NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – November 6, 2025
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin reaches 900 goals, Flames center Nazem Kadri plays his 1,000th game, Sharks center Macklin Celebrini moves up in the scoring race, and more in today’s NHL Morning Coffee Headlines.
NHL.COM: Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin tallied his 900th career NHL regular-season goal in a 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Ovechkin is the first player to reach that milestone. Tom Wilson and Anthony Beauvillier tallied twice, and Jakob Chychrun collected three assists for the 7-5-1 Capitals, ending a four-game losing skid. Alexey Toropchenko replied for the Blues (4-8-2), who’ve lost eight of their last nine contests.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin (NHL Images).
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Ovechkin entered this season needing only three goals to reach the 900-goal plateau. It’s an impressive achievement, but it seems anticlimactic after he surpassed Wayne Gretzky last season as the all-time goal-scoring leader.
Regardless, it will be a long time before anyone comes close to Ovechkin’s record of 900 goals and counting. The active player closest to him is 38-year-old Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, sitting 16th among the all-time scorers with 634. Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has the best chance, with 409 goals in 643 games, but he’s battled injuries that have hampered his production.
Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington attempted to steal the historic puck for himself by tucking it down the back of his goalie pants for some reason. Official Michael Cormier convinced Binnington to turn over the puck.
Earlier in the day, the Capitals activated defenseman Rasmus Sandin off injured reserve for this game. Sandin missed the previous five games with an upper-body injury.
Calgary Flames center Nazem Kadri scored in his 1,000th career NHL regular-season game as his club defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1. Dustin Wolf kicked out 42 shots for the 4-9-2 Flames as they picked up their second straight win. Columbus forward Kirill Marchenko scored to extend his points streak to five games as his club dropped to 7-6-0.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: This game was among the few highlights in what’s been a disappointing start to this season for the Flames. Kadri has become the subject of frequent trade speculation, but the club isn’t giving up on the season, and he hasn’t requested a trade. It’ll be interesting to see if the Flames can overcome this poor start and climb back into the playoff chase.
The San Jose Sharks got a goal and two assists from Macklin Celebrini in a 6-1 win over the Seattle Kraken. Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves as Tyler Toffoli, Will Smith, and John Klingberg each had a goal and an assist for the 5-6-3 Sharks, who’ve won three of their last four contests. Ryan Winterton scored his first NHL goal as the 6-3-4 Kraken have dropped three of their last four.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Celebrini has 21 points, tying him with Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid for the scoring lead. The 19-year-old is the first teenager in NHL history to lead the league in scoring (tied or outright) at this stage of his career (217 games played).
Celebrini is also the second-fastest player in Sharks history to reach 20 points in a season (14 games played), behind Joe Thornton (13 games played) in 2005-06.
A hat trick by winger Tyler Bertuzzi lifted the Chicago Blackhawks over the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 5-2. Spencer Knight stopped 43 shots for the Blackhawks, who snapped a three-game losing skid and improved to 6-5-3. Aatu Raty and Evander Kane scored for the Canucks, who dropped to 7-8-0.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Canucks winger Conor Garland returned to the lineup after missing the previous three games with an upper-body injury.
Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares netted his 501st career regular-season goal as his club downed the Utah Mammoth 5-3, handing the latter their third loss in their last four games. Tavares, William Nylander, Matthew Knies, and Matias Maccelli each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (8-5-1), who picked up their third straight victory. Michael Carcone, Mikhail Sergachev, and Dylan Guenther scored for the Mammoth.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Before this game, the Maple Leafs sent forward Easton Cowan to their AHL affiliate.
I Don t see how Canada can keep Celebrini and Bedard off the Olympic team. Time for the old guard to step aside. Binnington looks pretty bad with his attempt at stealing the puck the other night. I wonder if he had a memorabilia collector all lined up to sell it to.
Binnington with a poor attempt to pull off a Pronger…………
I am surprised by the outrage on Binnington – I thought it was funny.
He had to know there was no way he was going away with it.
I mean if he was going to mean about he would have flipped it into the crowd.
Seemed more likely he just wanted the caps and ovie to stew on it for a bit.
Sr – while both are making their case i don’t see anyway that both can make the team.
I’d easily take Suzuki or Shiefele over either of the mentioned for the Olympics and those two are anything but locks as well.
Its the Olympics and unless either kid fits into your top 6…I feel there are better fits that also have a dynamic offensive game but better all rounded to play in your bottom six.
But time will tell. Its Team Canada so no matter who goes, who stays, if they dont win gold we will be debating the selections for ages lol
Binnington has always been a snap case, and I find him pretty annoying when he does the tough guy act. Save it tender. Nice win in the 4 Nations though!
But I would be very surprised if he was actually trying to steal it. He new it was #900, and knows there are cameras everywhere. It’s not like he was being sneaky about it. Just F’n around. No different than Marchand ripping the straps off buddies helmet in the penalty box. Actually kinda funny, unlike his normal antics.
I don’t think both make it either 1Oilerfan. I would take Celebrini over Bedard if they do decide to take one of them. It won’t be the point totals that determine if either of them go, everyone knows they can score. And they won’t play C over there either.
Take one of them, an extra forward in case of injury. Give him a game or 2 on the wing against a weaker opponent, see how he deals with it, get some experience seeing how these vets play when the chips are down. If you need him, use him.
Sr has accidentally made a good point. I say accidentally because none of the “old guard” players from Canada’s 4 Nations roster are centers, except for Sid, and leaving him off would be stupidity.
Canada is fortunate to be able to ice Crosby, McDavid and MacKinnon. I would add Celebrini as it is important to anticipate that this is surely Sid’s last international tournament and two other centers who can start at wing.
The old guard include Stone, Doughty, and Marchant.
Congratulations to ovechkin; unbelievable what that guy has accomplished. I never thought Gretzky’s record would be broken; binnington is a piece of work, lol
Binnington showing his true colors. “Piece of…………work”, yeah I’ll go with that.
I was at a bar in St. Louis watching the game and people were cheering Binnington on….just another reason I hate the Blues