Bruins get measure of revenge in win over the Panthers
The Boston Bruins are off to another hot start, and they weren't about to let the Florida Panthers put an end to it just yet.
“It was an important win, especially after last year,” said forward Pavel Zacha, who scored with 84 seconds left in overtime to lead the host Bruins to a 3-2 win over the team that ended last year's record-setting regular season with a first-round playoff elimination. “This game meant a little bit more . ... You just want to beat teams like this, especially after the playoffs. And we're happy that we won.”
Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy also scored for Boston, which fell behind 2-0 in the first period and rallied despite finishing the game with four defensemen after Matt Grzelcyk was injured and McAvoy was sent off with a game misconduct.
A year after setting NHL records for the most points and wins in the regular season — only to lose to the Panthers in the first round of the playoffs — the Bruins remain unbeaten in regulation (8-01).
RED WINGS 4, ISLANDERS 3 (OT) » Lucas Raymond scored 1:25 into overtime to give visiting Detroit a victory over New York. Daniel Sprong, Jake Walman and J.T. Compher also scored for the Red Wings, who trailed 2-0 in the third period and snapped a three-game skid (0-2-1). Ville Husso stopped 37 shots. Casey Cizikas, Noah Dobson and Bo Horvat had goals for the Islander.
HURRICANES 3, FLYERS 2 »
Teuvo Teravainen scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:47 left to play for visiting Carolina. Stefan Noesen and Michael Bunting also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won eight straight matchups. Frederik Andersen stopped 26 shots. Owen Tippett and Garnet Hathaway had goals for the Flyers.
KRAKEN 4, LIGHTNING 3 (OT) » Jared McCann scored a power-play goal 2:53 into overtime for visiting Seattle Kraken. With Tampa Bay's Nick Paul in the penalty box for hooking, McCann converted a blast from the left circle for his fifth goal of the season. The Kraken earned their first victory in five tries against the Lightning since entering the NHL in 2021.
RANGERS 3, JETS 2 (OT) »
Mika Zibanejad scored 4:34 into overtime, and visiting New York beat Winnipeg for its fifth straight win. Rangers forward Artemi Panarin celebrated his 32nd birthday with a goal and two assists, stretching his seasonopening point streak to nine games. The Rangers closed out a 5-0 road trip. It was the first time in franchise history that the team had a perfect trip of at least five games.
STARS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3 »
Matt Duchene, Wyatt Johnston and Evgenii Dadonov all scored in the third period for host Dallas. Thomas Harley and Roope Hintz also scored, and Jamie Benn and Jason Robertson each had two assists for the Stars, who improved to 5-1-1 this season. Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots to improve to 8-0-1 in his career against Columbus. Dmitri Voronkov, Damon Severson and Sean Kuraly scored for the Blue Jackets. COYOTES 8, BLACKHAWKS 1» Visiting Chicago got a goal by Connor Bedard 28 seconds into the game and never scored again as Arizona got a hat trick and an assist from Michael Carcone and two goals and two assists from Jack McBain. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, CANADIENS 2 (SO) » Shea Theodore's goal in the shootout proved to be the difference for host Vegas. Jonathan Marchessault also scored for the Golden Knights in the shootout. Nick Suzuki had Montreal's lone shootout goal.