Boston @ Buffalo 4-0 - Dougie Hamilton got the scoring started at 9:56 of the first period with his first goal of the season. The 21-year-old defenseman took a pass from Patrice Bergeron and fired a wrist shot from just inside the blue line that got past Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth, who was screened. Hamilton's assist came on a goal by Bruins captain Zdeno Chara that made it 2-0 with 6:29 left in the first period. The Bruins kept the Sabres pinned in their own end and Hamilton passed to Brad Marchand, who set up Chara for a slap shot that beat Enroth over his left shoulder. It was Chara's second goal. The Bruins made it 3-0 with 8:20 to play in the second period when Torey Krug scored his first goal of the season. David Krejci won a faceoff straight back to Krug, who fired a wrist shot from the point past Enroth. Krejci drove to the front of the net after winning the draw and set a screen on Enroth. Each of the Bruins' first three goals came with traffic in front of Enroth. Soderberg gave the Bruins a 4-0 lead with 5:12 remaining in the second period. His second goal came when he put a backhand shot over a sprawling Enroth after taking a feed from behind the net from Chris Kelly. Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller left the game after he sustained an upper-body at 7:55 of the first period and did not return.
Colorado @ Montreal 2-3 - P.K. Subban scored twice in the second period, the latter on a spectacular individual effort, to lead Montreal to a 3-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Bell Centre. Subban came out of the penalty box and scored a highlight-reel goal to put the Canadiens up 3-1 late in the second after scoring a power-play goal earlier in the period to tie it 1-1. Alex Galchenyuk, who assisted on Subban's first goal, scored a goal after coming out of the penalty box to give Montreal a 2-1 lead. On his second goal of the game, Subban stayed onside after coming out of the penalty box to chase down a puck on the left side of the Colorado zone. Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie fell against the left side of the net and Subban carried the puck behind and around back out front. Finding himself alone as Nick Holden pursued Montreal's Lars Eller, Subban deked around rookie goalie Calvin Pickard to stuff the puck inside the right post at 17:59. Matt Duchene got credit for his 10th shot of the game when he deflected Jarome Iginla's shot from the right side past Price at 17:29 of the third to pull the Avalanche within one. Alex Tanguay scored at 2:23 of the first for Colorado, which fell to 1-4-1. Duchene missed an opportunity to put the Avalanche up by two when he ripped a shot off the left post on Colorado's first power play in the first. Subban drove a slap shot past Pickard from the top of the left faceoff circle to draw Montreal even at 4:13 of the second. Pickard, who denied Max Pacioretty on a breakaway midway through the first, stopped 25 of the first 26 shots he faced through the first 27:58. Galchenyuk put the Canadiens up 2-1 with his second goal at 11:23. After serving a slashing penalty, Galchenyuk stepped back on the ice and stripped Nathan MacKinnon of the puck in the neutral zone. Galchenyuk drove to the net, took a return pass from Brandon Prust and beat Pickard for his second goal. Tanguay scored for a second game in a row to give Colorado the lead at 2:23 of the first, finishing off a return pass from John Mitchell with a shot into a wide-open net.
Columbus @ Ottawa 2-3 - Mike Hoffman chased down a puck chipped into the neutral zone by Senators goon Chris Neil and beat Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky with a slick backhand over Bobrovsky's left shoulder. The goal, at 9:38 of the third period, broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Senators their fourth win in a row after losing the season opener. Hoffman set up David Legwand for the Senators' first goal and was awarded a penalty shot that was stopped by Columbus goaltender Curtis McElhinney, who made his first start of the season. McElhinney was injured at 7:02 of the second period when Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno, backchecking hard, collided with him on a play that resulted in the Senators second goal, by Erik Karlsson. McElhinney was replaced by Bobrovsky, who faced 18 shots. The Blue Jackets, playing for the second straight night, erased a 2-0 lead with goals 41 seconds apart in the second period. Foligno was credited with the Blue Jackets' first goal at 13:57 when the puck went into the Ottawa net off the foot of Senators rookie Curtis Lazar and behind goaltender Robin Lehner, who made 38 saves in his second win in as many starts. Columbus defenseman David Savard tied the game at 14:38 with a shot from the point after a turnover at the Ottawa blue line by Senators defenseman Eric Gryba. Legwand scored the only goal of an eventful first period, at 15:50, after some fine work by Hoffman. Hoffman had a strong first period. Four minutes before he set up Legwand for his goal, he broke away and was held by Columbus defenseman James Wisniewski, earning a penalty shot from referee Graham Skilliter. Hoffman skated in on McElhinney and attempted the deke made famous by former NHL star Peter Forsberg, but Hoffman's one-handed backhand was stopped by the goaltender. Hoffman was also noticeable in the first period for a strong backcheck in the neutral zone which led to a Blue Jackets turnover.
