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Today, we will be looking at the 12 games that were played on Oct. 23, 2025. Which includes a retro game between the Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques. The San Jose Sharks visit the New York Rangers on Broadway and an all-Canadians matchup between Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers and Cole Caufield and the Montreal Canadiens.
All that and more in latest edition of the NHL Morning Recap.
Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks hand the Lightning their sixth loss on the season.
Blackhawks Goal Summary:
P1 10:41 – Frank Nazar (4) from Tyler Bertuzzi (4), Teuvo Teravainen (6)
P2 10:16 – Ryan Donato (4) from Lukas Reichel (2)
P3 19:06 – Donato (5) from Nazar (5), Teravainen (7)
Lightning Goal Summary:
P2 6:57 – Jake Guentzel (2) from Ryan McDonagh (2), Nikita Kucherov (2)
P2 19:18 – McDonagh (3) from Kucherov (3), Brayden Point (4)
Sidney Crosby led the way with two goals and an assist as the Penguins powered past Florida in a high-paced game.
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby celebrates with defenseman Erik Karlsson after scoring against the Florida Panthers (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)
Penguins Goal Summary:
P1 6:24 – Sidney Crosby (5) (Power Play) from Bryan Rust (3), Evgeni Malkin (9)
P2 6:36 – Rickard Rakell (3) from Erik Karlsson (4), Crosby (5)
P2 15:24 – Brayden Kindel (2) from Tommy Novak (2)
P3 4:49 – Connor Dewar (3) from Karlsson (5)
P3 11:49 – Crosby (6) (Power Play) from Rakell (5), Malkin (10)
Panthers Goal Summary:
P2 8:26 – Brad Marchand (4) (Power Play) from Mackie Samoskevich (3), Seth Jones (4)
P3 2:24 – Sam Reinhart (3) (Power Play) from Samoskevich (4), Jones (5)
P3 11:06 – Marchand (5) from Eetu Luostarinen (1), Anton Lundell (5)
The Islanders exploded offensively in a dominant 7-2 win over the Red Wings.
Islanders Goal Summary:
P1 2:05 – Tony DeAngelo (1) from Anders Lee (3), Simon Holmstrom (3)
P1 14:56 – Emil Heineman (4) from Bo Horvat (3), Jonathan Drouin (4)
P2 7:25 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2) from Lee (4), DeAngelo (2)
P2 13:09 – Kyle Palmieri (3) from Ryan Pulock (3), Mathew Barzal (5)
P2 19:34 – Barzal (2) from Casey Cizikas (1)
P3 7:19 – Heineman (5) from Horvat (4), Ryan Pulock (4)
P3 7:57 – Holmstrom (1) from Lee (5), Scott Mayfield (3)
Red Wings Goal Summary:
P3 3:11 – Dylan Larkin (6) (Power Play) from Emil Finnie (4), Alex DeBrincat (7)
P3 17:20 – Jonatan Berggren (1) from J.T. Compher (2), Mathis Brandsegg-Nygard (1)
Macklin Celebrini recorded a hat trick, and two assists, as the Sharks win against the Rangers to win their first game of the season.
Sharks Goal Summary:
P1 1:58 – Adam Gaudette (3) from Carson Graf (2), Michael Misa (2)
P1 6:17 – Macklin Celebrini (3) (Power Play) from William Eklund (2), Dmitry Orlov (6)
P1 19:51 – Celebrini (4) from Will Smith (5), Eklund (3)
P2 19:54 – Celebrini (5) from Smith (6), Orlov (7)
P3 6:31 – Smith (1) from Eklund (4), Celebrini (5)
OT 1:38 – Smth (2) from Celebrini (6), Alex Nedeljkovic (1)
Rangers Goal Summary:
P1 14:19 – Taylor Raddysh (2) from Sam Carrick (4), Carson Soucy (1)
P2 4:04 – Mika Zibanejad (3) (Power Play) from Alexis Lafreniere (2), J.T. Miller (3)
P2 6:47 – Juuso Parssinen (2) from Conor Sheary (3)
P2 12:10 – Raddysh (3) (Shorthanded) unassisted
P3 11:50 – Raddysh (4) from Miller (4), Adam Fox (4)
Tyson Foerster opened the scoring just 29 seconds in as the Flyers picked up a solid road win over Ottawa.
Flyers Goal Summary:
P1 0:29 – Tyson Foerster (3) from Travis Konecny (3), Sean Couturier (6)
P2 3:05 – Olle Lycksell (1) from Lars Eller (2), Nick Jensen (2)
Senators Goal Summary:
P1 7:57 – Michael Amadio (1) from Claude Giroux (4), Artem Zub (3)
Mikael Granlund scored twice and added three assists as the Ducks held off a late push from the Bruins in a wild, back-and-forth affair in Boston.
Ducks Goal Summary:
P1 8:06 – Drew Helleson (2) from Nikita Nesterenko (1), Mikael Granlund (4)
P2 11:29 – Cutter Gauthier (5) from Jackson LaCombe (2), Leo Carlsson (5)
P2 15:24 – Jacob Trouba (1) from Nesterenko (2), Granlund (5)
P3 2:52 – Granlund (1) (Power Play) from Troy Terry (5), Frank Vatrano (1)
P3 7:49 – Sam Colangelo (1) from Ryan Poehling (2), Trouba (3)
P3 15:27 – Terry (2) from Nesterenko (3), Granlund (6)
P3 17:52 – Granlund (2) (Empty Net) from Nesterenko (4)
Bruins Goal Summary:
P1 2:10 – Casey Mittelstadt (3) from Pavel Zacha (7), Viktor Arvidsson (3)
P2 8:49 – Morgan Geekie (4) from David Pastrnak (7), Charlie McAvoy (5)
P2 17:10 – Mason Lohrei (1) (Power Play) from Henri Jokiharju (3), Michael Eyssimont (3)
P3 14:32 – Pastrnak (5) (Power Play) from McAvoy (6), Elias Lindholm (4)
P3 14:57 – Geekie (5) from Nikita Zadorov (2)
Cole Smith’s third-period goal lifted the Predators past Vancouver in a tight defensive matchup.
