* Sebastian Aho and the Hurricanes completed the sweep of their two-game set in Helsinki as part of the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland. Next up for fans in Europe is the debut of NHL Monday Night Hockey on Nov. 30 – a new initiative that will bring NHL games to hockey fans across Europe live in local prime time viewing windows on Monday nights – followed by two games in Düsseldorf between the Senators and Blackhawks for the 2026 NHL Global Series Germany presented by Kaufland (Dec. 18 & Dec. 20).
* Mark Scheifele passed his former Ontario Hockey League head coach and mentor Dale Hawerchuk for the most points in Jets franchise history as Winnipeg rallied to earn its second four-goal comeback win this month.
* Sunday’s slate featuresthe Predators looking to extend the League’s longest active winning streak to eight contests, Anaheim’s Cutter Gauthier putting his eight-game goal streak on the line against Calgary and Vegas’ Mark Stone aiming to become the second player in as many days to capture a franchise scoring record.
AHO, HURRICANES LEAVE FINLAND AS NO. 1-RANKED TEAM IN THE NHL
Jagger Firkus made his NHL debut for the Kraken – in front of his parents who travelled from Alberta to Helsinki on short notice – but Jordan Staal’s return to the Hurricanes lineup helped spur the reigning Stanley Cup champions to a clean sweep of the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland, maintaining their perfect record both outside of North America (4-0-0) and in NHL tentpole events (5-0-0 including one win outdoors). European players factored on each of Carolina’s first eight goals across the two games, including assists Saturday by Finnish forwards Sebastian Aho and Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
* Carolina arrived in Finland as the No. 1-ranked team in the NHL and will hold the same position upon their departure. The Hurricanes (16-3-2) are tied with the 2020-21 Lightning (16-4-1) for the second-most wins by a reigning Stanley Cup champion through 21 games of a season, behind only the 1929-30 Bruins (19-2-0). The Lightning went on to repeat that season, while the Bruins reached the Final.
* Carolina outscored Seattle 9-2 during the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland, tied for the highest goal differential by a team during one overseas trip – Colorado was also plus-7 during the 2022 Global Series in Tampere (11-4 vs. CBJ). Both the Hurricanes and Avalanche were reigning Stanley Cup champions.
* Ahorecorded his third point in games played outside North America, becoming the eighth European player to collect as many in his home country (2-1—3 in 2 GP).
* Danish forward Nikolaj Ehlers (0-3—3) had multiple points in both contests (also 1-1—2 on Thursday) to boost his career overseas totals to 2-4—6 in four appearances.
* Finnish legend Esa Tikkanen, who was honored yesterday as the fourth recipient of the Börje Salming Courage Award presented by SAP, was on hand for the ceremonial puck drop.
SCHEIFELE SETS, TIES franchise RECORDS AS JETS RALLY FROM 4-0 DEFICIT AGAIN
Mark Scheifele had 1-3—4 to pass Dale Hawerchuk (929) for the most points in Jets franchise history, overtake Thomas Steen (553) atop the club’s all-time assists list and tie Hawerchuk (379) for first place in goals as Winnipeg rallied from a 4-0 deficit to force overtime. Scheifele then tallied in the shootout to help the Jets extend their winning streak to six games, with the run bookended by four-goal comeback victories (also Nov. 3).
* Scheifele helped Winnipeg become the second team in NHL history with multiple four-goal comeback wins over a six-game span, following Florida (April 2-5, 2022 & Nov. 12-21, 2019). The Jets had four four-goal comeback victories in franchise history entering this season, including one that involved Hawerchuk (March 9, 1990).
* Scheifele became the first player in NHL history to factor on each of his team’s tallies during a four-goal comeback win (excluding shootout deciders). Scheifele’s longtime teammate Kyle Connor (1-1—2) had a hand on two of them to reach the 700-point milestone before scoring the shootout winner.
* Scheifele received the milestone puck from his head coach and Dale’s lifelong friend, Scott Arniel,after the contest. The Hawerchuk family also congratulated Scheifele while looking forward to his 1,000th career game, which he could reach before Christmas.
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BEST OF THE WEST: STAR PLAYERS LEAD WILD AND OILERS TO ANOTHER VICTORY
The Central Division-leading Wild (15-3-4, 34 points) and Pacific Division-leading Oilers (15-3-3, 33 points) watched their superstars influence another victory during the Saturday night slate: Quinn Hughes (1-1—2), Kirill Kaprizov (0-2—2) and Connor McDavid (0-1—1).
* Hughes and Kaprizov each extended their point streaks to 11 games as Hughes matched his franchise record for the longest run by a defenseman. Hughes (22 GP) also became the fastest Wild blueliner to 30 points in a season, besting his own mark (25 GP in 2025-26), and established the third-fastest pace by an American defenseman – Hughes himself leads the list (19 GP in 2023-24), ahead of John Carlson (20 GP in 2019-20).
* The Wild pushed their point streak to 11 games (9-0-2), the NHL’s lengthiest active run and the second longest this season behind the Canadiens, who had their 12-game streak snapped Saturday. Minnesota matched its fourth-longest point streak in franchise history (also 11 GP in 2019-20), three games shy of the club record (14 GP in 2022-23).