Toronto @ Detroit 0-1 OT - Henrik Zetterberg scored with 10 seconds left in overtime to give the Red Wings a 1-0 win at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday. His first goal of the season was a one-timer from the high slot; he came in off the right wing and took a cross-ice pass from Niklas Kronwall. Detroit left wing Tomas Tatar hit the goal post about a minute into overtime. Bernier made a glove save on Justin Abdelkader from the bottom of the left circle with 6:59 left in the third period. Bernier made a save on Kronwall's backhand after Kronwall skated in from the left circle about nine minutes into the period. Bernier made three big saves in the second half of the second period. He denied Tatar from the slot with 8:14 left, and made an even better stop on center Luke Glendening with 6:27 remaining with Glendening positioned just off the crease. Shortly after that, Bernier managed to get his shoulder on Gustav Nyquist's shot from the bottom of the right circle. Toronto left wing Matt Frattin, in the lineup because of Brandon Kozun's high ankle sprain sustained Friday, hit the goal post 5:39 into the second period. Gustavsson stopped two breakaways in the first period. The first was a shorthanded glove save on James van Riemsdyk with 7:14 left. The second came with 42 seconds remaining; Gustavsson made a sprawling pad save as center Mike Santorelli made a move and tried to slide a forehand along the ice between Gustavsson's leg and the right post. Abdelkader took Franzen's place on the first line with Zetterberg and Nyquist. Weiss played on the third line with Darren Helm and Andrej Nestrasil.
Florida @ Washington 1-2 SO - Alex Ovechkin scored the decisive shootout goal; Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored. Justin Peters made 20 saves in his first start of the season. Brad Boyes scored for Florida. Chimera broke a scoreless tie at 17:12 of the first period. Washington worked the puck down low, with Joel Ward chipping the puck to Eric Fehr in the right corner below the goal line. Fehr then sent a centering pass through two Panthers toward Chimera, who outwaited Montoya and deked to his backhand for his first goal of the season. The Capitals seemingly took a 2-0 lead midway through the second period when Brooks Laich tipped in Mike Green's floating wrist shot from the right point, but it was quickly waved off with Laich's stick above the crossbar. Two minutes later, Chimera roared up ice in search of his second goal and once again went to the backhand, but Montoya denied him with a sprawling left-toe save. The Panthers pushed back to begin the third period and Boyes tied the game on the power play at 4:27. Florida, which did not register a shot on goal during its previous three power-play opportunities, scored when Boyes put Sean Bergenheim's rebound past Peters.
Nashville @ Chicago 1-2 OT - Jonathan Toews tapped in his own rebound to cap a shorthanded breakaway with 1:34 left in overtime, his first goal of the season. It didn't look good for the Blackhawks when left wing Patrick Sharp tripped defenseman Ryan Ellis in the defensive zone 1:50 into overtime. After intercepting a drop pass from forward Craig Smith to defenseman Roman Josi inside the Chicago zone, he took off toward the Predators net unimpeded. Carter Hutton (35 saves) made the initial save, but the puck was still loose between his skates when Toews knocked it over the goal line. Chicago again dominated puck possession and total shot attempts. Defenseman Johnny Oduya scored 1:49 into the game Saturday, giving Chicago a quick 1-0 lead. Nashville got their goal from defenseman Shea Weber at 11:17 of the first, capping a power play with his third goal in four games to tie it 1-1. A little more than two minutes into the third, Calle Jarnkrok put a slap shot on goal that Crawford stopped and followed it four seconds later with a snap shot that was also denied. Smith then had a golden opportunity thwarted at 5:56, when a Blackhawks turnover gave the puck to Colin Wilson to the right side of the Chicago goal. He sent a pass to Smith on the back side, but the puck was fired low into Crawford's right pad. Crawford made a couple more key stops against Weber and forward Filip Forsberg before Hutton found himself back in the spotlight in the last minute of regulation. The former Blackhawks prospect made saves against left wing Patrick Sharp on a hard wrist shot with 25 seconds left and a sprawling pad stop on a slap shot by Hossa with eight seconds remaining.
