* More than 16 years after watching Carolina play in Finland at the first NHL game he attended, and exactly 10 years after scoring his first NHL goal, Finnish forward Sebastian Aho (2-0—2) gave fans in his home country a night to remember during the first of four NHL games to be played in Europe this season – scoring twice in Carolina’s victory to open the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland.
* European players accounted for all four of Carolina’s goals, the most ever by European players for one team in a game played outside North America.
* Mark Scheifele notched three points and moved into a tie with Dale Hawerchuk as the Jets franchise’s all-time scoring leader as Winnipeg netted its most goals on the road in seven years.
* Josh Anderson and the Canadiens clipped the Bruins in their League-record 946th head-to-head game (regular season & playoffs), the perfect precursor for next week’s NHL Original Six Series presented by Expedia – a three-day event on TNT (Nov. 16-18).
AHO SHINES ON HOME SOIL AS HURRICANES TAKE GLOBAL SERIES OPENER
The highest-scoring Finnish player in the NHL this season and the top team in the Eastern Conference standings were riding high into the opener of a two-game set for the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland and didn’t miss a beat once the puck dropped in Helsinki as Sebastian Aho scored twice – including the game-winning goal – in Carolina’s 4-1 victory against Seattle at Veikkaus Arena.
* Playing in an NHL game in his home country for the first time, Aho scored his 321st and 322nd career goals to overtake Olli Jokinen for fourth place in NHL history among Finnish players. The tallies marked a full circle moment for Aho as they came exactly 10 years after his first two NHL goals – with all four coming against goaltender Philipp Grubauer (also 2-1—3 on Nov. 12, 2016 vs. WSH).
* Aho’s 48th career multi-goal game broke a tie with Ron Francis (47) for second place in Hurricanes franchise history – he now sits one back of matching Eric Staal (49) for the club record.
* Aho, who attended the 2010 Premiere Series the first time Carolina played overseas, became the fourth European player – and third Finn – to score multiple goals in an NHL game played in his home country. Aho joined fellow Finnish forwards Mikko Rantanen (2022 Global Series w/ COL) and Patrik Laine (2018 Global Series w/ WPG) who both had hat tricks, as well as Radim Vrbata in Czechia (2010 Premiere Series w/ PHX).
* Danish forward Nikolaj Ehlers (1-1—2) and Finnish defenseman Juuso Välimäki joined Aho in the goal column to make Carolina the first team to have at least four goals come off the stick of European players during a game played outside North America.
* Three days after becoming the first Finnish goaltender inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame, Pekka Rinne was on hand for the ceremonial puck drop at Veikkaus Arena in Helsinki. The Global Series opener also included the entire Hurricanes roster donning Taylor Hall’s No. 71 ahead of his 1,000th career game – the first player to reach the milestone outside of North America – and a Storm Surge.
SCHEIFELE MATCHES JETS FRANCHISE RECORD IN EIGHT-GOAL VICTORY
Mark Scheifele (2-1—3) put up a three-point performance and moved into a tie with his former OHL coach Dale Hawerchuk (929) as the Jets franchise’s all-time scoring leader as Winnipeg netted eight goals – its most in a road game in seven years – and extended its winning streak to five games.
* Scheifele’s second goal – the game winner – counted as his 98th power-play marker with the Jets and moved him past Paul MacLean (97) for the third most in Jets franchise history. In the process, Scheifele moved within one goal of matching Hawerchuk (379) for the franchise goals record as well.
* Scheifele also recorded his 551st career assist and surpassed Blake Wheeler and Hawerchuk for the second most in Jets franchise history behind only Thomas Steen (553).
ANDERSON, CANADIENS CLIP BRUINS BEFORE NEXT WEEK’S NHL ORIGINAL SIX SERIES
Josh Anderson (1-1—2) and Jake Evans (1-1—2) had two points apiece while Cole Caufield (1-0—1) and former Boston College Eagles goaltender Jacob Fowler (30 saves) stretched several lengthy streaks as the Canadiens beat the Bruins in the League’s last all-Original Six game before next week’s NHL Original Six Series presented by Expedia.-13054640.png)
* Caufield extended his goal streak against Boston to eight games since Oct. 10, 2024. He passed Evgeni Malkin (7 GP from Nov. 22, 2006 – Feb. 13, 2008), Blaine Stoughton (7 GP from Feb. 27, 1980 – Oct. 10, 1981) and four players from the Original Six era or earlier for the League’s second longest versus the Bruins behind Lorne Carr (11 GP from Nov. 23, 1943 – Nov. 23, 1944).
* Fowler improved to 9-0-2 in his last 11 appearances dating to Oct. 10 (2.05 GAA, .931 SV%, 2 SO), including a five-game season-opening road winning streak since Oct. 23 (1.20 GAA, .963 SV%, 1 SO). He tied the franchise record for longest season-opening road winning streak set by Charlie Hodge (5 GP from Nov. 27 – Dec. 18, 1960) and became the fifth rookie in NHL history with a run of that length.
* The three-night event features three all-Original Six contests across a three-day span, celebrating the 100-year anniversary of three franchises with matchups on the exact Centennial of the first NHL game for the Rangers (Nov. 16), Blackhawks (Nov. 17) and Red Wings (Nov. 18). Montreal faces New York during the opener (7:30 p.m. ET on TNT, HBO Max, truTV, SN+, TVAS).
