Jordan Binnington made 31 saves and became the St. Louis Blues’ all-time victories leader during a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils Wednesday night in Newark, N.J.
Binnington earned his 152nd victory to pass Mike Liut for the franchise lead. He earned his first shutout of the season and the 16th of his career.
Dylan Holloway scored twice in the first period for the Blues, who have won their first two games under new coach Jim Montgomery. Robert Thomas also scored and Pavel Buchnevich earned an assist before exiting the game in the second period with a lower-body injury.
Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves as the Devils’ three-game winning streak ended.
Red Wings 2, Flames 1 (OT)
Lucas Raymond scored on a power play with 1:25 remaining in overtime to give host Detroit a win over Calgary.
Raymond scored from the slot after the Flames were called for having too many men on the ice. Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist, while Cam Talbot stopped 24 shots as the Red Wings extended their winning streak against the Flames to five.
Connor Zary scored for the Flames and Dan Vladar made 25 saves. Despite the loss, Calgary scored its sixth power-play goal in its last five games.
Avalanche 2, Golden Knights 1 (SO)
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal in regulation and the only one in an extended shootout as Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas in Denver.
Alexandar Georgiev turned away 18 shots through overtime and all five he faced in the shootout to give Colorado its fourth win in five games.
Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and Adin Hill made 33 saves in regulation and overtime and then three more in the shootout before Nichushkin beat him in the fifth round, halting Vegas’ three-game win streak.
Flyers 3, Predators 2 (OT)
After Morgan Frost tied the game with 11.4 seconds left in regulation, Sean Couturier scored in overtime as visiting Philadelphia stunned Nashville.
Couturier tipped in a pass from Travis Konecny on the rush past Juuse Saros. Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who have won two of their last three (2-0-1). Aleksei Kolosov made 25 saves.
Roman Josi and Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Predators, who have lost three of four (1-2-1). Saros made 20 saves.
Canadiens 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT)
Nick Suzuki scored 44 seconds into overtime to lift visiting Montreal over Columbus.
Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and an assist and Cole Caufield and Emil Heineman also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a two-game skid (0-1-1) with their seventh consecutive win over the Blue Jackets dating back to Nov. 23, 2022. Cayden Primeau made 21 saves for his second win of the season.
The Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski had a goal, an assist and a fighting major for his first Gordie Howe hat trick. Mathieu Olivier and Yegor Chinakhov also scored for Columbus, which had won three in a row. Merzlikins finished with 19 saves.
Kings 4, Jets 1
Adrian Kempe and Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist, helping Los Angeles post a win against visiting Winnipeg.
Phillip Danault and Kevin Fiala added goals and Alex Laferriere had two assists for the Kings, who rebounded from a 7-2 road loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday. David Rittich made 13 saves for Los Angeles, including one on a penalty shot by Rasmus Kupari, helping him earn his 100th NHL victory.
Gabriel Vilardi scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for the Jets, who are 3-4-0 since starting 15-1-0.
Hurricanes 4, Rangers 3
Rookie Jackson Blake scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 7:59 remaining in the third period and Carolina pushed its home winning streak to nine, rallying to beat New York in Raleigh, N.C.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Blake scored 2:07 apart, with Kotkaniemi forging a 3-3 tie by beating K’Andre Miller to a loose puck behind the net and banking a wraparound off goalie Igor Shesterkin’s leg.
After former Hurricane Vincent Trocheck hooked Seth Jarvis, Blake got open in between the circles, waited for a pass from Jack Drury and lifted a shot over Shesterkin’s stick.
Panthers 5, Maple Leafs 1
Carter Verhaeghe’s three-point night helped host Florida snap its four-game losing streak and cool off the Toronto in Sunrise.
Verhaeghe finished with a goal and two assists and Sam Reinhart scored his league-leading 17th goal of the season. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves. Before the Leafs’ morning skate, the Panthers awarded Stanley Cup rings to three former Florida players now with Toronto: Anthony Stolarz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Steven Lorentz.
