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Kirill Kaprizov's early goal sets tone as Wild handle Kraken
Kirill Kaprizov scored his NHL-leading 12th goal of the season and added an assist as the Minnesota Wild defeated the host Seattle Kraken 5-1 Saturday night.,Blake Coleman scored twice, including an empty-netter with 3:36 remaining, while Joel Eriksson Ek added a goal and an assist and Olli Maatta a...

Dmitri Simashev’s first 2 career goals help Mammoth beat Lightning in OT
Dmitri Simashev scored his first NHL goal and also netted the game-winning tally in overtime, lifting the Utah Mammoth to a 5-4 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,After Tampa Bay defenseman J.J. Moser and Utah blue-liner Nate Schmidt were stopped on breaka...

Adam Fantilli nets OT winner, Blue Jackets edge Golden Knights
Adam Fantilli scored a power-play goal 59 seconds into overtime to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.,With defenseman Shea Theodore in the penalty box for a holding penalty on Matthew Knies, Fantilli blasted a sharp-angled one-ti...

Ville Koivunen scores OT winner as Penguins rally past Predators
Ville Koivunen scored with 1:16 left in overtime for the ailing Pittsburgh Penguins, who rallied to take down the visiting Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night.,Connor Dewar and Rickard Rakell also scored for the Penguins, who won their second straight game.,Arturs Silovs finished with 24 saves...

Drake Batherson (3 goals), Senators too strong for Rangers
Drake Batherson scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Ottawa Senators topped the visiting New York Rangers 7-4 on Saturday night.,Jake Sanderson tallied one goal and added two assists, while Dylan Cozens scored and chipped in a helper for Ottawa. Teammates Tim Stutzle and Michael Amadio also...

Four-goal third propels surging Maple Leafs past Oilers
William Nylander scored two of Toronto's four third-period goals as the visiting Maple Leafs extended their winning streak to four with a 7-2 drubbing of the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.,Jack Roslovic recorded a goal and an assist, while Auston Matthews, Troy Stecher, Zack MacEwen and Vinni Lettieri...

Bruins tally 4 in the 3rd to edge Sharks, extend unbeaten streak to 8
The Boston Bruins scored four third-period goals, including three in a row to erase a 3-2 deficit, and edge the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-4 on Saturday night.,David Pastrnak tied former teammate Patrice Bergeron for third on Boston's all-time goals list (427) to kick off the late-game surge.,Fraser...

Alex Tuch scores twice, lifts Capitals past former team Sabres in OT
Alex Tuch scored his second goal of the game at 3:42 of overtime Saturday to lift the host Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory over his former team, the Buffalo Sabres.,Tuch, acquired by Washington in a sign-and-trade deal with Buffalo in June, was in the slot to take a pass from Dylan Strome behin...

Pyotr Kochetkov, Hurricanes blank Blues to finish road trip
Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves to lead the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-0 road victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Sean Walker, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Logan Stankoven, and Nikolaj Ehlers all lit the lamp as the Hurricanes closed out their five-game road trip with a...

Jets, Canadiens face off in Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic
The Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets will take it outdoors when they meet in the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg on Sunday evening.,It will be the NHL's 46th outdoor game and 10th played in Canada.,"It's my 11th year and I've never played in (an outdoor game...

Devils limit Kings to 13 shots, register third consecutive win
Arseny Gritsyuk scored for the fifth straight game to help the New Jersey Devils seal a 3-1 win against Los Angeles Kings on Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J.,Anthony Mantha and Brett Pesce also scored, and Jake Allen made 12 saves for New Jersey, which has won five of the past six.,Scott Laughton ...

Tristan Luneau pushes Ducks past resurgent Flyers
Tristan Luneau had a goal and two assists as the visiting Anaheim Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.,Leo Carlsson chipped in with a goal and an assist against the team that signed him to a five-year, $90 million offer sheet over the s...

Blackhawks, Panthers look to correct mistakes ahead of Sunday matinee
Start strong, finish feebly.,The Chicago Blackhawks have followed that pattern more often than they'd prefer over the first 10 games of the season.,A Sunday matinee against the visiting Florida Panthers offers the next chance for Chicago to correct.,"I still like our team a lot," Blackhawks coach Je...

Revived Stars look to extend winning streak against Islanders
The 6-3-1 Dallas Stars have reversed course on what began as a tough start to the season.,On a four-game winning streak, the Stars aim to continue their good fortune at home on Sunday when they host a familiar face in Peter DeBoer and the 5-3-2 New York Islanders.,The game marks DeBoer's return to D...

Penguins place D Samuel Girard on injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed veteran defenseman Samuel Girard on injured reserve Saturday.,Girard, 28, sustained a lower-body injury during a 6-2 road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct. 17.,He has one goal and six assists through nine games in his first full season with the Penguins, who acq...

Lightning, Mammoth enjoying strong starts to season
Through a combined 21 games played, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Utah Mammoth are trending in the right direction: upward in their respective divisions.,The two clubs will meet Saturday night in Salt Lake City in the first of two games against each other this season. ,Entering the Saturday clash, the...

Nathan MacKinnon's 4-point night powers Avs past Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists, Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 31 shots, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Denver on Friday night.,Martin Necas had a goal and two assists, Artturi Lehkonen and Devon Toews each collected a goal and an assist, and Nazem Kad...

Kraken aim to stay hot against road-weary Wild
The Seattle Kraken will try to extend their winning streak to three games Saturday when they host the Minnesota Wild, who have lost the first two games of a five-game road trip.,Minnesota fell 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday at Edmonton and 2-1 Thursday at Calgary, dropping to 0-1-1 on its road trip. The ...

Jake Evans tallies twice, adds assist as Canadiens topple Blackhawks
Jake Evans produced two goals and an assist and Jacob Fowler stopped 20 shots, lifting the visiting Montreal Canadiens to a 4-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.,Kaiden Guhle added a goal and assist to help Montreal earn its first road victory since opening night. Mike Matheson also ...

Red Wings look to extend dominance over Flames
Two teams battling to stay in the win column square off in Calgary as the Flames host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.,This is the first of two meetings between these teams this season. Detroit has won eight straight in the overall series dating back to the 2022-23 season.,The Red Wings appear to ...