Here’s the latest NHL update (regular-season action resumed after the Olympic break):

🏒 Recent NHL Scores

From games played Feb. 25–26, 2026:

Wednesday/Thursday results:

• Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 — Nikita Kucherov posted his 700th career assist and scored, and Tampa Bay extended their win streak.

Buffalo Sabres 2, New Jersey Devils 1 — Tage Thompson and Peyton Krebs scored for Buffalo.

Washington Capitals 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1 — Capitals continued their strong post-break play.

Vegas Golden Knights 6, Los Angeles Kings 4 — Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals in Vegas’s third straight win.

Colorado Avalanche 4, Utah Mammoth 2 — Brock Nelson scored his 30th goal of the season.

Winnipeg Jets 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT) — Cole Perfetti scored the overtime winner.

Anaheim Ducks 6, Edmonton Oilers 5 — Ducks rallied to win in a high-scoring game.

📌 More games are scheduled tonight (Feb. 26): Boston vs. Columbus, Canadiens vs. Islanders, Red Wings vs. Senators, Panthers vs. Maple Leafs, Devils vs. Penguins, Lightning vs. Hurricanes, Flyers vs. Rangers, and more.

📊 Current NHL Standings Snapshot (2025–26)

Here’s how the league looks based on the most recent standings info (prior to some of these latest results):

Eastern Conference (top teams)

• Atlantic: Tampa Bay Lightning leading with ~78 pts, followed by Canadiens and Red Wings.

• Metropolitan: Carolina Hurricanes on top, then Penguins and Islanders.

Western Conference

• Central: Colorado Avalanche have strong pace, with Wild and Stars close behind.

• Pacific: Vegas Golden Knights and Oilers leading the pack.

Canada deserved better today.

Outshooting, outworking, and outclassing the U.S. for long stretches of the Olympic gold medal game — and somehow walking away without the result to match. Credit where it’s due, but the American goaltender stood on their head and then some. Call it skill, call it momentum… call it very, very lucky.

Time after time, Canada generated high-danger chances, only to be denied by desperation saves, posts, and bounces that seemed magnetically drawn away from the net. Meanwhile, the U.S. capitalized on the few opportunities they had.

That’s the cruelty of championship games. One hot goalie can flip the entire script.

Proud of Team Canada’s effort. Sometimes you dominate the game — and still lose to a goalie playing the game of their life. 🇨🇦