{"id":443215,"date":"2026-02-03T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/443215\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:26:13","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-february-3-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/443215\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 February 3, 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\">10 NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played on Feb. 2, 2026. Which saw the Florida Panthers host the Buffalo Sabres. As well as\u00a0the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames battle it out in the late game.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n<p>SABRES 5 at PANTHERS 3<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 15:03 \u2013 Tage Thompson (29) from Peyton Krebs (17), Rasmus Dahlin (34)<br \/>P1 18:26 \u2013 Krebs (7) from Dahlin (35), Alex Tuch (26)<br \/>P2 5:44 \u2013 Zach Benson (7) from Ryan McLeod (27), Owen Power (13)<br \/>P3 5:31 \u2013 Jason Zucker (14) from Josh Doan (21), Jack Quinn (23)<br \/>P3 17:51 \u2013 Doan (17) from Krebs (18), McLeod (28)<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 0:37 \u2013 Sandis Vilmanis (2) from A.J. Greer (10), Niko Mikkola (8)<br \/>P1 5:54 \u2013 Evan Rodrigues (10) from Sam Reinhart (26), Tobias Bjornfot (1)<br \/>P2 18:59 \u2013 Uvis Balinskis (4) from Reinhart (27), Carter Verhaeghe (26)<\/p>\n<p>SENATORS 3 at PENGUINS 2<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 1:35 \u2013 Michael Amadio (8) from Tyler Kleven (10), Shane Pinto (13)<br \/>P3 6:46 \u2013 Tim Stutzle (26) from Drake Batherson (28), Jordan Spence (14)<br \/>P3 14:52 \u2013 Claude Giroux (11) from Stutzle (33), Batherson (29)<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 7:57 \u2013 Egor Chinakhov (10) from Evgeni Malkin (30), Parker Wotherspoon (15)<br \/>P3 8:48 \u2013 Tommy Novak (10) from Ryan Shea (19), Chinakhov (6)<\/p>\n<p>ISLANDERS 1 at CAPITALS 4<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 16:38 \u2013 Mathew Barzal (15) Unassisted<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 5:29 \u2013 Martin Fehervary (4) from Tom Wilson (26), Nic Dowd (12)<br \/>P2 6:00 \u2013 Anthony Beauvillier (11) from Matt Roy (14), Alex Ovechkin (25)<br \/>P3 8:46 \u2013 Dowd (4) from Rasmus Sandin (16), Ethen Frank (12)<br \/>P3 17:35 \u2013 John Carlson (10) from Aliaksei Protas (19) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>CANADIENS 3 at WILD 4 \u2013 OT<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 19:08 \u2013 Brendan Gallagher (5) from Phillip Danault (11), Mike Matheson (23)<br \/>P2 19:43 \u2013 Ivan Demidov (12) from Lane Hutson (48), Alexandre Carrier (12)<br \/>P3 0:12 \u2013 Kirby Dach (7) from Nick Suzuki (47), Noah Dobson (26)<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 0:38 \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek (15) from Marcus Johansson (23), Matt Boldy (28)<br \/>P1 15:48 \u2013 Kirill Kaprizov (31) from Quinn Hughes (48), Ryan Hartman (12)<br \/>P3 7:05 \u2013 Brock Faber (13) from Johansson (24), Hughes (49)<br \/>OT 3:38 \u2013 Kaprizov (32) from Hughes (50), Boldy (29)<\/p>\n<p>BLUES 5 at PREDATORS 6<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 4:53 \u2013 Jake Neighbours (14) from Justin Faulk (17), Tyler Tucker (9)<br \/>P1 14:24 \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich (10) from Neighbours (10), Jordan