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Trey Augustine talks about sweeping the Nittany Lions and his new leadership role with the Spartans.
Trey Augustine talks about sweeping the Nittany Lions and his new leadership role with the Spartans.
No. 1 Michigan State swept No. 3 Penn State with a 5-0 victory on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing.
South Lyon’s Trey Augustine made a season-high 36 saves en route to his third shutout of the season and the ninth of his career. Augustine is now 10-4-2 all-time against Top 5 opponents.
“Obviously, it feels good to get two wins, and I think that’s the most important thing,” said Augustine, a second-round draft choice of the Detroit Red Wings in the 2023 NHL draft. “I think the guys did an excellent job in front of me. Makes life easier.”
A 3️⃣6️⃣ save shutout for Red Wings’ draft selection Trey Augustine on one of the best offenses in the country 👏
No. 1 @MSU_Hockey completes the sweep of No. 3 Penn State with a 5-0 win. pic.twitter.com/0Q558uL6xm
— Big Ten Hockey (@B1GHockey) November 8, 2025
Charlie Stramel led the Spartans with two goals and two assists, Porter Martone, Colin Ralph and Anthony Romani scored the other goals, Daniel Russell had three assists, and Matt Basgall recorded two assists.
Gavin McKenna, the consensus No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NHL draft, was scoreless with three shots and minus-3 on Saturday. He scored a goal in Friday’s 3-1 loss to Michigan State.
“We’ve talked a lot about trying to get better from game-to-game and I thought we were better tonight than we were last night,” MSU coach Adam Nightingale said.
“That’s what I’ve enjoyed about this group. Even after we had to win the game in overtime on Friday, I wasn’t dancing and doing all this stuff, it’s hey, we’ve got to get better tomorrow, and we’ve got to play better tomorrow.
“I thought we skated better, we got on the forecheck better, and obviously you’re playing a good team. The first ten minutes of the third period, Penn State really pushed, and our guys hung in there, and I’m proud of the guys for getting the job done. Now we’ve got a day off tomorrow and then we start getting ready for the next weekend.”
The win improves the Spartans record to 7-1-0 while the Nittany Lions fall to 9-3-0. MSU will hit the road for its first conference series against Notre Dame.
Wisconsin 6, Michigan 1
Luca Fantilli scored the only goal for No. 2-ranked Michigan in a 6-1 loss against No. 10 Wisconsin on Saturday at Yost Arena in East Lansing.
Next week, the Wolverines will face off against No. 3 Penn State at Pegula Ice Arena.
Denver 6, Western Michigan 3
No. 4 Western Michigan lost, 6-3, against No. 9 Denver on Saturday at Lawson Arena in Kalamazoo.
Grady Gallatin, Ty Henricks and Liam Valente scored goals and Hampton Slukynsky made 28 saves for the Broncos, who will host Miami next weekend at Lawson Arena.
Wings fall out of Atlantic playoff spot
The Red Wings dropped into the first wildcard spot after the Bruins and Lightning moved ahead of Detroit into the final two playoff spots in the Atlantic Division race.
The Bruins won their sixth in a row as Fraser Minten scored against his former team and Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves in a 5-3 victory in Toronto.
The Lightning won for the seventh time in eight games as Brandon Hagel scored the tiebreaking goal 8:42 into the third period in a 3-2 win at home against Washington.
The Canadians lead the division with 22 points, followed by the Bruins with 20 points and the Lightning with 18 points. Detroit and Philadelphia are in the wildcat spots, also with 18 points.
Also Saturday, Cole Caufield scored twice, Sam Montembeault made 25 saves and the Canadiens beat the Mammoth, 6-2. Montreal improves to 10-3-2.
More Saturday NHL
Islanders 5, (at) Rangers 0: Bo Horvat scored twice to move into a tie for the NHL lead and the New York Islanders kept the New York Rangers winless on home ice with a 5-0 victory over their biggest rival Saturday night.
Jonathan Drouin and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each added a goal and two assists for the Islanders and Anders Lee also scored. Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves as the Islanders ended a five-game losing streak to the Rangers.
Horvat moved into a tie with Sidney Crosby and Cutter Gauthier for the league lead by scoring his 10th and 11th goals this season.
Dallas 5, (at) Nashville 4: Former Red Wing Adam Erne and Sam Steel scored 47 seconds apart midway through the third-period rally to beat the Predators.
Mavrik Bourque scored a goal and added an assist, Roope Hintz and Justin Hryckowian also scored and Jake Oettinger made 16 saves for Dallas, winners of two of three. Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen each had two assists. Heiskanen has a goal and six assists in his last three games.
Nicolas Hague had a goal and an assist, Filip Forsberg, Luke Evangelista and Steven Stamkos also scored and Justus Annunen made 17 saves for Nashville, losers of four straight. Ryan O’Reilly and Nick Blankenburg (Michigan) had two assists apiece for the Predators.
