Bouchard makes history in Oilers win
Evan Bouchard scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers earned a 4-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Thursday.
The rookie became the youngest defenceman in Oilers history to score a goal after turning 19 on Oct. 20.
Alex Chiasson and Connor McDavid also scored for the Oilers (4-3-1), who snapped a twogame losing skid. Cam Talbot made 31 saves in the victory.
Andre Burakovsky replied for the Capitals (4-32), who have lost two of their last three.
Edmonton got on the board first with a powerplay goal with 3:32 left in the opening period when Bouchard scored on a shot from the point with Capitals goalie Braden Holtby screened on the play.
The Oilers added to their lead midway through the second on a short-handed tally when NugentHopkins picked off a pass, undressed Niklas Backstrom and beat Holtby for his third of the season.
PENGUINS 9, FLAMES 1
CALGARY —- Patric Hornqvist and Phil Kessel each scored a pair of goals as Pittsburgh routed Calgary.
Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Jack Johnson, Jake Guentzel and Matt Cullen also scored for the Penguins, who improved to 3-0 on a four-game road trip through Canada.
Pittsburgh goaltender Matt Murray repelled 38 of 39 shots for the win.
Evgeni Malkin had a pair of assists to extend his point streak to six straight games (two goals, 10 assists).
Flames forward James Neal foiled Murray's shutout bid with two minutes remaining in the game, but Cullen scored for Pittsburgh 34 seconds later.
SABRES 4, CANADIENS 3
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kyle Okposo scored on a power play with 1:01 left in the third period in Buffalo's comeback victory over Montreal.
Sam Reinhart also had a goal in the third period, Jason Pominville scored twice and Jeff Skinner had three assists. The Sabres have won three straight to improve to 6-4-0 —- their best start after 10 games since the 2011-12 season. Carter Hutton stopped 19 shots.
Max Domi scored twice, and Joel Armia added a goal for Montreal.
BRUINS 3, FLYERS 0
BOSTON — Zdeno Chara scored twice, Jaroslav Halak stopped 26 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers.
Halak had his second shutout and 44th of his career.
Jake DeBrusk also scored to help the Bruins improve to 6-0-2 in their last eight against Philadelphia and 9-0-1 in the last 10 meetings in Boston. The Bruins improved to 4-0 at home, where they last played Oct. 13 in an 8-2 rout of the Detroit Red Wings.
PREDATORS 4, DEVILS 3, OT
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kyle Turris made a length of the ice rush and snapped a shot past Keith Kinkaid 3:35 into overtime to lift Nashville past New Jersey.
Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg and Yannick Weber also scored for the Predators, and Jusse Saros made 33 saves to help send the Devils to their third straight loss.
Nico Hischier scored twice, and Damon Severson added a goal for the Devils.
BLUE JACKETS 7, BLUES 4
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Boone Jenner and Anthony Duclair each scored twice and Columbus overcame a two-goal deficit to beat St. Louis.
Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist, David Savard and Seth Jones also scored, and Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves to help Columbus snap a two-game losing streak. Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Steen and Zach Sanford scored for the Blues.
WILD 4, KINGS 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Eric Fehr and Jonas Brodin scored their first goals of the season to help Minnesota send Los Angeles to its sixth straight loss.
Devan Dubnyk stopped 23 shots and had an assist for the Wild, winners of four straight. Mikael Granlund and Mikko Koivu added empty-net goals. Kyle Clifford scored for for Los Angeles.
STARS 5, DUCKS 2
DALLAS (AP) - Jason Dickinson had two goals and an assist in his first multipoint game, and Ben Bishop made 23 in Dallas' victory over Anaheim.
Roman Polak, rookie Miro Heiskanen and Mattias Janmark also scored. The Stars have won two straight and are 5-2 at home. Ryan Getzlaf had two goals for Anaheim. The Ducks have lost four straight.