Predators rally, beat Flyers 6-5 to celebrate raising banner
Vegas Golden Knights rout Coyotes 5-2
NASHVILLE: 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 in the NHL on Tuesday. On the night they raised their Western Conference championship banner, the Predators blew a 3-0 lead as the Flyers scored five straight goals. But then Forsberg scored his first of the game 50 seconds after the Flyers took a 5-3 lead, and Scott Hartnell scored his second goal on a 5-on-3 with 1:17 left to tie it. When Philadelphia coach Dave Hakstol challenged for offside and lost, the Predators had the man advantage, and Forsberg scored the winning goal. Craig Smith and Nick Bonino also scored, and P.K. Subban had three assists for Nashville. Forsberg also had an assist on Hartnell’s tying goal as Nashville won its fifth straight home opener. Valtteri Filppula scored twice for the Flyers, and Andrew McDonald, Nolan Patrick and Travis Konecny each added a goal. Philadelphia finished 2-2 on its first four-game road trip to open a season since 1971.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, COYOTES 2 James Neal scored twice during a thrilling four-goal first period and the Golden Knights remained unbeaten three games into their inaugural season. Tomas Nosek scored the first home goal in franchise history just 2:31 into the first period, and Deryk Engelland added his first goal for his adopted hometown’s new team moments later. Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves for the Golden Knights, who became the first team in NHL history to begin their debut season with three straight wins. Just nine days after the Las Vegas Strip shooting massacre, the Golden Knights reverently honored the victims and heroes before the long-awaited home debut of the city’s first major professional sports franchise. The Knights held a pregame ceremony during which the names of the shooting victims were projected in gold onto the ice during 58 seconds of silence. Engelland spoke eloquently to the crowd.
BLUES 3, RANGERS 1
Carter Hutton made 16 of his 32 saves in the third period to help St. Louis remain unbeaten with a win over New York. Carl Gunnarsson and Brayden Schenn scored first-period goals for the Blues, who improved to 4-0. Jaden Schwartz added an empty-netter with 1:47 left. Trailing 2-1, the Rangers pressured an injurydepleted Blues squad in the third period, outshooting St. Louis 16-8. New York outshot the Blues 32-23 overall but dropped to 1-3. Gunnarsson scored 15 seconds into the game. Mika Zibanejad scored his fifth goal of the season for the Rangers on a power play.
BLACKHAWKS 3, CANADIENS 1
Alex DeBrincat scored his first NHL goal and set up one for Artem Anisimov to help Chicago spoil Montreal’s home opener. Brandon Saad also scored for the Blackhawks (3-0-1), who were coming off an overtime loss Monday night in Toronto. Corey Crawford made 41 saves and outplayed Montreal goalie Carey Price, who stopped 22 shots. Tomas Plekanec scored for Montreal (13-0), which has lost three in a row and scored only four goals overall. The Canadiens went 0 for 5 on the power play and are 0 for 14 this season. Montreal outshot the Blackhawks 42-25.
BLUE JACKETS 2, HURRICANES 1, OT Sonny Milano scored two goals, including the gamewinner on a breakaway with 22 seconds left in overtime to give Columbus a victory over Carolina. 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 the Blue Jackets. Scott Darling, obtained in an offseason trade with Chicago, stopped 25 shots for the Hurricanes.
STARS 4, RED WINGS 2
John Klingberg and Tyler Seguin scored in the first period, and Dallas beat Detroit for its first win of the season. Ben Bishop made 23 saves for the Stars (1-2). Mattias Janmark scored in the second period and Martin Hanzal put the puck into an empty net with 2 seconds remaining. The Stars (2-1) got goals from Justin Abdelkader in the second period and Anthony Mantha in the third. Petr Mrazek stopped 29 shots. SENATORS 3, CANUCKS 2
Mark Stone scored in the fifth round of the shootout as the Senators picked up their first win of a season. Kyle Turris kept Ottawa alive in the third round of the shootout after Markus Granlund gave Vancouver the early lead. Cody Ceci and Ryan Dzingel scored in regulation for Ottawa (1-0-2), which got 26 saves from Craig Anderson.
Rangers pressured Blues squad