Results - Sunday, October 06, 2013

Philadelphia v Carolina 1-2 - The player who signs a contract two days before the start of the season isn't the one you expect to provide the key goals. But, so far, that's been Radek Dvorak's role. Dvorak attended the Carolina Hurricanes' training camp on a professional tryout, but that's been no reflection of his skills after 1,202 NHL games. When he scored midway through the second period Sunday night, his second in two games with Carolina, he gave the Hurricanes the cushion they needed to hold off the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2-1 win at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes carried the play for large stretches, setting the tone in the first period by outshooting the Flyers 17-5. Jay Harrison's snap shot trickled through the pads of Philadelphia goaltender Steve Mason for a 1-0 lead 8:11 into the game. Luke Schenn evened the score at 1-1 at 3:01 of the second period. After Kris Newbury won a faceoff, Schenn charged through the circle, beating Hurricanes forward Drayson Bowman and lifting a shot past goaltender Anton Khudobin, who made 17 saves to win his Carolina debut. Dvorak put the Hurricanes back on top five minutes later. When Schenn's pass from behind the net deflected off Jeff Skinner, Dvorak was alone in the slot. He used Riley Nash as a screen to beat Mason over the glove. While Dvorak is regarded as a two-way contributor with penalty-killing skills, he's got 225 NHL goals under his belt. Dating back to his nine-game stint with Anaheim last season, he has six goals in his past 11 games.


Anaheim v Winnipeg 3-2 - Teemu Selanne's final regular-season appearance in Winnipeg headlined Sunday night's meeting between the Anaheim Ducks and Winnipeg Jets, but another sniper earned his team two points. Anaheim's Corey Perry pounced on a Zach Bogosian giveaway behind the Winnipeg net and roofed a shot over Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec with 5:31 left in the third period, leading the Ducks to a 3-2 win at MTS Centre. Selanne, who starred for the original Winnipeg Jets and posted a 76-goal debut in his 1992-93 rookie season, received a standing ovation from the Winnipeg fans and earned first-star honors. Perry and his teammates enjoyed the experience as well. The Ducks played their first of 14 back-to-back sets this season. The Ducks pulled out a 4-3 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night before heading to Winnipeg to finish a three-game, season-opening trip. Last season, Anaheim posted a 7-2-1 record in the second half of back-to-back games. Despite the quick turnaround, Anaheim broke two Winnipeg leads over the opening 40 minutes. Mathieu Perreault scored his second goal in three games with the Ducks and Andrew Cogliano's first goal of the season with 4.2 seconds left in the second period sent the teams into the intermission tied at 2-2. The loss denied Winnipeg an opportunity to post its first 3-0-0 start in franchise history. Jets captain Andrew Ladd scored two goals. The Jets' first line of Ladd, Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler accounted for five of the Jets' 12 shots from forwards as the Ducks doubled the hosts in shots by a 34-17 count. Viktor Fasth returned in net for Anaheim after a 6-1 season-opening loss last Wednesday against Colorado and responded with 15 saves. Boudreau admitted afterward that he debated whether to pull Fasth after the first period, but the Ducks goaltender settled in after the two goals and held the Jets scoreless over the final 43:43. After finishing 30th in the League on the man-advantage last season, Winnipeg reworked its power play this summer, and the early returns have shown promise. Ladd opened the game's scoring 11 seconds after Kyle Palmieri was whistled for slashing. Wheeler unleashed a shot from along the right boards that sailed through a screen before Ladd tipped it high past Fasth at 9:06. Winnipeg now has converted on three of 13 power plays to start the season and has converted once in each of its first three games. Anaheim answered 70 seconds later, however, when Perreault positioned himself at the edge of Pavelec's crease and crammed a rebound over Pavelec. Winnipeg rebuilt its lead with 3:43 to go in the first period when Wheeler's hard shot from the slot ricocheted off the glass behind the Anaheim net. Ladd secured the bouncing puck inside the left circle and drilled a shot into the net before Fasth could scramble back into position. Anaheim held a 25-12 shots advantage at the second intermission. After trailing by a goal for nearly 24 minutes, Cogliano finally tied the game at 2-2 when he deflected Daniel Winnik's shot around Pavelec at 19:55.