Reilly Smith and Jake Guentzel both collected two goals and two assists and Bryan Rust scored once in a four-point outing to pace the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a 10-2 beating of the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.
Evgeni Malkin scored twice, Vinnie Hinostroza notched one goal and one assist, and Kris Letang and Matt Nieto added singles for the Penguins, who snapped a two-game skid and went into the clash with just one win in six outings.
Erik Karlsson recorded two assists in his first game back in San Jose after being traded to the Penguins over the summer, and Sidney Crosby collected one helper in his 1,200th regular-season game. Goaltender Tristan Jarry made 24 saves.
Anthony Duclair and Jacob MacDonald replied for the last-place Sharks, who came off a 10-1 beating against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. San Jose is winless on the season (0-10-1) and has scored only 12 goals. The Sharks are the first team to allow 10 goals in consecutive games since the Boston Bruins in 1965-66.
Sharks starting goalie Mackenzie Blackwood surrendered six goals on 18 shots before receiving a mercy pull just before the midway point. Magnus Chrona, in his NHL debut, stopped 13 shots.
Golden Knights 7, Avalanche 0
Mark Stone scored two short-handed goals and had two assists and Jack Eichel and William Karlsson also scored two goals apiece as Vegas extended its season-opening point streak to 12 games with a dominating victory over Colorado in Las Vegas.
Adin Hill made 41 saves for his first shutout of the season and the sixth of his career while also improving to 6-0-1. Chandler Stephenson and Pavel Dorofeyev each had two assists and William Carrier also scored for Vegas, which improved to a league-best 11-0-1. The point streak is just one shy of the Golden Knights’ team record of 13 straight set in their inaugural season (Dec. 13, 2017 to Jan. 2, 2018).
Alexandar Georgiev finished with 27 saves for Colorado, which was blanked for the third consecutive road game while getting outscored 15-0.
Jets 5, Coyotes 3
Nino Niederreiter tallied a hat trick to help Winnipeg rally for a win against Arizona in Tempe, Ariz.
Brenden Dillon had two goals and an assist, and Adam Lowry and Mason Appleton each had two assists for the Jets, who ended a three-game losing streak. Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves.
Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist, and Karel Vejmelka made 22 saves for the Coyotes.
Predators 5, Oilers 2
Ryan O’Reilly had a hat trick to lead visiting Nashville to a win against Edmonton.
Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists, Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist and Kevin Lankinen made 33 saves for Nashville, which had lost two straight to start its five-game road trip.
Darnell Nurse and Zach Hyman scored and Jack Campbell made 29 saves for the Oilers, who have lost six of seven and dropped to 2-7-1.
Blues 6, Canadiens 3
Jordan Kyrou had a goal and two assists to lead St. Louis past visiting Montreal.
Brayden Schenn also had a goal and two assists for the Blues, who won their second game in as many nights. Brandon Saad and Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist each and Alexey Toropchenko and Kasperi Kapanen also scored. Joel Hofer made 30 saves to earn the victory.
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who lost their second straight game. Juraj Slafkovsky and Nick Suzuki also scored and Sam Montembeault made 29 saves in defeat.
Sabres 6, Maple Leafs 4
Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and then tallied into an empty net, and visiting Buffalo defeated Toronto.
JJ Peterka had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, and Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner and Jordan Greenway each scored. Devon Levi stopped 25 shots for the Sabres, who lost 5-1 on home ice to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
Auston Matthews scored three goals for the 10th hat trick of his career for the Maple Leafs, who have lost four in a row. Mitchell Marner had a goal and three assists, and Joseph Woll made 35 saves.
Red Wings 5, Bruins 4
David Perron had a goal and two assists as host Detroit dealt Boston its first regulation loss of the season.
Trailing 3-2 after two periods, Detroit scored three goals in a span of 3:44 in the third period to take a 5-3 lead.
Boston took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by James van Riemsdyk and Matthew Poitras, but Detroit cut its deficit to 2-1 on a power-play goal by Lucas Raymond with 3:40 remaining in the first period.
Lightning 6, Senators 4
Brayden Point recorded his second career hat trick, Nikita Kucherov totaled five points and Tampa Bay won its first road game over Ottawa.
Point also had an assist for a four-point night, while Kucherov potted a goal and dished out four helpers as the Lightning moved to 1-3-1 away from home. Victor Hedman and Michael Eyssimont had goals, and goaltender Jonas Johansson allowed four in on 28 shots.