Stolarz made 19 saves for the Leafs, who had their four-game win streak halted. Mitch Marner scored and leads Toronto with 29 points, including nine points (five goals, four assists) in his last five games.
Bruins 6, Islanders 3
Pavel Zacha scored the game-winning and insurance goals less than three minutes apart in the third period for Boston, which tied a season high in goals in winning in Elmont, N.Y.
Brad Marchand scored twice in the first while Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak each added three assists for Boston. Goalie Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves as the Bruins improved to 3-1-0 under interim head coach Joe Sacco.
Brock Nelson scored twice and had an assist for the Islanders, who have lost five of six (1-4-1). Sorokin recorded 15 saves.
Wild 1, Sabres 0
Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves and Kirill Kaprizov scored the game’s lone goal as Minnesota continued its excellent play on the road with a win at Buffalo.
Two days after getting just one goal despite taking a season-high 44 shots in a loss to the Winnipeg Jets, the Wild matched that scoring output while putting 29 on net. Gustavsson also got some help from his teammates, who blocked 32 shots.
The Wild ended Buffalo’s three-game winning streak and became the first NHL team this season to record its 10th road win.
Capitals 5, Lightning 4
Tom Wilson scored a power-play goal with 3:26 remaining as Washington rallied for its sixth straight road win, edging Tampa Bay.
Wilson, Aliaksei Protas and Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist apiece, while Andrew Mangiapane and John Carlson found the net for the Capitals, who evened the season series with the Lightning at 1-1-0. Goalie Charlie Lindgren had 24 saves.
Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point collected his fifth career hat trick, Michael Eyssimont added a goal, and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots.
Penguins 5, Canucks 4
Bryan Rust scored twice in a three-point performance and host Pittsburgh rode a four-goal first period to a 5-4 victory over Vancouver.
Blake Lizotte, Rickard Rakell and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Penguins, who snapped a three-game skid. Erik Karlsson notched three assists and Sidney Crosby collected two helpers. Goaltender Tristan Jarry made 25 saves to post his first victory in more than a month.
Quinn Hughes netted one goal and two assists while Elias Pettersson collected one goal and one assist for the Canucks, who saw their eight-game road winning streak snapped despite a furious comeback attempt. Aatu Raty and Pius Suter both added goals and goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 18 of 23 shots.
Blackhawks 6, Stars 2
Taylor Hall recorded his fifth career hat trick to lead Chicago to a win against visiting Dallas.
Louis Crevier scored his first NHL goal, Connor Bedard snapped a 12-game goalless streak and Teuvo Teravainen also scored. Tyler Bertuzzi had two assists and Petr Mrazek made 25 saves for the Blackhawks, who have points in three straight games for the first time this season (2-0-1).
Colin Blackwell and Matt Duchene scored and Casey DeSmith made 20 saves for the Stars, who’ve been outscored 12-6 in their past two games.
Ducks 5, Kraken 2
Cutter Gauthier, Alex Killorn and Trevor Zegras each had a goal and an assist as Anaheim defeated host Seattle, earning a split of the home-and-home series between the Pacific Division rivals.
Frank Vatrano and Brett Leason also scored for the Ducks, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Goaltender John Gibson made 42 saves to improve to 4-0-1 in five starts after missing the opening month of the season while recovering from an appendectomy.
Eeli Tolvanen and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for the Kraken, who lost for just the second time in their past seven home games. Joey Daccord stopped 28 of 33 shots.
Senators 4, Sharks 3
Adam Gaudette scored twice and Tim Stutzle added three assists as Ottawa edged host San Jose.
Josh Norris and Tyler Kleven scored the other goals, and captain Brady Tkachuk added two assists for Ottawa, which has won back-to-back games. Linus Ullmark made 36 saves to improve to 6-0-0 in six career games against San Jose.
Will Smith had a goal and an assist, and Mario Ferraro and Macklin Celebrini also scored for the Sharks, who have lost four of five (1-3-1). Mackenzie Blackwood faced just 11 shots and stopped seven.
–Field Level Media