NHL Roundup: All 32 groups play in Frozen Frenzy

NEW YORK — Alexis Lafreniere scored twice and Dylan Garand made 25 saves because the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday evening for his or her fifth straight house win.

Will Cuylle and Mika Zibanejad additionally scored for the Rangers, who snapped Tampa Bay’s four-game profitable streak. The Lightning hadn’t misplaced since falling to the Rangers 5-1 in New York’s house opener on Oct. 1.

Lafreniere scored 62 seconds into the sport, beating Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy from in shut.

The 25-year-old Lafreniere, the primary decide within the 2020 NHL draft, scored once more at 12:47 of the primary, his team-leading seventh objective.

Ty Kartye assisted on each of Lafreniere’s objectives. Kartye additionally scored twice in New York’s earlier sport, a 6-2 house win over Vancouver.

Tampa Bay’s Zemgus Girgensons narrowed the deficit to 2-1 along with his first objective of the season late within the first.

Cuylle made it 3-1 late within the second, redirecting a shot by Sean Durzi from the purpose previous Vasilevskiy for his third objective.

Zibanejad had an empty-netter at 17:16 of the third.

Lafreniere, who had a hat trick in a 5-2 house win over the Islanders on Oct. 6, has objectives in 4 straight video games. His profession excessive in objectives was 28 in 2023-24.

CHICAGO — Teuvo Teravainen and Roman Kantserov scored two objectives apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Tuesday evening in Connor Bedard’s first sport of the season.

Spencer Knight made 24 saves as Chicago improved to 1-1 on a seven-game homestand. Patrick Kane picked up his 894th profession help, matching Phil Housley for essentially the most by a U.S.-born participant in NHL historical past.

Bedard additionally had an help. The captain had surgical procedure on his left shoulder on July 8.

Sidney Crosby scored his first two objectives of the season for Pittsburgh within the opener of a four-game journey. Nick Robertson additionally scored, and Sergei Murashov made 15 stops.

Crosby tied it at 3-all when he swept in a rebound with 10:43 left. It was his 656th profession objective, tying Brendan Shanahan for 14th on the NHL record.

But Teravainen scored from a troublesome angle with 4:18 remaining, and Tyler Bertuzzi closed it out with an empty-netter within the ultimate seconds.

SALT LAKE CITY — Dylan Guenther and Mikhail Sergachev every had a objective and an help within the second interval to assist the Utah Mammoth beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Tuesday evening.

Daniil But, Vincent Trocheck, and MacKenzie Weegar additionally scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka made 22 saves.

Auston Matthews, Jack Roslovic, John Tavares and rookie Gavin McKenna scored for Toronto, whereas Anthony Stolarz stopped 23 pictures.

Toronto trimmed a three-goal deficit to at least one within the third. With the Leafs trailing 5-2, Tavares scored a power-play objective at 7:12 of the interval. McKenna drew the Leafs nearer practically 4 minutes later, snapping the puck in from the circle for his second of the season.

Vejmelka made key saves throughout a final-minute penalty kill to maintain Toronto from forcing additional time.

CANADIENS 4, SABRES 3 (SO)

MONTREAL — Zachary Bolduc scored the decisive objective in a shootout for the second straight sport, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 after blowing a two-goal lead Tuesday evening.

Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield every had a objective and an help for Montreal. Josh Anderson additionally scored, and Juraj Slafkovsky added two assists.

Jacob Fowler made 14 saves in his third consecutive begin after stopping 30 pictures in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Detroit, which was determined by Bolduc’s objective within the sixth shootout spherical.

Olen Zellweger had two objectives and Josh Norris additionally scored for Buffalo because the groups met for the primary time because the Canadiens eradicated the Sabres within the second spherical of final season’s playoffs.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 35 pictures, and Beck Malenstyn and Mattias Samuelsson had two assists apiece.

The Sabres scored twice in 61 seconds to erase a two-goal lead and tie the rating at 3-3 at 5:25 of the third interval. Norris bounced some extent shot off defenseman Adam Engstrom earlier than Zellweger transformed his second with a wrist shot by a crowd.

In the shootout, Cole Caufield and Alexandre Texier scored for Montreal. Tage Thompson scored for Buffalo, however Jack Quinn missed to open the door for Bolduc.

OTTAWA — Pius Suter, Jake Neighbours and Mason McTavish every had a pair of objectives Tuesday evening to steer the St. Louis Blues to a 7-2 win over the Ottawa Senators.

