Kraken top Panthers, deny Florida record
Kraken 4, Panthers 1: Chris Driedger made 33 saves against his former team, helping the Kraken defeat Florida to deny the Panthers what would have been a record-setting 12th consecutive home win to start the season.
Jordan Eberle scored twice in his 800th game, Ryan Donato and Jamie Oleksiak added goals and Joonas Donskoi had two assists for the Kraken, who were facing the Panthers for the first time.
Patric Hornqvist had the goal for Florida, and Spencer Knight stopped 23 shots for the Panthers.
Florida was bidding to become the first team in NHL history to start 120-0 at home; the Panthers will merely have to share the record of 11 consecutive home-ice victories to open a season with Chicago, which had such a start in 1963-64.
Kings 4, Senators 2: Carl Grundstrom scored twice to help the Kings beat the visiting Senators.
Viktor Arvidsson had a power-play goal and Arthur Kaliyev also scored to help the Kings end a five-game losing streak. Cal Petersen made 30 saves and Anze Kopitar had three assists.
Red Wings 3, Sabres 2 (OT): Lucas Raymond scored 25 seconds into overtime to give the host Red Wings a win over the Sabres.
Dylan Larkin and Filip Hronek assisted on Raymond’s goal, which came shortly after Buffalo forced the extra session with a goal late in the third period.
Oilers 3, Golden Knights 2: Mikko Koskinen stopped 36 shots and earned his 11th victory as the the visiting Oilers beat the Golden Knights.
Koskinen’s win total is tied for the NHL’s best this season. Ryan NugentHopkins, Zach Hyman and Jesse Puljujarvi scored for the Oilers.
Canadiens 6, Penguins 3: The Montreal Canadiens scored five third-period goals and ended a lengthy road drought.
Josh Anderson scored two emptynetters in the third period and Tyler Toffoli added another. Christian Dvorak and Artturi Lehkonen also scored in the final 20 minutes for the Canadiens, who snapped a seven-game road slide and a two-game losing streak.
Stars 3, Coyotes 2: Hot-shooting Roope Hintz scored his seventh goal in eight games and the visiting Stars extended their winning streak to four.
Jacob Peterson and Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, who have won six of their last seven. Joe Pavelski had two assists. Braden Holtby had 25 saves for the Stars, including two on pointblank shots midway through the third period.
Blues 6, Blue Jackets 3: Pavel Buchnevich and Ivan Barbashev each scored twice and the host Blues beat the Blue Jackets.
Justin Faulk and Jordan Kyrou also scored as St. Louis won for the third time in 10 games. Ville Husso made 24 saves for his third win in four starts.