Gameday 3 Results (Mon 21, Jan)

Winnipeg v Boston 1-2 - For the second straight game, the Boston Bruins lost star defenseman Zdeno Chara to a penalty late in a tied game. And once again, the penalty kill survived missing the captain and helped set up the Bruins for a victory Monday. The Bruins killed off 2:17 of shorthanded time in overtime, including 1:28 without Chara, and then rode shootout goals by Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron to a 2-1 win against Winnipeg at TD Garden. The Bruins' penalty kill is now 9-for-9 through two games (both wins). In Saturday night's win against the New York Rangers, a penalty to Chara in the third period of a one-goal game put Boston down two men. But Boston thwarted the Rangers' power play. The Jets didn't even manage a shot on goal on that power play in the extra session or in the overtime as a whole. While the Bruins prevailed in their season-opener, the Jets were thrashed 4-1 by Ottawa in their season premier Saturday. By getting to the shootout against Boston, the Jets earned their first point of the season and proved they could go toe-to-toe with one of the Eastern Conference's perennial contenders. It took just 1:58 for the Jets to show they'd put their disappointing opener behind them. Chris Thorburn scored the game's first goal on a rebound of a shot by Paul Postma. The Bruins answered with 5:48 remaining before the first intermission, when Seguin stole an Andrew Ladd pass at the Winnipeg blue line. Seguin rode his momentum toward the Jets net and drew Winnipeg goaltender Ondrej Pavelec out of the crease. Brad Marchand then buried the puck after a pass back from Seguin. The teams played at a breakneck pace most of the rest of the afternoon, with both teams finishing with 27 shots on goal. Tuukka Rask made 26 saves in regulation before he stopped two of three shooters in the post-overtime showdown. Pavelec stopped Chris Bourque's attempt after he was beaten by Seguin and Bergeron. Bryan Little then failed to beat Rask as Winnipeg's third shooter. Although the Jets have picked up just one out of a possible four points, the difference in their play 48 hours after their opening-night struggles is a source of positivity. With a 2-0-0 start to their season, the Bruins have shown they've taken coach Claude Julien's message about urgency to heart.

Tampa Bay v NY Islanders 3-4 - The Islanders held on for a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Nassau Coliseum despite giving up three goals in less than six minutes early in the third period. Michael Grabner, Matt Martin, Kyle Okposo and David Ullstrom had goals for the Isles, who scored four times in a span of 14:41 bridging the second and third periods. Tampa Bay drew within one with 12 minutes left in the third period on goals by Martin St. Louis, Benoit Pouliot and Steven Stamkos, but the Islanders shut the door to preserve their first win of the season. Capuano was back behind the bench after missing Saturday's season opener due to kidney stones. Lightning coach Guy Boucher said he was frustrated with how many breakaways and odd-man rushes his team allowed in the second period. Grabner and Martin each scored on breakaways and Okposo converted on a 2-on-1 rush with Tavares to make it 3-0 after two periods. Ullstrom's goal 1:31 into the third was a result of pressure by the Islanders that led to a pretty give-and-go with Keith Aucoin off the rush. When the Lightning finally did get their chances, they buried them. St. Louis scored from the left circle less than a minute after Ullstrom's goal. Pouliot cleaned up a loose puck in front by pushing it past Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov (23 saves), and then 32 seconds later Stamkos hammered a one-timer from below the left circle. The Islanders, who start a five-game road trip Thursday in Toronto, used their power play to get on the board. Mark Streit connected with Grabner on a home-run pass that led to a breakaway goal 6:50 into the second period. It was Grabner's first goal of the season. He was held to 20 goals last season after breaking out with 34 in 2010-11. Martin and Okposo scored 72 seconds apart later in the second period to give the Isles their 3-0 lead at the second intermission. Martin scored on a breakaway with 3:37 left. He was stepping out of the penalty box following a two-minute minor for holding when Tavares found him with a blind pass into the neutral zone. He beat Lighting goalie Anders Lindback (40 saves) with a quick forehanded shot from between the hash marks. Capuano used his timeout after Stamkos' goal made it 4-3 with 12 minutes left, and the Islanders responded by going back to playing a more disciplined and quick game. The Lightning drew holding penalties on Nate Thompson and Brian Lee in the last two and a half minutes that crushed any chances they had for scoring the equalizer.

