Anton Lundell picked the perfect night to break through in a big way.
The Florida center scored his first career hat trick and Seth Jones piled up a goal and two assists as the Panthers rolled past the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday night in Sunrise, Fla. Sam Reinhart chipped in with a goal and an assist, while Akira Schmid turned aside 22 shots for Florida in his third straight win.
Winnipeg’s slide kept getting uglier. The Jets dropped their eighth game in a row, falling to 0-6-2 during that stretch.
The franchise record for losses in a row is 10, reached three times - in 2000, 1994 and 1980. Kyle Connor and Morgan Barron scored for Winnipeg, and Nico Daws, acquired last week from New Jersey, made his first start with the club and stopped 33 of 37 shots.
New Jersey kept rolling out West, too.
Arseny Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes each scored twice to pace the Devils to a 5-2 win over the Golden Knights in Las Vegas. Luke Hughes added the other goal for New Jersey, which finished its three-game road trip 2-1-0 and has now won five of its last six.
Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves and improved to 2-0-0 with the Devils since being acquired from the Jets on Oct. 23.
Vegas got goals from Mark Stone and Ivan Barbashev, who scored 90 seconds apart late in the opening period. But the Golden Knights couldn’t keep up after that, and Adin Hill finished with 27 saves as Vegas dropped four of its last five.
Calgary also had plenty of offense to go around.
Matt Coronato scored once in his first career four-point game, Joel Farabee had a goal and two assists, and the Flames beat the Kraken 6-2 at home. Morgan Frost and Matvei Gridin each posted a goal and an assist, while Aydar Suniev and Ryan Strome also scored. Dustin Wolf made 20 saves as Calgary won for the fifth time in its last six games.
Seattle’s offense came from Mackie Samoskevich, who had a goal and an assist, and Frederick Gaudreau. Philipp Grubauer started in net but was pulled after giving up four goals on 14 shots, and Joey Daccord stopped 11 of 13 in relief.
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The Devils made a small but telling move on the goaltending front, sending Remi Poirier to the Capitals for a 2027 seventh-round pick. Poirier never appeared in an NHL game for New Jersey after being acquired from Dallas before this season, but the trade still clears a bit of organizational clutter while giving the club another draft asset to work with down the line.
For Washington, the deal is about replenishing depth after losing Clay Stevenson on waivers, a reminder that even minor goalie transactions can ripple through an organization. For New Jersey, it fits the broader pattern of keeping the pipeline flexible and the asset base moving, even when the return is modest and the headline is easy to miss. [Read more 🡒]
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Connor Hellebuyck has also already made his presence felt, picking up two wins on a recent road trip and giving the Devils a steadier edge in net. With so many different names contributing to the fast start, the fun debate around this team is less about whether it has looked good and more about which piece deserves the most credit for making it look this good. [Read more 🡒]
Devils Offense Is Finally Flipping A Problem Fans Know Too Well
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The encouraging part is that the gap is starting to shrink. Jack Hughes, Arseny Gritsyuk, Anthony Mantha and Luke Evangelista have all helped push the attack closer to where it should be, and there is still room for the power play to swing upward as well. If that trend holds, the Devils may finally spend the rest of the season looking less like a team fighting its finishing and more like one turning chances into goals at an above-average rate. [Read more 🡒]