Ullmark lifts Sabres over Capitals
WASHINGTON » Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots in regulation and overtime and three more in the shootout to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday for just their second victory in six games this season.
Ullmark picked up his first win of the season six days after learning of the death of his father at age 63. It was Ullmark’s second consecutive start after taking some time away from playing hockey, and the Sabres needed him with goaltender Carter Hutton injured.
Captain Jack Eichel scored in the shootout and Colin Miller, Victor Olfosson and Eric Staal each scored on the power play for Buffalo, which snapped a twogame skid. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 48-31 and beat them for the first time in four meetings. BLACKHAWKS 6, RED WINGS 2 » Pius Suter scored his first three NHL goals, Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves and Chicago beat Detroit for its second straight win.
Connor Murphy and Mattias Janmark each had a goal and an assist as Chicago swept its two-game set with Detroit after beginning the season with four straight losses in Florida. Phillipp Kurashev also scored, and Patrick Kane had two assists.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, FLAMES 2 » Morgan Reilly had three assists and Wayne Simmonds scored his first goal with Toronto.
Jake Muzzin got his first goal of the season and Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto. Mitch Marner added two assists and Jack Campbell stopped 31 shots for his second win in two starts this season.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1, COYOTES 0» William Karlsson scored with 42 seconds left in regulation, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 16 shots and Vegas beat Arizona.
Fleury was sharp throughout for his 62nd career shutout and Karlsson beat Darcy Kuemper with a one-timer on a feed from Jonathan Marchessault behind the goal.
DEVILS 2, ISLANDERS 0 » Ty Smith set up two first-period goals to become the sixth NHL rookie defenseman to get points in his first five games, leading New Jersey to a victory over New York.
Scott Wedgewood, who spent last season in the AHL, made 28 saves for his first NHL shutout since blanking the Devils in December 2017 for Arizona. The win was his first in an NHL game since February 2018.
PENGUINS 3, RANGERS 2 » Jake Guentzel scored the 100th goal of his NHL career with less than two minutes remaining, rallying Pittsburgh to a win over New York.
DUCKS 3, AVALANCHE 1 » Jakob Silfverberg and Rickard Rakell scored and Anaheim held on for a win over Colorado.
STARS 3, PREDATORS 2 » Joe Pavelski helped Dallas tie the NHL record for powerplay goals in the first two games, scoring one of three with the man advantage in another victory over Nashville.
KINGS 6, BLUES 3 » Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Quick made 28 saves and Los Angeles beat St. Louis.