33.
•Michael Carcone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:40.
•Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:43.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 9–7

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 9–7 at VAN. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 4A.

•Connor McDavid had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 22:03.
•Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:19.
•Marco Rossi had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:16.

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San Jose Sharks edge Florida Panthers 4–3 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Florida Panthers 4–3 in overtime at home. Will Smith (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Wennberg, Cagnoni, Smith, Celebrini and Chernyshov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:37 together.

•Will Smith had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:09.
•Macklin Celebrini had 3 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 22:57.
•Eetu Luostarinen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:28.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Matthew Knies for CBJ vs BUF, 80.0 mph. Full game report →

Matthew Knies (CBJ vs BUF): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 80.0 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Connor McDavid EDM	at VAN	1	4	5	3	0	2	22:03	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at VAN	2	1	3	5	0	0	20:19	—
Marco Rossi VAN	vs EDM	2	1	3	4	2	0	15:16	—
Matthew Knies CBJ	vs BUF	2	1	3	4	0	0	16:06	—
Will Smith SJS	vs FLA	2	1	3	3	1	0	20:09	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at VAN	1	2	3	4	1	0	24:21	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	vs EDM	1	2	3	2	8	0	17:36	—
Vince Dunn SEA	at CGY	1	2	3	2	2	1	20:37	—
Macklin Celebrini SJS	vs FLA	0	3	3	7	0	1	22:57	—
Jared McCann SEA	at CGY	0	3	3	4	0	0	17:54	—
Charlie Coyle CBJ	vs BUF	0	3	3	0	2	1	19:04	—
Dylan Guenther UTA	vs CHI	2	0	2	5	0	0	14:33	—

Line changes

New look for PHI: Cates–Foerster–Michkov skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Dvorak–Konecny–Martone skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Tippett–Zegras–Bump skated 4:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Veleno–Kartye–Chmelar skated 4:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Donato–Lardis–Moore skated 4:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Joseph Woll PHI	at NJD	O	44	3	.932
Arvid Soderblom CHI	at UTA	L	32	6	.813
Dustin Wolf CGY	vs SEA	L	32	6	.813
Akira Schmid FLA	at SJS	O	32	4	.875
Juuse Saros NSH	vs MIN	L	30	3	.900
Jet Greaves CBJ	vs BUF	W	26	3	.885
Yaroslav Askarov SJS	vs FLA	W	26	3	.885
Jake Allen NJD	vs PHI	W	25	2	.920
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs TBL	W	25	1	.960
Joey Daccord SEA	at CGY	W	25	1	.960
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at NYR	L	24	4	.833
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	at CBJ	L	22	5	.773
Devon Levi EDM	at VAN	W	22	7	.682
Jesper Wallstedt MIN	at NSH	W	20	1	.950
Kevin Lankinen VAN	vs EDM	L	20	8	.650
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs CHI	W	15	0	.1000
Leevi Meriläinen VAN	vs EDM	—	11	1	.909

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