Sunday, November 4, 2018

NHL SCOREBOARD


MAPLE LEAFS 5, PENGUINS 0

Morgan Rielly scored twice, John Tavares had a goal and an assist and goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped all 31 Pittsburgh shots in the shutout by visiting Toronto.

It was Andersen's first shutout this season, 16th of his career.

Patrick Marleau and Zach Hyman also scored, and Kasperi Kapanen and Mitch Marner each had two assists for Toronto, which improved to 6-0-0 on the road.

SABRES 9, SENATORS 2

Jason Pominville and Jeff Skinner each had two goals and an assist, and Jack Eichel added three assists as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the visiting Ottawa Senators 9-2 on Saturday.

Kyle Okposo, Zemgus Girgensons, Conor Sheary, Patrik Berglund and Casey Mittelstadt added a goal apiece for the Sabres, and Sam Reinhart chipped in with two assists. Girgensons, Berglund, Mittelstadt and Sheary had one assist each.

Linus Ullmark made 27 saves in the Buffalo net while improving to 3-0-1 on the season. Max McCormick and Cody Ceci scored for Ottawa.

The teams split two games over three days, with the Senators winning 4-2 Thursday in Ottawa.

WILD 5, BLUES 1

Eric Staal opened the scoring with his 400th career goal, and Minnesota cruised past host St. Louis.

The 34-year-old Staal became the sixth active player in the NHL to reach the 400-goal mark. The others are Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Marleau, Ilya Kovalchuk, Sidney Crosby and Marian Gaborik.

Nick Seeler added his first career goal to go with two assists for the Wild. Minnesota also received goals from J.T. Brown, Matt Dumba and Eric Fehr en route to its seventh win in the past eight games.

PREDATORS 1, BRUINS 0

Pekka Rinne posted a 26-save shutout, and Roman Josi netted the only goal in host Nashville's win over Boston.

The performance by Rinne came on the heels of his 42-save effort in his return from injury in a 4-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. He picked up the 316th win of his career, leaving him just three shy of countryman Miikka Kiprusoff's 319 -- the most by a Finnish netminder in the NHL. 

Earlier in the day, Nashville signed Rinne to a two-year, $10 million contract extension. Rinne, who turned 36 on Saturday, will make $6 million next season and $4 million in the 2020-21 campaign.

STARS 4, CAPITALS 3 (OT) 

Jason Dickinson scored with 1:43 left in overtime to lift visiting Dallas over Washington for its third straight win.

Dickinson got ahold of a pass from Washington's John Carlson that got past a teammate, came in along the right side and put the winning shot past goalie Braden Holtby.

Jason Spezza, Tyler Pitlick and Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas, with Spezza adding an assist. Nicklas Backstrom, Brett Connolly and Evgeny Kuznetsov had goals for Washington, with Backstrom also adding an assist.

OILERS 4, RED WINGS 3

Kyle Brodziak scored his first two goals of the season, and Edmonton ended host Detroit's three-game winning streak.

Brodziak had not recorded a point this season or scored a goal since March 10 of last season prior to the outburst. 

Drake Caggiula and Alex Chiasson also scored for Edmonton while Connor McDavid and Jujhar Khaira supplied two assists apiece. Mikko Koskinen made 23 saves.

LIGHTNING 4, CANADIENS 1

Steven Stamkos scored twice, sandwiching J.T. Miller's go-ahead goal in the first period to lead Tampa Bay past host Montreal.

Forward Yanni Gourde, who signed a six-year contract extension on Friday, added Tampa Bay's fourth goal. Anton Stralman had three assists, and Nikita Kucherov had two for the Lightning.

Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves to earn the win for the Lightning, who lead the Eastern Conference with 19 points. Montreal goalie Carey Price stopped 32 shots.

ISLANDERS 3, DEVILS 0

Jordan Eberle scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Brock Nelson and Scott Mayfield added insurance goals late in the third period as host New York blanked New Jersey.

Thomas Greiss made 35 saves in his first shutout of the season and the ninth of his career.

The Islanders have won five straight games, all against Metropolitan Division rivals. Their 6-0-0 start in the division is the franchise's best since 1982-83, when New York won its first six games against Patrick Division foes.

KINGS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1

Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar scored short-handed goals on the same third-period power play to lead Los Angeles Kings past visiting Columbus.

Kopitar swept in his own rebound for a 3-1 lead at 7:44 of the third period, 13 seconds after teammate Ilya Kovalchuk went to the penalty box for interference. Brown scored off a penalty shot at 8:43 after Ryan Murray interfered with him while trying to stop a breakaway.

Brown also had two assists, Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist, and Jack Campbell made 26 saves for Los Angeles, which improved to 2-1-0 on its seven-game homestand. Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves for Columbus.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, HURRICANES 0

Marc-Andre Fleury had 34 saves to register his 50th career shutout and lead Vegas over Carolina in Las Vegas.

It was also the 410th career victory for Fleury, who moved into a tie with Chris Osgood for 28th place on the NHL career shutouts list.

William Carrier, Ryan Reaves and Brad Hunt each scored goals and Erik Haula had two assists for Vegas, which snapped a two-game losing streak and won for just the second time in six games. Scott Darling, making just his second start of the season, had 22 saves for the Hurricanes.

SHARKS 4, FLYERS 3 (OT)

Timo Meier scored his second goal of the game 13 seconds into overtime, and Martin Jones made 22 saves as host San Jose Sharks erased a deficit three times before beating Philadelphia.

Meier, one of the league's hottest players, was on a two-on-one rush with Logan Couture and wired a one-timer from the slot for the winner and his 11th goal of the season. Meier has potted 10 goals and five assists in his last 11 games.

Nolan Patrick shocked the San Jose crowd when he opened the scoring just 37 seconds after the drop of the puck, completing a pretty three-way passing play for the quickest start of the season for the Flyers.

FLAMES 5, BLACKHAWKS 3

Sean Monahan's second goal of the game and Michael Frolik's winner 66 seconds later completed yet another third-period comeback as Calgary topped visiting Chicago.

The Flames have scored 28 third-period goals in 15 games this season, capped by Mikael Backlund's short-handed empty-netter in the final minute. The Flames have already won five times this season when trailing after 40 minutes.

After Monahan opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 4:46, the Blackhawks responded to take 3-1 lead. Jonathan Toews' power-play goal at 13:57 of the first period was the 300th goal of his career.


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