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 fourth week of the regular season.

There must be something in Utah Mammoth forward Logan Cooley’s water. On Thursday against the St. Louis Blues, he scored a hat trick in the first period. Then against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, he had two goals in the opening frame.

Michigan State shut out Northern Michigan 4-0, while Michigan split with Western Michigan in a top-5 contest, and the Detroit Red Wings will face the St. Louis Blues at home.

The loss was their sixth straight, a devasting run for a team that started the season by winning its first three games and hoped to prove all who doubted it wrong. Instead, the Bruins are watching their season slip through their fingers already.

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A brand new NHL season is here, and it means optimism for all 32 teams. As the season progresses, we’ll see who the real contenders are, but it will be great to see what teams surprise us all. Let’s break down some key matchups today in the NHL.