Slovaks also played in three of the five Sunday NHL games.
Highlights of the night
- Černak, Nemec and Honzek did not score
- The German played his 100th game in the NHL
- Tampa won its fifth game in a row
- Schaefer broke the NHL record with two goals
- Dickinson scored his first NHL goal
UTA – TBL 2:4
The Lightning extended their winning streak with the win in Utah
Jake Guentzel broke a tie in the 53rd minute as Tampa Bay confirmed its form with a 4-2 win over Utah. Guentzel also assisted on Anthony Cirelli’s goal, which followed Yanni Gourde’s accurate strike. Brandon Hagel added a safety in the empty net and Jonas Johansson made 25 saves. The Lightning have won their fifth game in a row, the Mammoth have lost their last two. Lawson Crouse and Kailer Yamamoto provided their goals on Sunday, while Ian Cole had two assists and Karel Vejmelka made 22 of 25 shots. He also threatened him twice Erik Černák. The Slovak defenseman made four blocks during 20 minutes and 27 seconds on the ice. He also scored a plus point and a minor holding penalty. Utah lost at home for the first time this season. “I think Tampa Bay is a really good team,” said home coach Andre Tourigny. “We knew it was going to be a good test. I think we were an even match for them. They scored with seven minutes to go but we were pretty close.”
Stars: 1. J. Guentzel (TBL), 2. K. Yamamoto (UTA), 3. A. Cirellli (TBL)
PHI – CGY 1:2
The Flames ended their losing streak with a win in Philadelphia
Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice and Dustin Wolf stopped 17 shots as Calgary beat Philadelphia 2-1 to end a three-game losing streak. The duel was dramatized by Travis Konecny and Alexej Kolosov left it with 19 hits. The Flyers lost their second game in a row. Slovakian striker hosts Samuel Honzekplayed 14 minutes and 44 seconds, during which he scored a minus point and four points. Only teammate Mackenzie Weegar made more in the match. Huberdeau scored in his fifth straight game. “It was a great work ethic from us tonight,” Weegar said. “I think the guys committed to playing the right way. That’s our standard. That’s Flames hockey. … I just think it was a great game overall from everybody, top to bottom.”
Stars: 1. J. Huberdeau (CGY), 2. D. Wolf (CGY), 3. T. Konecny (PHI)
ANA – NJD 4:1
Dostál led the Ducks to a win over the Devils, the German with a milestone
Beckett Sennecke and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist to help Anaheim to a 4-1 win over New Jersey. Frank Vatrano also scored, Chris Kreider into an empty net. The first star of the match was Lukáš Dostál, whose 33 shots were surpassed only by Jack Hughes in the third period. Jake Allen stopped 25 of 28 shots. While the Ducks won their third straight game and fifth of their last six, the Devils lost their third of their last four. Slovak defender Simon Nemec in it he played 16 minutes and 41 seconds with a “minus” score, a shot on goal, a body shot and two blocks. It was his jubilee 100th game in the NHL, but it did not turn out ideal – he had the second worst GameScore rating in the game (-2.36).
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Šimon Nemec reached a milestone as the 50th skater from the Tatras. He now has Lintner in front of him
The German watched as Sennecke opened the scoring of the match after he hesitated in the attacking zone:
Stars: 1. L. Dostál (ANA), 2. B. Sennecke (ANA), 3. C. Gauthier (ANA)
NYI – CBJ 3:2
Schaefer broke Orr’s record and helped the Islanders to the win
Matthew Schaefer scored two goals to become the youngest defenseman in NHL history with a multi-goal game and lead the Islanders to a 3-2 win over Columbus, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Simon Holmstrom scored the win for New York, which has won two straight, and David Rittich stopped 20 shots. He was outpaced by Miles Wood and Denton Mateychuk, while Elvis Merzlikins made 36 saves. Schaefer, the final draft pick, is 18 years and 58 days old. The previous record was held by the legendary Bobby Orr from November 1966 for 18 years and 248 days. “It was fun to watch, that’s the least I can say,” Holmstrom said of Schaefer. “He’s a great skater, he’s extremely confident with the puck and he was able to score two important goals for us tonight.”
Schaefer and Holmstrom turned from 1:2 to 3:2 in 29 seconds:
Stars: 1. M. Schaefer (NYI), 2. S. Holmstrom (NYI), 3. E. E. E. Mororlyins (CBJ)
SJS – IT 2:3 SN
Detroit beat the Sharks on runs
James van Riemsdyk singled in runs as Detroit beat San Jose 3-2 after twice giving up the lead. Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider scored in regulation and Cam Talbot’s 16 saves in the game and four runs in the game led to the fourth win in the last five games. Jeff Skinner equalized at 1:1, Sam Dickinson forced overtime with his first career goal. Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves. “I thought we had a mixed start. We didn’t play the type of game we wanted to play.” Red Wings coach Todd McLellan said. “We played a little bit for beauty with excessive stick work in the offensive zone. In the second period, we started sending pucks towards the goal and that opened things up for us a little bit.”
Sam Dickinson and his first NHL goal:
SAM DICKINSON ?
He ties it late in the third with his first NHL goal! pic.twitter.com/tBlDHPrwJy
— NHL (@NHL) November 3, 2025
Separate raids:
Stars: 1. M. Seider (DET), 2. S. Dickinson (SJS), 3. A. Nedeljkovic (SJS)
Slovaks in action
| Player |
Time |
G |
A |
B |
+/- |
TM |
S |
Bl |
Bè |
| E. Černak (TBL) |
20:27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| Š. Germany (NJD) |
16:41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| S. Honzek (CGY) |
14:44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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