* Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish each posted three points to lead the Ducks to a come-from-behind overtime victory at SAP Center after the Sharks’ young stars Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith also put on a three-point showing. 
* The first of two 16-game days in 2025-26 saw 110 total goals scored across the League – the second-highest scoring day in League history – with the Ducks, Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Rangers and Panthers among the highest-scoring teams.
* Matthew Schaefer – one of several young stars to shine Saturday – scored his first career NHL goal. He did so against Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals, becoming the youngest defenseman in the NHL’s expansion era at the time of his first-ever tally.
CARLSSON, McTAVISH AND DUCKS OUTLAST CELEBRINI, SMITH AND SHARKS IN THRILLER
Macklin Celebrini (0-3—3) and Will Smith (0-3—3) propelled the Sharks to 2-0, 3-2 and 6-4 leads, but Ducks teammates Leo Carlsson (1-2—3) and Mason McTavish (0-3—3) spearheaded a dramatic come-from-behind overtime victory at SAP Center as Anaheim erased a multi-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes of regulation thanks to a tying tally in the final 60 seconds.
Carlsson, whose six career game-winning goals are the most by a Ducks player before their 21st birthday, helped the franchise skate to victory after erasing three separate deficits in the same game for the fifth time in the past decade and first since Jan. 6, 2023 (vs. SJS). Anaheim earned three victories in 2024-25 after erasing a multi-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes of regulation, which was tied with Seattle for the most among all clubs.
* McTavish, whose five career three-assist games are the most by a Ducks player before age 23, boosted his 2025-26 totals to 0-4—4. He tied the most assists by an Anaheim skater through their first two games of a season, alongside Jakob Silfverberg (0-4—4 in 2018-19), Saku Koivu (1-4—5 in 2012-13) and Andrew Cogliano (0-4—4 in 2012-13).
* Celebrini, who potted his fourth career three-point game and tied the most by a Sharks teenager in franchise history (also: Jeff Friesen & Pat Falloon), boosted his career totals to 25-41—66 (72 GP). In the process, he tied Friesen (41 in 127 GP) for the second-most assists by a teenager in franchise history behind Patrick Marleau (43 in 155 GP).
MORE HIGH-SCORING GAMES HIGHLIGHT BUSIEST NIGHT TO DATE
The first of two 16-game days this season (also Oct. 28) was highlighted by a quartet of high-scoring performances as the Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Rangers and Panthers each scored at least six goals apiece en route to victory. The clubs combined for 25 of the 110 total goals scored across the League on Saturday – the second-highest scoring day in NHL history behind Nov. 4, 2023 (114 goals; 15 GP).
* Kirill Marchenko (3-0—3) scored a hat trick while his teammates Zach Werenski (1-2—3) and Boone Jenner (1-2—3) each posted three-point games as the Blue Jackets netted seven goals against the Wild en route to their first victory of the 2025-26 season. Werenski, who scored his 114th career goal and moved into sixth place on the Blue Jackets all-time list, registered his 16th career three-point game and tied David Vyborny for the fourth most in franchise history. Jenner, with the help of his 200th career goal, also moved into a tie for seventh place on that same list.
* The Maple Leafs and Red Wings traded 2-0 and 3-2 leads, but Patrick Kane (1-2—3) collected his third point of the night on Lucas Raymond’s 100th career goal and propelled Detroit to its first win of the season. Raymond, who netted two of his club’s six tallies Saturday, became the fourth Swedish-born player in NHL history to score 100 career goals at age 23 or younger alongside Mats Sundin (142), Filip Forsberg (117), Gabriel Landeskog (104) and Elias Pettersson (103).
* Adam Fox (2-1—3) factored on three goals, including scoring the game winner, and Mika Zibanejad found the back of the net to climb a franchise list as the Rangers potted six goals against the Penguins to help head coach Mike Sullivan earn a win in his return to Pittsburgh. Fox, the first Rangers defenseman to score in each of the team’s first two road games of a season, notched his third goal of 2025-26 and joined Mike McEwen (3 in 1978-79) as the second defenseman in franchise history with as many through the team’s first three contests of a campaign.
