Kucherov, Lightning shock Penguins
TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov extended their seasonopening points streaks to nine games and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the two-time Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins 7-1 on Saturday night.
Stamkos had a goal and three assists, and Kucherov had two goals and an assist. They are the first teammates to start the season with nine-game streaks since St. Louis’ Pavol Demitra and Doug Weight in 2001-02.
Andrei Vasilevskiy, coming off a 43-save blanking of Columbus on Thursday night, lost his bid for second straight shutout bid on Jake Guentzel’s goal with 1:42 to play. Vasilevskiy finished with 28 saves. RANGERS 4, PREDATORS 2: Kevin Hayes and Jimmy Vesey each had a goal and an assist and New York beat Nashville at home to snap a five-game skid. Chris Kreider added a power-play goal, Jesper Fast also scored and David Desharnais extended his points streak to four games to help the Rangers pick up their second victory of the season. Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves for his 407th NHL victory. He’s tied with Glenn Hall for ninth place on the NHL’s career list. Mattias Ekholm and Fillip Forsberg scored for Nashville.
FLYERS 2, OILERS 1: Wayne Simmonds scored on a feed from Valtteri Filppula with 2:15 left and Philadelphia held off Edmonton in Philadelphia. Filppula skated into the slot and found Flippula to his right, who one-timed a shot past Cam Talbot to give the Flyers three wins in four games. Simmonds also assisted on Claude Giroux’s first period goal, and Brian Elliott made 23 saves. Patrick Maroon scored in the second period, and Talbot stopped 22 shots for the Oilers. They have dropped five of their first seven games. SABRES 5, BRUINS 4, OT: Ryan O’Reilly scored 2:59 into overtime to give Buffalo the win at Boston, capping a comeback from a pair of three-goal deficits. Former Boston University star and Hobey Baker winner Jack Eichel had a goal for the Sabres. Jason Pominville and Benoit Pouliot and Evander Kane also scored for Buffalo, which has just one regulation win this season. Robin Lehner stopped 27 shots. Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak each scored two goals for the Bruins, and Anton Khudobin made 37 saves. ISLANDERS 5, SHARKS 3: Anders Lee had two goals and an assist to lead New York past San Jose at home. John Tavares had a goal and two assists, Josh Bailey added a goal and an assist, and Andrew Ladd also scored to help the Islanders win for the third time in four games. SENATORS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3: Derick Brassard and Mark Stone each had two goals and an assist, Erik Karlsson had three assists and Ottawa beat Toronto in Ottawa, Ontario. Nate Thompson and Ryan Dzingel also scored for the Senators, who have earned points in seven of their eight games and won at home for the first time after coming in 0-3-1. Craig Anderson stopped 28 shots in his seventh start of the season. James van Riemsdyk, Auston Matthews and William Nylander scored for the Leafs, and Frederik Andersen made 29 saves. Toronto had won its first three road games.
PANTHERS 4, CAPITALS 1: James Reimer stopped 41 shots filling in for the injured Roberto Luongo to help Florida end a threegame losing streak with a win over Washington on the road.
STARS 4, HURRICANES 3: Tyler Pitlick scored two goals for the first time in his career, leading Dallas at home past Carolina. RED WINGS TRADES: The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forward Riley Sheahan and a 2018 fifthround draft pick from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for forward Scott Wilson and a 2018 third-round draft pick. Detroit also sent defenseman Ryan Sproul to the New York Rangers for forward Matt Puempel.