Hurricanes, Panthers remain undefeated
Frederik Andersen made 24 saves against his former team and the unbeaten Carolina Hurricanes matched the best five-game start in franchise history by defeating the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Monday night.
Sebastian Aho, Steven Lorentz and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals for the host Hurricanes. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-netter and Jaccob Slavin had two assists.
Carolina also was 5-0-0 in 2019-20.
Jack Campbell stopped 31 shots for Toronto, which is 0-3-1 in its past four games and has managed just one goal in three of them.
PANTHERS 5, COYOTES 3 >> Frank Vatrano and Joe Thornton scored for the first time this season, and Florida stretched its season-opening win streak to six games in beating visiting Arizona. Anthony Duclair, Jonathan Huberdeau and Aaron Ekblad also scored goals for the Panthers. Spencer Knight made 18 saves. Brandon Montour had two assists. Liam O’Brien and Phil Kessel scored late goals for the Coyotes (0-5-1). Florida’s 6-0-0 record extends the best start in franchise history and is the first 6-0-0 start in the NHL since Montreal in 2015-16.
FLAMES 5, RANGERS 1 >> Andrew Mangiapane scored twice and Calgary beat New York for its third straight win. Blake Coleman and Mikael Backlund each had a goal and an assist, and Christopher Tanev also scored for visiting Calgary.
BLUE JACKETS 4, STARS 1 >> Gregory Hofmann scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, leading Columbus past Dallas for its second win in three games. Oliver Bjorkstrand added a goal and his 100th career assist, and Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist.
SABRES 5, LIGHTNING 1 >> Victor Olofsson scored two goals and Craig Anderson made 35 saves in Buffalo’s win over visiting Tampa Bay. Drake Caggiula, Vinnie Hinostroza and Robert Hagg also scored for the Sabres in their first win against the Lightning in eight meetings. Tage Thompson had two assists. The Sabres improved to 4-1-0 at home. CAPITALS 7, SENATORS 5 >> T.J. Oshie picked up his fifth career hat trick in Washington’s win at Ottawa. Alex Ovechkin extended his point streak to six games with his sixth and seventh goals of the season for Washington. Drake Batherson led the way for Ottawa with his first career hat trick.