{"id":445038,"date":"2026-02-04T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445038\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:47:14","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-february-4-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445038\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 February 4, 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/scoreboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0seven NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played on Feb. 3, 2026. Which saw the Carolina Hurricanes host the Ottawa Senators. As well as\u00a0the Seattle Kraken and Anaheim Ducks battle it out in the late game.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 2:46 \u2013 Stephen Halliday (4) from Jordan Spence (15), Lars Eller (7)<br \/>P2 16:21 \u2013 Tim Stutzle (27) from Jake Sanderson (35), Dylan Cozens (24)<br \/>P3 4:57 \u2013 Sanderson (11) from Drake Batherson (30), Cozens (25)<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 17:49 \u2013 Sebastian Aho (20) from K\u2019Andre Miller (19)<br \/>P2 12:39 \u2013 Seth Jarvis (24) from Andrei Svechnikov (28), Aho (36)<br \/>P2 15:41 \u2013 Jarvis (25) from Aho (37)<br \/>P3 14:53 \u2013 Jordan Staal (14) from Nikolaj Ehlers (28)<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 8:12 \u2013 Aliaksei Protas (19) from Anthony Beauvillier (8)<br \/>P3 2:40 \u2013 Beauvillier (12) from Justin Sourdif (14), Trevor van Riemsdyk (6)<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 5:56 \u2013 Owen Tippett (19) from Travis Sanheim (18), Matvei Michkov (16)<br \/>P2 4:45 \u2013 Carl Grundstrom (8) from Nicolas Deslauriers (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (5)<br \/>P3 14:37 \u2013 Jamie Drysdale (4) from Trevor Zegras (28), Travis Konecny (31)<br \/>P3 19:43 \u2013 Rasmus Ristolainen (1) from Konecny (32) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 5:24 \u2013 Dante Fabbro (4) unassisted<br \/>P3 12:05 \u2013 Mathieu Olivier (7) from Cole Sillinger (19), Boone Jenner (19)<br \/>P3 16:00 \u2013 Olivier (8) from Charlie Coyle (25), Zach Werenski (42)<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 12:09 \u2013 Anthony Mantha (20) from Justin Brazeau (12)<br \/>P2 3:52 \u2013 Egor Chinakhov (11) from Tommy Novak (20), Erik Karlsson (31)<br \/>P2 14:09 \u2013 Bryan Rust (19) from Sidney Crosby (32), Ilya Solovyov (4)<br \/>P3 10:40 \u2013 Justin Brazeau (15) from Brett Kulak (8)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Penguins-Kris-Letang-Sidney-Crosby-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Sidney Crosby\" class=\"wp-image-1599216\"  \/>Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby (Per Haljestam-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 18:41 \u2013 Bo Horvat (22) from Anders Lee (20)<br \/>P1 19:56 \u2013 Matthew Schaefer (16) from Ondrej Palat (8), Horvat (15)<br \/>P3 8:37 \u2013 Mathew Barzal (16) from Adam Pelech (7)<br \/>P3 15:24 \u2013 Ryan Pulock (3) from Barzal (33), Simon Holmstrom (16)<br \/>OT 0:52 \u2013 Horvat (23) from Barzal (34), Schaefer (23)<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 16:53 \u2013 Mattias Samuelsson (10) unassisted<br \/>P3 4:08 \u2013 Samuelsson (11) from Ryan McLeod (29), Jack Quinn (24)<br \/>P3 14:53 \u2013 Josh Doan (18) from Tage Thompson (29), Rasmus Dahlin (36)<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 10:24 \u2013 Nikita Kucherov (29) from Jake Guentzel (34)<br \/>P3 8:53 \u2013 Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) from Darren Raddysh (34), Kucherov (59)<br \/>P3 19:34 \u2013 Raddysh (17) from Kucherov (60), Brandon Hagel (27)<br \/>OT 4:45 \u2013 Jake Guentzel (25) from Kucherov (61), J.J. Moser (14)<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 7:12 \u2013 Matias Maccelli (9) from Jake McCabe (15)<br \/>P2 11:18 \u2013 Matthew Knies (14) from Nicolas Roy (15)<br \/>P3 7:42 \u2013 John Tavares (20) from William Nylander (34), Knies (32)<br \/>P3 8:13 \u2013 Maccelli (10) from Max Domi (22), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (26)<br \/>P3 17:22 \u2013 Bobby McMann (19) from Auston Matthews (22) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 11:09 \u2013 Jake Walman (5) from Josh Samanski (2), Jack Roslovic (9)<br \/>P3 4:27 \u2013 Kasperi Kapanen (4) from Vasily Podkolzin (12), Ty Emberson (10)<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P3 15:31 \u2013 Jordan Eberle (20) from Jared McCann (14), Vince Dunn (26)<br \/>P3 17:29 \u2013 Tye Kartye (3) unassisted<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 4:01 \u2013 Cutter Gauthier (25) from Jackson LaCombe (30), Mikael Granlund (15)<br \/>P2 19:27 \u2013 Jacob Trouba (9) from Jansen Harkins 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