News and Notes from Friday, October 2nd, 2026
News
- The New Jersey Devils announced that defenseman Seamus Casey has undergone surgery.
- Casey had surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss 8-10 weeks.
- The PWHL announced their 2026-27 schedule.
- The PWHL also announced that they will now have two conferences and an updated playoff format.
- The Western Conference will feature PWHL Detroit, PWHL Las Vegas, Minnesota Frost, PWHL San Jose, Seattle Torrent, and Vancouver Goldeneyes.
- The Eastern Conference will feature Boston Fleet, PWHL Hamilton, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge, and Toronto Sceptres.
- Each team will play 30 games with 18 games against their own conference and 12 against the opposing conference.
- There will also be 24 Takeover games with each team playing in 4 each.
- The playoffs will now feature 8 teams with 4 from each conference, and will now be three rounds.
- The top seed in each conference will still be able to pick their first round opponent amongst the 3rd and 4th seeds in their conference.
- Franz Reindl has been elected the 15th president of the IIHF.
- He is the first German to hold the position since Dr. Gunther Sabetzki (1975-94).
- The term for the new President and Council will run from October 2026 to October 2030.
NHL Scoreboard
- NYR 2 – DET 0
- WAS 5 – CAR 2 – TXHT Recap
- BOS 4 – WIN 3 (OT)
- STL 4 – DAL 0
- ANA 4 – VGK 3
Today’s Games
- CHI v. BUF – 7p ET
- OTT v. TOR – 7p ET
- WAS v. TB – 7p ET
- CAR v. PHI – 7p ET
- MON v. PIT – 7p ET
- UTH v. CLB – 7p ET
- SEA v. EDM – 7p ET
- NJ v. NYI – 730p ET
- DAL v. NAS – 8p ET
- BOS v. MIN – 8p ET
- STL v. COL – 9p ET
- CAL v. VAN – 10p ET
- LA v. SJ – 10p ET
Noteworthy in Hockey
- Michael’s Musings – The Jets are Whole and PWHL News (TXHT)
- The Sheet with Jeff Marek: Inside Tristan Luneau’s $43.2M Ducks Extension ft. Ian Pulver, Brian Burke, and Adam Copeland (Daily Faceoff)
- Will the Washington Capitals return to playoffs after active offseason? Catching up with Chris Patrick (The Athletic – $)
- Igor Shesterkin scores first goalie goal in New York Rangers history (The Athletic – $)
- Oilers’ prolific offence masks another erratic performance against Canucks (The Athletic – $)
- Canucks: You get a goal! You get a goal! (Hockey HotStove)
- Flyers Focus: Woll Steals a Point (Hockey HotStove)
- Shesterkin goalie goal with Rangers stirs memories for Hextall (NHL)