* The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers received goals from six different scorers, including Sam Reinhart (1-0—1), who was one of six players already named to Team Canada’s preliminary roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Florida, which started a season with three straight wins for the third time in franchise history, is one of two teams off to a perfect 3-0-0 start this season, alongside Boston.
SCHAEFER ONE OF SEVERAL YOUNG STARS THAT SHONE SATURDAY
A trio of recent first-round picks stole the spotlight Saturday as Matthew Schaefer (No. 1 in 2025), Luke Hughes (No. 4 in 2021) and Zack Bolduc (No. 17 in 2021) each found the score sheet.
* Schaefer found the score sheet for the second time in as many games to begin his NHL career and did so with his first goal. Schaefer, the third Islanders defenseman to collect a point in each of his first two career games, became the fifth-youngest player in the past 50 years (since 1975-76) to score a goal behind Aleksander Barkov (18 years, 31 days), Jordan Staal (18 years, 32 days), Patrick Marleau (18 years, 34 days) and Nino Niederreiter (18 years, 35 days).
* Hughes (0-2—2) factored on two of his team’s five goals to help the Devils defeat the Lightning and earn their first victory of the 2025-26 season. Hughes (22 years, 32 days) became the fourth-youngest defenseman in NHL history to record multiple assists in each of his team’s first two games of a season, following Phil Housley (19 years, 213 days; 2 GP in 1983-84), Al Iafrate (21 years, 203 days; 2 GP in 1987-88) and Bobby Orr (21 years, 209 days; 2 GP in 1969-70). His 18th career multi-assist game also tied Jake Sanderson, Dave Ellett and Reed Larson for the sixth most by a U.S.-born defenseman at age 22 or younger.
* Bolduc (1-1—2) found the back of the net for the third straight game to start the season and became the first Canadiens player since Yanic Perreault (3 GP in 2001-02) to score in each of his first three contests with the franchise. The 22-year-old from Trois-Rivieres, Que. also became the third different Canadiens player in the past 40 years to score in each of the team’s first three road games of a season, following Cole Caufield (4 GP in 2024-25) and Tomas Plekanec (3 GP in 2014-15 & 2012-13).
JARVIS, McCANn & GUENTHER OT GOALS SPOTLIGHTED IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES
The busiest day of 2025-26 so far featured close games, comeback wins and overtime victories, with Seth Jarvis, Jared McCann and Dylan Guenther each netting the winner for their respective clubs in the extra frame Saturday. For more, check out the latest edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates.
* Jarvis netted his 99th career goal in overtime to lift Carolina to a 2-0-0 start. The 23-year-old became the first player in Hurricanes/Whalers history to score the game-winning goal in each of the first two contests of a season; only two players in NHL history have extended that streak to three: James Neal (3 GP in 2017-18 w/ VGK) and Brian Propp (3 GP in 1982-83 w/ PHI).
* After Pavel Dorofeyev’s League-leading fifth goal of the season pulled Vegas even in the third period, Jared McCann (1-0—1) scored the winning goal with four seconds remaining in overtime to help Seattle open a season 2-0-0 for the first time. McCann’s goal marked the latest overtime tally by a Kraken player, eclipsing Jordan Eberle (4:55 of OT on Oct. 24, 2023).
* Guenther (1-1—2) got the overtime goal to give Utah its first win since the club adopted the Mammoth name. Guenther (10 of 38; 26.3%) is one of two players in NHL history that has at least one-quarter of all game-winning goals for a franchise – the other is Dave Ritchie, who scored the Montreal Wanderers’ one and only winner before the team’s arena burned down on Jan. 2, 1918.
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METROPOLITAN DIVISION CLASH HEADLINES SUNDAY SLATE
Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of 900 career goals continues on a one-game Sunday when the Capitals visit the Rangers at Madison Square Garden (since 1967-68). His 24 career regular-season road goals at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” are the second most in NHL history, behind Mario Lemieux (32 in 35 GP)
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