* McDavid, back in action this evening, extended his season-opening point streak to 21 games, became the NHL’s first 50-point player in 2026-27 and continued his exceptional 200-point pace. The Oilers captain became the NHL’s first 50-point player for the sixth time (outright or tied), which tied Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux for the second most among all players. Wayne Gretzky (11x) tops the list.
* Already halfway to his 10th career 100-point season (and 7th consecutive) in just 21 contests, McDavid bested the mark for fewest games to 50 points in a season by an active player, which he set in 2022-23 (27 GP) when he went on to record a career-high 153 points. Overall, McDavid accounts for three of five instances of an active player hitting 50 points in less than 30 games.
SCHAEFER SCALES SEVERAL ELITE LISTS WITH THREE-POINT SHOWING SATURDAY
Matthew Schaefer (0-3—3) factored on three of six Islanders goals, including picking up an assist on Simon Holmstrom’s first career hat trick, and climbed several elite lists of teenage defensemen in the process as New York skated to victory at Honda Center on Saturday.
* Schaefer recorded his third career three-point game and tied Petr Svoboda for the fourth most by a teenage defenseman in NHL history behind Phil Housley (10 GP), Ray Bourque (6 GP) and Al Iafrate (4 GP). He also moved into a tie with Larry Murphy and Rick Hampton (both w/ 16 GP) for the third-most multi-point games by a teenage blueliner – a list Housley (34 GP) and Bourque (17 GP) also top.
* Schaefer (19 years, 70 days) became the third-youngest defenseman in NHL history to record three assists in a single period, followingHousley(18 years, 222 days on Oct. 17, 1982) and Craig Redmond (19 years, 60 days on Nov. 21, 1984). Schaefer also became the youngest player in Islanders history at the time of his 50th career assist, besting Bryan Trottier (19 years, 222 days on Feb. 24, 1976).
HELLEBUYCK, ULLMARK JOIN RARE COMPANY WITH HOT STARTS
A pair of goaltenders skated into rare company Saturday as Connor Hellebuyck (7-0-0) and Linus Ullmark (9-1-0) added their names to exclusive NHL lists with hot starts to the season.
* Hellebuyck made 43 saves and became the fifth American goaltender in NHL history to post a season-opening winning streak of seven or more games, following Jack Campbell (11 GP in 2020-21), Ryan Miller (8 GP in 2006-07), Tim Thomas (7 GP in 2010-11) and Brent Johnson (7 GP in 2000-01). Hellebuyck also became the sixth goaltender in NHL history to win each of their first seven games with a franchise.
* Ullmark earned his 200th career win and required just 350 games to reach the milestone, the eighth fewest in NHL history and fewest among Swedish goaltenders, eclipsing Henrik Lundqvist (383 GP). Ullmark improved to 9-1-0 to start 2026-27 and tied Martin Gerber (9-1-0 in 2007-08) for the most wins by a Senators goaltender through their first 10 games of a season.
AROUND THE RINKS
More highlights from Saturday’s 14-game slate:
* Brady (1-1—2) and Matthew Tkachuk (0-1—1) connected on the 1-0 goal in their hometown after their father, Keith, was honored by his former team during a pre-game ceremony for his recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Brady and Matthew have both factored on the same goal 17 times this season and are on pace for 68 instances at campaign’s end – that would mark the third highest single-season total by a pair of brothers in NHL history behind Daniel and Henrik Sedin (73x in 2010-11 & 71x in 2009-10).
* Daniil Tarasov stopped all 31 shots he faced to help the Red Wings snap the Lightning’s home winning streak at eight games – the second time in 35 years that Detroit has snapped an opponent’s run of that length following March 22, 2013, when they ended Anaheim’s 13-game run. Tarasov (9 GP) became the third Red Wings goaltender in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68) to record multiple shutouts with the franchise in fewer than 10 games, following Kevin Hodson (6 GP from 1995-96 – 1996-97), Ville Husso (7 GP in 2022-23) and Jared Coreau (8 GP in 2016-17).
* Adam Gaudette and Zack Ostapchuk scored six seconds apart in the middle frame, the fastest two goals in Sharks history and the fastest by any team since the Canadiens also scored twice in six seconds on March 5, 2024. San Jose earned its fourth third-period comeback win of the season and tied Boston for the most among all teams.
* Artturi Lehkonen (1-1—2) logged his team-leading 15th goal of the season to help Colorado clip his former team. The Avalanche have earned 53 consecutive wins in games where they held a second-intermission lead dating to April 3, 2025, the second-longest streak in NHL history behind the Penguins (66 GP From April 11, 2015 – Feb. 25, 2017).
* Jamie Benn scored the game-winning goal and became the second player in Stars franchise history to reach the 1,000-point milestone (418-582—1,000), alongside Mike Modano (557-802—1,359).
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PREDATORS AIM FOR EIGHTH STRAIGHT WIN
Owners of the longest winning streak in the NHL this season (7-0-0; tied w/ CAR), the Predators seek the fourth winning streak of eight-plus games in franchise history as they continue a five-game road trip (3-0-0 so far) versus the Sharks, who both Roman Josi and Filip Forsberg have found success against as of late. Meanwhile, nearly 400 miles south of San Jose, Cutter Gauthier looks to extend a run of his own when the Ducks host the Flames – he can surpass Teemu Selanne (8 GP in 1998-99) for the second-longest goal streak in franchise history.
