NHL Frozen Frenzy 2026 Live Blog: Red Wings, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Jets And Oilers Headline Nonstop Action

Thirty-two teams. Sixteen games. All in one night.

Yes, it's NHL Frozen Frenzy — and this year's eight hours or so of madness promises not to disappoint.

Connor Bedard is back with the Chicago Blackhawks. Alex Ovechkin is back — for the last time? — in Carolina.  And Mikko Rantanen is back playing against his former team, the Colorado Avalanche.

Will Dylan Larkin get booed by the home fans in Detroit? (Not really) Will Brady Tkachuk finally score his first goal as a Florida Panther? (Yes, and then some) Will the Toronto Maple Leafs escape their road trip out west with five out of a possible six points? (Close, but no)

More importantly, will we report on all the action? Yes!

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“Told it’s really quiet. No momentum for a trade right now. That said I get the sense the relationship between larkin and the red wings is at such a place it’s just a matter of when not if.”
— ESPN's Emily Kaplan on Dylan Larkin

1-0 for Devils on a goal from Evan Rodrigues, his first since being traded to New Jersey.

Devils outshooting Red Wings 16-3 after 20 minutes. The score is tied 1-1. 

Does Connor Hellebuyck want to play in New Jersey? The Red Wings have given up two goals on four shots.

Jack Hughes scores the overtime winner for New Jersey, ending a wild back-and-forth battle to kick off the Frozen Frenzy. 

A bit of good news for the Red Wings, who appear to have signed Alex DeBrincat, who scored twice tonight, to a seven-year extension with a $13-million cap hit. The contract, which kicks in next season, makes him the 13th highest-paid NHLer — for now. 

Columbus scores and Matthew Knies picks up the assist. The ex-Leaf now has five points in five games. 

Brady Tkachuk scores his first goals since joining the Panthers. And, of course, Matthew gets the assist. 

Matthew finds Brady alone in the slot for his second. 

Now, Brady has the hat trick. 

Four points each for the Tkachuk brothers, who pick up assists on a goal from Carter Verhaeghe. 

Kids, don’t try this at home: Mathieu Olivier gets a five-minute major and a game misconduct for spearing Uvis (in his) Balinskis. Ouch!

Another assist for Matthew Tkachuk. Watch out, Connor McDavid (10 assists), but Tkachuk is now up to seven assists in seven games.

Big night from the players who were off to cold starts, as Sam Reinhart scores his second of the game. 

Is a goalie controversy brewing in Montreal? The Habs appear to be starting Jacob Fowler for the third game in a row. 

Buffalo scores on a goal from Owen Zellweger, just first since joining the Sabres I a trade for Bowen Byram. 

Tough to watch as linesman falls awkwardly on his ankle. Being helped off the ice. 

Lane Hutson gets his first on a point shot on the PP. It was a wrister. But it was a snipe. 

Save of the Year alert: UPL stops the Habs on a two-on-none. 

Noah Dobson takes a shot off the jaw. With Michael Matheson also out, this is not good for the Habs’ defense. 

What’s going on with Montreal in the third period? Buffalo scores twice in under six minutes to tie things up 3-3, despite being outshot 23-14. 

For the second straight game, the Habs are heading to overtime. 

Based on how well UPL is playing tonight, I’m not sure the Sabres need Hellebuyck. 

This one is going to a shootout. 

Carolina was where Alex Ovechkin was drafted No. 1 overall in 2004. Twenty-two years later, he’s playing in his final regular season game in Raleigh, N.C.

According to @ryanhenkel_, the Canes recognized Ovechkin during a stoppage in play and he received a standing ovation. 

Carolina loses Taylor Hall, who “was ruled out in the second period of Tuesday's game against the Washington Capitals due to an upper-body injury.” Hall took a hard hit from Justin Sourdif late in the first period. 

Six straight wins for the defending champion Hurricanes, who remain the team to beat in the East. 

Looks like Porter Martone and Matvei Michkov will play together on a line. 

Bobby McMann scores his third of the season. With 29 goals split between Toronto and Seattle, he was technically the Kraken’s leading goal scorer last season. 

We’re heading to another overtime. Third one so far after five games. And now, the shootout. 

Matty Beniers (Seattle) and Michkov (Philadelphia) score in the first two rounds. No one scores in the third round. 

In the fourth round, Martone and Mackie Samoskevich are both robbed by outstanding saves. 

Seattle’s McMann scores the game-winner. 

Philadelphia’s winless streak to start the season extends to eight games.

Breakout year for Alexis Lafreniere? The No. 1 overall pick scores his sixth goal in eight games. 

Make that seven goals in eight game for breakout candidate Lafreniere. 

Who are these Rangers? That’s now six wins in eight games for a team that had the third-worst record in the NHL last season. 

According to reporter Steve Warne, the Senators have three defensemen tonight who each have played in 10 NHL games or less.   

Amazing effort from Tim Stutzle on that Claude Giroux goal. Wouldn’t be surprised if Stutzle hits the 100-point mark this season. 

What a difference it makes not having Linus Ullmark in net. Tough night for Ottawa’s Samuel Ersson, who allows seven goals. 

It appears that Zeev Buium has been dropped to the Canucks’ third defense pairing alongside Luke Schenn. 

Kyle Palmieri scores twice and Matthew Schaefer picks up two assists. 

Islanders improve to .500 (2-2-0). 