(At) New Jersey 2, Pittsburgh 1 (SO): Canton’s Paul Cotter scored the shootout winner, Jake Allen stopped 33 of the 34 shots he faced in regulation and overtime and New Jersey took sole possession of first place in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division.
Jesper Bratt also scored in the shootout, and Allen turned aside Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby to win a game for New Jersey that the Penguins dominated for long stretches.
Allen was the best player on the ice for the Devils, who entered the game tied with Pittsburgh in the standings after beating Montreal in overtime on Thursday night.
Ottawa 3, (at) Philadelphia 2: Ottawa tried and failed to play keep-away with a one-goal lead and had to go to overtime to beat Philadelphia.
While the Senators neglected to post a shot on goal in the third period until only 1:26 remained, the Flyers got a game-tying goal from Jamie Drysdale to send the game into overtime. Then Tim Stutzle reached a loose puck and scored with 1:41 left in OT.
Ottawa (7-5-3) went without a shot from 2:43 remaining in the second period until Dylan Cozens’ attempt with 1:26 left, his team up 2-1 at the time.
(At) Carolina 6, Buffalo 3: Andrei Svechnikov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Charles Alexis Legault each had a goal and an assist and Carolina extended their winning streak to three games with a victory over Buffalo.
Sebastian Aho and Eric Robinson, returning from a six-game absence, also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the fourth time in five games despite using a revolving roster because of injuries.
Owen Power, Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson scored for the Sabres, who trailed 4-1 less than a minute into the third period. Alex Lyon stopped 29 shots. Buffalo has lost two in a row in regulation following a seven-game points streak.
Seattle 4, (at) St. Louis 3 (OT): Shane Wright scored 1:57 into in overtime after Chandler Stevenson tied the game with two seconds left in regulation and Seattle beat St. Louis.
Jordan Kyrou gave St. Louis a 3-2 lead with a goal at 5:10 of the third period. Dylan Holloway and Dalibor Dvorsky also scored for St. Louis, while Joel Hofer made 26 saves.
Ryker Evans and Eeli Tolvanen also scored for the Kraken, while Philipp Grubauer made 16 saves
Wings reassign Gylander to Grand Rapids
The Red Wings reassigned goaltender Carter Gylander to the Grand Rapids Griffins from the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.
Gylander has appeared in four games with Toledo this season, showing a 2-2-0 record with a 2.78 goals-against average and an .895 save percentage.
Last season as a rookie, the 24-year-old went 20-9-5 in 34 regular-season games with the Walleye to go along with a 2.61 GAA and a .907 save percentage.
He then helped Toledo to the Kelly Cup Finals with a 6-2 record, a 2.88 GAA and an .895 save percentage.
Knight scores hat trick in Rivalry Series
Buffalo, N.Y. – It took a mere two exhibition games in Hilary Knight’s lead up to what will be her fifth and final Winter Games for the face of U.S. women’s hockey to show she hasn’t lost her scoring touch.
“I didn’t know I did,” Knight said with a laugh following her three-goal outing in a 6-1 rout of Canada and a 2-0 lead in the women’s hockey Rivalry Series on Saturday night.
At 36, the team captain and Team USA’s most decorated female player certainly didn’t look old or out of place since going public in May to announce this will be her final Olympics. And Knight did so following a PWHL season in which she finished tied for the league lead with 29 points in 30 games.
On Saturday, Knight’s first two goals came from familiar spots in front of the net, before closing with an empty-net goal.
Knight’s outburst came on the heels of Abbey Murphy scoring a natural hat trick in a 4-1 series-opening win between the cross-border rivals and global powers at Cleveland on Thursday. And it provided yet another glimpse of the depth of offensive talent the Americans have heading into the Milan Cortina Games in February.
“I told (Murphy) that she set the bar pretty high,” Knight said, before deferring much of the credit to her teammates. “I love how we showed up. We’ve been working like dogs since August and to get rewarded for our work and see situations that we need to work on. But I think overall, it was a great team win.”
Laila Edwards had a goal and two assists, while Kelly Pannek and Hayley Scamurra, in her Buffalo homecoming, also scored for the Americans. Team USA’s projected backup Gwyneth Philips stopped 29 shots.
Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored and Kayle Osborne stopped 26 shots in her national team debut. Osborne is coming off her rookie season with the PWHL’s New York Sirens, and got the start with coach Troy Ryan going with a younger lineup. Canada left several veterans at home to rest, including projected starting goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens.
Ryan acknowledged the younger and speedy Americans resemble the Canadian team that set numerous Olympic offensive records and won the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Games.
And yet, Ryan isn’t pushing any panic buttons by noting these are only exhibition games, and he’s still tinkering with his lineup. Aside from sitting out several veterans, Ryan noted he also put some of his players in situations to see how they’d respond.
