* Kirill Kaprizov scored the overtime goal as the Wild quelled a late comeback attempt by the Canadiens and extended their road winning streak to six games.
* Dawson Mercer tallied twice against his former team to help the Jets earn a fourth consecutive victory dating to their historic four-goal comeback win on Nov. 3.
* Wednesday is highlighted by NHL on TNT’s Veterans Appreciation Night Presented by Navy Federal Credit Union doubleheader capped with Golden Knights captain Mark Stone needing three points to pass Jonathan Marchessault for the most in franchise history.
KAPRIZOV, HUGHES PLAY OT HEROES TO HELP WILD EXTEND ROAD WIN STREAK
After the Canadiens tied the game with less than two minutes left in regulation, Kirill Kaprizov (1-0—1) and Quinn Hughes (0-1—1) combined to provide the overtime heroics and help the Central Division-leading Wild earn their sixth consecutive road win – their longest since 2019-20 (6-0-0).
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* Kaprizov scored his 17th goal of the season – the second most in the League behind Leon Draisaitl (18) – and tied for the third most by a player through 20 games in a season since 2016-17. The only players with more in the past decade are Draisaitl (20 in 2021-22) and Auston Matthews (18 in 2020-21). Of note, Draisaitl (18 G in 19 GP) is set to skate in his 20th game of the season tonight.
* Hughes became the second-fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach 80 points with a franchise (11-69—80 in 68 GP). The only other blueliner to reach the mark in fewer than 68 games is Paul Coffey (53 GP w/ PIT).
MERCER SCORES TWICE AGAINST FORMER TEAM, JETS SOAR TO FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN
Just two and a half weeks after being traded from the Devils to the Jets in a blockbuster trade that saw Connor Hellebuyck go the other way, Dawson Mercer netted a pair of goals against his former team to help Winnipeg soar to a fourth consecutive victory. Mercer’s first tally came just 7:54 into the contest, the fastest goal by a Jets skater in their first game versus their former team since the club returned to Winnipeg in 2011-12.
* Kyle Connor (2-0—2) and Mark Scheifele (0-1—1) combined on the same power-play goal for the 82nd time and tied Vyacheslav Kozlov and Ilya Kovalchuk for the second-most instances in franchise history behind Dale Hawerchuk and Paul MacLean (103).
* Scheifele, who tallied his 550th career assist to tie Hawerchuk and Blake Wheeker for second most in Jets franchise history behind Thomas Steen (553), is also just three goals and three points back of Hawerchuk’s club records in those categories.
BLUES, AVALANCHE EARN WINS AFTER VETERANS honored in St. Louis, Toronto
Jimmy Snuggerud and Gabriel Landeskog vaulted their teams to victories after veterans were honored in St. Louis and Toronto ahead of Veterans and Remembrance Day in the U.S. and Canada, respectively:
* Snuggerud scored the game-winning goal and had an assist to reach 69 points through 95 career contests while helping the Blues beat the Red Wings. His 69 career points mark the most by a St. Louis player prior to his 100th game since Nelson Emerson, who had 78 through his 99th contest exactly 34 years ago on Nov. 10, 1992.
* Landeskog accounted for both of the Avalanche’s go-ahead tallies as Colorado rallied past Toronto via its fifth six-goal game this season, which tied Boston and Carolina for the most in the NHL. Landeskog logged his 47th career game-winning goal to pass former teammate Mikko Rantanen (46) and match Michel Goulet for fourth place on the franchise’s all-time list.
* Bob Schultz, a 104-year-old World War II veteran, dropped the ceremonial puck at Enterprise Center and received a handshake of gratitude from every player in the Blues’ lineup. The Maple Leafs also honored veterans Roy Payne, 87, Joe Kennedy, 101, William King, 102, and Ed Pyette, 102, during a pre-game ceremony at Scotiabank Arena, before 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe major Alexander Brown performed “Amazing Grace.”
FORSBERG, OVECHKIN, TKACHUK, MATTHEWS FEATURED IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES
Tuesday’s edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates had more notes from the seven-game slate. Some highlights include:
* Filip Forsberg scored both Predators goals and Juuse Saros stopped all 30 shots he faced to record his 28th career shutout and match Niklas Backstrom for the sixth most in NHL history by a Finnish goaltender as Nashville notched its fifth straight win while jumping into third place in the Central Division. That list is topped by Saros’ former partner, Pekka Rinne (60), who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
* Alex Ovechkin (0-1—1) factored on Cole Hutson’s overtime winner and tied Nicklas Backstrom (762) for the most assists in Capitals history as Washington defeated Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre. Hutson (20 years, 135 days) became the third-youngest Capitals player to score an overtime goal, behind those same two players: Backstrom (20 years, 0 days on Nov. 23, 2007) andOvechkin (20 years, 118 days on Jan. 13, 2006).
* Matthew Tkachuk assisted on Sam Bennett’s second goal to help the Panthers beat the Blue Jackets while extending his point streak versus Columbus to 16 games since Dec. 4, 2018. Tkachuk and his dad, new Hockey Hall of Fame member Keith (15 GP from Dec. 1, 2001 – March 31, 2006), are the only father-son duo in NHL history to each have a point streak of at least 15 contests against the same franchise.
* Auston Matthews picked up the primary helper on Darren Raddysh’s first career goal with his hometown Maple Leafs. Raddysh’s tally was clocked with a shot speed of 92.89 mph according to NHL EDGE,the fourth hardest resulting in a goal this season behind Arber Xhekaj (97.22 mph on Nov. 5), Travis Sanheim (95.71 mph on Oct. 1) and Rasmus Dahlin (92.95 mph on Nov. 6).
* Toronto was one of 14 teams in action Tuesday, which marked the 51-year anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. Matthews (2024-25 – Present) and teammate John Tavares (2019-20 – 2023-24) have both donned the ”C” for the Maple Leafs, as did the late musician Gordon Lightfoot who memorialized the tragedy with his 1976 folk rock ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
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STONE COULD BREAK VEGAS POINTS RECORD ON TNT’S VETERANS APPRECIATION NIGHT
Wednesday’s slate includes an NHL on TNT doubleheader during its annual NHL Veterans Appreciation Night Presented by Navy Federal Credit Union when the Sabres host the Lightning before the Mammoth visit the Golden Knights, who could have a new outright all-time points leader should Mark Stone find the score sheet thrice.
* The first half of the TNT doubleheader also has players approaching milestones: Nikita Kucherov is two tallies away from becoming the second skater in Lightning history with 200 road goals, while Tage Thompson is one shy of his 200th career assist. Thompson (546 GP) can become the ninth-fastest active U.S.-born skater to have both 200 goals and assists – Auston Matthews (412 GP) was fastest.
* Stone, who is the only captain in Golden Knights history, needs three points to overtake Jonathan Marchessault (417) as Vegas’ all-time leading scorer but his opponent tonight won’t make it easy – the Mammoth will seek revenge on the Golden Knights in their first meeting since suffering a defeat in Game 6 of the 2026 First Round. Three-point games is one of the franchise records Stone already holds, along with overall multi-point games and five-point outings.
