Minnesota @ Toronto 1-4 - The Maple Leafs, who won their third in a row, were outshot by the Wild 38-14, but Toronto took an early lead on Tyler Bozak's power-play goal 4:24 into the first period. Bozak connected on give-and-go passes from Cody Franson and Dave Bolland that caught the Wild defense out of position. Minor-league call-up Trevor Smith scored his first with the Maple Leafs on a lead pass from rookie Morgan Rielly. Smith's shot trickled through Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper's five-hole to give Toronto a 2-0 lead at 13:51. A power-play goal by Minnesota forward Jason Pominville at 17:27 cut the lead to 2-1, but in the second period, Raymond scored a power-play goal, using a nifty move to beat Kuemper at 12:23. The goal came on Toronto's seventh shot and forced Kuemper out of the game in favor of Josh Harding. Toronto's James Reimer was tested often but came up big in the second period, stopping Wild rookie Mikael Granlund on a breakaway with the Maple Leafs holding a 2-1 lead. In the third period, Toronto hung on while Minnesota provided more pressure, but Reimer shut down the Wild attack, stopping 36 shots overall. Raymond added his second goal into an empty-net at 19:02.
Buffalo @ NY Islanders 4-3 SO - The Sabres came to Long Island with seven losses, six in regulation, in as many games. They appeared headed for another loss before Marcus Foligno tied the game with 2:01 left in regulation. New York's Matt Moulson scored to start the shootout, but Thomas Vanek matched him in the opening round. After Miller stopped Frans Nielsen, Ennis drilled a wrist shot past Evgeni Nabokov and Miller ended the game by denying John Tavares. Nielsen, Matt Martin and Moulson scored for the Islanders, who played the first of a four-game homestand. Ennis and Vanek had second-period goals for Buffalo, which had its best offensive game of the season. The Sabres also overcame the loss of center Zemgus Girgensons, who left after being hit in the face by teammate Tyler Myers' shot and did not return. Tavares took a pass from Lubomir Visnovsky in the right circle and fired a slap shot that hit Moulson's leg and deflected past Miller at 8:44 of the third period for a power-play goal, breaking a 2-2 tie. Tavares drew the power play when Buffalo's Steve Ott was called for holding him away from the play. But Foligno tied it with 2:01 remaining in regulation when Myers picked off a bad clearing pass by Matt Carkner and fed him in the high slot for a shot that beat Nabokov through traffic. Andrew MacDonald had the best chance in overtime, but Miller got his right pad on the defenseman's backhander from just outside the crease. The Sabres sandwiched a pair of unsuccessful power plays around one by the Islanders before the game was eight minutes old. Both teams had opportunities before the Islanders opened the scoring at 13:49 of the opening period. Nielsen took a pass from Josh Bailey and raced into the Sabres' zone with speed. He did a toe drag as he entered the left circle to give himself a better angle, then ripped a wrist shot that went past Miller's glove and caught the top corner just inside the far post. It was the third goal in six games for Nielsen, who had six in 48 games last season. Miller was busy for the rest of the period, which ended with the Islanders holding their 1-0 lead and outshooting Buffalo 16-11. The Sabres picked up their play and tied the game at 5:24 of the second period. Nabokov stopped Christian Ehrhoff's bouncer, but he couldn't find the puck as it leaked through him and came to rest in the crease. Ennis got to the loose puck first and jammed it in for his first of the season. New York went back in front at 8:08 on a goal by its fourth line. Casey Cizikas controlled the puck behind the net to the right of Miller and found Martin crashing the net. Martin slammed the puck behind Miller for his first of the season. However, Tavares was called for high sticking 13 seconds after Martin's goal, and the Sabres capitalized to even the game at 9:20. Cody Hodgson's feed from the lower left circle found an unchecked Vanek alone in front for an easy deflection that made it 2-2. It was Vanek's third of the season. Vanek's goal marked just the second time in eight games that the Sabres scored more than one goal. The Sabres played without Patrick Kaleta, who was suspended for 10 games by the NHL earlier in the day for a hit to the head of Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson on Oct. 10.