Kyrou (16)<br \/>P2 0:45 \u2013 Buchnevich (11) from Kyrou (17), Neighbours (11)<br \/>P2 3:23 \u2013 Philip Broberg (3) from Kyrou (18), Buchnevich (22)<br \/>P2 3:55 \u2013 Colton Parayko (1) from Jimmy Snuggerud (13), Broberg (15)<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 9:16 \u2013 Ryan O\u2019Reilly (19) from Filip Forsberg (22), Roman Josi (24)<br \/>P2 11:35 \u2013 Michael McCarron (4) from Michael Bunting (18), Josi (25)<br \/>P2 13:49 \u2013 Forsberg (23) from Josi (26), Erik Haula (19)<br \/>P3 2:02 \u2013 O\u2019Reilly (20) from Justin Barron (5), Luke Evangelista (32)<br \/>P3 7:14 \u2013 Steven Stamkos (26) from Evangelista (33), Josi (27)<br \/>P3 10:23 \u2013 Stamkos (27) from Brady Skjei (16), Evangelista (34)<\/p>\n<p>SHARKS 3 at BLACKHAWKS 6<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 12:05 \u2013 Will Smith (17) from Macklin Celebrini (53), Collin Graf (16)<br \/>P2 15:11 \u2013 Celebrini (28) from Tyler Toffoli (21), William Eklund (24)<br \/>P3 2:13 \u2013 Shakir Mukhamadullin (3) from Philipp Kurashev (10), Vincent Desharnais (3)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Macklin-Celebrini-Sharks-6-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Macklin Celebrini San Jose Sharks\" class=\"wp-image-1608431\"  \/>San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini celebrates his goal scored against the Los Angeles Kings (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 7:00 \u2013 Connor Bedard (23) from Teuvo Teravainen (13), Tyler Bertuzzi (17)<br \/>P2 2:14 \u2013 Connor Murphy (4) from Matt Grzelcyk (12), Ryan Donato (11)<br \/>P2 9:35 \u2013 Donato (12) from Ilya Mikheyev (10), Jason Dickinson (6)<br \/>P2 10:36 \u2013 Sam Rinzel (2) from Mikheyev (11)<br \/>P2 12:41 \u2013 Mikheyev (11) from Dickinson (7), Donato (12)<br \/>P3 14:41 \u2013 Donato (13) from Mikheyev (12), Murphy (8)<\/p>\n<p>JETS 3 at STARS 4 \u2013 OT<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 2:26 \u2013 Gabriel Vilardi (21) from Cole Perfetti (12), Adam Lowry (10)<br \/>P2 3:58 \u2013 Perfetti (6) from Vilardi (28), Mark Scheifele (39)<br \/>P3 18:17 \u2013 Logan Stanley (9) from Scheifele (40), Kyle Connor (39)<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 0:48 \u2013 Jason Robertson (31) from Mikko Rantanen (48), Roope Hintz (28)<br \/>P2 15:13 \u2013 Nils Lundkvist (3) from Matt Duchene (8), Jamie Benn (12)<br \/>P3 12:17 \u2013 Rantanen (20) from Justin Hryckowian (10), Miro Heiskanen (36)<br \/>OT 2:05 \u2013 Thomas Harley (5) from Duchene (9), Heiskanen (37)<\/p>\n<p>RED WINGS 2 at AVALANCHE 0<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 0:33 \u2013 Marco Kasper (6) from Lucas Raymond (41), Dylan Larkin (24)<br \/>P3 19:29 \u2013 Raymond (19) from Larkin (25) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>CANUCKS 2 at MAMMOTH 6<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 7:04 \u2013 Liam Ohgren (4) from Conor Garland (16), Teddy Blueger (1)<br \/>P2 18:49 \u2013 Blueger (5) from Garland (17), Marcus Pettersson (10)<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 3:34 \u2013 Nick Schmaltz (20) from John Marino (22), Barrett Hayton (13)<br \/>P1 7:37 \u2013 Schmaltz (21) from Sean Durzi (14)<br \/>P2 8:45 \u2013 Mikhail Sergachev (9) from Schmaltz (29), Dylan Guenther (22)<br \/>P2 12:16 \u2013 Lawson Crouse (14) from Marino (23), Clayton Keller (35)<br 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