Adam Jiricek additionally scored for the Blues (3-2-1), whereas Joel Hofer stopped 15 pictures.

Claude Giroux and Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Senators (5-2-0). Samuel Ersson, making his second begin for Ottawa, made 19 saves. He’s now 0-2.

Ottawa was enjoying the again half of a back-to-back coming off a 4-1 win in opposition to the New Jersey Devils on Monday. The loss halted the Senators three-game win streak.

The sport marked the beginning of a three-game highway journey for the Blues.

The Blues took a 4-1 lead halfway by the third when Suter beat Ersson quick aspect from a pointy angle. Neighbours scored his second off a snap shot, McTavish scored on the facility play, and Jiricek scored his first profession objective to spherical out the scoring.

Zetterlund added a late power-play objective to make it 7-2.

WINNIPEG — Cole Perfetti scored a pair of objectives to steer the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild at Canada Life Centre Tuesday evening.

Perfetti opened the scoring along with his fourth of the season simply 1:50 into the sport. He added his fifth of the marketing campaign late within the second body on the facility play, changing a go from Gabriel Vilardi within the slot.

Promoted to the highest line with Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor, the trio mixed for seven factors in opposition to the Wild. Scheifele recorded a objective and added two assists for a three-point evening, whereas Connor had a objective and help.

Cole Koepke additionally scored for Winnipeg (4-1-1), which completed their three-game homestand 2-1.

Stuart Skinner made 19 saves and has but to lose in regulation time this season, boasting a 3-0-1 document.

Kirill Kaprizov scored each objectives for the Wild (4-2-1), who have been enjoying within the second of back-to-back video games after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. Calvin Pickard stopped 20 pictures.

Winnipeg went 1-for-2 on the facility play, whereas Minnesota was 0-for-2.

NEW YORK — Kyle Palmieri scored twice, Matias Maccelli added his first objective for New York and the Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Tuesday evening.

Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves for the Islanders, who’ve alternated losses and wins over their first six video games, with all three wins coming at UBS Arena.

Brock Boeser and Max Sasson scored for Vancouver, which has misplaced 5 straight since opening the season 2-1. Leevi Merilainen stopped 35 pictures.

Maccelli assisted on Palmieri’s objective at 5:38 of the third interval, which snapped a 2-2 tie.

Signed as a free agent after enjoying for Toronto final season, Maccelli freed up house with a stutter-step transfer and beat Merilainen late within the first interval to make it 2-0. Palmieri had opened the scoring 53 seconds earlier.

Boeser’s power-play objective with 1:05 left within the second interval tied the sport at 2-all. It was the eightieth of his profession with the person benefit, fifth most in franchise historical past.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Martin Pospisil scored the tiebreaking objective with 4:22 left, Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-netter with 1:22 remaining, and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday evening.

Adam Klapka and Aydar Suniev added objectives, and Dustin Wolf stopped 22 of 24 pictures because the Flames (1-5) received for the primary time this NHL season. Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored objectives, and Lukas Dostal had 32 saves for the Ducks (4-2).

Pospisil’s decisive objective got here after he took a go from Suniev on the centre circle, skated down the left aspect, deked Anaheim defenders Tyson Hinds and Tristan Luneau by faking a shot and snapped the puck previous Dostal’s quick aspect for a 3-2 lead.

Anaheim gave up the game-tying objective simply eight seconds after killing Calgary’s 5-on-3 benefit — with the assistance of Dostal’s 4 saves — for 2 minutes of the second.

As Sennecke (tripping) and Alex Killorn skated out of the penalty field, Flames winger Ryan Strome snuck a cross-ice go from the surface the left circle to Suniev, who snapped a shot from the within fringe of the proper circle previous Dostal’s blocker for a 2-all tie on the 8:02 mark.

The Flames took a 1-0 lead 8:32 into the primary when Maksim Tsyplakov intercepted a go within the Anaheim slot and touched a go again to Klapka, who beat Dostal.

But the Ducks tallied twice inside a 1:56 span of the primary for a 2-1 lead. Sennecke stole the puck at his personal blue line and beat Wolf glove-side for a breakaway objective with 7:51 left, and Carlsson’s shot from the proper circle went over Wolf’s left shoulder for a power-play objective with 5:55 left.

LOS ANGELES — Connor McDavid had a objective and two assists within the dynamic first interval of his four-point evening, propelling the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 victory over the winless Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.