St Louis v Nashville 4-3 - Brian Elliott's job was to give the St. Louis Blues a fighting chance. Not only did Elliott do just that, he helped earn two points in a building that's been tough to win in against division-rival Nashville. Elliott stopped every puck thrown his way, 13 in all, and then went on to thwart the Predators twice in the shootout as T.J. Oshie and Alex Steen scored shootout goals, and the Blues rallied for a 4-3 win against the Predators on Monday night at Bridgestone Arena. Elliott, who Blues coach Ken Hitchcock named the starter Tuesday night in Chicago, entered the game at 12:53 of the second period in place of Jaroslav Halak, who was pulled after allowing his third goal on only 11 shots. No time to think, no time to warm up. Hitchcock wasted little time and Elliott responded accordingly. Hitchcock has been known a time or two throughout his career to make goalie switches at the right time. Steen, whose goal ended the game, watched Oshie's attempt closely and picked up a tendency on Predators goalie Pekka Rinne, who stopped 35 shots in defeat. The Blues, who opened the season by pounding Detroit 6-0, got a goal and two assists from rising rookie Vladimir Tarasenko, giving him five points in his first two games. Bernie Federko was the last Blues rookie to accomplish such a feat. Andy McDonald had a goal and assist and Kevin Shattenkirk added a pair of assists to give him four in two games. Patric Hornqvist netted a goal and a pair of assists in leading the Predators, who lost for the second time in as many games by a shootout. Columbus won here Saturday night. Mike Fisher had a goal and an assist and Martin Erat tossed in a pair of assists, as Nashville has two points in its first two games. Oshie beat Rinne with a backhand attempt after Elliott, who came on in relief of Jaroslav Halak, made a glove stop on Craig Smith. Then Elliott stopped Erat and Steen ended it by sliding a backhand home. The Blues felt they were fine at five-on-five, but the Predators converted two power-play goals and kept the game tight throughout. A wild first period saw each team score twice, with Colin Wilson giving the Predators a 1-0 lead, beating Halak with a wrister from the slot, only to see the Blues answer with goals from Tarasenko and McDonald. Tarasenko's goal was the rookie's third of the season, and McDonald's snipe came on the power play off a feed from Tarasenko. It was the Blues' fifth power play goal in six tries to start the season. The Blues had momentum, attacking Rinne at the other net, but a David Perron slashing penalty led to Fisher's tying goal for the Predators. Fisher scored with 2:47 left in the opening period despite Nashville being outshot 14-6. Rinne kept the Blues from grabbing a 3-2 lead when he was able to thwart Patrik Berglund from in tight in the waning seconds of the period. Hornqvist's third point of the night produced the second lead of the game for the Predators, who converted their second man-advantage goal in three tries. Hornqvist took Erat's pass along the side of the goal and flipped a backhand high into the net 12:53 into the second period through Halak, whose night was finished. Alex Pietrangelo tied it 3-3 in the third, combining on a play with Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz, as Pietrangelo beat Rinne from a tough angle at 12:10.

Buffalo v Toronto 2-1 - Ryan Miller and Jason Pominville made sure the Buffalo Sabres secured another two points Monday night. Miller made 34 saves and Pominville had a goal and an assist as the Sabres improved to 2-0-0 with a 2-1 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre. A day after combining for nine points against the Flyers, the Sabres’ first line once again came through in a big way. Pominville’s second-period goal turned out to be the game-winner, and he also assisted on Cody Hodgson’s first-period marker to pace his club to back-to-back victories. Thomas Vanek’s assist now gives him six points on the season after a stellar five-point showing Sunday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Miller got off to a quick start and shined when his team took three consecutive penalties in a span of 1:37 with just over five minutes left in the first period. With Tyler Myers and Drew Stafford already in the box with minor penalties, Steve Ott was assessed a two-minute penalty for closing his hand on the puck, prompting Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle to call a timeout. However, once play resumed, his club tried in vain to get the puck past the Sabres’ netminder. Miller made several tough saves with his club down two men, including stoning Phil Kessel twice from the slot. The 2010 Vezina Trophy winner also showed strong net presence when John Michael-Liles and Mikhail Grabovski crashed his crease while trying to jam home a Nazem Kadri centering pass. Dion Phaneuf almost tied the game at one on the man advantage, but he hit the crossbar. Miller would benefit from another Leafs shot off the post in the second period. Early in the opening period, Miller set the tone for the night stopping Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul on a chance in close not allowing a rebound. Lupul, fresh off signing a five-year, $26.25 million contract extension, swooped in on net after beating Sabres defenseman Alexander Sulzer to a loose puck in the offensive zone, but Miller held his ground and froze the puck to avert any further danger. Miller had not won a game in Toronto since December 2009 and his long losing stretch at the ACC was something he was well aware of. Toronto brought the play to Buffalo to start the second period, crashing the net and colliding with the Sabres at every opportunity. However, it was the visitors that got on the board as Pominville beat Ben Scrivens to finish off an odd-man rush with Vanek at 4:51 for his first of the season. Vanek was able to steal the puck after rubbing out Nikolai Kulemin along the boards, before racing into the Leafs’ end and making a perfect cross-ice pass to the streaking Pominville. John-Michael Liles had a glorious chance midway through the game. Pinching in from the blue line and heading towards the Buffalo net, he took a pass in stride but was unable to beat Miller who went cross crease, to turn away from seemed to be a sure goal. Hodgson opened the scoring at 8:51 of the first period, tipping in a Christian Ehrhoff shot from the point. The Buffalo defenseman had ample time to size up his drive from the blue line that made its way through heavy traffic and off the stick of Hodgson and behind Scrivens. It was Hodgson’s second goal of the season. Kadri had the lone Maple Leafs goal late in the third, scoring his second goal in as many games by using his speed to get to a puck banked off the end boards behind Miller and depositing it in the Sabres’ net. The goal gave the home-crowd a jolt and the Leafs looked like they had new life moments later on the strength of a Lupul’s first of the season, but replays clearly showed the Leafs’ winger punched a loose puck with his fist past Miller. In the waning seconds of the final period, with the Scrivens pulled for an extra player and the Sabres a man down with Hodgson in the box for tripping, the puck squirted to Kadri alone in front of the Buffalo net but with Miller prone, the puck hopped over his stick.