“It’s just about getting better. I don’t get caught up in two back-to-back losses like that,” Ryan said in noting he liked how Canada was competitive by trailing 2-1 through 40 minutes.
“You don’t want to have a loser mentality. You don’t want to be OK with it,” he added. “But it’s also just part of the process and we’ve got to make sure we’re better moving forward.”
The series is limited to four games this year and takes a month break with players either returning to college or reporting to their PWHL teams for the start of training camp and start of the season on Nov. 21. The nations will close the series with two games in Edmonton, Alberta, on Dec. 10 and 13.
Ryan plans to go with a lineup that features more veterans and will closer resemble the team’s final roster.
The U.S. has won four straight against Canada, including a 4-3 overtime win at the world championships in the Czech Republic in April.
Knight opened the scoring with a power-play goal 9:26 into the second period by converting a rebound in front after Osborne stopped Megan Keller’s point shot. Pannek scored 65 seconds later after Osborne misplayed a dump-in behind her net.
Leading 2-1, the Americans erupted for three goals over a 2:56 span in the third period. Edwards started the run by driving across the blue line, avoiding Micah Zandee-Hart’s sliding check and roofing a shot below the crossbar.
November schedules
Friday games
▶ Rangers 4, Red Wings 1
▶ Michigan 7, Wisconsin 4
▶ Michigan State 2, Penn State 1 (OT)
▶ Denver 3, Western Michigan 1
▶ Michigan Tech 4, Northern Michigan 1
Saturday games
▶ Wisconsin 6, Michigan 1
▶ Michigan State 5, Penn State 0
▶ Denver 6, Western Michigan 3
▶ Michigan Tech 4, Northern Michigan 2
Sunday games
▶ Blackhawks at Red Wings, 1
▶ Grand Rapids at Chicago, 4
Wednesday, Nov. 12
▶ Toronto at Grand Rapids, 11 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 13
▶ Duck at Red Wings, 7
Friday, Nov. 14
▶ Toronto at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Michigan at Penn State, 7
▶ Michigan State at Notre Dame, 7
▶ Miami University of Ohio at Western Michigan, 7
▶ Bemidji State at Michigan Tech, 7
▶ Chicago Steel at NTDP U18, 7
Saturday, Nov. 15
▶ Sabres at Red Wings, 7
▶ Michigan at Penn State, 6
▶ Michigan State at Notre Dame, 6
▶ Miami University of Ohio at Western Michigan, 6
▶ Bemidji State at Michigan Tech, 6
▶ Chicago Steel at NTDP U18, 7
Sunday, Nov. 16
▶ Red Wings at Rangers, 7
Tuesday, Nov. 18
▶ Kraken at Red Wings, 7
Wednesday, Nov. 19
▶ Grand Rapids at Rockford, 8
Thursday, Nov. 20
▶ Islanders at Red Wings, 7
Friday, Nov. 21
▶ Charlotte at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Ohio State at Michigan, 7
▶ Wisconsin at Michigan State, 8:30
▶ Western Michigan at Nebraska at Omaha, 8
▶ Michigan Tech at Minnesota State, 8
▶ Northern Michigan at Bemidji State, 8
▶ NTDP U18 at North Dakota, 8
▶ Madison at NTDP U17, 7
Saturday, Nov. 22
▶ Blue Jackets at Red Wings, 1
▶ Charlotte at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Ohio State at Michigan, 7
▶ Wisconsin at Michigan State, TBA
▶ Western Michigan at Nebraska at Omaha, 8
▶ Michigan Tech at Minnesota State, 7
▶ Northern Michigan at Bemidji State, 7
▶ Madison at NTDP U17, 7
Monday, Nov. 24
▶ Red Wings at Devils, 7
Tuesday, Nov. 25
▶ Grand Rapids at Texas, 8
Wednesday, Nov. 26
▶ Predators at Red Wings, 7
▶ Grand Rapids at Texas, 8
▶ Colgate at Michigan State, TBA
▶ Muskegon at NTDP U17, 5
Friday, Nov. 28
▶ Lightning at Red Wings, noon
▶ Iowa at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Michigan at Harvard, 7
▶ Colgate at Michigan State, TBA
▶ St. Thomas at Michigan Tech, 7
▶ Minnesota State at Northern Michigan, 7
▶ NTDP U17 at Sioux Falls, 4
Saturday, Nov. 29
▶ Red Wings at Boston, 7
▶ Michigan at Harvard, 7
▶ St. Thomas at Michigan Tech, 6
▶ Minnesota State at Northern Michigan, 6
▶ NTDP U17 at Sioux Falls, 7
Sunday, Nov. 30
▶ Iowa at Grand Rapids, 4
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