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 second week of the regular season.

Here is the full National Hockey League schedule for Oct. 12 and how to watch all the games. Or see our sortable NHL schedule to filter by team or division.

Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars (9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN)The 2025-26 NHL season is off to a roaring start, and you can watch the action all season long

On the first Saturday of the 2025-26 regular season, all 32 NHL teams will be in action, a smorgasbord of 16 games that starts at 1:30 p.m. ET in Winnipeg and wraps up with three 10 p.m. ET games in Edmonton, San Jose and Seattle.

The NHL has suspended Tampa Bay forward Scott Sabourin for four games and defenseman J.J. Moser for two games following their actions in the Lightning's preseason finale against the Florida Panthers.

Not yet! The NHL season won't expand to 84 games until the 2026-27 season. For now, you can expect one last 82-game season upcoming before the two-game increase hits next season.

On this date two years ago, Salt Lake City having an NHL team was nothing but a pipe dream. On this date last year, the Utah Hockey Club played its first regular-season game. The team only had a few months to get the plane off the ground in the first place — and it didn’t slow down when the puck dropped.

Jonathan Toews reached another milestone in his NHL comeback on Monday, recording his first point in nearly 2 1/2 years. Toews helped set up Nino Niederreiter's power-play goal at the New York Islanders in the Winnipeg Jets' third game of the season and picked up a secondary assist.

Tonight, October 13, is the first of four Prime Monday Night Hockey broadcasts that will feature the Vancouver Canucks during the 2025–26 season. This special broadcast, aired solely on Amazon Prime,