With a team that may well end up being their biggest rival — the Vancouver Canucks — in town, the Seattle Kraken, in front of a frenzied fan base, finally debuted in their home arena Saturday night after opening the season with five straight road games.
Starting goaltender Matt Murray left in the third period with a head injury, and the Ottawa Senators let a lead slip away in a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without Kris Letang against Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night after the defenseman was placed in NHL’s COVID-19 protocol.
The Hurricanes trolled the Canadiens with a satirical website after defeating them Thursday night, only to have that site hacked and turned into an anti-Carolina webpage by Friday morning.