Oct 26, 2024; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Winnipeg Jets center Cole Perfetti (91) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Calgary Flames during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images
Cole Perfetti’s power play goal broke a third-period tie and the Winnipeg Jets continued their perfect season with a 5-3 road win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
The Jets are the ninth team in NHL history to open a season with eight consecutive wins.
Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton each scored a goal and had an assist, while Nikolaj Ehlers and Dylan Samberg added a goal each for the Jets, the league’s only undefeated team. Goalie Eric Comrie made 26 saves.
Mikael Backlund, Rasmus Andersson and Nazem Kadri responded for the Flames, who have lost two straight. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 30 shots.
Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Brad Marchand scored a rebound with 2:34 left in overtime and Boston responded to Toronto’s tying goal late in regulation, earning the victory.
The Bruins captain hit the puck in the left crease and beat Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz (30 saves) to score his first goal of the season after David Pastrnak made a quick pass from the right circle. Marchand and Pastrnak each had a goal and an assist, and Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves.
Matthew Knies and Morgan Rielly scored Toronto’s first two goals, and Mitch Marner had three assists. Knies needed just 35 seconds of the second period to score the game-opening goal, scoring a rebound after Auston Matthews brought the puck directly to the front of the net. Matthews scored the tying goal with 1:27 left in the third period and Toronto earned a point.
Predators 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT)
Jonathan Marchessault scored the winning goal in overtime and Nashville beat visiting Columbus for its third straight victory after a five-game losing streak to start the season.
Goaltender Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves to earn his first win of the season and second of his career over the Blue Jackets. Daniil Tarasov stopped 29 shots and is winless in three career appearances against Nashville.
Marchessault eluded Blue Jackets defenseman Damon Severson and got past Yegor Chinakhov before beating Tarasov by five holes for his second goal of the season at 1:44 of overtime.
Lightning 3, Capitals 0
Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his first shutout of the season and rookie Conor Geekie scored his first NHL goal as Tampa Bay shut out visiting Washington in a matchup between Eastern Conference powers.
In his 35th career shutout, Vasilevskiy made 31 saves and benefited from 19 blocked shots by his teammates. The win was the 297th of his career and the Lightning’s first shutout of the Capitals since April 2014. Geekie scored his first career goal in the third period to put his club ahead 3-0. Mitchell Chaffee and Brayden Point also scored.
Washington, the fourth-highest scoring team in the league, didn’t generate many good chances against Vasilevskiy and saw its five-game winning streak end. Charlie Lindgren made 17 saves.
Rangers 2, Ducks 1
Jonathan Quick made 32 saves and Artemi Panarin extended his season-opening point streak to eight games as host New York bounced back from its first loss in regulation of the season and topped Anaheim.
The Rangers were stymied for most of the night by Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal until Panarin set up Ryan Lindgren for the game’s first goal at 4:13 of the third quarter. Will Cuylle scored 7:40 later, which ended up being the game-winning goal after Olen Zellweger scored for the Ducks less than a minute later.
In his second start of the season, Quick earned his 395th career victory and was particularly strong in the second period when he made 15 saves.
Flying 7, Wild 5
Sean Couturier had a hat trick and two assists as host Philadelphia beat Minnesota in an exciting Saturday matinee. Travis Konecny had a goal and four assists and Rasmus Ristolainen scored the game-winner for the Flyers, who had not earned a victory in regulation in any of their first seven games.
Meanwhile, the Wild had not lost in regulation in their first seven games before Saturday’s loss. Marcus Foligno scored twice for Minnesota, while Kirill Kaprizov had two assists.
With the game tied 5-5 and with about 2 and a half minutes left, the Flyers came out with a 4-on-2 offense. Couturier had a shot on goal, but Filip Gustavsson dropped a rebound in the box and Ristolainen ran in to score the goal. ball in the net. Ristolainen’s goal was the fifth of a chaotic third period that saw six goals. Couturier’s empty-net goal completed his second career regular-season hat trick and first since 2019.
Kings 3, Utah Hockey Club 2
Joel Edmundson scored the first two goals of his short Los Angeles Kings career to help the hosts beat Utah.
The 31-year-old defenseman, who signed a four-year, $15.4 million contract with the Kings in July, enjoyed the first two-goal game of his career. He scored 29 goals in his first 536 regular season games.
Clayton Keller and Logan Cooley scored for Utah, which lost its third straight game.
