Canadiens top Wings, snap 5-game season-opening skid
MONTREAL » Mathieu Perreault had a hat trick and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on Saturday night to end their season-opening losing streak at five.
Perreault, Christian Dvorak and Mike Hoffman scored their first goals in Canadiens uniforms. Defenseman Sami Niku also earned his first points in his first start, finishing with two assists.
Jake Allen made 26 saves for Montreal. Detroit goalie Thomas Greiss was pulled in the second period after conceding five goals on 17 shots. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped all six shots in relief.
FLAMES 4, CAPITALS 3 » Elias Lindholm completed his second career hat trick with a onetimer 2:46 into overtime, and Calgary beat Washington.
Lindholm’s fourth, fifth and sixth goals of the season helped the Flames to a second consecutive victory, this one coming after blowing an early 3-0 lead. Washington had won two in a row.
RANGERS 3, SENATORS 2 » Chris Kreider, Ryan Lindgren and Barclay Goodrow scored in the final six minutes, rallying New York to its fourth straight win, all on the road.
Ottawa led 2-0 after Josh Norris’ goal early in the third period, but the Senators unraveled late.
WILD 4, DUCKS 3 » Ryan Hartman scored with 12.1 seconds left in overtime and Minnesota extended its season-opening win streak to four games in beating Anaheim.
Brandon Duhaime, Jared Spurgeon and Jon Merrill scored for Minnesota, which has won its first four games for the first time since 2008-09. The franchise best for seasonopening wins is six in 2006-07. Cam Talbot had 21 saves for Minnesota.
HURRICANES 5, BLUE JACKETS 1 » Vincent Trocheck had two goals and an assist to lead Carolina to its fourth straight win to open the season.
DEVILS 2, SABRES 1 » Pavel Zacha scored at 3:09 of overtime to give New Jersey a victory over Buffalo.
AVALANCHE 4, LIGHTNING 3 » Cale Makar scored in the sixth round of the shootout to give Colorado the win over Tampa Bay.
PENGUINS 7, MAPLE LEAFS 1 » Drew O’Connor scored twice and Pittsburgh routed Toronto.
O’Connor got his second and third goals of the season. Marcus Pettersson also scored and added two assists for a career-high three points. The Penguins, playing without five of their best players, including Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, broke a 1-all tie with a four-goal second period.
JETS 6, PREDATORS 4 » Paul Stastny scored twice and short-handed Winnipeg held off Nashville.
BLUES 7, KINGS 3 » David Perron had three goals and an assist, Jake Neighbours scored his first NHL goal, and St. Louis beat Los Angeles.
Ivan Barbashev, Ryan O’Reilly and James Neal also scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 32 saves as St. Louis won its fourth straight game to open a season for the third time in franchise history.