Bruins continue dominance over Flyers
Pittsburgh overwhelms Calgary with nine-goal outburst; Preds win in OT
BOSTON — Zdeno Chara scored twice and Jaroslav Halak stopped 26 shots as the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Thursday night.
Halak had his second shutout this season and the 44th of his career.
Jake DeBrusk also scored to help the Bruins improve to 6-0-2 in their last eight against Philadelphia and 9-0-1 in the last 10 meetings in Boston. The Bruins improved to 4-0 at home, where they last played Oct. 13 in an 8-2 rout of the Detroit Red Wings.
PENGUINS 9, FLAMES 1: In Calgary, Alberta, Patric Hornqvist and Phil Kessel each scored twice as Pittsburgh pounded Calgary.
Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Jack Johnson, Jake Guentzel and Matt Cullen also scored, and Matt Murray made 38 saves to help the Penguins improve to 5-1-2 overall and 3-0 on a four-game Canadian trip.
Crosby has scored three times in his last two games after going six without a goal to start this season. Evgeni Malkin had a pair of assists to extend his point streaks to six straight games.. PREDATORS 4, DEVILS 3 (OT):
In Newark, N.J., Kyle Turris made a length-of-the-ice rush and snapped a shot past Keith Kinkaid 3:35 into overtime to lift Nashville past New Jersey.
Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg and Yannick Weber also
scored for the Predators, and Jusse Saros made 33 saves to help send the Devils to their third straight loss.
Nico Hischier scored twice, and Damon Severson added a goal for the Devils. BLUE JACKETS 7, BLUES 4:
In St. Louis, Boone Jenner and Anthony Duclair each scored twice as Columbus overcame a two-goal deficit to beat St. Louis.
Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist, David Savard and Seth Jones also scored, and Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves to help Columbus snap a two-game losing streak. SABRES 4, CANADIENS 3: In Buffalo, N.Y., Kyle Okposo scored on a power play with 1:01 left in the third period in Buffalo’s comeback
victory over Montreal.
Sam Reinhart also had a goal in the third period, Jason Pominville scored twice and Jeff Skinner had three assists.
WILD 4, KINGS 1: In St. Paul, Minn., Eric Fehr and Jonas Brodin scored their first goals of the season to help Minnesota send Los Angeles to its sixth straight loss.
Devan Dubnyk stopped 23 shots and had an assist for the Wild, winners of four straight. OILERS 4, CAPITALS 1: In Edmonton, Alberta, rookie Evan Bouchard scored his first goal, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as Edmonton beat Washington.
Alex Chiasson and Connor McDavid also scored for the Oilers,
who snapped a two-game skid. BLACKHAWKS 4, RANGERS 1:
In Chicago, Nick Schmaltz set up Alexandre Fortin’s tie-breaking goal in the second period as Chicago beat New York.
Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews also scored as Chicago won for the third time in four games.
STARS 5, DUCKS 2: In Dallas, Jason Dickinson had two goals and an assist in his first multipoint game as Dallas beat Anaheim.
All seven goals came from players who hadn’t scored yet this season. COYOTES 4, CANUCKS 1: In Glendale, Ariz., the Coyotes broke a 1-1 tie in the third period with three goals to earn their first home win of the season.