{"id":472934,"date":"2026-02-26T12:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/472934\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:28:14","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-february-26-2026-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/472934\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 February 26, 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\">\u00a0eight NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played on Feb. 25, 2026. Which saw the Tampa Bay Lightning host the Toronto Maple Leafs. As well as\u00a0the Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers battle it out in the first game after the Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P2 8:10 \u2013 Tage Thompson (31) from Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)<br \/>P3 10:36 \u2013 Krebs (8) from Thompson (30)<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P3 17:30 \u2013 Timo Meier (15) from Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P3 0:29 \u2013 Noah Cates (11) from Travis Sanheim (19), Bobby Brink (12)<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P2 13:52 \u2013 Rasmus Sandin (3) from Hendrix Lapierre (8), Jakob Chychrun (26)<br \/>P3 14:08 \u2013 Trevor van Riemsdyk (2) from Declan Chisholm (4), Aliaksei Protas (20)<br \/>P3 19:34 \u2013 Protas (20) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P3 16:19 \u2013 John Tavares (21) from William Nylander (35), Matthew Knies (33)<br \/>P3 17:13 \u2013 Knies (15) from Nylander (36), Auston Matthews (23)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Brayden-Point-Lightning-3-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Brayden Point Tampa Bay Lightning\" class=\"wp-image-1421676\"  \/>Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jmstarr_\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jess Starr<\/a>\/The Hockey Writers)<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P2 7:07 \u2013 Brayden Point (12) from Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous (15), Pontus Holmberg (9)<br \/>P2 7:58 \u2013 Gage Goncalves (7) from Nikita Kucherov (63), D\u2019Astous (16)<br \/>P3 2:59 \u2013 Kucherov (30) from Goncalves (12), Point (20)<br \/>P3 16:30 \u2013 Point (13) from Kucherov (64), Goncalves (13)<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P3 6:46 \u2013 Ryker Evans (6), unassisted<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P1 18:41 \u2013 Wyatt Johnston (30) from Esa Lindell (18), Thomas Harley (19)<br \/>P2 1:43 \u2013 Matt Duchene (11) from Harley (20)<br \/>P2 5:35 \u2013 Sam Steel (8) from Mavrik Bourque (12), Justin Hryckowian (11)<br \/>P2 6:14 \u2013 Johnston (31) from Miro Heiskanen (40), Duchene (11)<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P2 3:26 \u2013 Parker Kelly (13) from Brent Burns (18), Josh Manson (20)<br \/>P2 9:13 \u2013 Victor Olofsson (11) from Sam Malinski (23), Kelly (10)<br \/>P2 12:20 \u2013 Brock Nelson (30) from Gabriel Landeskog (16), Martin Necas (41)<br \/>P2 17:17 \u2013 Necas (23) from Cale Makar (43), Valeri Nichushkin (23)<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P2 10:49 \u2013 Dylan Guenther (26) from Mikhail Sergachev (30), Clayton Keller (38)<br \/>P2 13:20 \u2013 Guenther (27) from Jack McBain (14), Logan Cooley (10)<\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P1 10:59 \u2013 Pavel Dorofeyev (27) from Tanner Laczynski (3), Reilly Smith (8)<br \/>P3 8:07 \u2013 Colton Sissons (4) from Braeden Bowman (14), Adin Hill (1)<br \/>P3 11:16 \u2013 Brandon Saad (3) from Sissons (4), Alexander Holtz (6)<br \/>P3 12:21 \u2013 Smith (10) from Laczynski (4), Brayden McNabb (2)<br \/>P3 15:59 \u2013 Dorofeyev (28) from Laczynski (5), Bowman (15)<br \/>P3 19:32 \u2013 Ivan Barbashev (17) from Tomas Hertl (28), McNabb (3) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pavel-Dorofeyev-Golden-Knights-1200x899.jpg\" alt=\"Pavel Dorofeyev Vegas Golden Knights\" class=\"wp-image-1468831\"  \/>Pavel Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/38Photography\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Irvin<\/a> \/ The Hockey Writers)<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P1 14:31 \u2013 Quinton Byfield (12) from Artemi Panarin (39), Brandt Clarke (22)<br \/>P2 14:44 \u2013 Adrian Kempe (21) from Anze Kopitar (17), Panarin (40)<br \/>P3 13:26 \u2013 Byfield (13) from Andrei Kuzmenko (11)<br \/>P3 18:54 \u2013 Clarke (7) from Kempe (27), Kuzmenko (12)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P1 11:42 \u2013 Kyle Connor (26) from Mark Scheifele (42)<br \/>P2 18:45 \u2013 Gabriel Vilardi (22) from Scheifele (43), Luke Schenn (6)<br \/>OT 1:37 \u2013 Cole Perfetti (7) from Adam Lowry (11), Dylan Samberg (10)<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P1 1:58 \u2013 Drew O\u2019Connor (14) from Brock Boeser (14)<br \/>P2 0:38 \u2013 Evander Kane (10) from Elias Pettersson (22)<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>P1 0:13 \u2013 Jack Roslovic (16) from Matt Savoie (10), Darnell Nurse (12)<br \/>P1 9:03 \u2013 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (14) from Connor McDavid (63), Savoie (11)<br \/>P2 18:45 \u2013 Zach Hyman (23) from Mattias Ekholm (22), Evan Bouchard (49)<br \/>P2 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