Vasily Podkolzin acquired his sixth and seventh objectives of the season, Leon Draisaitl additionally scored and Devon Levi made 39 saves for the Oilers, who’ve received 5 straight and scored at the least three objectives in each sport of their 5-0-1 begin.

McDavid recorded at the least three factors in a interval for the thirty third time in his 11-year profession, doing it within the first interval for the tenth time. The six-time Art Ross Trophy winner because the NHL’s prime scorer has a whopping 16 factors already this season with 5 multi-point video games.

Brandt Clarke scored for the Kings, who dropped to 0-3-2 to start coach Peter Laviolette’s first season regardless of outshooting the Oilers 40-16. The Kings are nonetheless adjusting to their new course beneath Laviolette, who needs offensive aggression from a group that has performed deliberate, defence-first hockey for practically twenty years.

Los Angeles and Philadelphia are the NHL’s solely winless groups.

Evan Bouchard had two assists for the Oilers, who’re off to their robust begin regardless of enjoying with out injured Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

Edmonton opened the scoring when McDavid froze Cody Ceci and fed the puck low to the quick-wristed Draisaitl. One minute later, Podkolzin transformed the rebound after McDavid blew previous Mikey Anderson and blistered a shot off Darcy Kuemper.

After the Kings had pinned Edmonton in its personal finish for practically two full shifts late within the first interval, McDavid got here off the bench, accepted Ty Emberson’s go on the blue line in stride and scored his fourth objective.

Kuemper was changed by Anton Forsberg to begin the second.

DEVILS 5, RED WINGS 4 (OT)

DETROIT — Jack Hughes scored on a breakaway off a slick go from Jesper Bratt early in additional time, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday evening.

New Jersey’s Evan Rodrigues, Nico Hischier and Bratt scored tiebreaking objectives and Anthony Mantha had a tying objective. Jake Allen stopped 22 pictures for the Devils.

Alex DeBrincat had a pair of tying objectives after Emmitt Finne and Michael Brandsegg-Nygard scored to provide the Red Wings a 2-1 lead.

Detroit’s John Gibson made 32 saves, together with a kick save that denied Arseny Gritsyuk on an odd-man rush late in regulation to ship the sport to additional time.

The Red Wings acquired off to a tough begin, getting outshot 16-0 halfway by the primary interval. New Jersey, although, did not take full benefit as Rodrigues scored its solely objective within the opening interval.

Finne scored on Detroit’s third shot with 1:25 left within the first interval and Brandsegg-Nygard scored on the group’s subsequent shot early within the second interval.

PANTHERS 7, BLUE JACKETS 3

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Brady Tkachuk had a pure hat trick within the second interval, his brother Matthew Tkachuk matched a membership document with 5 assists and the Florida Panthers rolled previous the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-3 on Tuesday evening to snap a two-game skid.

Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Sam Reinhart added two objectives and an help, extending his level streak in opposition to Columbus to a franchise-record 12 video games.

Matthew Tkachuk assisted on all three of his brother’s objectives and had an help on Verhaeghe’s objective within the second for the primary four-assist interval in Panthers historical past. He prolonged his factors streak to 6 video games.

Brady Tkachuk turned the ninth Panthers participant with three objectives in a interval. He additionally had 4 factors within the second because the brothers turned the third and fourth Florida gamers with a four-point interval.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Andrei Svechnikov scored two objectives, together with the winner with 6:04 left within the third interval, to steer the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday evening.

Eric Robinson and Mark Jankowski additionally scored for the Hurricanes, who’ve received six straight. Goalie Pyotr Kochetkov made 20 saves and improved to 4-0-0 this season.

Boone Jenner and Justin Holl scored for Washington. Ryan Leonard added two assists and Logan Thompson stopped 31 pictures.

Svechnikov beat Thompson with a backhander six seconds after Justin Sourdif went to the penalty field for tripping. The Hurricanes completed 1 for five on the facility play.

It was the final scheduled go to to Raleigh for Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, who obtained a standing ovation early within the first interval.

The Lenovo Center has been a house away from house for the 41-year-old Russian, who is about to retire after this season. He was the No. 1 decide within the 2004 NHL draft held in Raleigh and his 59 profession factors in 49 regular-season video games are essentially the most he has recorded at any NHL venue apart from Capital One Arena in Washington.

The Hurricanes, who have been with out captain Jordan Staal, have been capable of preserve Ovechkin in examine on Tuesday however Jenner remained scorching. One of Washington’s prime free-agent signings within the offseason, Jenner has scored in three straight video games. He gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead at 9:26 within the first interval.

