Red Wings run over the Sharks
Jimmy Howard makes 30 saves and Gustav Nyquist scores twice in Detroit’s 3-0 shutout against San Jose.
DETROIT — Jimmy Howard made 30 saves and Gustav Nyquist scored twice, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0 on Saturday night.
Andreas Athanasiou also scored for Detroit, which won its fourth straight after losing its first two games of the season.
San Jose goalie Martin Jones stopped 29 shots. The Sharks have lost three of four.
Howard got his 23rd career shutout and his first this season.
Nyquist scored twice in the second period to give Detroit a 2-0 lead.
Flyers 6, Hurricanes 3
PHILADELPHIA — Jakub Voracek scored twice and the Flyers pulled away from the road-weary Hurricanes.
Wayne Simmonds and Shayne Gostisbehere each had a goal and an assist, and the Flyers won for the first time at home this season and snapped a three-game winless streak.
Canadiens 4, Bruins 2
BOSTON — Carey Price stopped 19 shots in his second start, and Brendan Gallagher and Phillip Danault each had second-period goals to lift the Canadiens to a win over the Bruins.
Price, playing just his second game after a bout with the flu at the start of the season, missed most of last season with a right knee injury. He won his season debut, stopping 27 shots against Arizona on Thursday.
Predators 5, Penguins 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kevin Fiala and Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals each to lead the injiury-riddled Predators to a victory over the defending champion Penguins.
Calle Jarnkrok also scored and P.K. Subban and Filip Forsberg each added two assists for Nashville. Juuse Saros had 34 shots for his first NHL victory as the Predators snapped a three-game skid.
Blue Jackets 3, Stars 0
DALLAS — Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves in his 13th career shutout and the Blue Jackets beat the Stars.
The Blue Jackets won their second game in two nights after losing their first two games of the season. Dallas is 0-1-1 in the last two games, both at home.
Josh Anderson, Scott Hartnell and Matt Calvert scored for Columbus.
Anderson’s goal came at 16:04 of the second period. Boone Jenner passed across the goal mouth and Anderson tapped in the puck from the left side before Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen could slide back into position.
Rangers 4, Capitals 2
WASHINGTON — Rookie Jimmy Vesey scored the tying and go-ahead goals 3 minutes apart in the second period to lead the Rangers to a victory over the Capitals.
Rick Nash scored a late empty-net goal and had an assist as New York won its sixth game in eight visits to Washington. Brandon Pirri also scored in a threegoal second period that began the Rangers’ comeback from two goals down en route to their first road win.
Alex Ovechkin scored his third goal of the season to give Washington a 2-0 lead in the first. Lars Eller added his first goal as a member of the Capitals, who had a three-game win streak snapped and failed to earn at least a point for the first time this season.
Blachawks 5, Maple Leafs 4, SO
CHICAGO — Jonathan Toews and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout to give the Blackhawks a win over the Maple Leafs after Chicago came back with two late goals to force overtime.
Artem Anisimov scored his second goal of the game on a rebound with 2:28 left to cut it to 4-3, then Richard Panik knocked in a loose puck in front of the goal 60 seconds later.
Panthers 5, Avalanche 2
SUNRISE, Fla. — Shane Harper scored his first two NHL goals to lift the Panthers over the Avalanche.
Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Marchessault each had a goal and an assist and Aaron Ekblad also scored a goal for the Panthers while Roberto Luongo made 26 saves.
Matt Duchene and Blake Comeau scored goals for the Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov made 33 stops.
The Panthers blew the game open in the third period as they scored three of four goals in a span of 2:26.
Ahead 2-1, Marchessault skated in on a breakaway and fired the puck between the pads of Varlamov at 4:30 to make the score 3-1. Harper followed with his second goal of the game on a one-timer from in front to stretch the lead to 4-1.
Duchene poked in a rebound past Luongo 16 seconds later to close the gap to 4-2.
Lightning 4, Senators 1
OTTAWA, Ontario — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves, Vladislav Namestnikov and Steven Stamkos scored early in the first period, and the Lightning beat the Senators.
Alex Killorn and Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Lightning, who were playing their first road game of the season.
Chris Neil scored the lone goal for the Senators, and Craig Anderson stopped 31 shots.
Anderson was solid for much of the game for the Senators, but Killorn was able to sneak one through his right arm to give the Lightning a 3-1 lead midway through the third.
It was Killorn’s fourth goal of the season.
Devils 2, Wild 1, OT
NEWARK, N.J. — Taylor Hall scored 29 seconds into overtime and the Devils rallied to beat the Wild.
PA Parenteau tied it late in the third period and Cory Schneider made 28 saves for the Devils. They won at home for the second time in two games and ended the Wild’s three-game winning streak.
Joel Eriksson Ek scored for Minnesota in his NHL debut and Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves.
It marked the second straight home game in which Hall has provided the winner.
He carried the puck into the Wild zone, left it for Adam Henrique and then went to the net and took the return pass and beat Dubnyk between the pads.