Overall Standings
| TEAM | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PTS | L10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 49 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 6-4-0 |
| Boston | 49 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 7-2-1 |
| Minnesota | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 5-4-1 |
| Toronto | 50 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 7-2-1 |
| NYR | 49 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 6-2-2 |
| NYI | 49 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 5-4-1 |
| Washington | 49 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 4-6-0 |
| Chicago | 49 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 2-7-1 |
| Pittsburgh | 49 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 5-4-1 |
| Philly | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 3-6-1 |
| Buffalo | 50 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 2-7-1 |
| LA | 49 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 3-7-0 |
| Vancouver | 49 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 5-5-0 |
| St.Louis | 49 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 7-1-2 |
| Detroit | 49 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 4-4-2 |
| New Jersey | 48 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 3-6-1 |
| Montreal | 49 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 4-5-1 |
| Edmonton | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 3-7-0 |
News
Fogel's Double Leads Toronto Past Buffalo in Wild 5-4 Shootout! 05-29-2026
TORONTO — Fans barely had time to settle into their seats before the fireworks started.
Just 32 seconds into the game, Toronto's Mason George stunned Buffalo by converting an unassisted chance to open the scoring. It was only the beginning of a back-and-forth first period that featured five goals and enough momentum swings to make coaches reach for the aspirin.
Buffalo answered through Caleb Townsend, who buried his sixth of the season midway through the opening frame. The visitors then grabbed their first lead when Lanny McDowell finished off a setup from Waylon Nelson and Toby Johnston to make it 2-1.
The advantage lasted all of 37 seconds.
Toronto sniper Joey Fogel continued his hot streak, wiring home his 14th goal of the season to tie things up again. Buffalo refused to back down, however, as Joen Lundgren netted his team-leading 20th goal late in the period, sending the Sabres into intermission with a 3-2 lead despite being outshot.
The second period belonged entirely to Toronto.
Fogel struck again less than three minutes into the frame, finishing a beautiful passing sequence from Rowan Anderson and Mathieu Belanger to knot the game at 3-3. The equalizer ignited a surge from the home side, who controlled possession and peppered Buffalo goaltender Clairfait Lee throughout the middle stanza.
At 10:38, Jason Robertson gave Toronto its first lead since the opening minute, finishing a setup from Nathan Atkins and Luc Cantin. Later in the period, Roman Ward added valuable insurance, converting another Atkins feed to extend the lead to 5-3.
Buffalo wasn't done yet.
Just 1:42 into the third period, the Sabres capitalized on a power-play opportunity when Andrew Walker blasted home his 11th goal of the season. Assisted by Randy Stevens and Johnston, the goal cut the deficit to one and set up a tense finish.
The Sabres pushed relentlessly over the final 18 minutes, generating several quality chances and forcing Toronto to tighten defensively. Toronto netminder Diodore Cayer turned aside 21 shots before giving way late in the second period, while backup Cohen Rose was perfect in relief, stopping all 12 shots he faced to preserve the victory.
Despite Buffalo's comeback effort, Toronto slammed the door shut and escaped with a crucial 5-4 win.
Fogel's two-goal performance earned him First Star honors, while Anderson's two-assist night and Ward's game-winning tally rounded out the star selections.
For Buffalo, Johnston quietly recorded a pair of assists, while Lundgren reached the 20-goal mark on the season in a losing effort.
The victory improves Toronto to 26-18-6, strengthening its hold near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. Buffalo falls to 22-24-4, left to wonder what might have been after surrendering a first-period lead and watching Toronto dominate the decisive middle frame.
Sabres Dominate the Shots, Devils Survive the Night! 05-27-2026
Buffalo and New Jersey apparently decided that defense was optional for exactly one period each, then spent overtime collectively forgetting how to score again in a wild 3-3 deadlock.
The first period was quieter than an empty church, but the second period arrived like someone smashed the “simulate chaos” button. New Jersey struck first on the power play when White buried his 10th of the year, only for Joen Lundgren to answer less than two minutes later because momentum is apparently illegal in this matchup.
Then McCrae restored the Devils lead at 2-1, Buffalo fired back AGAIN with Toby Johnston tying it midway through the period, and suddenly both goalies were staring at their defenses like disappointed parents at a school play.
The third period kept the drama rolling. Knight gave New Jersey a 3-2 lead with under eight minutes left, and for a brief shining moment it looked like the Devils might actually survive being outshot into another dimension. Buffalo finished with a ridiculous 42-22 shot advantage, but Peter Point transformed into a brick wall wrapped in goalie pads, making 39 saves and personally dragging New Jersey to overtime.
But Lundgren refused to let Buffalo lose quietly. With just over five minutes remaining, he buried his second of the night to tie it 3-3 and rescue the Sabres yet again. Overtime featured all the tension of a movie climax and all the scoring of a chess tournament, ending with both teams settling for the awkward handshake of a tie.
Game MVP honors absolutely belong to Peter Point, who spent most of the evening under siege and still walked away as the game’s first star. Meanwhile, Lundgren was Buffalo’s offensive engine with two goals, Amir Terrell quietly stacked two assists, and Randy Stevens was apparently on the ice for everything good Buffalo did..
