DeBrincat scores first NHL goal to lead Blackhawks over Canadiens
MONTREAL Alex DeBrincat scored his first NHL goal and set up one for Artem Anisimov as the Chicago Blackhawks spoiled the Montreal Canadiens’ home opener with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night.
Brandon Saad also scored for Chicago (3-0-1), which was coming off an overtime loss Monday night in Toronto.
Tomas Plekanec scored for Montreal (1-3-0), which has lost three in a row and scored only four goals in as many games. The Canadiens went 0 for 5 on the power play and are now 0 for 14 for the season.
Blues 3, Rangers 1
Carter Hutton made 16 of his 32 saves in the third period to help the St. Louis Blues remain unbeaten with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
Carl Gunnarsson and Brayden Schenn scored firstperiod goals for St. Louis, which improved to 4-0. Jaden Schwartz added an emptynetter with 1:47 left.
Columbus 2, Carolina 1 (OT)
Sonny Milano scored two goals, including the gamewinner on a breakaway with 22 seconds left in overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
Milano scored midway through the third period before Jeff Skinner tied it late in regulation with Carolina’s net empty. Sergei Bobrovsky, last season’s Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top goalie, made 37 saves for Columbus.
Predators 6, Flyers 5
Filip Forsberg scored his second goal with 35.6 seconds left and the Nashville Predators rallied by scoring twice in the final 1:17 to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Tuesday night.
The Predators appeared ready to blow a 3-0 lead on the night they raised their Western Conference championship banner after the Flyers scored five straight goals.
Stars 4, Red Wings 2
John Klingberg and Tyler Seguin scored in the first period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 42 on Tuesday night for their first win of the season.
Ben Bishop made 23 saves for Dallas (1-2). Mattias Janmark scored in the second period and Martin Hanzal put the puck into an empty net with 2 seconds remaining.
Detroit (2-1) got goals from Justin Abdelkader in the second period and Anthony Mantha in the third. Petr Mrazek stopped 29 shots.