NHL Results - Wed, Oct 29, 2014

Detroit @ Washington 4-2 - Justin Abdelkader had two goals and three points for Detroit, who trailed 2-1 entering the third period. Alex Ovechkin had seven shots on goal, matching his total of the past four games, but did not have a point for a fifth straight game. It's the longest drought of his NHL career. The first period provided Detroit with plenty of penalty-killing practice; it faced 3:58 of shorthanded ice time against Washington's third-ranked power play. The Red Wings' first penalty of the game nullified a goal by Drew Miller at 6:22 when Luke Glendening was whistled for interfering with Holtby, even though the goaltender stumbled on his own as he returned to the crease. Nyquist's fifth goal of the season resulted from a Capitals defensive-zone turnover midway through the second period. He found himself 1-on-1 with Holtby in the slot after Marcus Johansson couldn't corral a loose puck. Holtby kept out Nyquist's initial shot with a right-leg save, but the rebound popped into the air, allowing Nyquist to bat it in at 8:56. Kuznetsov tied the game and dented Detroit's seemingly impenetrable penalty kill at 13:19. Joel Ward's pass from the blue line found Kuznetsov in stride as he cut down the middle of the ice, and the rookie forward beat Howard for his first goal of the season. Brouwer gave Washington a 2-1 lead with 58 seconds remaining in the second period, receiving a pass from defenseman John Carlson as he rushed into the offensive zone undetected after a line change. Another sequence of sloppy defensive-zone puck management cost the Capitals in the third period when Abdelkader tied the game 2-2. As Andre Burakovsky attempted to handle the puck in the slot after a Brooks Orpik turnover, Abdelkader poked the puck away from the rookie and fired a wrist shot past Holtby at 4:04. Abdelkader again took advantage of a Capitals turnover at 10:34, this time in the neutral zone created by Henrik Zetterberg when he batted down Carlson's attempted breakout pass. Datsyuk then entered the Washington zone surrounded by four Capitals and dropped a pass to Abdelkader in the left faceoff circle. Datsyuk snapped a shot into the top-right corner of the net with 54 seconds remaining.
Nashville @ Edmonton 4-1 - Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne made 26 saves for his sixth win of the season. Ben Scrivens stopped 31 shots for the Oilers. The Oilers appeared to fall behind early at 1:35 of the first period after Smith poked the puck past Scrivens following a scramble in front. The goal, however, was waved off; referees ruled the whistle was in the process of being blown before the puck crossed the goal line. Smith did score at 6:23 of the second period, getting to a rebound in front of the net and lifting a shot over Scrivens. Nashville extended their lead at 7:49 on another quick transition rush. Colin Wilson took a long outlet pass, gained the Oilers' zone and hit a streaking Beck for a tap-in. Early in the period, Nugent-Hopkins came close to giving the Oilers the lead, snapping a shot over Rinne and off the crossbar. Initially a goal was awarded but the call was reversed following a review. Weber increased the Predators' lead 24 seconds into the third period on a point shot that beat a screened Scrivens to make it 3-0. Hall scored at 8:54 when he put a long rebound kicked to him by Rinne on a shot from Nugent-Hopkins past the Predators goaltender. Smith scored his second of the game at 12:24, taking a pass from Matt Cullen on a 2-on-1 break and snapping it past Scrivens. Cullen made his season debut after being out of the lineup because of an upper-body injury. The Oilers announced after the game they assigned right wing Luke Gazdic and goaltender Richard Bachman to the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL. Gazdic will go on a conditioning assignment; Bachman is returning to the AHL to make way for goaltender Viktor Fasth, who was out of the lineup because of a groin injury.