CHICAGO COMES OUT ON TOP! 05-22-2026
The Chicago club rallied from an early deficit and held on late to earn a 4-3 victory over Los Angeles on Friday night, strengthening its grip on third place in the Western Conference standings.
Los Angeles struck first midway through the opening period when Sebastian Stephenson buried his eighth goal of the season at 7:51 off assists from Alexander Arbour and Hayden Cooke. Chicago answered just over two minutes later as Linderoth netted his eighth of the year from Radenovic and Malmgren to even the game at 1-1.
Stephenson restored the lead for LA at 11:46 of the first, scoring his second goal of the night after a slick setup from Arbour and Killian Morris. The Kings carried a 2-1 advantage into the intermission despite being narrowly outshot.
Chicago came alive in the second period. Johnson tied the game 1:27 into the frame with his 15th goal of the season on the power play, converting feeds from Malakov and Lane. The momentum continued when Laflour gave Chicago its first lead at 8:16 with another 15-goal scorer finding the back of the net, assisted by Milenkovic and Kingly.
Los Angeles responded quickly. Just 38 seconds later, Killian Morris scored his 14th goal of the campaign off a pass from Cooke to tie the game 3-3 and silence the surge momentarily.
The third period tightened defensively before Chicago finally broke through at 6:27. Segal scored his fifth goal of the season with assists from Linderoth and Gunns, giving Chicago the decisive 4-3 edge.
Tensions escalated late in the game with several penalties, including a major assessed to Lincoln Lehmann for head-butting and a late hooking minor to Arbour, but Chicago’s defense and goaltender Marcel Svehla held firm down the stretch.
Svehla stopped 16 of 19 shots to secure the win, while Ellis Paull made 22 saves in the losing effort for Los Angeles.
Despite the loss, Stephenson led all skaters offensively with two goals and earned first-star honors. Morris added a goal and an assist, while Arbour contributed two assists in a strong performance for LA. Chicago’s balanced scoring attack featured goals from four different players, with Linderoth recording both a goal and an assist.
Chicago improved to 22-17-6 on the season, while Los Angeles dropped to 19-22-4..
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Leaders
Skaters
- Vlassis Mutides 54
- Bowen Sargent 49
- Dax Brant 48
- Waylon George 48
- Themistoklis Sallalli 46
- Patrick Shwartz 45
- Stoyan Guzina 43
- Veran Milenkovic 43
- Borce Jindrak 43
- Atlas George 42
- Cayden Baldwin 22
- Veran Milenkovic 21
- Zander Chipley 21
- Vlassis Mutides 21
- Nico Bouchard 21
- Joen Lundgren 20
- Patrick Shwartz 20
- Manolis Managiadis 20
- Jaden Symons 20
- Themistoklis Sallalli 20
- Bowen Sargent 35
- Waylon George 33
- Vlassis Mutides 33
- Dax Brant 32
- Amir Terrell 30
- Willy Flannigan 30
- Killian Morris 27
- Segol Dahlquist 27
- Cody Johnston 26
- Stoyan Guzina 26
Defenseman
- Axel Cederblom 32
- Calvin Holcomb 31
- Connor Marsh 30
- Axel Poliquin 29
- Elis Dahl 29
- Jamie Atkinson 28
- Jake Blankenship 28
- Oscar Bagshaw 27
- Thomas Jackson 27
- Greg Spears 27
- Calvin Holcomb 9
- Eric Jordan 9
- Jamie Atkinson 8
- Gideon Ewart 8
- Thomas Jackson 8
- Elis Dahl 8
- Harrison Stone 8
- Danny Jankovski 8
- Nehemias Bernatchez 8
- Vadim Slavicek 7
- Axel Cederblom 26
- Jake Blankenship 26
- Oscar Bagshaw 24
- Axel Poliquin 24
- Connor Marsh 24
- Greg Spears 23
- Calvin Holcomb 22
- Fredrick Karlsson 22
- Elis Dahl 21
- Ruben Mathews 21
Goalies (Played in 16 or more games)
- Edward Watson 2.14
- Ezra Jones 2.38
- Ben Gill 2.40
- Cayden Gale 2.50
- Victor Till 2.56
- Casper Hutchinson 2.57
- Cohen Rose 2.61
- Huxley Williams 2.65
- Marc-Andre Gagon 2.68
- Avilard Gingras 2.70
- Edward Watson .914
- Cayden Gale .909
- Ezra Jones .905
- Ben Gill .905
- Cohen Rose .902
- Hunter Davis .902
- Huxley Williams .901
- Avilard Gingras .901
- Darren Puma .899
- Thomas Johnson .899
- Victor Till 3
- Bennett Woodward 3
- Edward Watson 3
- Aaron Batista 3
- Quinn Merritt 2
- Cohen Rose 2
- David Richter 2
- Marc-Andre Gagon 2
- Ezra Jones 2
- Huxley Williams 2