Necas, Jarvis lead ’Canes past Kings
Hurricanes 5, Kings 4: Martin Necas scored and Seth Jarvis had a goal for the third straight game in the Carolina Hurricanes’ win over the host Los Angeles Kings.
Sebastian Aho and Derek Stepan each had a goal and an assist to help the Hurricanes to their fourth straight victory. Frederik Andersen made 38 saves and had an assist.
Adrian Kempe scored twice for the Kings, who have lost three straight following a seven-game winning streak. Cal Petersen allowed five goals on 20 shots.
Transition offense was the Hurricanes’ strength throughout the game, and it finally gave them a lead they were able to protect in the second period when Necas put them up 5-4 with 34 seconds left. He worked around defenseman Mikey Anderson to skate across the crease and beat Petersen at the far post.
Carolina took the lead twice in the first period, only for Los Angeles to respond.
The Hurricanes went in front 3 minutes into the first period when Jarvis scored off the rush, but the Kings tied it up at 1 when Blake Lizotte fired through traffic from the left circle at 4:38.
Stepan needed just 10 seconds to reclaim the advantage at 2-1, with Brady Skjei’s shot from the blue line taking two deflections before going in. Kempe tipped Alex Edler’s shot from the point in to make it 2-all at 12:39.
Devils 5, Lightning 3: Mackenzie Blackwood stopped a penalty shot in the third period for one of his 31 saves, Yegor Sharangovich scored twice in New Jersey’s four-goal third period, and the Devils beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning.
New Jersey also got goals from Dawson Mercer, Jimmy Vesey and Tomas Tatar.
Jan Rutta, Pat Maroon and Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning, who had a nine-game point streak end. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.
Sharangovich, who also had an assist, got the Devils’ third straight goal to
start the third from the low left circle to put New Jersey up 4-3 at 9:34. Tatar had an empty-net goal.
Rutta opened the scoring 5:49 into the game, but Sharangovich tied it with six minutes left in the first when the center stopped a 16-game goal drought. Then Maroon put the Lightning up 2-1 during Tampa Bay’s third power play with 1:45 left in the first.
Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead at 6:17 of the second when Hedman skated in alone from the blue line and scored from the left circle off a pass from Boris Katchouk.
Mercer got the Devils within 3-2 with a nifty goal 1:12 into the third. He started to skate around the net but reached back with his stick and stuffed the puck past Vasilevskiy.
Shortly after Blackwood made a terrific glove save on Alex Killorn during a two-man breakaway, Vesey made it 3-3 on a breakaway at 5:39.
Panthers 5, Wild 4: Frank Vatrano
scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves to help Florida remain perfect at home.
Owen Tippett, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers, who improved to 13-2-3 overall and 10-0-0 at home this season. Vatrano added an assist.
Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Marcus Foligno and Ryan Hartman scored for the Wild (11-6-0). Cam Talbot stopped 32 of 36 shots.
Florida is the fourth team in NHL history to start a season with at least 10 consecutive wins on home ice. Chicago, in 1963-64, started 11-0-0 at home. The original Ottawa Senators started 10-0-0 in 1925-26, as did Montreal in 2016-17.
And now, the Panthers are on that list.
Flames 5, Islanders 2: Andrew Mangiapane scored two power-play goals to help Calgary spoil the Islanders’ debut of their new home arena.
Brad Richardson, Trevor Lewis and
Johnny Gaudreau also scored, and Noah Hanafin had two assists to help Calgary extend its point streak to five games (30-2). Jacob Markstrom stopped 34 shots.
Brock Nelson scored twice for the short-handed Islanders, who were missing seven players and lost their fifth straight. It marked New York’s longest losing streak in regulation in four seasons under coach Barry Trotz.
Semyon Varlamov had 26 saves to fall to 0-3-0 with a 3.31 goals-against average this season.
The Islanders were without six players – captain Anders Lee, forwards Josh Bailey, Ross Johnston and Anthony Beauvillier, and defensemen Adam Pelech and Andy Greene – due to COVID-19 protocols. Defenseman Ryan Pulock is out for 4-6 weeks due to a lower body injury.
Bruins 5, Flyers 2: Derek Forbort had two goals to lead the Boston Bruins to their third straight victory, 5-2 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.
Tomas Nosek, Craig Smith and David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins, who hadn’t played since Sunday’s 5-2 victory over Montreal.
Derick Brassard scored both goals for the Flyers. Philadelphia lost consecutive games for the first time this season, having won the previous six times following a defeat.
Linus Ullmark made 29 saves for the Bruins, who tied their season high with 44 shots.
The teams traded goals, hard hits and punches in a highly entertaining second period.
Penguins 2, Maple Leafs 0: Tristan Jarry made 26 saves for his second straight shutout, and visiting Pittsburgh snapped the Maple Leafs’ five-game winning streak.
Jake Guentzel and Jeff Carter scored for Pittsburgh.
Jack Campbell stopped 29 shots for Toronto, which had won 10 of its last 11 entering Saturday.
The Penguins, who have dealt with a COVID-19 outbreak and a number of key injuries, won consecutive games for the first time this season; they beat Montreal 6-0 on Thursday.