Toronto @ NY Rangers 6-3 - The Maple Leafs played with speed and with the puck, dominated on special teams and got a solid performance from their No. 2 goalie. Basically, they beat the Rangers for their first win of the season because they did everything they didn't do well enough in their opening two games this season. Henrik Lundqvist allowed six goals on 24 shots before he was replaced by Cam Talbot with 4:47 to play in the second period. Toronto scored five goals on Lundqvist in a span of 9:54 in the second period to take a 6-2 lead. Toronto goalie James Reimer made 24 saves before leaving with 13:17 to play in the third period after he was hit in the head by Rangers center Dominic Moore while reaching for the puck at the side of the net. Toronto's first-line wings James van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel, without a point in the first two games, each scored a goal and combined for five points. Kessel's goal came on the power play. Van Riemsdyk scored his on a shorthanded breakaway. Maple Leafs defenseman Cody Franson, who didn't play in the first two games because of a knee injury, got Toronto started with a power-play goal at 7:45 in the first period. He added an assist. Toronto also got goals from Tyler Bozak, Nazem Kadri and David Clarkson, who scored his first of the season.
Winnipeg Jets @ Los Angeles Kings 1-4 - The chemistry of the line of Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter and Tanner Pearson, nicknamed "That 70s Line," blossomed last season for the Kings. The summer did nothing to slow them down. Toffoli, Carter and Pearson each had a goal and an assist to lead the Kings to a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets. Pearson and Carter put the game away with two goals in the second period. The line has accounted for five of the Kings' six goals this season, and Toffoli credited the veteran Carter for the continued success.
Martin Jones made 29 saves and looked sharp in his first start this season. He was tested early with saves against Michael Frolik and Adam Lowry, and he made a point-blank save on Andrew Ladd in the third. Coach Darryl Sutter was content with the Kings' most complete performance so far this season. It was Sutter who masterfully put "That 70s Line" together because of how Carter could lead Toffoli and Pearson, who are 22 years old. The Kings had one shot on goal in the first 12 minutes of the second period and scored on it for a 3-0 lead. Pearson's wrist shot skidded over the goal line at 2:03 after Toffoli bumped Winnipeg defenseman Jacob Trouba off the puck near the Kings' bench. That chased rookie goalie Michael Hutchinson for Ondrej Pavelec. Hutchinson, a former Kings farmhand in his fourth NHL game, allowed three goals on 13 shots, though he didn't receive much help. Drew Doughty assisted on the Kings' first two goals. The rebound of his point shot went to Marian Gaborik, who fed a tight pass to Anze Kopitar for a 2-0 lead at 10:58 of the first period. Doughty also fed Carter for a shot and passed the puck to Toffoli for a put-back goal at 6:18 of the first. Carter finished Toffoli's rebound to make it 4-0 at 16:42 of the second when the Kings caught Winnipeg on a line change. Bryan Little scored for Winnipeg at 17:47 of the second. The Jets have been outscored 7-1 the past two games and, for the second straight game, had a key player take a game misconduct penalty when Blake Wheeler instigated a fight with Robyn Regehr after a hit on Jets center Mark Scheifele. Doughty passed Marty McSorley for fifth on the Kings' all-time list among defensemen with his 164th assist. Winnipeg defenseman Mark Stuart played in his 500th game.
