NHL roundup: Hurricanes, last unbeaten team, fall in Vegas

Field Level Media|published: Tue 21st October, 01:42 2025

Oct 20, 2025; New York, New York, USA; Minnesota Wild right wing Danila Yurov (22) celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers with left wing Marcus Johansson (90) and defensem3n Jonas Brodin (25) and Brock Faber (7) during the third period at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images

Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights handed the Carolina Hurricanes their first loss of the season, 4-1 on Monday night in Las Vegas.

Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev and William Karlsson also scored goals and Mitch Marner had two assists for the Golden Knights, who earned their fourth straight victory. Vegas goalie Akira Schmid, who came on for the injured Adin Hill midway through the first period, stopped 22 of 23 shots.

Sebastian Aho scored a goal and Frederik Andersen finished with 21 saves for Carolina, which was playing the fourth game of a season-high six-game road trip.

At 5-0-0, the Hurricanes entered the night as the NHL's last unbeaten team, but they succumbed to the Golden Knights, now one of two teams remaining without a regulation loss.

Jets 2, Flames 1

Jonathan Toews started a third-period comeback with his first goal in 30 months and Mark Scheifele completed it as visiting Winnipeg claimed a victory over struggling Calgary.

Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for the Jets, who are riding a five-game winning streak.

Rasmus Andersson scored for the Flames, who have lost six straight outings and sit last in the league. Dustin Wolf stopped 26 shots.

Wild 3, Rangers 1

Rookie Danila Yurov snapped a tie for his first career goal with 11:44 remaining as the visiting Minnesota halted a three-game losing streak with a victory over New York.

Jonas Brodin scored the tying goal for the Wild in the first period and Kirill Kaprizov added a late empty-netter. Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson made 23 saves.

Artemi Panarin scored the Rangers' first goal on home ice this season 57 seconds into the contest as New York avoided matching the 1928-29 Pittsburgh Pirates for the longest scoreless streak on home ice to start a season. Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots as the Rangers fell to 0-4-0 at home.

Canadiens 4, Sabres 2

Juraj Slafkovsky broke a tie in the third period to help Montreal earn a win against visiting Buffalo.

Oliver Kapanen, Lane Hutson and Jake Evans scored for the Canadiens, who have won five of six. Nick Suzuki and Alex Newhook each recorded two assists, and Jakub Dobes made 30 saves.

Jiri Kulich and Tyson Kozak scored while Alex Lyon stopped 27 shots for the Sabres, who had won two in a row.

Flyers 5, Kraken 2

Tyson Foerster scored two power-play goals and Owen Tippett tallied twice at even strength as Philadelphia topped visiting Seattle.

Travis Konecny added a goal for the Flyers, while Cam York registered a career-high three assists. Dan Vladar made 21 saves to help Philadelphia conclude a 3-1-0 homestand.

Jordan Eberle and Jani Nyman scored for the Kraken, who fell to 1-1-2 on their six-game road trip. Joey Daccord allowed five goals on 21 shots in the first two periods before giving way to Philipp Grubauer, who turned aside all six shots he faced in the final stanza.

--Field Level Media

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