PHILADELPHIA — Bobby McMann scored a objective in regulation after which added the game-winner within the fifth spherical of the shootout because the Seattle Kraken beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday evening.

The loss prolonged Philadelphia’s franchise document for a winless streak to begin a season to eight video games (0-5-3).

McMann scored his third objective of the season on the facility play within the first interval when a free puck bounced to him in the proper circle, and he snapped a shot previous Philadelphia goalie Dan Vladar. He later beat Vladar within the shootout after Vladar made a number of good stops to maintain the Flyers’ hopes alive.

Ville Ottavainen scored his first NHL objective at 8:54 of the second interval after the Flyers acquired caught with drained gamers on the ice following an icing name on defenseman David Jiricek.

Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves to earn the win for Seattle, which has received three straight highway video games.

Grubauer acquired into it with Flyers ahead Trevor Zegras on two successive performs within the second interval. Zegras slashed Grubauer, and Grubauer responded with a cross-check. After Zegras got here out of the field, Grubauer threw a puck at him; Zegras shot it again at him after the whistle, they usually acquired right into a skirmish once more, and each have been penalized.

Zegras beat Grubauer with a third-period objective because the Flyers evened the rating with two objectives. Grubauer acquired the higher of Zegras, although, stoning him within the shootout.

Christian Dvorak additionally scored for Philadelphia and Vladar made 29 saves in defeat.

DALLAS — Martin Necas scored two objectives, together with a 5-on-3 rating, and the short-handed Colorado A-Z Eventz beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Tuesday evening within the opener of a home-and-home collection.

Artturi Lehkonen additionally scored for the A-Z Eventz, whereas Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves after permitting 5 objectives on Saturday in opposition to Toronto. Nathan MacKinnon had two assists, giving him 12 factors.

The A-Z Eventz opened with 11 forwards and 6 defensemen when ahead Zachary L’Heureux was a late scratch with an upper-body harm. Colorado then performed nearly 17 minutes with 10 forwards when Fedor Svechkov drew a two-minute instigator penalty, 5 minutes for preventing and 10 extra for misconduct. MacKinnon was additionally off the bench for greater than seven minutes within the second after he fought Roope Hintz — who had his first NHL struggle — and went to the locker room for facial repairs.

Tyler Seguin had a objective and an help, and Hintz additionally scored for the Stars. Jake Oettinger stopped 22 pictures after permitting three objectives in his earlier 4 video games, and Miro Heiskanen had two assists.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, PREDATORS 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — William Karlsson scored for the second straight sport to place Vegas forward, and the Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday evening.

Playing an evening after dropping 4-2 at Minnesota to cease a four-game skid, the Golden Knights (6-2) improved to 3-1 on the highway this season.

Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl, Trevor Connelly and Brett Howden additionally scored for Vegas, and Adin Hill made 25 saves.

Hill stopped a penalty shot from Jack Drury within the first interval after Nic Dowd was penalized for holding on a breakaway.

Adam Edstrom had his first profession short-handed objective and Ryan O’Reilly additionally scored for the Predators, who misplaced in regulation for the primary time since their season opener in opposition to the Wild. Juuse Saros stopped 20 pictures.

At 8:45 of the second, Edstrom had a breakaway with Nashville a person down however initially could not get a shot off with Eichel in pursuit. But he maintained management of the puck behind the web and guided it previous Hill to tie the sport at 2-all.

Karlsson restored the Golden Knights’ lead at 17:44 of the second with a snap shot to the highest nook of the web, and objectives by Connelly and Howden about 1 1/2 minutes aside within the third gave Vegas a three-goal benefit.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Charlie McAvoy scored in his season debut after serving a six-game suspension and the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Tuesday evening.

McAvoy missed the primary six video games of the season as punishment for slashing Buffalo’s Zach Benson late in Game 6 of the primary spherical of the playoffs final season when the Bruins acquired eradicated.

He did not take lengthy to make an influence as he acquired in entrance of the crease and knocked in a go from JJ Peterka late within the first interval to provide Boston a 2-1 lead.

Fraser Minten scored two objectives and Matthew Poitras and Pavel Zacha additionally scored for the Bruins, who’ve received three straight video games. Will Borgen added an empty-net objective.

Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves.

Ivar Stenberg scored his first profession objective for San Jose. Macklin Celebrini and Jacob Trouba additionally scored for the Sharks. Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves.