Results - Mon, 08 Oct 2013

New Jersey v Edmonton 4-5 - The Oilers scored four times in the third to erase a 3-0 deficit, then went on to win the game, 5-4, in a shootout. The win was the first NHL victory for Oilers coach Dallas Eakins. Jordan Eberle and David Perron scored for the Oilers in the shootout as Damien Brunner and Ryane Clowe were turned away for the Devils. Andrew Ference, Perron and Taylor Hall joined Nugent-Hopkins on the scoring sheet for the Oilers. Jaromir Jagr, Brunner, Michael Ryder and Patrik Elias countered for the Devils. Martin Brodeur, who only faced 11 shots through the first two periods, took the loss, while Jason LaBarbera earned his first victory in goal as an Oiler. Jagr got the Devils on the board 2:59 into the first period, scoring on the opening shot of the game. Brunner increased the Devils' lead at the 8:01 mark, beating LaBarbera with another wrist shot from the high slot. The goal was the third of the year for Brunner, who signed with the Devils Sept. 24 after being invited to camp on a professional tryout. In the second, Ryder put the visitors up 3-0, stepping out of the corner and lifting a shot over LaBarbera. Nugent-Hopkins started the comeback with a goal 5:43 into the third period. The Oilers' center banged in a rebound at the side of the net, spoiling Brodeur's shutout bid and waking up a dormant building. Ference scored the Oilers' second goal at 9:28 of the period, firing a shot from the point that found its way past Brodeur. Perron tied the game at 11:47, getting to the puck off a faceoff and snapping it past Brodeur. Hall completed the comeback at 13:30 when he was left alone in front of the net and slipped the puck past Brodeur. Elias sent the game into overtime with a shorthanded goal with 54 seconds to go in regulation, banking a centering pass off Ference's skate and past LaBarbera.


NY Rangers v Los Angeles 3-1 - Ryan Callahan, in his season debut after offseason shoulder surgery, missed almost the entire second period with a cut in his mouth, but returned in the third and the Rangers took advantage of uncharacteristic turnovers by the Kings in a 3-1 win Monday night to give Alain Vigneault his first win as Rangers coach. Brad Richards, who flirted with the Kings in free agency several years ago, scored twice and Ryan McDonagh got a fluky 180-foot shorthanded goal on a clear in the third as the Rangers earned their first win on the second of a season-opening nine-game road trip. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves to win the much anticipated matchup against Jonathan Quick, who made 25 saves and let in a blooper goal when he lost his stick and had the puck glance off his blocker trying to handle McDonagh's dump-in off the boards from his own hash mark. Callahan didn't waste time testing out his shoulder. He hit Kings defenseman Robyn Regehr on the first shift of the game. It was a scary moment, though, when Callahan lay prone before he skated to the dressing room after he collided with center Anze Kopitar in L.A.'s zone 32 seconds into the second. L.A. managed to cut its deficit to 2-1 after two periods on a terrific forecheck by Mike Richards, who forced Dan Girardi into a giveaway in New York's zone and fed Jake Muzzin for a wrist shot past Lundqvist at 12:11. It was otherwise a forgettable second period for Los Angeles. Kings defenseman Drew Doughty spent six minutes in the penalty box and the power play failed to record a shot on goal. Doughty was caught hooking Derek Stepan at the right point as the latter took the puck up ice. A series of inexplicable Kings turnovers led to a 2-0 lead for the Rangers. Justin Williams lost the puck behind his net before Voynov made a blind pass that was intercepted. Moments later, Kyle Clifford couldn't collect the puck near New York's bench and Richards broke in on goal and had his shot slide in off Voynov's stick at 10:46. The Rangers' forecheck troubled the Kings at times and it paid off in the first period when Doughty turned the puck over while pressured by Stepan. Nash took the initial shot from the left side and Richards grabbed the loose puck and shot it in past a scrambling Quick for a 1-0 lead at 13:32. It was the third straight game that L.A. allowed the first goal.