Nashville’s Rinne shuts down Flyers
Pekka Rinne stopped 28 shots, and Colton Sissons scored in the third period to lift Nashville Predators to a 1- 0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.
It was the defending Western Conference champions’ fourth win in five games.
Rinne was strong in his 44th career shutout and first of the season.
The Flyers had combined for 13 goals intheir first two home games and scored 26 overall in their first six games.
• Flyers founder Ed Snider was honored with a 9-foot bronze statue outside the Wells Fargo Center.
Snider founded the team in the 1960s and remained chairman until his death in April 2016. The statue was unveiled before the Flyers played Nashville on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Flyers’ first home game in 1967.
The 1,300-pound bronze statue, which stands on a 3-foot base encased by granite, has a Stanley Cup championship ring on his left ring finger that fans are encouraged to rub for good luck. BRUINS 6, CANUCKS 3 » Patrice Bergeron had a goal and three assists in his season debut, moving up to seventh on Boston’s career scoring list, as the Bruins scored five straight goals after falling behind 1- 0 early in the first period.
Anton Khudobin made 26 saves for Boston while starting in place of Tuukka Rask, who is out indefinitely with a concussion he suffered in practice Wednesday.
The Bruins also activated right wing David Backes (diverticulitis) and placed center Ryan Spooner on injured reserve with a tear in his right groin. Spooner was hurt last week at Las Vegas and is expected to miss four-to-six weeks. LIGHTNING 2, BLUE JACKETS 0» Defenseman Mikhail Sergachev scored his first two NHL goals and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 43 saves for his fifth career shutout.
Nikita Kucherov assisted on both goals to push his NHL-leading points total to 14. His goals streak was stopped at seven games. ISLANDERS 4, RANGERS 3 » John Tavares scored in the shootout to lift the Islanders to their eighth win in the last nine games against their struggling crosstown rivals. DEVILS5, SENATORS4 » John Moore scored 1:20 into overtime, and New Jersey rallied with three unanswered goals.
This year’s No. 1 draft pick Nico Hischier scored twice for New Jersey. The Swiss center’s opening goal was the first of his NHL career.
Kyle Palmieri and Marcus Johansson also scored for the Devils, who improved to 4- 0- 0 on the road and 6-1- 0 overall. BLUES 4, AVALANCHE 3 » Jaden Schwartz and Vince Dunn scored 52 seconds apart in the second period to hold off Colorado.
Paul Stastny added a goal and an assist to give him 601 career points. The 600-point plateau runs in Stastny family, with father Peter recording 1,239points and uncle Anton accumulating 636. KINGS » Center Jeff Carter is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a cut on his left leg.
The star forward was hurt on a hit by Jeff Petry during the Kings’ 5-1 victory over Montreal on Wednesday night to extend the best start in franchise history (50-1). Petry’s skate came off the ice and connected with the inside of Carter’s lower leg during the first period.
Carter had 32 goals and 34 assists last year in his highest- scoring season since 2011. His absence will strain Los Angeles’ depth at center behind captain Anze Kopitar.
The Kings also signed defenseman Derek Forbort to a two-year, $5.05million extension and signed veteran center Brooks Laich to a one-year deal.