Sharks’ 4-0 start halted by Bruins
Marchand, Pastrnak, Forbort get two points each in Boston victory
Brad Marchand scored 28 seconds into the game and added an assist as the Boston Bruins ended San Jose’s unbeaten start with a 4-3 victory over the Sharks on Sunday.
David Pastrnak and Derek Forbort each had a goal and an assist, and Jake Debrusk also scored for Boston. Linus Ullmark finished with 23 saves for the Bruins, who held on after the Sharks scored backto-back goals late in the third.
Jasper Weatherby, Tomas Hertl and Timo Meier scored for the Sharks, who were trying to go 5-0 for the first time since 2013. Adin Hill was pulled after allowing four goals on 14 shots in the first 21:28. James Reimer replaced Hill and stopped all 20 shots he faced, keeping the Sharks close before goals 1:49 apart in the third made it a tight finish.
Hertl made it 4-2 with 6:41 left. Meier made it a one-goal game with 4:52 remaining.
Predators 5, Wild 2: Roman Josi had a four-point game, Connor Ingram
won his first NHL start, and Nashville snapped Minnesota’s season-opening four-game win streak. Ryan Johansen scored twice, Josi, Tanner Jeannot and Filip Forsberg had goals and Matt Duchene added three assists for the Predators, who have scored nine goals in two games after scoring eight total in their first four outings. Josi is the only defenseman to have three points in a period this season. Nashville has won eight of its last nine against Minnesota, allowing two or fewer goals in seven of those wins. Ingram finished with 33 saves, Nick Bjugstad and Nico Sturm scored for Minnesota.
Red Wings 6, Blackhawks 3:
Lucas Raymond had three goals and an assist, and Detroit kept Chicago winless. Tyler Bertuzzi added a goal and two assists, Carter Rowney and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 32 saves. Raymond, 19, the No. 4 overall pick in last year’s draft, recorded his first career hat trick in his sixth NHL game. The Blackhawks have yet to lead this season; at 360 minutes, 57 seconds, it’s the NHL’S longest such streak to open a campaign since at least the 1979-80 season. Chicago played without Patrick Kane, Riley Stillman and Jujhar Khaira because of COVID-19 protocol. Assistant Marc Crawford also was absent because of the protocol. Dominik Kubalik, Tyler Johnson and Henrik Borgstrom scored for Chicago. Captain Jonathan Toews had two assists for his first points since missing all of last season with what he described as chronic immune response syndrome.
Trade: Ottawa acquired center Dylan Gambrell from the San Jose Sharks for a 2022 seventh-round draft pick.