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NHL Season Opens With McDavid Deal, Panthers’ Win, Penguins Shutout and MacKinnon Milestone

Opening night delivered statement wins, with contract moves and a key injury already reshaping contenders.

Devils Sign Luke Glendening to One-Year, One-Way Deal Worth $775,000

Detroit Red Wings Restore Traditional Leadership, Name Seider and Raymond Alternate Captains

Oilers Recall Hobey Baker Winner Isaac Howard for Opening-Night Debut

Utah’s Logan Cooley Declines Reported 8-Year, $77 Million Extension

Connor McDavid Signs Two-Year, $25 Million Extension With Oilers

Jets Sign Nikita Chibrikov to Two-Year, One-Way Extension Beginning in 2026–27

Jets’ Cole Perfetti Out Week-to-Week With Ankle Sprain to Start Season

Blackhawks Sign Matt Grzelcyk to One-Year, $1 Million Deal After PTO

Wild Lock In Kaprizov on NHL-Record Deal as Gustavsson Signs Five-Year, $34 Million Extension

Predators End Holdout, Sign Luke Evangelista to Two-Year, $6 Million Deal

Hurricanes Sign Givani Smith to One-Year, Two-Way Deal After PTO

Islanders Rule Calum Ritchie Out 1–2 Weeks With Lower-Body Injury

Avalanche Claim Ilya Solovyov to Bolster Blue Line Depth Before Opener

Sabres List Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Week-to-Week With New Lower-Body Injury

Devils Sign Luke Hughes to Seven-Year, $63 Million Extension

Rangers Expected to Turn Conor Sheary’s PTO Into a Contract After Strong Preseason

Ducks Sign Jackson LaCombe to Franchise-Record Eight-Year, $72 Million Extension

Lightning Claim Goaltender Pheonix Copley Off Waivers From Kings

Panthers Lock In Niko Mikkola With Eight-Year, $40 Million Extension