Los Angeles @ Tampa Bay 1-5 - It took the Tampa Bay Lightning 19 seconds to jump out to a lead, and once they had it they never looked back in a 5-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night at Tampa Bay Times Forum. Martin St. Louis scored twice and had an assist, Ryan Malone had a goal and an assist, and Steven Stamkos picked up two assists for the Lightning, who halted the Kings' win streak at three. Ben Bishop was closing in on a shutout when Kings defenseman Slava Voynov found himself with the puck and plenty of room to score with 9:33 remaining. That was the only blemish for Bishop, who finished with 30 saves. St. Louis' second goal answered less than three minutes later. Stamkos skated over the Kings blue line, sent the puck back to Malone trailing through the slot, and the next pass was to St. Louis, standing alone at the side of the crease. Ondrej Palat finished the scoring at 18:39 of the third. For most of the second period, the Kings did everything but score, outshooting and outskating the Lightning. They did put a puck in the Tampa Bay net when Jeff Carter appeared to score, but the goal was waved off for goaltender interference by Mike Richards. Los Angeles had a four-minute power-play when Sami Salo was sent off for high-sticking at 3:08, but despite generating four shots on the man-advantage, Bishop turned everything aside. The Lightning scored their opening goal on their first shift, a redirection by Malone of Salo's shot from the point. It was Malone's first goal of the season. St. Louis assisted for his 900th point with the Lightning. Teddy Purcell and St. Louis extended scoring streaks to five consecutive games. Purcell opened the lead to 2-0 at 12:44 of the first when he broke into the Kings zone, zipped around Voynov, moved the puck from backhand to forehand, and found the corner of the net. Palat and Matthew Carle set Purcell up with precision passes.
Columbus @ Detroit 1-2 - Daniel Alfredsson and Todd Bertuzzi scored for the Red Wings, who won their third straight and improved to 5-2-0. Cam Atkinson had the lone goal for Columbus (2-3-0). Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 of 32 shots in the loss. Alfredsson scored his first goal with the Red Wings 5:05 into the opening period. With the teams at even strength, Pavel Datsyuk chipped the puck from the slot towards the faceoff circle, where Alfredsson was alone to rip it past Bobrovsky to give Detroit a 1-0 lead. Alfredsson, who signed with the Red Wings as a free agent during the offseason, entered Tuesday's action with five assists through six games. Columbus tied it 7:48 into the second period on Atkinson's second goal of the season. With Johan Franzen in the box serving an interference penalty, Atkinson carried the puck from just in front of his own goal all the way down the ice, skating through four Red Wings before poking the puck past Gustavsson to make it 1-1. But Detroit quickly responded with a power-play goal of its own. After Derek MacKenzie was whistled for interference, Henrik Zetterberg one-timed a shot from the right circle that never made it to Bobrovsky but bounced around in front of the net. Datsyuk and Bertuzzi each took whacks at the puck and it ultimately found its way through Bobrovsky's legs at 11:44 to give Detroit a 2-1 lead. Bertuzzi was credited with his second goal of the season. Gustavsson's biggest save was a spectacular stop on Columbus defenseman Jack Johnson. He slid across the crease to smother a backhand shot from the right circle with 5:20 left to preserve the lead.
San Jose @ St Louis 6-2 - The San Jose Sharks won the battle of the unbeatens, but that was furthest from their minds after the game. The Sharks downed the St. Louis Blues 6-2 Tuesday night at Scottrade Center, but were worried about the status of teammate Dan Boyle afterwards. Boyle was taken off on a stretcher early in the first period following a hit by the Blues' Maxim Lapierre, who was ejected for checking from behind. A Sharks spokesperson said Boyle was alert and responsive on the way to the hospital and will be held overnight for observation. The Sharks got a goal and three assists from Thornton, Patrick Marleau had a goal and two assists, Couture had a goal and an assist, Pavelski, Tommy Wingels and Scott Hannan also scored, and Antti Niemi stopped 25 shots as San Jose improved to 6-0-0, tying the Sharks with the Colorado Avalanche for the NHL's best record. After the Boyle injury, 79 minutes in penalties were handed out in the first period. Lapierre was assessed a five-minute major for checking from behind as well as a fighting major and a game misconduct. Teammate Ryan Reaves and San Jose forward Matt Pelech received fighting majors and game misconducts. Andrew Desjardins was originally awarded a fighting major and 10-minute game misconduct but the call was changed to a 10-minute misconduct and he was able to return for the second period. Later in the period, San Jose's Brent Burns checked the Blues' Brenden Morrow from behind into the boards; he got a two-minute boarding penalty, much to the displeasure of the Blues fans. Morrow returned and Hitchcock said afterwards he was OK. The Sharks took a 2-0 lead on power-play goals 48 seconds apart by Couture and Pavelski. Both goals came from the left circle. Couture's goal at 9:37 came in the final minute of Lapierre's penalty and put the Blues behind on home ice for the first time in the regular season since April 16, 2013, a stretch of 568:47. Pavelski one-timed his first of the season on the short side past Halak three seconds after a two-man advantage for the Sharks expired. The Sharks continued to pour it on in the second period, getting goals from Wingels and Hannan to grab a four-goal lead. Wingels scored on a wraparound off the skate of Blues defenseman Barret Jackman at 8:34, and Hannan scored his first of the season off a slapper with 2:43 left in the period for a 4-0 lead. Thornton made it 5-0 on a shot from the slot, beating Elliott 5:06 into the third period off a pass from rookie Tomas Hertl, who has nine points in six games. Vladimir Tarasenko ended Niemi's shutout bid with his fourth goal in as many games when he hammered home a rebound off a Jaden Schwartz shot at 7:23 of the third period. Roman Polak scored his second goal in the past two seasons when he one-timed a shot from the low slot past Niemi off a feed from Derek Roy with 7:32 remaining to make it 5-2. It was Roy's fifth point in five games. Marleau added his fifth of the season and the Sharks' third power-play goal with 2:54 remaining and put a stamp on a game the Sharks played for their teammate.
