Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the ninth week of the regular season.<\/p>\n
Highlights include the Winnipeg Jets visiting the Buffalo Sabres on “Prime Monday Night Hockey,” and the Montreal Canadiens visiting the Toronto Maple Leafs on “Hockey Night in Canada.”<\/p>\n
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1<\/p>\n
Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres (7:30 p.m. ET; MSG-B, Prime)<\/p>\n
The Jets visit the Sabres in “Prime Monday Night Hockey” this week. Winnipeg (13-11-0) ended a four-game skid on Saturday and does not look like the same team that won the Presidents’ Trophy last season after finishing with the NHL’s best record. I know Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> is injured and it was affecting his play, but the Jets have provided offense scoring (four players have at least 20 points), so it’s strange to see them as a .500 team this season. The Sabres (10-11-4) hope to get forward Josh Norris<\/a> back in the lineup, which would be a big boost before they head out on a six-game road trip.<\/p>\n TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2<\/p>\n Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers (7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, TSN4, TVAS)<\/p>\n The Maple Leafs (11-11-3) are coming off of a much-needed 7-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. Auston Matthews<\/a> scored a goal in that game, his first since returning from injury, and they’ll need that from him. Toronto is top-five in goals-for per game but bottom-five in goals-against and has converted on fewer than 16 percent of its power-play chances, which is surprising. The Panthers (12-11-1) continue a six-game homestand and have lost the first two. Brad Marchand<\/a> has picked up where he left off in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season; he has 15 goals in 23 games. Despite its injury woes (including Aleksander Barkov<\/a> and Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>), Florida remains just a handful of points out of third place in the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n Chicago Blackhawks at Vegas Golden Knights (10 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNO, SNE)<\/p>\n The Blackhawks (11-9-5) began the season with a surprising start, but they regressed a bit, losing five straight (0-4-1) prior to a 5-3 come-from-behind win against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Four of those five losses, though, were by one goal. Chicago is 3-5-5 in one-goal games, which has to improve if they want to take that next step. The Golden Knights (11-6-8) have been a surprise this season as well, but the other way. They’ve already had two four-game skids despite bolstering the roster in the offseason with the addition of Mitch Marner<\/a>. Captain Mark Stone<\/a> recently returned, so hopefully Vegas can it around.<\/p>\n WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3<\/p>\n Utah Mammoth at Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT)<\/p>\n The Mammoth (12-11-3) are sitting in a wild-card position almost two months into the season, but have lost three straight entering the week, including two to begin a six-game road trip. I’ve liked what I’ve seen from them, especially Logan Cooley<\/a>, Nick Schmaltz<\/a> and Clayton Keller<\/a>, who are their top three scorers, and JJ Peterka<\/a> has been a nice addition via trade. The Ducks (15-9-1) have played extremely well this season at home, where they are 9-3-0. Leo Carlsson<\/a> has taken huge strides in his third NHL season, as has Cutter Gauthier<\/a>, who is in his second. Meanwhile, Chris Kreider<\/a>, who was acquired in the offseason, has provided grit, leadership and been a seamless fit.<\/p>\n SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6<\/p>\n Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.m. ET: CBC, TVAS, SNE, SNO, SNP)<\/p>\n This is the third meeting between the Canadiens and Maple Leafs this season; each has won once. Montreal (13-8-3) is led by Nick Suzuki<\/a> (28 points) and Cole Caufield<\/a> (26 points) and also has two impressive rookies in Ivan Demidov<\/a> and Oliver Kapanen<\/a>, who enter the week top-five in rookie scoring. Matthews has feasted on the Canadiens in his career with 29 goals in 38 games, his most against any team, including one in a 5-2 win against Montreal in the season opener for each team on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n OTHER NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAMES<\/p>\n MONDAY<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers (7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NHLN, NBCSP, TVAS)<\/p>\n WEDNESDAY<\/p>\n Winnipeg Jets at Montreal Canadiens (7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, SN)<\/p>\n Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT)<\/p>\n THURSDAY<\/p>\n Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets (7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+)<\/p>\n Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings (10 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+)<\/p>\n FRIDAY<\/p>\n Vegas Golden Knights at New Jersey Devils (7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSGSN, NHLN, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS)<\/p>\n SATURDAY<\/p>\n Colorado Avalanche at New York Rangers (12:30 p.m. ET; MSG, ALT, SN)<\/p>\n Columbus Blue Jackets at Florida Panthers (3:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS)<\/p>\n Utah Mammoth at Calgary Flames (7 p.m. ET; CITY, SNW, NHLN, Utah16)<\/p>\n Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers (10 p.m. ET; CBC, SNE, SNO, SNW)<\/p>\n SUNDAY<\/p>\n Colorado Avalanche at Philadelphia Flyers (1 p.m. ET; NHLN, NBCSP, ALT, SN, TVAS)<\/p>\n New York Islanders at Florida Panthers (5 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSGSN, SN)<\/p>\n Vegas Golden Knights at New York Rangers (7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NHLN, MSG)<\/p>\n Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks (8 p.m. ET; Victory+, CHSN, KCOP-13, SN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-323732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}