Penguins Rout Flyers 7-0, Avalanche Rating Eight, Maple Leafs Give Hiller First Win on NHL’s Second Evening

The NHL’s second evening of the 2026-27 season produced a seven-goal shutout, an eight-goal opener, and the primary win of the Jim Hiller period in Toronto.

Penguins 7, Flyers 0

Pittsburgh opened its season with a rout in Philadelphia. Nick Robertson scored twice, together with a short-handed objective at 11:52 of the third interval, and Ville Koivunen, Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre, Filip Hallander and Egor Chinakhov every scored as soon as. Sidney Crosby assisted on Robertson’s first objective.

Arturs Silovs made 19 saves. The Flyers, who eradicated Pittsburgh within the first spherical final April, have been booed off the ice by their dwelling crowd, in response to AP. Pittsburgh hosts Montreal on Saturday; Philadelphia visits New Jersey on Thursday.

Maple Leafs 2, Islanders 1

Toronto scored twice within the first interval and held on at Scotiabank Arena to present Hiller his first win as Maple Leafs coach. Colton Sissons scored at 7:14, and Easton Cowan made it 2-0 on an influence play at 11:55. Emil Heineman minimize the result in one with a short-handed objective at 14:09 of the third interval, however New York couldn’t discover a tying objective. Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves for Toronto, which killed all 4 Islanders energy performs, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 24 for New York, per NHL.com.

“I felt good. Our line was clicking,” Cowan mentioned.

Islanders coach Peter DeBoer mentioned it’s “hard to win on the road… when you put yourself in a 2-0 hole.”

Avalanche 8, Kings 4

Colorado scored eight objectives in a season opener for the primary time in franchise historical past, NHL.com reported. The Avalanche scored 4 power-play objectives and allowed two short-handed objectives, to Joel Armia at 1:28 and Trevor Moore at 17:50 of the second interval.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, at 0:23 and eight:33 of the second, and Artturi Lehkonen additionally had two, each on the ability play. Brock Nelson, Parker Kelly, Nicolas Roy and Gabriel Landeskog every scored as soon as, and Nelson completed with a objective and two assists.. Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for Colorado and Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 for Los Angeles. Cale Makar turned the primary NHL defenseman with a number of factors in 5 consecutive season openers.

With Colorado main 6-4 late within the third interval, MacKinnon fought Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke, a uncommon struggle for the 2024 Hart Trophy winner.

“It wasn’t a perfect game, but entertaining. We played hard. You score eight, you’re probably going to win,” MacKinnon mentioned, per NHL.com.

Colorado coach Jared Bednar indicated numerous areas wanted for enchancment.

“Lots to like, lots to work on… The rush coverage? Woof. It was rough,” he mentioned, in response to CBS Los Angeles.

Kings coach Peter Laviolette cited staying “out of the penalty box” as an space inside the staff’s management.

The Avalanche host St. Louis on Saturday, and the Kings go to San Jose.