NHL Match Day Recaps: all 4 completed regular-season games from the 2026-11-04 NHL schedule. This edition covers every final score, goal, credited assist, standout player and a separate IHM comment for each game.
Match index: Sabres vs Senators · Panthers vs Blackhawks · Kings vs Sharks · Kraken vs Flames
1. Sabres 1-2 Senators
Match date: 5 November 2026, 02:30. Home: Sabres. Away: Senators.
Game recap: P. Krebs opened the scoring for Sabres at 2nd 14:00. After the first period, the teams were level at 0-0. At the second intermission, Sabres led 1-0 (home-away). At the end of regulation, Senators led 1-2 (home-away). Senators defeated Sabres 2-1.
Goals and scoring timeline
- 2nd 14:00 - Sabres: P. Krebs (assists: T. Thompson, Z. Benson); score after goal 1-0
- 3rd 11:33 - Senators: S. Pinto (assists: P. Tomasino, T. Chabot); score after goal 1-1
- 3rd 16:51 - Senators: M. Amadio (assists: T. Stützle, F. Zetterlund); score after goal 1-2
Standout players: P. Krebs (1 G, 0 A); S. Pinto (1 G, 0 A); C. Ellis (28 saves); S. Ersson (24 saves).
IHM Comment: Buffalo held the advantage from P. Krebs’s second-period opener, but the final stretch belonged to Ottawa. S. Pinto levelled the score with just over eight minutes left, and M. Amadio then put the Senators ahead inside the last four minutes. Turning a one-goal deficit into the winner so late gave Ottawa a composed, decisive finish.
2. Panthers 5-3 Blackhawks
Match date: 5 November 2026, 02:30. Home: Panthers. Away: Blackhawks.
Game recap: S. Vilmanis opened the scoring for Panthers at 1st 04:43. After the first period, Panthers led 2-0 (home-away). At the second intermission, Panthers led 3-1 (home-away). At the end of regulation, Panthers led 5-3 (home-away). Panthers defeated Blackhawks 5-3.
Goals and scoring timeline
- 1st 04:43 - Panthers: S. Vilmanis (assists: S. Reinhart, C. Verhaeghe); score after goal 1-0
- 1st 12:29 - Panthers: C. Verhaeghe (assists: B. Tkachuk, M. Tkachuk); score after goal 2-0
- 2nd 13:20 - Panthers: S. Jones (assists: S. Vilmanis, S. Reinhart); score after goal 3-0
- 2nd 16:48 - Blackhawks: R. Kantserov (assists: E. Del Mastro, C. Bedard); score after goal 3-1
- 3rd 09:31 - Blackhawks: F. Nazar (assists: C. Smith, E. Del Mastro); score after goal 3-2
- 3rd 11:01 - Panthers: S. Vilmanis (unassisted or no assists credited); score after goal 4-2
- 3rd 16:09 - Blackhawks: F. Nazar (assists: S. Rinzel, C. Bedard); score after goal 4-3
- 3rd 18:33 - Panthers: S. Reinhart (assists: S. Vilmanis); score after goal 5-3
Standout players: S. Vilmanis (2 G, 2 A); S. Reinhart (1 G, 2 A); J. Markstrom (17 saves); S. Knight (25 saves).
IHM Comment: Florida’s answer to each Blackhawks push was particularly important. After F. Nazar cut the deficit to one in the third, S. Vilmanis restored a two-goal Panthers lead ninety seconds later; when Nazar struck again, S. Reinhart sealed it late. Vilmanis’s two goals framed a night in which Florida repeatedly protected its earlier work.
3. Kings 7-2 Sharks
Match date: 5 November 2026, 05:00. Home: Kings. Away: Sharks.
Game recap: A. Kempe opened the scoring for Kings at 1st 01:23. After the first period, Kings led 3-0 (home-away). At the second intermission, Kings led 5-1 (home-away). At the end of regulation, Kings led 7-2 (home-away). Kings defeated Sharks 7-2.
Goals and scoring timeline
- 1st 01:23 - Kings: A. Kempe (assists: A. Panarin); score after goal 1-0
- 1st 16:09 - Kings: A. Kempe (assists: E. Gustafsson, B. Clarke); score after goal 2-0
- 1st 18:38 - Kings: Q. Byfield (assists: A. Panarin, A. Kempe); score after goal 3-0
- 2nd 05:07 - Sharks: M. Celebrini (assists: D. Orlov, M. Misa); score after goal 3-1
- 2nd 11:10 - Kings: E. Haula (assists: K. Connors, B. Dumoulin); score after goal 4-1
- 2nd 15:51 - Kings: A. Kempe (assists: A. Laferriere, A. Panarin); score after goal 5-1
- 3rd 02:12 - Kings: J. Armia (assists: E. Haula); score after goal 6-1
- 3rd 09:41 - Sharks: I. Stenberg (assists: D. Orlov, M. Misa); score after goal 6-2
- 3rd 14:28 - Kings: Q. Byfield (assists: A. Panarin, E. Gustafsson); score after goal 7-2
Standout players: A. Kempe (3 G, 1 A); A. Panarin (0 G, 4 A); D. Kuemper (30 saves); Y. Askarov (20 saves).
IHM Comment: A. Kempe set the tone quickly for Los Angeles, scoring at one minute twenty-three and again late in the opening period before completing the hat-trick in the second. San Jose did find a response through M. Celebrini, but Kempe’s third made it five-one. That was the point at which the Kings’ early authority became a commanding lead.
4. Kraken 2-1 Flames (OT)
Match date: 5 November 2026, 05:00. Home: Kraken. Away: Flames.
Game recap: Y. Sharangovich opened the scoring for Flames at 1st 12:45. After the first period, Flames led 0-1 (home-away). At the second intermission, the teams were level at 1-1. At the end of regulation, the teams were level at 1-1. M. Beniers provided the overtime winner for Kraken at 00:55.
Goals and scoring timeline
- 1st 12:45 - Flames: Y. Sharangovich (assists: Z. Whitecloud, M. Frost); score after goal 0-1
- 2nd 13:09 - Kraken: B. Catton (assists: M. Samoskevich, K. Kakko); score after goal 1-1
- OT 00:55 - Kraken: M. Beniers (assists: B. Montour); score after goal 2-1
Standout players: M. Beniers (1 G, 0 A); B. Catton (1 G, 0 A); J. Daccord (25 saves); D. Wolf (27 saves).
IHM Comment: Seattle had to wait well beyond regulation, having trailed since Y. Sharangovich’s first-period goal before B. Catton tied it in the second. M. Beniers ended the deadlock just fifty-five seconds into overtime. After such a sparse scoring night, that immediate extra-time finish ensured the Kraken’s patient comeback received its full reward.