Islanders’ Greiss blanks New Jersey
Center Kyle Brodziak celebrates one of his two goals Saturday as the Oilers knocked off the Red Wings.
Thomas Greiss made 35 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the host New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.
It was Greiss’ ninth career shutout. Dating to Oct. 28, Greiss has allowed just four goals on 114 shots.
Jordan Eberle, Brock Nelson and Scott Mayfield scored for New York, which improved to 6-0-0 against the Metropolitan Division this season. Josh Bailey had two assists to extend his point streak to eight games.
New Jersey lost for the sixth time in seven games after opening the season with four wins. Keith Kinkaid had 30 saves. STARS 4, CAPITALS 3 >> Jason Spezza and Tyler Pitlick scored 10 seconds apart, Jason Dickinson had the overtime winner, and visiting Dallas beat Washington to win its third straight. Dickinson scored 3:17 into overtime to salvage two points for Dallas, which also got a goal from captain Jamie Benn and is finally finding its game under first-year coach Jim Montgomery.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, PENGUINS 0>> Frederik Andersen made 31 saves for his first shutout of the season and 16th overall to help Toronto blank high-scoring Pittsburgh. Morgan Rielly scored twice and John Tavares had a goal and an assist to help Toronto improve to 6-0 on the road. The Maple Leafs picked up their first win with star forward Auston Matthews out indefinitely with a shoulder injury. SABRES 9, SENATORS 2 >> Jeff Skinner and Jason Pominville each had two goals and an assist to lead Buffalo. Conor Sheary, Casey Mittlestadt, Patrik Berglund and Zemgus Girgensons added a goal and an assist apiece, Kyle Okposo also scored, Jack Eichel had three assists and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the Sabres, who snapped a three-game losing streak. LIGHTNING 4, CANADIENS 1 >> Steven Stamkos scored two goals to lead Tampa Bay. J.T. Miller and Yanni Gourde also scored for the Lightning, winners of nine of 13 games this season. Anton Stralman had three assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 34 saves in his seventh victory. The Lightning improved to 6-0-0 against Eastern Conference opponents this season. OILERS 4, RED WINGS 3 >> Kyle Brodziak scored his first two goals of the season, and center Connor McDavid extended his points streak to seven games for Edmonton. Drake Caggiula and Alex Chiasson also scored for Edmonton, which has won five of its last six. McDavid has five goals and five assists during his run.
WILD 5, BLUES 1 >> Eric Staal got his 400th career goal to lead Minnesota. Staal became just the 96th player in NHL history to reach the milestone, accomplishing the feat less than five minutes into the game. He joined Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Marleau, Ilya Kovalchuk, Sidney Crosby, and Marian Gaborik as the only active players with the mark. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, HURRICANES 0 >> Marc-Andre Fleury got his 50th career shutout, Brad Hunt and William Carrier scored their first goals of the season, and host Vegas beat Carolina.