The Chicago Blackhawks are coming off an overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. The Hawks played a great game against one of the best teams in the NHL, but the Oilers came out on top in the 3-on-3. 

Facing Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in overtime is incredibly difficult, but the Blackhawks played well enough otherwise. Every time Edmonton pulled ahead in regulation, the Blackhawks found a way to even it up. 

Despite it being a loss, it’s a game to build on. The skaters kept up with the speed and skill of Edmonton, and Spencer Knight was great in net. 

Now, the Blackhawks will play game three of a six-game road trip. This one will come in Washington against the Seattle Kraken. 

Scouting Seattle

The Seattle Kraken have had a shockingly good start to the 2025-26 season. At 5-2-4, they’ve been a bit fortunate to collect overtime points, but they are right there in the mix. Since coming into the NHL as the 32nd expansion team, things have not been as smooth for them as they would have hoped, but things are looking good right now. 

Seattle’s last game, like Chicago’s, was a loss in overtime. Their OTL came at home against the New York Rangers. They are going to be looking for a bounce-back game just as much as the Blackhawks. 

Tolvanen - Beniers - Eberle

Schwartz - Stephenson - Kakko

Marchment - Wright - Nyman

Kartye - Meyers - Winterton

Dunn - Larsson

Lindgren - Montour

Mahura - Oleksiak

Daccord

The Kraken have a nice mix of veterans and young players on the team. Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle are two-thirds of a solid top line. Chandler Stephenson and Shane Wright add depth down the middle with decent wingers all over. 

On defense, they have some great players who can make a difference. Vince Dunn, Brandon Montour, and Adam Larsson are the leaders back there. 

The heart and soul of this team, however, is Joey Daccord. He has been a solid NHL goalie so far this season, so the Blackhawks will have their work cut out for them when trying to score. Bodies in front, being hard on the forecheck, and showing off some skill will be necesarry. 

Projected Blackhawks Lines, Defense Pairs, and Starting Goalie

On Monday afternoon, the Blackhawks announced that they called up Oliver Moore. He is going to make his Chicago Blackhawks season debut against the Kraken in this game. In addition to this move, Chicago has placed Jason Dickinson on injured reserve, retroactive to October 30th. 

Later in the afternoon, the Blackhawks announced that they have also sent Landon Slaggert down to the Rockford IceHogs.

Arvid Soderblom is going to start in the net. In front of him, lines and defense pairs won't be known for sure until warmups, as the morning skate in Seattle was optional. 

They will, if they go 11/7 again, look something like this: 

Greene - Bedard - Burakovsky 

Teravainen - Nazar - Bertuzzi 

Donato - Dach - Mikheyev

Moore - Foligno

Vlasic - Rinzel

Kaiser - Levshunov

Grzelcyk - Murphy

Crevier

Soderblom

With Dickinson out and Moore in, that makes Sam Lafferty the healthy scratch out of the forward group. Until Jeff Blashill dresses 12 forwards, it is assumed that they will continue with this strategy. 

How To Watch

Local TV viewers can find the game on CHSN, and out of market folks can find it on ESPN+. It can also be heard on local radio AM 720 WGN. The puck will drop shortly after 9 PM CT. 

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Oct 30, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar (80) makes a save as Nashville Predators left wing Michael Bunting (58) looks on during the second period at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

The Nashville Predators begin another hectic week of action with four games in six days, as the NHL’s compressed schedule continues into November.

It starts with a back-to-back Monday at Bridgestone Arena against the Vancouver Canucks before the team hops on a plane to Minnesota for a visit with the Wild on Tuesday.

Monday’s matchup with Vancouver is the second in as many weeks between the two clubs. The Preds came away with a 2-1 victory in Nashville on Oct. 23. After Monday, the two teams will meet for a final time this season in Vancouver on March 12.

The Preds snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday afternoon with a 4-2 home victory over the Calgary Flames.

Michael Bunting tallied a goal and three points, while Matthew Wood, Jonathan Marchessault and Filip Forsberg (empty-netter) scored the other Preds goals. It was Wood's second goal in as many games after notching his first career NHL goal in Thursday night's loss in Philadelphia against the Flyers.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of Monday night’s contest.

Game Day

Who: Nashville Predators (5-6-2) vs. Vancouver Canucks (6-7-0)

When: 7:30 Pm CT at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South

Radio: 102.5 The Game

Lines (BetMGM

Canucks

+1.5 (-235)

O 5.5 (-120)

+100

Predators

-1.5 (+195)

U 5.5 (+100)

-120

Injury Update

Preds captain Roman Josi was placed on injured reserve on Sunday with an upper-body injury.