Florida v Ottawa 0-4 - It may only be two games into the season for the Ottawa Senators, but Kyle Turris is back and raring to go. Turris scored two goals, while Jim O’Brien and Jakob Silfverberg added two more as Ottawa beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,952 Monday night at Scotiabank Place. Turris now has three goals in two games, while Silfverberg’s goal was the first of his NHL career. Craig Anderson garnered his first shutout of the season with 31 saves. It was the 20th shutout of his career. Jose Theodore kept the Panthers in the game for the majority of the night, making 33 saves. Both teams came into Ottawa on a high note. Florida was buoyed by their 5-1 thrashing of the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night, while the Senators went into Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon and beat the Jets, 4-1. It was the Senators who jumped out to the early lead in the first period on the power play, after Keaton Ellerby was called for tripping at 4:41. Patrick Wiercioch fed a saucer pass from the high slot to Turris, who one-timed the shot from the half boards, beating Theodore at 10:42. Daniel Alfredsson also picked up an assist, for his first point of the season. Turris struck again in the second period at 12:07 when he skated the puck into the Florida zone, passed it off to Latendresse on the left boards and drove to the net. Latendresse then centered the puck for Turris, who tipped it past Theodore. Former Senators forward Alexei Kovalev was booed every time he touched the puck. Kovalev, who signed with the Panthers last week, has demonstrated chemistry with rookie Jonathan Huberdeau – the two combined for six points against the Hurricanes. However, Kovalev was largely silent Monday night, registering only a single shot on goal. Florida’s best chance in the game came late in the second, when Anderson was forced to make a nifty pad save on Tomas Kopecky after Kovalev sent him in all alone with 25 seconds left in the second. O’Brien made the score 3-0 off a turnover from Dmitry Kulikov late in the third period, while Silfverberg flipped a wrist shot past Theodore with 64 seconds left in the game.