Florida @ Nashville 3-4 - Third-period goals by Craig Smith and Patric Hornqvist held up for the Nashville Predators in a 4-3 victory against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena. Hornqvist gave Nashville a 4-2 lead 5:13 into the third when, on a power play, he skated off the goal line to flip a sharp-angled shot past Panthers goaltender Jacob Markstrom. Smith broke a 2-2 tie 1:22 into the period. Taking advantage of a Florida line change, a passing play from Shea Weber to Gabriel Bourque resulted in a loose puck in front of Markstrom that Smith converted. Weber and Mike Fisher also scored for Nashville, which has won three of four after losing its first two. Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots. Jonathan Huberdeau, Marcel Goc and Matt Gilroy scored for Florida, which has lost five of six after an opening-night victory against the Dallas Stars. Markstrom made 26 saves. Gilroy made it 4-3 with 8:27 remaining when his centering pass was tipped into the Nashville net by backchecking Predators forward David Legwand. It was the first goal scored by a Panthers defenseman this season. Goc tied the game 2-2 at 12:30 of the second period. Nashville defenseman Victor Bartley tried to bat the puck, but it wound up on Goc's stick at the post to Rinne's left. Fisher became the first Predators player to reach two goals this season 42 seconds earlier. Smith created a turnover in the Florida zone and found Fisher wide open racing off the bench on the right-wing side. Fisher assisted on the opening goal of the game, a blast from Weber at the blue line that buzzed past Markstrom at 9:23 of the first period. The Panthers scored first in the second period. A hit by Mike Weaver created a turnover that wound up with Scott Gomez heading up the right-wing boards. Trailing the play, Huberdeau entered the offensive zone, took the pass, deked around defenseman Kevin Klein and slid the puck under Rinne at 1:16.
Montreal @ Winnipeg 3-0 - Montreal has dominated the series since the Jets moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011, winning seven of the teams' eight meetings. Jets coach Claude Noel admitted that the Canadiens present his team with a difficult challenge. Winnipeg began the game needing a strong start against the visitors, but it was the Canadiens who dominated and set an aggressive tone early. Prust and P.K. Subban scored in the first against Winnipeg starter Ondrej Pavelec to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Montreal nursed the lead until offseason addition Daniel Briere scored his first goal with the Canadiens, hitting an empty net with 1:18 remaining in the game. The Jets did not test Price early, failing to record a shot until seven minutes into the game, but the Canadiens' goaltender held the Jets scoreless through heavier Winnipeg pressure in the second period. Montreal's Max Pacioretty fell awkwardly after Winnipeg's James Wright pulled him down on a rush to the Winnipeg net at 13:02 of the first period. Pacioretty was helped off the ice favoring his left leg and did not return to play with what Montreal personnel termed a lower-body injury. Therrien did not have an immediate report on Pacioretty's status after the game. Montreal pounced on the Jets immediately and pinned the home team deep in its own zone for the game's first two minutes. Heavy Montreal pressure paid off when Prust set himself up at the right post and backhanded Briere's missed shot that caromed off the end boards under Pavelec's right pad at 2:06. The Canadiens continued to exploit the Jets inside the Winnipeg zone and went to work on their first power play midway through the period. After several prime scoring chances during the power play, the Canadiens continued to apply pressure before Subban unleashed a hard, skipping shot from the point that beat Pavelec at 11:28. Subban has eight points in his first six games this season.
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