Predators Goal Summary:
P2 9:01 – Ryan O’Reilly (3) (Shorthanded) from Spencer Stastney (2)
P3 5:09 – Cole Smith (2) from Michael McCarron (2), Justin Barron (2)
Canucks Goal Summary:
P2 11:49 – Max Sasson (3) from Linus Karlsson (2)
Logan Cooley scored a natural hat trick in the first period as Utah jumped out early and never looked back in St. Louis.
Mammoth Goal Summary:
P1 3:18 – Ian Cole (1) from J.J. Peterka (3), Logan Cooley (2)
P1 6:07 – Cooley (3) from Dylan Guenther (3), Peterka (4)
P1 7:57 – Cooley (4) from Guenther (4), Olli Maatta (1)
P1 10:55 – Cooley (5) (Power Play) from Guenther (5), Mikhail Sergachev (3)
P2 19:24 – Clayton Keller (3) from Nick Schmaltz (7), Peterka (5)
P3 9:51 – Schmaltz (5) (Power Play) from Sergachev (4), Keller (8)
P3 18:20 – Keller (4) (Empty Net)
Blues Goal Summary:
P2 5:58 – Pius Suter (3) from Colton Parayko (3), Mathieu Joseph (2)
P2 7:13 – Pavel Buchnevich (1) (Power Play) from Robert Thomas (3), Jordan Kyrou (4)
P3 2:19 – Nathan Walker (1) from Oskar Sundqvist (1), Dylan Holloway (1)
P3 5:43 – Philip Broberg (1) from Sundqvist (2), Parayko (4)
Joey Daccord recorded a 32-save shutout while Jaden Schwartz scored twice to lead the Kraken past the Jets.
Kraken Goal Summary:
P2 2:28 – Jaden Schwartz (3) from Shane Wright (3), Adam Larsson (2)
P3 18:20 – Schwartz (4) (Empty Net) unassisted
P3 18:43 – Jordan Eberle (2) (Empty Net)
Seth Jarvis scored the lone shootout goal after a thrilling back-and-forth game that saw the Whalers and Nordiques back in the NHL.
Scott Wedgewood, Colorado Avalanche (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)
Hurricanes Goal Summary:
P1 3:07 – Eric Robinson (3) from Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2), Mike Reilly (3)
P1 7:17 – Jarvis (7) (Shorthanded) unassisted
P1 12:41 – Sebastian Aho (3) from Nikolaj Ehlers (2), Jarvis (4)
P1 13:40 – Logan Stankoven (2) from Jackson Blake (4), Taylor Hall (3)
Avalanche Goal Summary:
P1 4:04 – Valeri Nichushkin (3) unassisted
P2 4:46 – Patrick Kelly (1) from Sam Malinski (3), Ross Colton (2)
P3 4:45 – Martin Necas (6) from Artturi Lehkonen (6), Nathan MacKinnon (5)
P3 14:09 – Nichushkin (4) (Power Play) from Victor Olofsson (4), Cale Makar (6)
Shootout Summary:
CAR #1 – Jarvis
Adrian Kempe buried the overtime winner as the Kings edged the Stars, 3-2.
Kings Goal Summary:
P1 18:48 – Corey Perry (1) (Power Play) from Kevin Fiala (3), Quinton Byfield (5)
P2 6:27 – Cody Ceci (1) from Kempe (7), Alex Laferriere (1)
OT 0:37 – Kempe (4) from Byfield (6)
Stars Goal Summary:
P2 4:58 – Jason Robertson (3) (Power Play) from Roope Hintz (6), Wyatt Johnston (3)
P3 2:32 – Johnston (5) (Power Play) from Hintz (7), Mikko Rantanen (5)
Cole Caufield moves into a tie for the NHL scoring lead as the Canadiens fall short in a high-scoring night at Rogers Place.
Canadiens Goal Summary:
P1 7:28 – Alex Newhook (2) from Lane Hutson (6), Oliver Kapanen (1)
P2 16:57 – Josh Anderson (1) from Brendan Gallagher (6), Jake Evans (1)
P2 18:00 – Caufield (6) from Noah Dobson (4), Hutson (7)
P2 18:49 – Caufield (7) from Nick Suzuki (11), Alexandre Carrier (2)
P3 2:10 – Newhook (3) from Kapanen (2), Jayden Struble (2)
Oilers Goal Summary:
P1 16:12 – David Tomasek (1) from Vasily Podkolzin (3), Noah Philp (1)
P2 10:37 – Adam Henrique (2) from Jake Walman (1), Mattias Ekholm (3)
P2 13:28 – Andrew Mangiapane (3) from Nurse (3), Connor McDavid (8)
P3 11:19 – Leon Draisaitl (5) (Power Play) from McDavid (9), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (4)
P3 12:17 – Nugent-Hopkins (5) (Power Play) from McDavid (10), Evan Bouchard (2)
P3 18:51 – Vasily Podkolzin (1) from Darnell Nurse (4), Jake Walman (2)