Detroit v Columbus 4-3 - Swiss rookie Damien Brunner notched a highlight-reel goal in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night before 19,206, the largest regular-season crowd at Nationwide Arena in the Blue Jackets' 11-plus seasons. Brian Lashoff scored in his NHL debut and fellow defenseman Ian White also scored for Detroit, which finally got on the board twice in the second period after being humiliated 6-0 in their opener on Saturday night in St. Louis. Pavel Datsyuk had a goal to send the game into overtime with 6 minutes remaining in overtime, and also had an assist. Cam Atkinson, James Wisniewski and Vinny Prospal scored goals during regulation for Columbus, which was coming off a 3-2 shootout win at Nashville on Saturday night. Columbus was playing its first home game without Rick Nash, the team captain and franchise record holder for games, goals and points, since the end of the 2001-2002 season. He was sent to the New York Rangers along with a minor-league defenseman and a conditional third-round pick for forwards Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, defenseman Tim Erixon and a first-round pick. Jimmy Howard had 30 saves for the Red Wings. Sergei Bobrovsky matched him stop for stop for Columbus with 39 saves. Down 2-1 entering the third period, the Blue Jackets pulled even on a power play. Wisniewski's one-timer from just inside the blue line, a low, rising shot, beat Howard on the glove side. They then took the lead on another man-advantage after Kyle Quincey was called for interference on R.J. Umberger, the Blue Jackets' third consecutive power play in the third period. Cycling the puck, the Blue Jackets' Nikita Nikitin blasted a big one-timer that sailed over the cage and off the glass. It filtered all the way through congestion in front of the net. Prospal collected it at the right hash mark and scored. The Red Wings weren't done however. As a power play was ending, Henrik Zetterberg dug the puck out of the corner and fed Niklas Kronwall who faked and then fed Datsyuk who had crept in behind Bobrovsky and the defense to score easily with just over 6 minutes remaining. In the shootout, Atkinson opened with a goal for the Blue Jackets but it was disallowed after a video review. Neither team scored through three rounds. After Howard stopped Matt Calvert, Brunner skated to the right and then pulled the puck back to his left and forced it under the right leg pad of Bobrovski. It also was reviewed, but was confirmed. The Red Wings ended a scoreless string of 81:10 to start the season when Lashoff's hard shot from the left point eluded Bobrovsky, thanks in part to traffic provided in front of the net by Johan Franzen. Detroit made it 2-0 later in the period with both teams a man down. Franzen slid a pass through the slot left to right in front of the Columbus goal, setting up White who lifted the puck into the top of the net. Just over a minute later, the Blue Jackets narrowed the gap back to a goal when Atkinson took a pass from Ryan Johansen and then slipped past defenseman Brendan Smith. He swooped in on Howard, deked and then slid a forehand under the goalie's outstretched left foot. The Red Wings had the better of the action in the opening period, but still didn't dent the scoreboard. That was due to the play of Bobrovsky, who made several acrobatic stops while turning aside 15 shots. That was a substantial improvement for the Wings over the first period in St. Louis, where they were outshot 17-2. Detroit defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo was injured in the second period and did not return. Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said it was unlikely he would play soon.

Anaheim v Calgary 5-4 - In the opening week of the season, the Anaheim Ducks have shown they aren't afraid to get offensive. On the heels of a seven-goal outburst in Anaheim's season-opener against the Vancouver Canucks, the Ducks struck five times but choked away a three-goal first period lead. However, Daniel Winnik's second goal of the night broke a 3-3 tie and Ryan Getzlaf's insurance tally – his second goal of the game, in the third period proved to be the game-winner and assured the Ducks of another two points as they earned a 5-4 victory against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday night. Signed by the Ducks in July, Winnik has set the pace offensively for Anaheim scoring four of the Ducks' 12 goals on the season. But while Winnik's scoring at an impressive clip, it was Getzlaf's goal with 8:45 remaining that stood up to be the winner. Nursing a 4-3 lead, Getzlaf banged home the loose puck laying just outside Miikka Kiprusoff's crease to give the Ducks a comfortable two-goal edge. That two-goal lead was short-lived. After taking a stretch pass from TJ Brodie, Lee Stempniak broke in and beat Anaheim starter Jonas Hiller to the blocker to make it 5-4 with 5:56 left in the game. Pressing with the net empty, the Flames weren't able to beat Hiller a fifth time. Anaheim picked up where it left off Saturday in Vancouver, striking early in the first. Thwarted on a nifty end-to-end rush to gain the zone, Getzlaf then redirected a Toni Lydman point shot behind Kiprusoff just 66 seconds from the drop of the puck. After Saku Koivu put the Ducks up by two, Winnik gave the visitors a 3-0 edge with his third of the season at 7:23, beating Kiprusoff with a soft wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle. Calgary would answer back on just its third shot late in the period. With Lydman in the penalty box for cross checking, Curtis Glencross tipped Dennis Wideman's point shot from the top of the blue paint to cut the lead to 3-1 at 16:54. The Flames were able to close the gap to one before the period let out after a broken play by Jarome Iginla left Alex Tanguay alone in the slot with the puck. Tanguay fired a shot that beat Hiller to the blocker with 25.4 seconds left in the period. Carrying a power play over into the second, Glencross struck again, deflecting a Michael Cammalleri shot behind Hiller at 1:13 to even the game 3-3. Calgary continued to buzz in the second, directing 14 shots in total on Hiller, but couldn't break the tie. Reeling, the Ducks managed just three shots before regrouping in the third. The Ducks limited Calgary to just six shots in the final 20 minutes of the game, dropping the club to 0-2-0 on the season. Despite being winless, Flames coach Bob Hartley was content with the effort put forth by his club.