SABRES 6, HABS 5 (OT)
PANTHERS 4, OILERS 1
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are happy to have Roberto Luongo back in net.
Luongo made 26 saves in his second start since missing nine games with a knee injury to lift Florida over the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night.
“He was the best player on the ice tonight,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said of Luongo.
The Panthers won two games in a row for the first time this season.They beat Winnipeg 4-2 in Finland last Friday. It was also Florida’s first home win of the season.
Evgenii Dadonov, Nick Bjugstad, Jonathan Huberdeau and Colton Sceviour scored for the Panthers.
Leon Draisaitl scored and Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots for the Oilers, who have lost three straight overall.
MONTREAL — A very discouraged Carey Price put all the blame on himself for Montreal’s latest loss.
Price gave up a season-high six goals as the Canadiens lost 6-5 in overtime to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
“Let’s just cut to the chase,” said Price, who made 25 saves. “I just didn’t play very good tonight.”
The 31-year-old saw his save percentage drop to .892 and his goals-against-average soar to 3.07. The Canadiens goalie has a 5-5-2 record this season. He’s given up at least three goals in eight games this season.
“It’s all upstairs,” said Price, who earns $10.5 million per year for the next eight seasons. “I gotta figure it out. I’m just not playing as well as I did earlier.”
With the game tied 5-5, Rasmus Ristolainen scored 1:38 into overtime with a slap shot that blew right past Price.
KNIGHTS 5, SENATORS 3
OTTAWA — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had a goal an assist to help the Vegas Golden Knights withstand a third-period comeback to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Thursday.
Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore and Nick Holden helped the Knights (7-8-1) build a 3-0 lead before Ottawa mounted a comeback. William Carrier had the eventual winner 9:16 into the third, with Bellemare earning an assist on the play, as Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots.
Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel and Thomas Chabot each had a goal as the Senators (6-7-3) tied it 3-3, while Craig Anderson had a busy night in making 37 saves.
The Knights made it 5-3 as Bellemare had a wide-open net after Anderson got tangled with Carrier.The Senators challenged for goalie interference, but the call on the ice stood, bringing the crowd of 15,213 at Canadian Tire Centre to boo in unison.
TEAM OHL 3, RUSSIA 1
SARNIA, Ont. — Barrett Hayton set up a goal before scoring a highlight-reel one of his own as Team OHL downed Russia 3-1 on Thursday.
Isaac Ratcliffe opened the scoring 4:55 into the game before MacKenzie Entwistle made it 2-0 for the Ontario Hockey League squad on a penalty shot at 18:05 of the first.
Pavel Shen put Russia on the board in the last minute of the first, but OHL netminder Mike DiPietro shut the door the rest of the way, making 18 saves for the win. Hayton, the No. 5 overall pick by Arizona at the 2018 NHL draft, added an insurance goal midway through the second period on a one-man rush. The 20-year-old centre crossed the blue line and toe-dragged the puck past defenceman Artyom Volkov before deking to the backhand and lifting a shot over Russian goaltender Daniil Tarasov.