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BOLDY, KAPRIZOV AND HUGHES HELP WILD PUSH POINT STREAK TO 10 GAMES
Matt Boldy (3-0—3), Kirill Kaprizov (0-3—3) and Quinn Hughes (0-1—1) were crucial for the Western Conference-leading Wild (14-3-4, 32 points) as Minnesota captured their seventh straight road win and extended their point streak to 10 games (8-0-2). The Wild recorded their sixth point streak of 10-plus games since 2021-22 – the most among all teams during that span and two more than the next closest (COL & NYR w/ 4).
*Boldy(10-11—21 in 21 GP) scored his sixth career hat trick, second this season and the third by a Wild skater in 2026-27. He required the fewest games by a Wild player to score multiple hat tricks in a single season (Marian Gaborik: 22 GP in 2002-03). Minnesota’s three hat tricks are tied with Anaheim for the second most among all teams this season, behind Florida (5).
* Kaprizov (17-18—35 in 21 GP) extended his point streak to 10 games and moved into third in NHL scoring this season. Did You Know? Kaprizov (1.22 P/GP) ranks fifth in career points per game among active players behind Connor McDavid (1.56), Nikita Kucherov (1.28), Leon Draisaitl (1.25) and Sidney Crosby (1.23).
* Hughes also extended his point streak to 10 games – the third of his career with double-digit length (also 11 GP in 2025-26 & 2023-24). He tied Phil Housley (3) for the second most by an American defenseman in NHL history behind Brian Leetch (4).
AROUND THE RINKS
More highlights from Thursday:
* Connor Hellebuyck (26 saves) improved to 6-0-0 with the Devils and became the first goaltender to win his first six games with a franchise since Logan Thompson (7 GP in 2024-25 w/ WSH) as well as the 10th netminder in NHL history to post multiple season-opening win streaks of six-plus games (also 6 GP in 2024-25). Frederik Andersen (3x; last: 8 GP in 2021-22) and Carey Price (10 GP in 2016-17 & 7 GP in 2015-16) are the only others to achieve the feat in the past decade.
* Nikita Kucherov (3-3—6), Brandon Hagel (4-2—6), Jake Guentzel (1-5—6) and John Carlson (1-5—6) put their point-producing ways on display over the past two days as the Lightning (13-4-2, 28 points) overtook top spot in the Atlantic Division. They became the fourth set of four teammates in NHL history to each post six or more points in a two-day span alongside the 1992-93 Flyers (Rod Brind’Amour, Brian Benning, Brent Fedyk & Mark Recchi from Dec. 29-30, 1992), 1986-87 Devils (Aaron Broten, Kirk Muller, Mark Johnson & Pat Verbeek from Oct. 29-30, 1986) and 1983-84 Oilers (Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri & Paul Coffey from Jan. 3-4, 1984).
* Matthew Schaefer became the fifth Islanders defenseman to score a goal while skating in their 100th career game and first to do so since Noah Dobson (Dec. 9, 2021). Schaefer boosted his career totals to 29-58—77 and passed Rick Hampton (76) for the fourth-most points by a teenage defenseman in NHL history behind Phil Housley (132), Rasmus Dahlin (84) and Ray Bourque (79).
* Sam Reinhart (200 in 405 GP) joined Aleksander Barkov as the second player in franchise history to score 200 goals with Florida and reached the milestone 155 games faster than the Panthers captain (560 GP). The Panthers rallied from a 4-1 deficit to earn their first three-goal comeback win since Dec. 19, 2025 (4-3 SO W vs. CAR) and joined the Sabres and Sharks as the third team with two multi-goal, third-period comeback victories this season.
* Roman Kantserov assisted on the 1-1 goal during the Blackhawks’ come-from-behind overtime win and extended his point streak to nine games since Oct. 25. He became the fourth different rookie with a run of that length in franchise history after Steve Larmer (10 GP from Dec. 8-29, 1982 & 9 GP from Nov. 14 – Dec. 1, 1982), Jonathan Toews (10 GP from Oct. 10-31, 2007) and Jeremy Roenick (9 GP from Jan. 27 – Feb. 18, 1990).
* Shane Pinto (2-1—3) put up a three-point performance and became the second Senators player to score an overtime winner on his birthday, joining teammate Thomas Chabot (Jan. 30, 2025). He also became the fifth player in franchise history to record three or more points on his birthday, following Alexei Yashin (0-4—4 on Nov. 5, 1993), Matt Duchene (2-1—3 on Jan. 16, 2019), Dany Heatley (1-2—3 on Jan. 21, 2006) and Magnus Arvedson (1-2—3 on Nov. 25, 1999).
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* #NHLStats: Live Updates for Nov. 12, 2026
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SEVERAL STARS IN ACTION DURING TWO-GAME FRIDAY
Friday’s two-game slate features Mika Zibanejad and the Rangers battling Brock Boeser and the Canucks before Mark Stone looks to capture a Golden Knights all-time points record when they face Roman Josi and the Predators, who aim to extend the NHL’s longest active win streak to seven games.
* Zibanejad, who scored twice on Wednesday, needs one multi-goal game to match Kent Nilsson (47 GP) for the sixth most by a Swedish player in NHL history – a list topped by Mats Sundin (81 GP). Across the ice, Boeser (233-266—499 in 649 GP) will look to become the eighth player to record 500 career points with the Canucks.
* Stone (146-270—416 in 420 GP) needs two points to overtake Jonathan Marchessault (192-225—417 in 514 GP) as the Golden Knights’ outright scoring leader – a distinction Marchessault has held since March 12, 2021. Skating opposite of him, Josi (2-20—22 in 19 GP) looks to add to his hot start to 2026-27 and needs one assist to match Sergei Zubov (3-21—24 in 1995-96) for the second most through 20 games in a season by a defenseman born outside North America and two to tie Borje Salming (1-22—23 in 1976-77) for the most.
