Islanders get off to fast start, top Flyers
Brock Nelson scored two goals, Robin Lehner stopped 22 shots, and the New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-1 on Saturday.
Leo Komarov and Anthony Beauvillier also scored to help the Islanders take a 3-0 lead through two periods in a game between teams near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Nelson scored in the first and third periods, his third straight game with a goal.
The Islanders opened a three-game road trip and will play eight of their first 11 games on the road this season.
CAPITALS 4, FLAMES 3 >> Nicklas Backstrom scored the winner in a shootout and goaltender Pheonix Copley earned his first career victory as Washington beat Calgary.
OILERS 5, PREDATORS 3 >> Leon Draisaitl and Drake Caggiula each scored twice and Edmonton ended a 13game losing streak against Nashville. Connor McDavid also scored and Mika Koskinen made 24 saves.
DEVILS 3, PANTHERS 2 >> Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist, Keith Kinkaid made 35 saves and New Jersey stopped a three-game slide. CANADIENS 3, BRUINS 0 >> Brendan Gallagher and Max Domi scored 1:21 apart midway into the first period, and Carey Price made it standup with 33 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead Montreal to a win over Boston.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, JETS 2 >> Jake Gardiner and Kasperi Kapanen scored in a late 26-second span and Toronto overcame the loss of star center Auston Matthews to beat Winnipeg.
Matthews left in the second period after injuring his left shoulder absorbing a hit from defenseman Jacob Trouba. Matthews cut to the front of the net with the puck and, as he attempted to shoot on goalie Connor Hellebuyck, Trouba went shoulder-toshoulder with Matthews. BLUE JACKETS 5, SABRES 4 >> Artemi Panarin scored 31 seconds into overtime to give Columbus the victory over Buffalo.
The Sabres got a pair of goals in a two-minute span in the third period to tie it, setting up the overtime snipe by Panarin, a shot from the left circle that glanced off the far post. BLUES 7, BLACKHAWKS 3 >> Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, Ryan O’Reilly and Zach Sanford each had three points, and St. Louis beat Chicago to snap a twogame skid.
Tyler Bozak converted a pass from Oskar Sundqvist for his second goal of the season to put St. Louis up 4-2.
Jake Allen stopped 16 of 19 shots before exiting with 1:01 remaining in the third period after Sanford collided with him, shoving him into his own net. Chad Johnson entered in relief and stopped all five shots he faced.
WILD 3, AVALANCHE 2 >> Eric Staal put Minnesota ahead on the power play with 9:44 remaining, and Jonas Brodin had a late empty-netter to seal the win over visiting Colorado. Staal’s goal came on the fifth power play of the night for Minnesota, which won its fifth straight. The Wild had failed to score with the man advantage until Staal’s shot from between the faceoff circles got past Semyon Varlamov.