Forward Cole Smith left Saturday’s game against Calgary in the opening period after suffering an upper-body injury. On Sunday, the Predators announced Smith will miss 3-6 weeks.

The Preds held a morning skate on Monday, with Tyson Jost taking Smith's spot on the line with Michael McCarron and Ozzy Wiesblatt. Jost was a healthy scratch Saturday against Calgary.

Defenseman Adam Wilsby (lower body) is currently listed as day-to-day.

Team Leaders

Filip Forsberg and Ryan O’Reilly are co-leaders in points and have identical numbers (four goals and five assists for nine points). Bunting (3g-4a) and Erik Haula (2g-5a) have seven points apiece, while Marchessault (4g-2a) and Luke Evangelista (1g-5a) each have six points.

Juuse Saros continues his outstanding start to the 2025-26 season. Following the win on Saturday, ‘Juice’ is 5-4-2 with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. His .959 save percentage on the penalty kill ranks him eighth in the NHL in that category.

Justus Annunen is 0-2-0 with a 4.09 GAA and .852 SP.

Power Play Improving

Nashville’s power play has scored in three of its last four games, including a tally by Jonathan Marchessault on Saturday vs. Calgary.

The club is 3-for- 11 on the man advantage since Oct. 26 vs. Dallas, with Luke Evangelista and Marchessault also converting on the power play.

The Preds still have a hill to climb to get back to respectability; they currently rank 29th at 12.5% (5-for-40).

Meanwhile, the penalty kill is sixth in the NHL at 88.4% (5-of-43). The unit has successfully killed off 28 of the last 32 power plays by opponents.

With an assist on Michael Bunting’s goal on Saturday vs. Calgary, Spencer Stastney set a career high for points in a season with five (1g-4a).

Scouting The Canucks

It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride for Vancouver so far this season. Over their last five games, the Canucks have alternated wins and losses, including a 5-2 loss in Minnesota against the Wild on Saturday.

Conor Garland (3g-8a) leads Vancouver with 11 points, while former Preds forward Kiefer Sherwood has nine goals through 13 games this season. Elias Pettersson has three goals and eight points.

Thatcher Demko is 4-4-0 in the Vancouver net with a 2.41 GAA and .917 SP. Former Preds netminder Kevin Lankinen is 2-3-0, 3.53, .885.

On the power play, Vancouver is 7-for-42 (16.7%), putting them 21st in the league. The penalty-kill unit ranks 26th at 71.1% (13-of-45).

Drew O'Connor has factored on each of Vancouver’s past four goals (excluding shootout-deciding goals) dating to Oct. 30. Only Kiefer Sherwood has factored on more consecutive Canucks goals so far this season (five from Oct. 26-30).

All-Time Meetings

The Preds are 38-43-9 all-time against the Canucks, including a 20-19-7 mark in Nashville. The Preds are 5-4-1 in their last 10 outings against Vancouver and 2-3-0 in their last five against them at Bridgestone Arena.

Head To Head

Jonathan Marchessault has 26 points (11g-15a) in 26 career games against Vancouver, the fourth-most points he has vs. a single franchise.

Luke Evangelista scored his first two career NHL goals on March 6, 2023 at Vancouver. He became the second player (Jordan Gross) in Predators history to score his first two career NHL goals in the same game.

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Former Montreal Canadiens forward Devante Smith-Pelly has landed a new gig.

The NHL Network has announced that they have hired Smith-Pelly as a studio analyst. In addition, the NHL Network shared that Smith-Pelly will make his 2025-26 season debut NHL Tonight: First Shift at 4 pm ET on Nov. 3. 

Smith-Pelly spent two NHL seasons with the Canadiens from 2014-15 to 2015-16. In 66 games with the Canadiens over that span, the winger recorded seven goals, eight assists, 15 points, and 143 hits.

We are excited to welcome #StanleyCup champion Devante Smith-Pelly to NHL Network as an analyst!

📺: Catch him on #NHLTNFirstShift today at 4p ET on NHL Network! pic.twitter.com/XkbvMuh47S

— NHL Media (@NHLMedia) November 3, 2025

Smith-Pelly's time with the Canadiens ended during the 2015-16 season when he was traded to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Stefan Matteau. Following this, Smith-Pelly then played for the Washington Capitals, where he won the Stanley Cup in 2018. 

Smith-Pelly also had stints with Kunlun Red Star of the KHL and the Ontario Reign of the AHL following his time with the Washington Capitals. After this, he played his final professional season in 2021-22 with the Canadiens' AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket, where he recorded four goals and eight points in 24 games.