St Louis @ Phoenix 6-1 - Jaden Schwartz capped off his first NHL hat trick and a four-point night with a power-play goal with 2.1 seconds left in the Blues' 6-1 win against the Coyotes. There was little doubt on Schwartz's first two goals. Schwartz beat Coyotes goalie Mike Smith over the glove from point-blank range on each, helping to turn what was a 1-0 game after one period into a rout. Vladimir Tarasenko assisted on each of the Blues' first three goals, Jori Lehtera had a goal and two assists, and David Backes and Alex Steen each had a goal and an assist for St. Louis, which has won five straight games in Arizona. Goalie Jake Allen, playing in his first NHL game in 18 months, made 24 saves and came within 9:32 of earning the second Blues shutout in three nights. The win may prove costly for the Blues, who lost center Paul Stastny to an upper-body injury on his first shift. Stastny was hit on separate plays by Martin Hanzal and Mikkel Boedker and skated to the dressing room holding his left hand less than a minute into the game. Hanzal was helped off the ice with an apparent lower-body injury in the second period after he was hooked down in front of the St. Louis goal by Blues forward Patrik Berglund. Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said Hanzal will be evaluated further Sunday. Smith allowed six goals on 36 shots to continue his tough start. He has allowed 16 goals in three games. But Smith wasn't the only player who struggled against St. Louis. The Coyotes were 10-for-10 on the penalty kill this season before allowing four power-play goals to the Blues, and they didn't offer much resistance. Lauri Korpikoski scored the Coyotes' goal on the power play at 10:28 of the third period to spoil Allen's shutout bid. Smith looked sharp early, making 14 saves in the first period. He stopped Tarasenko three times in the first 14 minutes, once on a point-blank chance off a behind-the-back pass from Schwartz. But St. Louis kept the pressure on, and when Oliver Ekman-Larsson was sent off for interfering with St. Louis defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, the Blues needed only 17 seconds to cash in. Smith stopped Schwartz and Tarasenko in a wild scramble in front of the net before the puck went in off Backes' skate at 17:42 for his second goal. It was the ninth first-period goal the Coyotes have allowed in four games. The Blues dominated the second period. After killing two Phoenix power plays, Backes chased down a rebound behind the Coyotes' net and fed an unmarked Steen inside the right circle. Steen beat Smith with a shot to the far post at 11:42, and the Blues were off and running. Schwartz made it 3-0 on the power play 1:12 later. Phoenix's Michael Stone failed to clear the zone twice before leaving Schwartz all alone to pop a Tarasenko feed past Smith. Schwartz, who was credited with an assist on Backes' goal, made it 4-0 less than a minute into the third period on another point-blank chance, collecting a Lehtera faceoff win in the slot and shooting it by Smith. After Korpikoski got Phoenix on the board, Lehtera made it 5-1 when he beat Smith between the pads on the power play with 7:58 left in the game. Then Schwartz got his hat trick in the final seconds.
Tampa Bay @ Vancouver 4-2 - Stamkos scored on his first two shots and set up Ryan Callahan's go-ahead goal on a 5-on-3 power play late in the second period to lead the Lightning to a 4-2 win. After missing 45 games last season with a broken leg that now has a 16-inch titanium rod inside, Stamkos is still working his way back to 100 percent. Stamkos got behind Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa coming down the left wing and took the puck hard to the net before crashing into Lack and the net. Tampa Bay built on their lead when Alex Killorn scored an insurance goal six minutes into the third period. Sent away by Ondrej Palat after the Canucks' top line turned the puck over at the end of a long shift in the offensive zone, Stamkos lifted a quick backhand deke in off the bottom of Lack's outstretched blocker. Higgins tied the game at 7:15 of the first period when he snapped his own rebound past Bishop's left pad after a nice give-and-go off the rush with Nick Bonino. But Stamkos restored the lead 71 seconds later. Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis, playing with a full face shield after getting cut across the nose by an errant stick the night before, whiffed on a clearing attempt behind his net. The loose puck went right to Callahan, who one-handed it through the crease to Stamkos for a backhand between Lack's legs. Edler tied the game early the second period on a rush that turned into a power play as it went up the ice, but Vancouver failed to convert three straight power plays in the second period, with Bishop making a couple of good saves on Radim Vrbata's cross-crease one-time shots. Tampa Bay took the lead again after a lengthy two-man advantage expired late in the period. Stamkos broke his stick on a shot but Vancouver failed to clear as Stamkos skated to the bench to grab a new one, and the Lightning captain skated back into the play and took a pass from former Canucks defenseman Jason Garrison. Stamkos skated unchecked into the right faceoff circle, waited for Lack to commit to his knees and snapped a cross-crease pass to Callahan for a one-timer into the empty net.
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