NHL Scores Today: Live Hockey Scores, Puck-Drop Times and TV
Keep up with every NHL game on one scoreboard. While games are live it shows the period and clock and updates the score on its own; scheduled games show the puck-drop time in Eastern Time and the TV or streaming listing.
The 2026-27 regular season is underway. Friday's Oct. 30 schedule has three games: the New Jersey Devils at the Vegas Golden Knights, the Winnipeg Jets at the Florida Panthers and the Seattle Kraken at the Calgary Flames, per ESPN. Use the date buttons to check last night's finals, including overtime and shootout results, or to see tomorrow's puck-drop times.
NHL Scores Today
The 2026-27 NHL regular season is in its first month. Thursday, Oct. 29, was a busy night with 11 games, according to ESPN's scoreboard.
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Official NHL highlights
The latest highlight videos from official NHL YouTube channels. Videos load only when you press play.
Senators vs. Kings | NHL Highlights | Oct 29, 2026
Video: NHL on YouTube · Oct 30
Sabres vs. Ducks | NHL Highlights | Oct 29, 2026
Video: NHL on YouTube · Oct 30
Canucks vs. Sharks | NHL Highlights | Oct 29, 2026
Video: NHL on YouTube · Oct 30
Islanders vs. Wild | NHL Highlights | Oct 29, 2026
Video: NHL on YouTube · Oct 29
Frequently asked questions
- How many NHL games are on Friday, Oct. 30?
- Three, per ESPN's schedule: Devils at Golden Knights (6 p.m. ET), Jets at Panthers (7 p.m. ET) and Kraken at Flames (8 p.m. ET).
- What channel are NHL games on?
- Each score card lists the networks ESPN reports, such as ESPN+, NHL Network or a team's regional channel. Many games stream on ESPN+ in the U.S.
- How often do these scores update?
- The scoreboard refreshes itself without reloading the page: about every 10 seconds while a game in the league you are viewing is live, and about every 60 seconds when nothing is live. It pauses while the browser tab is in the background and refreshes as soon as you come back. Scores come from ESPN's public scoreboard and can run a few seconds behind the TV broadcast.
- Where do the scores come from?
- Scores, game status, start times and TV listings come from ESPN's public scoreboard data. TrendCanopy does not enter scores by hand, and we do not show betting odds. If the data feed is down, the page says scores are unavailable instead of showing old or estimated numbers.
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