NHL News

Alex Ovechkin told his Capitals teammates this morning that the 2026-27 season will be his last. The NHL’s all-time goals leader is 41 and has been in Washington for 22 years.

Mason McTavish scored 94 seconds into his Blues debut and Joel Hofer stopped all 25 shots as St. Louis shut out Dallas 4-0 in the season opener.

Detroit opens the season at home against the Rangers with Larkin injured and wanting a trade, an interim GM and a 10-year playoff drought.

Dylan Guenther scored twice and Anders Lee tallied in his Mammoth debut as Utah routed Chicago 6-0 in the season opener.

Seattle scored three in the first period and rolled to a 6-1 win, handing Calgary its worst home-opening loss ever.

Connor McDavid had five points and Evan Bouchard set an NHL record as the Oilers outgunned the Canucks 9-7.

Macklin Celebrini debuts as Sharks captain on Thursday against a Panthers team that already won in overtime Tuesday. Barkov is back from a torn ACL and MCL.

Four second-period goals sent Colorado past Los Angeles 8-4 in Denver, with Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scoring twice each.

Nick Robertson scored twice in his Penguins debut and Arturs Silovs made 19 saves as Pittsburgh buried Philadelphia 7-0 in the season opener.