Clayton Keller’s second goal of the game was the winner for the Utah Hockey Club, which defeated the host New York Rangers 6-5 in overtime on Saturday.
Keller’s third goal of the season came with 55 seconds left in the extra period to give Utah its third straight victory in as many games. He came around the back of the net and then backhanded a shot past Igor Shesterkin to end it.
With the win, the first-year franchise continued its high-flying start to the NHL season. According to Hockey-Reference.com, Utah is just the 18th team since 1917, and only the third since 1994, to start an NHL season with five or more goals in each of its first three games to start a season.
Artemi Panarin scored twice for New York. His first tied the score at 1 with a shot from just outside the left faceoff circle with 11:22 left in the opening period. Alexis Lafreniere, playing in career game No. 300, got the assist on a drop pass to his linemate.
Bruins 2, Kings 1 (OT)
David Pastrnak scored at 3:07 of overtime as Boston came back from a one-goal, second-period deficit to defeat visiting Los Angeles.
Pastrnak cut to the net and slid home a give-and-go pass from defenseman Mason Lohrei to deliver the Bruins’ second straight victory and first of the season in overtime.
Trevor Moore scored and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves for the Kings, who won their season opener on Thursday at Buffalo.
Sabres 5, Panthers 2
Devon Levi — playing against the franchise that drafted him — made 23 saves to lead host Buffalo to its first win of the season, a victory over Florida.
Buffalo got goals from Jordan Greenway, Tage Thompson, Henri Jokiharju, Mattias Samuelsson and Alex Tuch (empty-netter). Buffalo broke a five-game skid in its rivalry with the Panthers.
Florida got goals from Nate Schmidt and Sam Bennett. Florida had gone 0-for-9 on its power play this season until the goal by Bennett.
Red Wings 3, Predators 0
Cam Talbot stopped 42 shots in his first start for Detroit as the host Red Wings notched a shutout win over Nashville.
Talbot, who signed a two-year contract as a free agent, collected his 32nd career shutout. J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp and Dylan Larkin each scored for the Red Wings.
Juuse Saros, who missed the Predators’ opener with a lower-body injury, made 19 saves. Nashville forward Filip Forsberg played the 700th game of his career.
Kraken 5, Wild 4 (SO)
Jordan Eberle scored two goals in regulation and notched the decisive goal in the shootout round to lift Seattle to a win over Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn.
Jared McCann helped to force overtime by scoring the game-tying goal with less than four minutes left in regulation for Seattle, which earned its first victory. Tye Kartye also scored in regulation for the Kraken. Goaltender Joey Daccord stopped 34 of 38 shots to pick up the victory. He allowed one goal in the shootout round.
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists for the Wild, but he did not convert during the shootout round. Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which earned one point. Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury gave up four goals on 34 shots.
Blue Jackets 6, Avalanche 4
Kirill Marchenko scored a tiebreaking goal early in the second period and added two assists, Yegor Chinakhov also had a goal and two assists, and Columbus beat Colorado in Denver.
Sean Monahan also had a goal and two assists, Adam Fantilli, Zach Werenski and Kent Johnson also scored, and Daniil Tarasov turned away 26 shots for Columbus. Nathan MacKinnon and Ross Colton had a goal and an assist each, Miles Wood and Casey Mittelstadt also had goals and Cale Makar added two assists for Colorado.
Alexandar Georgiev allowed three goals on nine shots for the Avalanche before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made 11 saves.
Blackhawks 5, Oilers 2
Teuvo Teravainen scored twice and added two assists, leading Chicago to a win over host Edmonton.
Connor Bedard and Seth Jones each added a goal and two assists, and Philipp Kurashev also scored for Chicago, which halted a two-game skid and won for the first time this season. Goaltender Petr Mrazek made 36 saves for his fourth career win over the Oilers.
Corey Perry and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers, and Calvin Pickard stopped 15 shots in the loss.
Canadiens 4, Senators 1
Cole Caufield scored twice, and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves in a second straight solid performance to open the season as Montreal won to snap a nine-game skid against visiting Ottawa.
Caufield scored in the first and third periods, giving him four goals this season. Emil Heineman recorded his first NHL goal, Alex Newhook added some third-period insurance and Juraj Slafkovsky had two assists for Montreal.
Tim Stutzle scored his third goal in two games for Ottawa, which couldn’t build on its 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
Maple Leafs 4, Penguins 2
William Nylander scored two goals — one into an empty net — and Toronto defeated the visiting Pittsburgh.
Mitch Marner added a goal and an assist and Matthew Knies also scored for the Maple Leafs in their home opener and the start of a four-game homestand. Max Domi had two assists as the Maple Leafs won their second straight game after dropping their first game of the season.
Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who have lost two of three to start the season. Evgeni Malkin added two assists for the Penguins to reach 1,300 career points.
Devils 5, Capitals 3
Paul Cotter scored two goals as visiting New Jersey spoiled Washington’s season opener.
The Devils’ Tomas Tatar, Dawson Mercer and defenseman Seamus Casey also scored, and Erik Haula and Stefan Noesen each notched three assists. Haula also won 12 of 16 draws for the Devils, who held a 32-23 edge on faceoffs.
The Capitals’ Dylan Strome and defenseman John Carlson each collected a goal and an assist, and Tom Wilson also tallied.
Stars 3, Islanders 0
Jake Oettinger stopped all 34 shots he faced as Dallas won its home opener by beating New York.
Tyler Seguin opened the scoring in the first period and added an empty-netter late in the third for the Stars, who are 2-0-0 for the third time in five years. Jamie Benn scored in the second.
Semyon Varlamov recorded 24 saves for the Islanders, who are winless through two games (0-1-1) for the first time since opening 0-2-0 in 2021-22.
Flames 6, Flyers 3
Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri each scored two goals as host Calgary topped Philadelphia.
Huberdeau added two assists to complete a four-point night in support of Dustin Wolf (37 saves). MacKenzie Weegar notched a goal and an assist, while Mikael Backlund also scored for the Flames.
Travis Konecny scored twice and Ivan Fedotov registered 26 saves for the Flyers, who were playing the second half of a season-opening back-to-back set. The Flyers edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in a shootout on Friday to open their campaign.
Ducks 2, Sharks 0
Isac Lundestrom and Trevor Zegras scored goals in the third and Lukas Dostal made 30 saves in his second NHL shutout, leading visiting Anaheim over San Jose.
The Ducks recorded their first season-opening shutout on the road in franchise history.
Vitek Vanecek made 28 saves for the Sharks, who played without rookie center Macklin Celebrini. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft was placed on injured reserve earlier in the day and is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, which he had been nursing since the preseason.
–Field Level Media