Ottawa’s Brady Tkachuk posted two goals and an assist, and Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson found the net. However, the Senators lost for the fifth time in six games (1-5-0). Goalie Joonas Korpisalo stopped 17 of 20 shots before being pulled early in the second period. Anton Forsberg made 14 saves in relief.
Capitals 2, Blue Jackets 1
Tom Wilson and Sonny Milano scored first-period goals, leading host Washington past Columbus.
Charlie Lindgren, making his second start of the season, made 34 saves for his first victory. The Capitals have now won four of their last five games and four of five meetings with Columbus since last season.
Dmitri Voronkov responded for Columbus, while Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves. The Blue Jackets have lost five of six.
Blackhawks 5, Panthers 2
Nick Foligno, Nikita Zaitsev and Taylor Hall scored first-period goals, and Petr Mrazek made 38 saves as host Chicago knocked off Florida.
The Blackhawks seized control midway through the first period, beating Panthers goaltender Anthony Stolarz three times in a span of 6:14. Connor Bedard, the top pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, provided Chicago with a 4-0 lead early in the second period, scoring for the third straight game and the fourth time in the past five.
Saturday was Florida’s 10th game of the season and marked the first time one of its contests has been decided by more than two goals. Stolarz made 19 saves as the Panthers finished 1-2 on a road trip that included an overtime loss in Boston and a shutout victory at Detroit.
Kings 5, Flyers 0
Cam Talbot made 24 saves en route to his first shutout of the season and Trevor Moore and Arthur Kaliyev each had a goal and an assist as Los Angeles remained perfect on the road with a victory over Philadelphia.
Anze Kopitar scored the 399th goal of his career, Quinton Byfield had three assists and Adrian Kempe and Blake Lizotte also scored for the Kings, who improved to 6-0-0 on the road, the best road start to a season in franchise history. It was the 29th career shutout for Talbot and his first with Los Angeles.
Ex-King Cal Petersen, making his first career start for Philadelphia, finished with 25 saves. The Flyers were playing the second game of a back-to-back that began with a 5-1 victory at Buffalo on Friday.
Hurricanes 4, Islanders 3 (OT)
Sebastian Aho scored 1:14 into overtime for visiting Carolina, which overcame a three-goal deficit to stun New York in Elmont, N.Y.
Aho took a pass from Martin Necas, swooped into the left faceoff circle, and fired a shot beneath the legs of Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin. Jalen Chatfield began the comeback from a 3-0 deficit by scoring 8:18 into the second for the Hurricanes, who tied the score with third-period goals from Dmitry Orlov and Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Goalie Antti Raanta made 22 saves as the Hurricanes won for the fourth time in five games (4-1-0).
Noah Dobson scored in the first, and Simon Holmstrom and Mathew Barzal scored early in the second for the Islanders, who have collected a point in five straight games (3-0-2) but squandered a multi-goal lead for the second time in that span.
Flames 6, Kraken 3
Mikael Backlund scored twice and Martin Pospisil tallied in his NHL debut as Calgary snapped a six-game losing streak with a victory over host Seattle.
Noah Hanifan, Yegor Sharangovich and Rasmus Andersson also scored for Calgary, and goaltender Dan Vladar made 17 saves.
Oliver Bjorkstrand, Eeli Tolvanen and Jaden Schwartz had goals for Seattle, which had won two in a row and gone 3-1-1 over its previous five games. Philipp Grubauer stopped 25 of 29 shots.
Canucks 2, Stars 0
Thatcher Demko stopped 27 shots to record his fifth career shutout as host Vancouver cooled off red-hot Dallas.
The Canucks have won three straight games and six of their last seven to get off to their best start (8-2-1) since the 2005-06 season. Elias Pettersson scored his sixth goal of the season for Vancouver, and Pius Suter netted his second. Demko, who has never lost to Dallas in seven career meetings (7-0-0), earned his second shutout of the season.
The Stars went 0-for-3 on the power play as they saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. Jake Oettinger finished with 26 saves.
Wild 5, Rangers 4 (SO)
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist, and Minnesota capped its comeback by defeating New York in Saint Paul, Minn. Matt Boldy scored the decisive goal in the shootout.
Ryan Hartman, Joel Eriksson Ek and Marco Rossi also scored in regulation time for Minnesota, which snapped a four-game losing streak. Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 13 of 14 shots in regulation and overtime to earn the win.
New York’s NHL-leading six-game winning streak came to an end. Jimmy Vesey, Artemi Panarin, Erik Gustafsson and Chris Kreider each scored during regulation time.
–Field Level Media
