Sabres’ five goals in first sink Devils
Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists, and the Buffalo Sabres used a fivegoal first period to beat the New Jersey Devils 7-1 at home on Monday night.
Eichel scored 2:46 into the game, and Conor Sheary scored twice during the first 20 minutes. Jeff Skinner and Rasmus Asplund also connected in the first, and Victor Olofsson and Henri Jokiharju scored in the second. Linus Ullmark made 44 saves for the Sabres.
Louis Domingue was pulled after allowing five goals on 15 shots. He was replaced by Mackenzie Blackwood, who made 15 saves.
The Sabres blew out
New Jersey while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth of the franchise. Buffalo was awarded an expansion team on Dec. 2, 1969.
The team celebrated “Founders’ Night” and honored original owners Seymour H. Knox III and brother Northrup R. Knox, now deceased. Members of the Knox family, including Seymour’s widow Jean, were honored with golden pucks before the game by current Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula.
Eichel got Buffalo going with his 17th of the season, and Skinner made it 2-0 two minutes later off a turnover in the Devils end.
Golden Knights 4,
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Rangers 1: Alex Tuch scored twice in the first four minutes and Vegas beat New York at Madison Square Garden.
Reilly Smith and Max Pacioretty also scored to help Vegas get its first three-game winning streak of the season. Malcolm Subban stopped 29 shots as the Golden Knights improved to 5-2-1 after a season-high five-game skid (0-4-1).
Brendan Lemieux scored and Henrik Lundqvist finished with 28 saves for the Rangers, who were 4-0-1 in their previous five games.
The Rangers went 0 for 6 on the power play against a Vegas team that came in tied for fifth in penaltykilling. Islanders 4, Red
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Wings 1: Jordan Eberle scored two goals and Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves to lift New York at Detroit, extending the Red Wings’ winless streak to 10 games.
Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier also scored for the Islanders, who were outshot 31-25 but never trailed in the game. Dylan Larkin had the only goal for Detroit.
New York has alternated starting goalies for its first 25 games this season, a franchise record. Monday was Varlamov’s turn, although he actually played in the team’s previous game after starter Thomas Greiss had to exit in the first period.
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Marc Crawford will be away from the team while it reviews his conduct with another organization. Former NHL forward Sean Avery recently told the New York Post that Crawford kicked him after he was whistled for a toomany-men-on-the-ice penalty when he played for Crawford with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2006-07 season.