Yesterday, the Canadiens miraculously won the game against the Predators. There were 10 more games on the schedule. Here are the results and highlights of these games:
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1. The referee called the goal incorrectlyFlorida started the season well, winning its first three games, but things have been getting tougher lately. The Panthers have lost their last three games. It's true, the absence of Alexander Barkov and Matvey Tkachuk doesn't help.
The Panthers have already lost 3 matches in a row.
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Yesterday, the highlight of the game was not the player, but the official. He was wrong when he gave the scoring verdict after trial.
The Ref walked up to announce the appointment of a target review, and then Steve Harvey got the timing wrong. pic.twitter.com/xDmXoBaiBu
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Paul Maurice didn't look too impressed… For the Devils, Jack Hughes shone with this superb goal, his first of the year.
Jack Hughes punches a hole from the short side
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Timo Meier scored two points and Jake Allen stopped 21 of 22 shots.
2. The Hurricanes are still undefeated.The Hurricanes are still the only undefeated team on the Bettman Circuit, having beaten the Ducks 4-1 yesterday and now have a 4-0-0 record. The Avalanche and Golden Knights also didn't lose regularly, but lost points in overtime and/or shootouts. Jacob Trouba did his best to stop the mighty Canes from scoring, but his efforts were not enough.
What a stick save Jacob Truba
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Seth Jarvis was responsible for the forwards and scored 100th and the 101st goal of his career.
After scoring his 100th career goal earlier in the game, Seth Jarvis reaches 101 goals.
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Russian Alexander Nikishin scored his first goal in the NHL.
He has four points in as many games this season.
ALEXANDER NIKISHIN'S FIRST GOAL IN NHL CAREER
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Replay of Bouchard's coup
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Having made a mistake, Marc Spector did not throw a single blow. He said it was a mistake and would result in him not representing Team Canada at the Olympics but competing in Turks and Caicos. Oh. The defender finished the game with a minus-3 record…
Oilers writer Marc Spector didn't hold back when talking about Evan Bouchard's performance tonight…
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Edmonton brought the Islanders their first win of the season. Final score: 4-2. The big hero of the game was Bo Horvat. He scored a hat-trick: a shorthanded goal, a power-play goal and an empty-net goal.
BO TAKES ISLAND LEAD AT END OF GAME THIRD
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Bo Horvat tonight:
– 1 shorthanded goal – 1 power play goal – 1 empty net goal – 1 win The Islanders got their first win of the season and now have a point for every NHL team! pic.twitter.com/t6vw57RsGg– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) October 17, 2025
So he scored five points in four games this season.
4. Matvey Michkov's first goal this seasonIn his first three games of the season, Matvey Michkov did not score a single point. The man who didn't arrive at camp in uniform finally broke the ice yesterday.
A good pass from the Flyers led to Michkov's first goal of the season with a great wrist shot!
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The Russian also finished the game with two shots on goal. Unfortunately for Philadelphia, the Jets were too strong. Winnipeg won 5-2. With two goals, Mark Scheifele tied Blake Wheeler for the most points in Jets history.
With his second goal today, Mark Scheifele tied Blake Wheeler for the most points in Winnipeg Jets franchise history.
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Kyle Connor also had two assists.
5. Auston Matthews and Anthony Stolarz take care of the Rangers.Rangers have really struggled to score since the start of the season. In fact, they still haven't scored at home. Yesterday they played in Toronto and repeatedly failed to stop Anthony Stolarz, who continued to shine throughout the game.
Stolarz plays goalie like it's the 50s
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ANOTHER HUGE SAVE FROM ANTHONY STOLARC
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Anthony Stolarz Robs Will Kyle
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New York will have nightmares about this… It was difficult, but the visitors finally scored.
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This goal was enough to force overtime, but not to win the game.
In overtime, Auston Matthews capped a great play from William Nylander to seal the game.
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Final score: 2-1.
“Extension”
– At least he's back.
Stone is back in the game. https://t.co/ZDFRV1dnLT
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– Shane Pinto gave Ottawa a shootout victory after Late tying goal by Dylan Cozens.
SHANE PINTO FINISHER BY PERIOD
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– The save that brought the Sens victory.
Huge shout out to Jake Sanderson for saving @Senators in the game in the third with that diving stop!
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– Four players scored three points last night.

“There are four games on the line tonight.”