Monday October 13
Colorado @ Boston 2-1 - Daniel Briere banged in a rebound from the slot at with 0.4 seconds left in regulation and the Avalanche beat the Bruins 2-1 for their first win of the season. The Avalanche also got a goal from Jamie McGinn and goaltender Reto Berra made 27 saves on 29 shots. Forward Loui Eriksson scored for the Bruins. Goaltender Niklas Svedberg stopped 28 of 30 shots. Briere's goal was the 300th of his NHL career. With goals in the second period, Colorado snapped their goal drought at 143:27 and Boston did the same after 135:48. From there they were able to focus on the two points that were on the line. In the second period, the Avalanche took advantage of a Bruins icing by getting the line of Matt Duchene, Jarome Iginla and Jamie McGinn on the ice for an offensive-zone faceoff. Off the draw the Avalanche controlled play and Tyson Barrie's pinch down the right wall led to McGinn skating toward the net with the puck on his stick. The left wing took a wrist shot that beat Svedberg under his left arm for a 1-0 lead at 3:28 of the second period. The goal allowed the Avalanche to avoid a measure of infamy; according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only team in NHL history to be shut out in its first three games of the season was the 1930 Montreal Maroons. The Bruins answered with a power-play goal at 7:50. After center Carl Soderberg knocked down teammate Reilly Smith's wrist shot, he settled the puck and found Loui Eriksson cutting across the slot. Eriksson waited with the puck on his backhand and then flipped it over a sprawled-out Berra to tie the game at 1-1. The Avalanche have won seven straight at TD Garden and are 8-0-1 in their past nine games in Boston. The Bruins last defeated Colorado in Boston on March 30, 1998
Anaheim @ Buffalo 5-1 - Corey Perry's power-play goal opened the scoring with 4:30 left in the first period. His goal came on the Sucks' fourth power play of the period and helped them settle into the game. Anaheim outshot Buffalo 17-3 in the first. Karlsson, a 21-year-old from Sweden, made it 2-0 when he scored at 8:15 of the second. Karlsson took a pass from defenseman Hampus Lindholm and fired a high wrist shot in the slot past Sabres goalie Michal Neuvirth. The goal came as a penalty to Sabres defenseman Mike Weber expired. Karlsson followed that with his second of the game at 3:14 of the third period that gave the Ducks a 4-0 lead when he batted a loose puck out of the air and past Neuvirth. His goal came 18 seconds after Beleskey's first goal of the season made it 3-0. Sabres forward Tyler Ennis scored his second goal at 6:36 of the third. Ennis chipped the puck past Andersen after a pass from behind the net by Matt Moulson. The goal was the first scored by the Sabres in the third period this season. Penalties were a problem for the Sabres; the Sucks went 1-for-6 on the power play and had a penalty shot goal from Kesler at 12:25 after he was taken down by Sabres defenseman Andrew Benoit on a breakaway. Ducks forward Patrick Maroon sustained a lower-body injury at 11:10 of the second period and did not return. Maroon was helped off the ice after he took a hit from Sabres defenseman Josh Gorges. He started the game on the Ducks' top line with Perry and captain Ryan Getzlaf, and assisted on Perry's first-period goal.
Ottawa @ Florida 1-0 - Craig Anderson improved to 11-2-1 against the Panthers, for whom he played three seasons (2006-09). It was Anderson's third shutout against Florida and the 27th of his career. He entered the game with a 2.06 goals-against average and .934 save percentage against Florida. Clarke MacArthur gave Anderson and the Senators the only goal they would need when he scored on the power play at 15:34 of the second period. Before MacArthur scored, it was the Panthers who had the better scoring chances. Midway through the second period, Bjugstad hit the post with a wrist shot on a 2-on-1. Bjugstad was in the penalty box for hooking when MacArthur took a pass from Kyle Turris inside the Florida zone, slid between Scottie Upshall and Erik Gudbranson and slipped a backhand between Luongo's legs after a quick deke.
Montreal @ Tampa Bay 1-7 - Steven Stamkos scored his eighth career hat trick, tying him with Martin St. Louis for the franchise record. His third goal came with 1:46 remaining in the second period when he scored a power-play goal with a wrist shot from outside the right circle to give the Lightning a 4-1 lead. Stamkos had a chance for a fourth goal but failed to get a clean shot off on a 3-on-1 against Canadiens backup goalie Dustin Tokarski.The Lightning turned the game into a rout with third-period goals from Ryan Callahan, Ondrej Palat and Vladislav Namestnikov, who scored his first NHL goal. It was a nice response after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Callahan's goal came on a superb effort; he skated around Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban and slipped the puck past Tokarski. The Lightning took a 1-0 lead 5:24 into the game on Victor Hedman's third goal of the season when he used a screen from Namestnikov to snap a wrist shot past Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who was pulled after the second period. Stamkos gave the Lightning a 2-0 lead midway through the first with a shot from close range after Callahan applied pressure in front the net. Brendan Gallagher scored for the Canadiens with 7:44 remaining in the first when he redirected Jarred Tinordi's slap shot from the point past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (16 saves). Hedman had three assists to give the defenseman seven points through three games to lead the NHL. It was the first four-point game of his career. He made a beautiful pass to set Stamkos up with a breakaway goal in the second period. Nikita Kucherov had two assists and Matthew Carle had the assist on Callahan's goal for his first point of the season. Price had 19 saves before being pulled; Tokarski stopped 15 of 18 shots in the third period.
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