NHL roundup: Tuch goes off in Caps debut, Larkin booed out of the arena

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/washington-capitals/UND9nmoG/"]Capitals[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/carolina-hurricanes-Sx0gl0tm/washington-capitals-UND9nmoG/?mid=hKi6VBkK"]5-2[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/carolina-hurricanes/Sx0gl0tm/"]Hurricanes[/a][/h2][p]The Washington Capitals played spoiler to the Hurricanes' banner night with an absolutely one-sided affair. Newly acquired forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tuch-alex/fi2K37wb/"]Alex Tuch[/a] posted two goals, while eight total Caps players earned at least one assist on the night. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larkin-dylan/b1K98MUq/"]Dylan Stome[/a] (two assists), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chychrun-jakob/fBUNMEuf/"]Jakob Chychrun[/a] (one goal, one assist), and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dubois-pierre-luc/hj84svRf/"]Pierre-Luc Dubois[/a] (two assists) each finished with two points. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leonard-ryan/ptfXGScq/"]Ryan Leonard[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hutson-cole/4AWBfoe8/"]Cole Hutson[/a] also had one goal each. [/p][p]Caps goalie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thompson-logan/pC30tHWm/"]Logan Thompson[/a] finished with 31 saves, setting a career-high in season openers for one of this year's Vezina Trophy favorites. [/p][p]The Canes, despite outshooting (33-27) and outhitting (32-19) the Caps, now start the season off with two losses coming off their Stanley Cup win. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aho-sebastian/dvL9PWjc/"]Sebastian Aho[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stankoven-logan/Mqmoc3L5/"]Logan Stankoven[/a] scored the two for Carolina.[/p][embed guid="10b41233-7d6d-49da-8c77-781b0fd1a48b" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWuXs5OHe2g" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-rangers/O4zxeyWN/"]Rangers[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/detroit-red-wings-dnJdmCF0/new-york-rangers-O4zxeyWN/?mid=rmsCyefC"]2-0[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/detroit-red-wings/dnJdmCF0/"]Red Wings[/a][/h2][p]It was a brutal home opener for the Red Wings, as the game got off to a rough start [a href="https://x.com/BR_OpenIce/status/2106150332224905582?s=20"]when fans booed former team captain Dylan Larkin[/a], as the longstanding member has made it clear he doesn't want to play for the team anymore. [/p][p]Between [a href="https://x.com/Sportsnet/status/2106162210456355191?s=20" target="_blank"]chants of "Sell the team!"[/a], fans taping over [a href="https://x.com/peterandri/status/2106148955503604201?s=20" target="_blank"]his jersey with 'loser' and 'traitor'[/a], and a scoreless night, the Red Wings open up their 2026-2027 season in the worst way humanly possible. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/durzi-sean/0YWsuM64/"]Sean Durzi[/a] scored the only even-strength goal of the night for the Rangers before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tolvanen-eeli/6VVDVVV0/"]Eeli Tolvanen[/a] sent in the empty-netter for his second of the season. Rookie goaltender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garand-dylan/h6zqwpqa/"]Dyland Garand[/a] recorded his first career shutout after putting up 22 saves. [/p][p]New York improved to 2-1-0 on the season. [/p][embed guid="6d173c6f-11ff-451c-b1df-1da00b38842f" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9-qUuJb8Ck" social-type="youtube" /][h2]Ongoing games[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/winnipeg-jets/r3L8pAaJ/"]Winnipeg Jets[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-bruins/jeans23J/"]Boston Bruins[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-stars/vVAvnIuC/"]Dallas Stars[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/st-louis-blues/KSAayVoi/"]St. Louis Blues[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vegas-golden-knights/fTT0TsUg/"]Vegas Golden Knights[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/anaheim-ducks/4CM4ojpD/"]Anaheim Ducks[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="4a10d479-52d8-41e0-aa1d-fb0ac5772099" /]