Calder Trophy Watch: Chicago’s Anton Frondell picks up his fifth assist of the season. He now has five points in seven games. 

Sidney Crosby scores his first of the season. Last year, he finished with 29. 

Bedard gets his first point of the season on a Roman Kantserov goal. 

Kantserov gets on the board for his the first multi-goal game of his NHL career.

Crosby tallied his second goal to even things up at 3-3 in the third period, but Teuvo Teravainen buried his second goal of the game to give the Blackhawks a late 4-3 lead before Tyler Bertuzzi sealed it with an empty-net goal.

Cole Perfetti found the back of the net less than two minutes into this game to give the Jets an early 1-0 lead.

Kirill Kaprizov added two goals in the first to tie things up 2-2 at the end of the first period.

Perfetti gives the Jets their third lead of this game with a power-play goal in the second.

Kyle Connor stays hot with his seventh goal of the season and his second point of the night to extend his team's lead, making it 4-2.

Cole Koepke sealed the Jets' victory with his first goal of the season, making it 5-2.

From @OHaraSports: “Mackenzie Blackwood is 0-4-1 in six regular season games against the Dallas Stars. He holds a 4.10 goals against average and a .887 save percentage in those appearances. Two of those games came when he was was with the New Jersey Devils, three with the San Jose Sharks, and one with the Colorado Avalanche.”

Also, no Cale Makar, whose wife is giving birth. 

Nathan MacKinnon picks up his second fight of the season after a heated scrap with Stars center Roope Hintz, leaving MacKinnon bloody as he headed to the penalty box.

Martin Necas has scored twice to give the Avalanche a 3-1 lead in the second period. Necas now has four goals and seven points this season.

After MacKinnon got the best of him in their fight, Hintz scores his second goal of the season to pull the Stars within one.

After an extended stretch with the empty net, the Avalanche hang on and pick up the 3-2 win.

The score is 2-2 late in the second period. Jack Eichel has his fourth of the season. Could this be the year where Eichel is rewarded with an individual award?

William Karlsson breaks the tie to give the Golden Knights a 3-2 lead in the final minutes of the second period. Mitch Marner picks up his fifth assist of the season on the play.

Golden Knights rookie Trevor Connelly scores his third goal of the season to extend his team's lead to 4-2. Connelly now has five points in his first seven career NHL games.

Brett Howden seals it for the Golden Knights, giving his team a three-goal lead with his second goal of the season, making it 5-2.

The 6-foot-6 Daniel Brut, who was the 12th overall pick in 2023, opens the scoring with his second of the year. 

Leafs down 0-1 to Utah after the 1st period. 

Brutal start for Toronto, which gives up a short-handed goal to go down 3-0 early in the second period. 

Auston Matthews scores his fifth goal in seven games. That’s a 60-goal pace in this year's 84-game season. 

Dylan Guenther gets out of the box and scores his fourth goal of the season with a long-range wrister. 4-1 Mammoth.

Jack Roslovic cuts the Maple Leafs' deficit to two with a quick answer in tight on a net-front goal. 4-2 Mammoth.

After MacKenzie Weegar made it 5-2 in the final minute of the second period, the Maple Leafs began to storm back in the third with a goal from new dad John Tavares and his tenant Gavin McKenna. 5-4 Mammoth.

Despite taking a late penalty and facing an eventual two-man advantage with the empty net, Karel Vejmelka fend off the Maple Leafs with a 5-4 win.

Adam Klapka opened the scoring for the Flames but Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored twice in under two minutes to quickly give the Ducks a 2-1 lead.

Flames rookie Aydar Suniev scores his second goal of the season to tie things up 2-2.

Martin Pospisil scores his first of the season with just under five minutes remaining to give the Flames a late 3-2 lead. Suniev picks up his second point of the night with an assist on the goal.

The Flames hold on to pick up their first win of the season.

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers continues to torture the Los Angeles Kings. McDavid put together his 33rd three-point period (1G 2A) to give his team a 3-0 lead after the opening 20 minutes.

McDavid now has 20 goals and 50 points in 37 career regular-season games against the Kings.

Brandt Clarke gets the Kings on the board with his first goal of the season in the final minutes of the second period to pull his team within two as they head to the third.

Devon Levi made 39 saves and shut down the Kings in the third period, with Leon Draisaitl adding an empty-net goal to secure a 4-1 win. 

The Oilers are the only team remaining without a regulation loss.

Frase Minten opens the scoring in this contest with his third goal of the season with a sweet wrist shot from distance. 1-0 Bruins.

Jacob Trouba would tie things up 1-1 less than three minutes later with a slap-shot goal for his first as a member of the Sharks.

Another defenseman gets his first of the year, with Charlie McAvoy potting a wrist shot to give his team a 2-1 lead with just over a minute remaining in the period.

In a game full of firsts, No. 2 pick Ivar Stenberg buried a tap-in goal on a power-play feed from Macklin Celebrini to tie things up 2-2 with his first career NHL goal.

Matthew Poitras reclaims the lead for the Bruins with a tip-in goal from Mark Kastelic and Pavel Zacha scores with three seconds left in the middle frame to make it 4-2 Bruins heading into the third.

Celebrini and Stenberg connect once again, with the captain burying this time to pull the Sharks within a goal.

Minten potted his second goal of the game to put the Sharks out of reach, and Will Borgen scored his first as a Bruin with an empty-net goal to secure a 6-3 win.