{"id":439666,"date":"2026-02-01T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/439666\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:31:15","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-february-1-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/439666\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 February 1, 2026 &#8211; The Hockey Writers &#8211; NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/tag\/nhl-daily-recap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All the Latest NHL Daily Recaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, we will be looking at the scores of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/scoreboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">14 NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played on Jan. 31, 2026. Which saw the Vancouver Canucks host the Toronto Maple Leafs. As well as\u00a0the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild battle it out in the late game.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 13:27 \u2013 Mark Jankowski (5) from William Carrier (6), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (7)<br \/>P1 17:51 \u2013 Sebastian Aho (18), unassisted <br \/>P2 4:16 \u2013 Shayne Gostisbehere (9) from Jordan Martinook (11), Jordan Staal (11)<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 7:52 \u2013 Hendrix Lapierre (2) from Sonny Milano (4)<br \/>P2 14:58 \u2013 Dylan Strome (16) from Aliaksei Protas (17), Jakob Chychrun (24)<br \/>P3 13:18 \u2013 Chychrun (19) from Protas (18), Tom Wilson (25)<br \/>OT 1:42 \u2013 Justin Sourdif (12) from John Carlson (35), Ethen Frank (11)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 11:20 \u2013 Juraj Slafkovsky (21) from Nick Suzuki (45), Cole Caufield (25)<br \/>P3 4:14 \u2013 Caufield (31) from Noah Dobson (24), Lane Hutson (47)<br \/>P3 10:13 \u2013 Caufield (32) from Suzuki (46), Kirby Dach (4)<br \/>P3 19:12 \u2013 Oliver Kapanen (17) from Dobson (25) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 7:36 \u2013 Owen Power (4) from Tage Thompson (28), Rasmus Dahlin (33)<br \/>P2 18:56 \u2013 Noah Ostlund (10) from Alex Tuch (25), Bowen Byram (17)<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 18:16 \u2013 Timo Meier (14) from Cody Glass (6), Connor Brown (12)<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 13:38 \u2013 Brady Tkachuk (14) from Drake Batherson (27), Tim Stutzle (32)<br \/>P3 0:37 \u2013 Dylan Cozens (18) from Tkachuk (21), Jake Sanderson (33)<br \/>P3 17:53 \u2013 Stutzle (25) from Tkachuk (22), Claude Giroux (28)<br \/>P3 18:41 \u2013 Shane Pinto (15) from Michael Amadio (13), Sanderson (34) \u2013 Empty Net <\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 9:59 \u2013 Filip Forsberg (21) from Roman Josi (23), Steven Stamkos (14)<br \/>P1 12:53 \u2013 Matthew Wood (9) from Jonathan Marchessault (5), Tyson Jost (5)<br \/>P2 14:11 \u2013 Forsberg (22) from Wood (8)<br \/>P3 18:46 \u2013 Josi (10) from Adam Wilsby (9), Erik Haula (18)<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 1:29 \u2013 Mathew Barzal (14) from Anthony Duclair (14), Tony DeAngelo (20)<br \/>P1 5:57 \u2013 Matthew Schaefer (15) from Ryan Pulock (20), Barzal (32)<br \/>P2 7:21 \u2013 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (12) from Anders Lee (19), Simon Holmstrom (15)<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 7:48 \u2013 Isac Lundestrom (2) from Boone Jenner (18), Miles Wood (5)<br \/>P1 12:54 \u2013 Denton Mateychuk (9) from Kent Johnson (12), Sean Monahan (17)<br \/>P2 8:30 \u2013 Johnson (6) from Ivan Provorov (14), Dmitri Voronkov (15)<br \/>P2 16:01 \u2013 Damon Severson (4) from Zach Werenski (41)<br \/>P3 19:30 \u2013 Mason Marchment (13) from Kirill Marchenko (27), Adam Fantilli (22) \u2013 Empty Net <\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 7:11 \u2013 Jimmy Snuggerud (9) from Brayden Schenn (11), Dalibor Dvorsky (6)<br \/>P2 3:15 \u2013 Jonatan Berggren (7) from Pius Suter (8), Schenn (12)<br \/>P2 13:35 \u2013 Tyler Tucker (3) from Berggren (7), Snuggerud (12)<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 13:34 \u2013 Nicolas Roy (5) from Nicholas Robertson (14), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (25)<br \/>P3 2:32 \u2013 Max Domi (9) from Auston Matthews (20), Bobby McMann (13)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Max-Domi-Maple-Leafs-2-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Max Domi Toronto Maple Leafs\" class=\"wp-image-1328143\"  \/>Max Domi, Toronto Maple Leafs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/38Photography\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Irvin<\/a> \/ The Hockey Writers)<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 1:55 \u2013 Jonathan Lekkerimaki (2) from Liam Ohgren (4), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (3)<br \/>P2 14:45 \u2013 Tom Willander (4) from Evander Kane (16), Elias Pettersson (21)<\/p>\n<p>Shootout Summary: <\/p>\n<p>TOR: William Nylander<br \/>TOR: Auston Matthews \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n<p>New York Rangers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 18:28 \u2013 Alexis Lafreniere (11) from J.T. Miller (22), Mika Zibanejad (29)<br \/>P3 9:12 \u2013 Vincent Trocheck (12) from Vladislav Gavrikov (12)<br \/>P3 15:15 \u2013 Gavrikov (9) from Braden Schneider (9), Jonny Brodzinski (6)<br \/>P3 18:53 \u2013 Lafreniere (12) from Trocheck (23), Matthew Robertson (7)<br \/>P3 19:49 \u2013 Will Cuylle (13) from Trocheck (24), Lafreniere (20)<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 2:37 \u2013 Anthony Mantha (18) from Rutger McGroarty (2)<br \/>P1 6:05 \u2013 Noel Acciari (5) from Blake Lizotte (10), Connor Dewar (9)<br \/>P2 12:59 \u2013 Mantha (19) from Rickard Rakell (14), Evgeni Malkin (29)<br \/>P3 1:20 \u2013 Rakell (10) from Sidney Crosby (31), Erik Karlsson (30)<br \/>P3 1:40 \u2013 Acciari (6) from Lizotte (11), Brett Kulak (7)<br \/>P3 17:28 \u2013 Ben Kindel (12) from Dewar (10), Stuart Skinner (1) \u2013 Empty Net <\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 6:44 \u2013 Brent Burns (9) from Nathan MacKinnon (51), Valeri Nichushkin (19)<br \/>P1 10:03 \u2013 MacKinnon (39) from Artturi Lehkonen (22)<br \/>P2 1:24 \u2013 Ross Colton (7) from Brock Nelson (20), Josh Manson (19)<br \/>P2 13:33 \u2013 MacKinnon (40) from Lehkonen (23)<br \/>P3 7:35 \u2013 Parker Kelly (12) from Joel Kiviranta (5), Jack Drury (11)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 8:34 \u2013 Cole Perfetti (5) from Gabriel Vilardi (27), Adam Lowry (9)<br \/>P3 15:46 \u2013 Mark Scheifele (27) from Kyle Connor (38), Gustav Nyquist (9)<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 14:40 \u2013 Eetu Luostarinen (6) from Evan Rodrigues (15), Gustav Forsling (19)<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 3:10 \u2013 Adrian Kempe (19) from Alex Laferriere (13), Corey Perry (16)<br \/>P1 7:08 \u2013 Kempe (20) from Perry (17)<br \/>OT 2:48 \u2013 Quinton Byfield (10) from Kempe (24), Drew Doughty (11)<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 0:39 \u2013 Trevor Zegras (20) from Bobby Brink (10), Travis Konecny (30)<br \/>P3 0:25 \u2013 Konecny (22) from Rasmus Ristolainen (4), Nikita Grebenkin (8)<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 2:11 \u2013 Thomas Harley (4) from Mavrik Bourque (11), Jamie Benn (10)<br \/>P1 7:42 \u2013 Wyatt Johnston (29) from Mikko Rantanen (47), Miro Heiskanen (35)<br \/>P1 16:37 \u2013 Matt Duchene (9) from Benn (11), Sam Steel (16)<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 10:23 \u2013 Kailer Yamamoto (8) from J.J. Peterka (17), John Marino (21)<br \/>P3 6:41 \u2013 Yamamoto (9) from Peterka (18), Barrett Hayton (12)<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 6:50 \u2013 Eeli Tolvanen (11) from Ryan Winterton (11), Chandler Stephenson (20)<br \/>P1 13:04 \u2013 Jared McCann (16) from Vince Dunn (25), Stephenson (21)<br \/>P3 3:18 \u2013 Kaapo Kakko (6) from Adam Larsson (10)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kaapo-Kakko-Kraken-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Kaapo Kakko Seattle Kraken\" class=\"wp-image-1449769\"  \/>Kaapo Kakko, Seattle Kraken (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 8:52 \u2013 Ivan Barbashev (14) from Jack Eichel (43), Ben Hutton (9)<br \/>P2 19:48 \u2013 Mitch Marner (14) from Eichel (44), Tomas Hertl (26)<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 6:15 \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek (14) from Quinn Hughes (47), Jesper Wallstedt (1)<br \/>P1 19:24 \u2013 Kirill Kaprizov (30) from Eriksson Ek (24), Mats Zuccarello (23)<br \/>P2 0:35 \u2013 Zuccarello (9) from Ryan Hartman (11)<br \/>P2 12:29 \u2013 Hughes (5) from Brock Faber (23)<br \/>P2 15:40 \u2013 Vladimir Tarasenko (14) from Marcus Foligno (5), Danila Yurov (13)<br \/>P3 9:42 \u2013 Tyler Pitlick (2) from Yakov Trenin (12), Vinnie Hinostroza (7)<br \/>P3 14:17 \u2013 Faber (12) from Matt Boldy (27), Jake Middleton (11)<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 3:16 \u2013 Leon Draisaitl (27), unassisted<br \/>P1 8:01 \u2013 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (13) from Connor McDavid (61), Evan Bouchard (45)<br \/>P3 12:43 \u2013 Jack Roslovic (15) from Darnell Nurse (11), Josh Samanski (1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.substack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"148\" 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