Panthers 6, Islanders 3
Matthew Tkachuk scored his first two goals of the season for Florida, which scored the final six goals in its comeback victory over host New York in Elmont, New York.
Mackie Samoskevich (first NHL goal) and Sam Bennett scored the tying and go-ahead goals for the Panthers, who have won the first two games of a five-game road trip (ending with a pair of games in Finland). Sam Reinhart opened the scoring for Florida, Gustav Forsling added an empty-net goal in the third and Spencer Knight made 26 saves.
Dennis Cholowski, Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson scored in the first inning for the Islanders, who have alternated losses with wins in each of their last seven games. Semyon Varlamov recorded 22 saves.
Stars 4, Blackhawks 2
Matt Duchene scored twice and Dallas remained undefeated at home this season with a 4-2 victory over visiting Chicago.
Evgenii Dadonov’s goal in the first period and Jamie Benn’s goal in the second gave Dallas a seemingly comfortable 2-0 lead. Duchene then added what ended up being the game-winning goal with 11:10 left in regulation, as the Blackhawks then pulled within a point on goals from Ryan Donato and Connor Bedard.
However, Jake Oettinger (22 saves) showed his strength down the stretch and Duchene scored an empty-net goal for the Stars, who are off to a 5-0-0 home start for the first time since 1998-99. Patrick Maroon had two assists and Petr Mrazek made 26 saves for the Blackhawks, who lost their fourth straight game in the opener of a five-game road trip.
Canadians 5, Blues 2
Kirby Dach, Jake Evens and Joel Armia each scored a goal and had an assist as Montreal defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues to snap their four-game losing streak.
For Dach, who missed the final 80 games of last season with a knee injury, it was his first goal since March 23, 2023. Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield also scored for the Canadiens. Mike Matheson and Nick Suzuki each had two assists and Sam Montembeault made 29 saves.
Colton Parayko and Jake Neighbors scored for the Blues and Jordan Binnington made 21 saves.
Golden Knights 7, Sharks 3
Brett Howden scored two goals and Mark Stone and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and two assists as Vegas moved into first place in the Pacific Division with a victory over winless San Jose in Las Vegas.
It was the first game in which Howden scored two goals in his career. William Karlsson scored a shorthanded goal and an assist in his season debut, Jack Eichel added a goal and an assist, and Tanner Pearson also scored for Vegas, which improved its home record to a career-best 6-0-0. of the NHL this season. Alex Pietrangelo contributed two assists.
Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves for Vegas, which finished with a season-high 42 shots on goal. Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm and Luke Kunin scored for San Jose, which has started the season on a nine-game losing streak (0-7-2) for the second straight season after starting last season with a 0-10 record. 1. Vitek Vanecek finished with 35 saves.
Canucks 4, Penguins 3
Elias Pettersson scored one of four unanswered goals in the second period for host Vancouver, which rallied for a 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh.
Arshdeep Bains (first NHL goal), JT Miller and Kiefer Sherwood also scored in the second for Vancouver, which won its fourth straight game. Goalie Kevin Lankinen stopped 21 shots as the Canucks began a three-game homestand after winning three of four during their first road trip of the young season.
Evgeni Malkin finished with a goal and two assists, former Canuck Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist and Bryan Rust scored once for the Penguins, who have lost five straight.
Hurricanes 4, Kraken 1
Seth Jarvis scored a goal and had an assist as Carolina defeated host Seattle.
Andrei Svechnikov, Jack Drury and Dmitry Orlov also scored for the Hurricanes, who have a 4-1-0 record on their six-game road trip that concludes Monday in Vancouver. Goalie Frederik Andersen made 18 saves.
Jared McCann scored the only goal for Seattle, which finished 2-2-1 in its five-game homestand after winning the first two. Joey Daccord stopped 35 of 38 shots.
Sabers 5, Red Wings 3
Tage Thompson had two goals and an assist in host Buffalo’s win over Detroit.
Jason Zucker, defenseman Bowen Byram and Jack Quinn also scored for Buffalo, which won its third straight game. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin had three assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves. Thompson has 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points in 16 career games against Detroit.
Lucas Raymond scored a goal and an assist, and Alex DeBrincat and Michael Rasmussen added goals for Detroit, which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Defenseman Moritz Seider had two assists and Alex Lyon stopped 34 shots.
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