All 32 NHL teams, September 14: the rookie-games edition, led by the weekend's surprise names — Utah's three-for-three power play flattening Vegas behind Miko Matikka, Daniil But and Artem Duda, Vegas and Colorado trading four-lead-change periods into a 6-5 shootout with Noah Jettelson, Jake Chiasson, Nikita Prishchepov, Beckett Hamilton and Mathieu Cataford factoring, the Kings' 4-1 win over Anaheim on two goals apiece from Koehn Ziemmer and Liam Lefebvre, the Sharks' eleven-to-two weekend led by Jake Gustafson and Ivar Stenberg, Carolina's Lane Arena round-robin stacking a wave behind Ruslan Khazheyev, Zachary Lansard and Alexis Legault, Buffalo's hometown event throwing up Scott Ratzlaff's first professional shutout and Talyn Boyko's six-foot-eight frame, the Senators' Jaxon Cover with a seven-point weekend in Gatineau, Toronto's Luc Koblar collecting three assists in one game, and Philadelphia's Allentown sweep behind Noah Powell — while the deadline-eve board hardens underneath: Quinn Hughes unsigned with the window closing Tuesday, Drake Batherson at the wire against the Adrian Kempe and Alex Tuch comparables, the Shane Wright dispute still agent-versus-GM, Martin St. Louis signing a four-year extension in Montreal, Carson Soucy joining Columbus on a tryout, and the Connor Hellebuyck situation hardening into a recognition that the trade has to happen and is going to happen.
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