Rakell, Montour power Ducks past Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. — Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour had rare power-play goals, John Gibson made 31 saves and the Anaheim Ducks rebounded from a one-sided loss by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 Saturday night.
Anaheim entered with the NHL’s second-worst power play, going 2 for 31 over their first nine games. The Ducks went 2 for 2 with the man advantage, while Tampa Bay’s second-best unit in the NHL failed to score on four chances.
Rakell got his second goal midway through the third and Hampus Lindholm also scored for the Ducks, who were beat 8-3 Thursday night at Florida. Ryan Getzlaf had three assists
SHARKS 3, SABRES 2: Logan Couture finished off a successful road trip for the San Jose Sharks in a comeback victory. Couture’s goal with 3:52 remaining in the third period Saturday sent the Sharks past Buffalo. KINGS 2, BRUINS 1, OT: Tyler Toffoli scored off a faceoff — his second goal of the game — just before time expired in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves for the Kings, who are off to their best start in franchise history at 9- 1- 1. FLYERS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Valtteri Filppula and Claude Giroux scored, Brian Elliott had 28 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs.
RED WINGS 3, PANTHERS 2: Gustav Nyquist scored the tying goal in the second period then got the winner in a shootout, lifting the Detroit Red Wings over the Florida Panthers to snap a sixgame skid.
DEVILS 4, COYOTES 3: Jesper Bratt’s tiebreaking goal on a power play with 4: 13 left sent the New Jersey Devils to a victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes, who became the second NHL team to start a season with 11 consecutive losses.
ISLANDERS 6, PREDATORS 2: John Tavares scored a natural hat trick in the third period, leading the New York Islanders to a win over the Nashville Predators.
WILD 2, PENGUINS 1: Mikko Koivu scored midway through the third period to lift the Minnesota Wild over the Pittsburgh Penguins. AVALANCHE 6, BLACKHAWKS 3: Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen each had two goals and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago.