Anthony Cirelli scored a go-ahead power-play goal with 3:15 left, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman recorded milestone points and the Tampa Bay Lightning were victorious for the first time on home ice, 4-3, over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.
In the second period in a 1-1 match, Kucherov, who had two assists, reached 1,000 career points with the secondary helper on Jake Guentzel’s second marker, with the entire team jumping onto the ice to celebrate with the star right wing. Kucherov joined former Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos as the only players to reach 1,000 points with the franchise.
Hedman (two assists) added his 800th career point on Cirelli’s first tally in close on goaltender Lukas Dostal (29 saves) for a 3-1 lead. Cirelli added an empty-net goal to cap a three-point night. Brandon Hagel notched two assists to give him 300 career points for the Lightning. Backup Jonas Johansson got the start and made 37 saves.
Jacob Trouba, Ryan Poehling and Troy Terry (assist) scored for Anaheim, which lost in regulation for the first time on its five-game road swing (2-1-1) that ends Tuesday night at the Florida Panthers.
Panthers 3, Golden Knights 0
Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves for his 50th career shutout as Florida handed visiting Vegas its first regulation loss in Sunrise, Fla.
A.J. Greer had a goal and an assist and Sam Reinhart and Cole Schwindt each scored goals for Florida, which won for just the second time in seven games. It was the first shutout of the season for Bobrovsky, who also picked up his 434th career win. Akira Schmid finished with 23 saves for Vegas, which had a 14-game regular-season point streak dating back to last season snapped.
Schwindt was making his season debut with the Panthers after being claimed on waivers from Vegas on Oct. 2. His goal early in the third period when he pulled the puck out of a scrum in front of the crease and scored a wrist shot was the second of his career.
Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 3 (OT)
John Tavares scored at 1:28 of overtime to lift Toronto to a win against visiting Buffalo.
Tavares’ goal, No. 499 of his career, came on a breakaway after a Buffalo turnover. Nicholas Robertson, Matias Maccelli and Dakota Joshua scored for the Maple Leafs, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0-2-1). Cayden Primeau made 23 saves.
Tage Thompson scored twice and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 18 saves for the Sabres, who had won two straight. It was Luukkonen’s first start of the regular season after being out since sustaining a lower-body injury in the first period of a preseason game on Oct. 1.
Flyers 4, Islanders 3 (SO)
Trevor Zegras recorded two goals and an assist in regulation before netting a key shootout tally as host Philadelphia nipped New York.
Christian Dvorak chipped in a goal and an assist for the Flyers, while Matvei Michkov had the decisive shootout goal. Samuel Ersson made 23 saves for Philadelphia, including a dazzling stop on Bo Horvat on a point-blank chance in overtime.
Simon Holmstrom, Anthony Duclair and Maxim Tsyplakov were the regulation goal scorers for New York. Ilya Sorokin stopped 23 shots for the Islanders, who had won their previous four games.
Senators 7, Capitals 1
Dylan Cozens and Drake Batherson both tallied a pair of goals and an assist to help Ottawa spoil Alex Ovechkin’s 1,500th career game in a dominant win in Washington.
Shane Pinto, Nick Cousins, and Thomas Chabot all joined Cozens and Batherson on the scoresheet, while Linus Ullmark made just 12 saves on 13 shots.
Trevor Van Riemsdyk tallied the Capitals’ lone goal — his first of the season with the Caps down 5-0 and 15 minutes left in the game — while Charlie Lindgren recorded 27 saves in the losing effort.
Blue Jackets 5, Penguins 4 (SO)
Kent Johnson, Adam Fantilli and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout to give Columbus a win over host Pittsburgh.
Dmitri Voronkov had two goals and Charlie Coyle and Yegor Chinakhov also scored for the Blue Jackets, who blew a two-goal third-period lead. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 26 shots and Evgeni Malkin on the final shootout attempt as Columbus won for the third time in four games.
Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist and Kris Letang, Ryan Shea and Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Malkin had two assists and Arturs Silovs made 37 saves.
Red Wings 6, Blues 4
Simon Edvinsson scored a pair of goals, including the go-ahead goal with 9:12 remaining, as Detroit rallied from a four-goal deficit to stun the visiting St. Louis.
Alex DeBrincat scored the game-tying goal less than a minute earlier. Jonatan Berggren, Emmitt Finnie and J.T. Compher had second-period goals for Detroit, while John Gibson made 25 saves. Andrew Copp chipped in two assists.
Jake Neighbours scored twice for the Blues, who have lost three straight. Pavel Buchnevich scored while playing his 300th career game with St. Louis and Jordan Binnington made 22 saves.
Bruins 3, Avalanche 2
Viktor Arvidsson and Mikey Eyssimont each scored in a 39-second span in the first period to help Boston snap its six-game losing streak with a victory over visiting Colorado.
Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves, a game-high 12 of which came in his shutout second period. Mason Lohrei assisted on all three goals for the Bruins.
Artturi Lehkonen scored both Avalanche goals and Nathan MacKinnon assisted on both of them as Colorado took its first regulation loss of the season.
Mammoth 6, Wild 2
Logan Cooley and Nick Schmaltz scored two goals apiece and Utah pulled away for a win over Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn.
JJ Peterka and John Marino also scored for Utah, which won its sixth game in a row. Cooley (two goals, one assist) and Marino (one goal, two assists) each finished with three points. Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka stopped 33 of 35 shots.
Marcus Johansson scored both goals for Minnesota, which has one win in its past six games (1-4-1). Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson allowed five goals on 40 shots.
Canadiens 4, Canucks 3
Ivan Demidov collected a goal and two assists and Juraj Slafkovsky had one of each, fueling visiting Montreal to a victory over Vancouver.
Montreal captain Nick Suzuki scored a power-play goal to extend his point streak to nine games. Mike Matheson also tallied, Alexandre Carrier notched two assists and Jakub Dobes finished with 28 saves to improve to 5-0-0 on the season. The Canadiens overcame a two-goal deficit to post their seventh win in their last nine games.
Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson recorded a goal and two assists and Conor Garland scored and set up a goal to reach the 300-point plateau. Jake DeBrusk converted on the power play and Kevin Lankinen turned aside 20 shots for the Canucks, who have lost three in a row.
Stars 3, Hurricanes 2
Miro Heiskanen scored twice as Dallas erased a 2-0 deficit and edged visiting Carolina.
Sam Steel also scored and Mikko Rantanen added a pair of assists for the Stars, who snapped a four-game winless skid (0-3-1). Jake Oettinger made 26 saves as Dallas improved to 2-2-1 on home ice.
Jackson Blake and Sebastian Aho scored first-period goals as the Hurricanes jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Brandon Bussi stopped 31 shots as Carolina wrapped up a six-game road trip with a 4-2-0 record.
Predators 5, Kings 4 (SO)
Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist and scored in the nine-round shootout to help Nashville edge visiting Los Angeles and win consecutive games for the first time this season.
Filip Forsberg and Cole Smith also scored and Juuse Saros made 36 saves for the Predators. Joel Armia had a goal and an assist while Adrian Kempe, Corey Perry and Trevor Moore also scored in the loss.
Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for the Kings, who were trying to win three in a row to start the five-game road trip. They played beyond regulation for the fourth straight game and sixth in nine games overall.
Kraken 3, Oilers 2
Jordan Eberle scored twice against his former team as Seattle defeated visiting Edmonton.
Seattle’s Tye Kartye also tallied, Matty Beniers had a pair of assists and goaltender Joey Daccord made 31 saves to improve to 5-1-1.
Defensemen Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse scored for the Oilers, who had won nine of their previous 10 games against Seattle. Leon Draisaitl had two assists and Stuart Skinner stopped 20 of 23 shots.
–Field Level Media
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