While his career as a player is over, Smith-Pelly will now stay with the game after landing this cool new gig with the NHL Network. 

The Winnipeg Jets announced via social media on Monday that captain Adam Lowry will return to the lineup Tuesday night on the road against the Los Angeles Kings.

CAP IS BACK 👨‍✈️

Adam Lowry will return to the lineup tomorrow night! pic.twitter.com/3tMWZjYRFz

— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) November 3, 2025

Lowry recently told media "I feel really good, I'm looking forward to being back out there and it's finally feeling like Christmas morning so I'm looking forward to it."

The holidays came early 🎁😆 pic.twitter.com/UZsdn5eXn5

— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) November 3, 2025

The Canadian center underwent hip surgery in late May, and the club estimated a recovery timeline of five to six months. While he was initially expected to miss the start of the 2025‑26 season, the early return suggests his rehabilitation progressed ahead of expectations. 

In the 2024‑25 regular season, the 32‑year‑old recorded 16 goals and 18 assists in 73 games, finishing with a +18 rating. In the playoffs, he added four goals in 13 games, including the memorable game-winning goal in Game 7 of the first round, a 4‑3 double‑overtime win over the St. Louis Blues. 

Lowry has spent his entire NHL career with Winnipeg after being selected in the third round (67th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft. As of the end of the 2024‑25 season, he had accumulated 121 goals and 152 assists (273 points) in 775 career games. 

His return provides a timely boost to the Jets’ lineup and leadership core. Lowry will rejoin the lineup under a significant change, as it will be his first game in some time without his regular linemate, Mason Appleton, who left the team in free agency for the Detroit Red Wings. Lowry will instead be reunited with Nino Niederreiter, as the duo looks to rekindle the chemistry that made their line with Appleton one of the most impactful in the NHL over the past few seasons.

Lowry’s return is especially timely given the growing absences in the lineup. Winnipeg head coach Scott Arniel revealed Monday that veteran winger Gustav Nyquist remains day-to-day, while depth center Morgan Barron is listed as week-to-week.

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The Chicago Blackhawks have called up Oliver Moore from the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs. This will be Moore’s first stint in the NHL this season. Jason Dickinson has been placed on injured reserve, retroactive to October 30th. 

Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) on Xeveryone say hi Oliver!👋 roster moves📰 ➡︎ https://t.co/MlkjCGhoFZ

In 9 AHL games to start the year, Moore has 6 goals and 3 assists for 9 points. Those 6 goals lead all AHL rookies. He had a great camp ahead of that, so his hot start isn’t much of a surprise. Moore’s speed and tenacity were always there, but using them to create offense was something that he’s been working on. He also went into the summer looking to improve his shot.  

During the preseason and his time in the AHL, it seems like he has done that. His skills are starting to match his speed. 

Moore played in 9 NHL games to end last season after he was done at the University of Minnesota. In those games, he collected four assists but is still looking for his first career NHL goal. 

Oliver Moore’s addition will make the Blackhawks an even faster team. There is speed up and down the lineup, and Moore is the fastest of them all. 

Following this call-up, Moore is available to play on Monday night against the Seattle Kraken. 

UPDATE: Later in the afternoon, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that they have also sent Landon Slaggert down to AHL Rockford. This will be his chance to get back on track by playing in every game.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins will finish their four-game road trip on Monday night in Toronto against the Maple Leafs.

The Penguins are coming off a 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday and will try to end the trip on a high note. They enter Monday's game with an 8-3-2 record, which is good for 18 points. They are tied for first in the Metropolitan Division with the New Jersey Devils. 

Tristan Jarry is set to start in goal for the Penguins after having the day off on Saturday. He's off to a strong start this season, compiling a 5-1-0 record, a 2.35 goals-against average, and a .923 save percentage. 

Harrison Brunicke is slated to be in his ninth NHL game after he was paired with Owen Pickering again during the morning skate. Brunicke played in his eighth game on Saturday and struggled, so he'll try to bounce back on Monday.

Here were the rest of the lines: 

Forwards:

Hallander-Crosby-Rust

Mantha-Malkin-Tomasino

Novak-Kindel-Koivunen

Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari

Defense

Wotherspoon-Karlsson

Shea-Letang

Pickering-Brunicke

Dumba-Clifton

Anthony Stolarz will start in net for the Maple Leafs, and they will also be getting back William Nylander. Nylander has been one of their best players this year, compiling three goals and 15 points in nine games. 

The Maple Leafs come into this game with a 6-5-1 record and recently beat the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Puck drop for Monday's game will be at 7:30 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh and NHL Network. You can also listen to the game on 105.9 'The X.'

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