NHL - Pre-Season Results [Sept 22-25]

Tuesday, September 22
David Pastrnak scored his second goal of the game 12 seconds into overtime to lead the Bruins past the Capitals 2-1 at TD Garden. Pastrnak opened the scoring at 8:16 of the third period off a feed from David Krejci (two assists). Nate Schmidt tied it for Washington with a power-play goal 1:19 later. Malcolm Subban started for the Bruins and made 17 saves. Zane McIntyre allowed one goal on 10 shots. Capitals goalie Justin Peters made saves on all 15 shots he faced. Philipp Grubauer allowed two goals on 17 shots.Shayne Gostisbehere scored two goals in the third period to help the Flyers defeat the Rangers 5-3 at Wells Fargo Center. Yevgeni Medvedev opened the scoring at 8:43 of the first period on the power play. Brayden Schenn gave the Flyers a 2-0 lead at 3:56 of the second period with a power-play goal. After the Rangers got goals from Oscar Lindberg and Mat Bodie 1:17 apart to tie it 2-2, Sam Gagner, acquired from the Coyotes in a trade at the 2015 NHL Draft, scored a power-play goal at 9:40 of the second to put the Flyers back on top for good. Gostisbehere scored at 2:11 of the third period at even strength and again at 16:29 on the power play. Bodie scored his second goal with 1:59 remaining to make it 5-3. Steve Mason made 29 saves on 32 shots. New York goalie Magnus Hellberg made nine saves on 11 shots in 28:27 before being replaced by Antti Raanta, who allowed three goals on 17 shots. Neither team scored in five minutes of play under the new 3-on-3 overtime format after the game ended.Jake Gardiner scored a power-play goal 16 seconds into overtime in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2-1 win against the Canadiens at Bell Centre. Gardiner had an assist on William Nylander's goal at 19:31 of the second period. Michael McCarron gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead 15:45 into the game. Carey Price made 11 saves for Montreal. Zach Fucale gave up two goals on 16 shots. Antoine Bibeau made saves on 13 of 14 shots. Garret Sparks made seven saves.

Wednesday, September 23
Five players scored for the Senators in their 5-2 victory against the Sabres at First Niagara Center. Max McCormick opened the scoring at 6:00 of the second period, and Alex Chiasson scored 1:59 later to increase the Senators lead to 2-0. Zack Stortini's goal at 9:26 of the second period gave Ottawa a 3-0 lead.
Evander Kane, playing in his first game with the Sabres after being acquired in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets on Feb. 11, scored a shorthanded goal at 2:23 of the third period to make it 3-1. After Mika Zibanejad scored to restore Ottawa's three-goal lead, Kane scored with the Sabres on the power play with 3:34 remaining to make it 4-2. Senators center Ryan Dzingel scored an empty-net goal 30 seconds later. Ottawa goalie Matthew O'Connor made denied each of the 18 shots he faced before being relieved by Chris Driedger, who allowed two goals on 24 shots. Buffalo goalie Robin Lehner made 16 saves on 19 shots. Andrey Makarov made five saves on six shots in 19:18.
Brock Nelson and Travis Hamonic scored in the first period, and Kevin Poulin made 22 saves in the Islanders' 2-1 win against the New Jersey Devils at Barclays Center. Lee Stempniak scored for New Jersey at 17:59 of the second period. Islanders goalie Christopher Gibson relieved Poulin at the start of the third period and made five saves. Cory Schneider played the entire game for the Devils and made 25 saves. Nelson scored shorthanded 3:57 into the game before Hamonic made it 2-0 off a feed from John Tavares at 5:32.

Thursday, September 24
Brad Marchand scored the winning goal in the shootout to give the Bruins a 4-3 win against the Rangers at TD Garden. The Bruins trailed 3-1 entering the third period but got goals from Brandon Carlo at 5:05 and Ryan Spooner with 54 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. Neither team scored in the NHL's new 3-on-3 overtime format. It was the first preseason game for Mats Zuccarello, who sustained a brain contusion and fractured skull on April 24 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference First Round series and missed the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Zuccarello had a goal and an assist. Tyler Randell scored at 7:06 of the first period to give Boston a 1-0 lead.
Brady Skjei and Zuccarello scored to make it 2-1 New York after the first period.
Kevin Hayes' goal at 16:50 of the second period was the third unanswered goal for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves on 22 shots in two periods before he was replaced by Jeff Malcolm, who had 16 saves on 18 shots. Jeremy Smith played the entire game for the Bruins and made 22 saves. The Rangers were 2-for-4 on the power play; the Bruins were 0-for-6.
T.J. Oshie scored the lone goal in the shootout to help the Capitals defeat the Canadiens 4-3 at Bell Centre. Andre Burakovsky scored to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead at 1:55 of the first period. Oshie scored at 14:08 before Tomas Fleischmann, signed by the Canadiens to a professional tryout contract, cut the Captials lead in half 12 seconds later. Alex Galchenyuk's goal at 2:29 of the first tied it 2-2. Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal at 8:49 of the second period for a 3-2 Washington lead, but David Desharnais scored with the man-advantage for the Canadiens to tie it 3-3 at 14:14. Neither team scored in the NHL’s new 3-on-3 overtime format. Washington and Montreal each went 1-for-5 on the power play. Braden Holtby started for the Capitals and made 10 saves on 13 shots in two periods before being replaced by Dan Ellis, who made saves on all 12 shots he faced. Dustin Tokarski made 19 saves on 22 shots for the Canadiens. Mike Condon made saves on all 21 shots in relief.

Friday, September 25
Five players scored for the Flyers in a 5-2 win against the Islanders at Wells Fargo Center. Chris Porter tied it 1-1 at 10:44 of the first period after New York’s Bracken Kearns gave the Islanders the lead 1:04 earlier with a power-play goal. Shayne Gostisbehere scored at 15:47 of the first to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead. Brayden Schenn and Michael Raffl scored 33 seconds apart early in the second period to increase the lead to 4-1. Casey Cizikas’ goal at 8:46 of the second pulled the Islanders within 4-2. Matt Read scored on the power play at 8:49 of the third. Michal Neuvirth played the entire game for the Flyers and made 23 saves. Christopher Gibson made 16 saves on 20 shots through two periods before being relieved by Kevin Poulin, who made five saves.
The Islanders also played at the Prudential Center, but New Jersey Devils,scored three goals in a row to defeat them 4-2. John Moore scored in the second period, and Mike Cammalleri and Reid Boucher scored in the third. Mathew Barzal gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead 9:32 into the second period. Ryan Strome scored a power-play goal for New York 5:25 into the second before Joseph Blandisi scored a shorthanded goal for New Jersey 33 seconds later. Keith Kinkaid made 21 saves for New Jersey. Stephon Williams made 23 saves for New York.Ben Bishop saved all 18 shots he faced in his first game since the 2015 Stanley Cup Final, as the Lightning defeated the Panthers 4-1 at Amalie Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored twice, the game’s first goal at 12:29 of the first period and at 12:26 of the second period to make it 4-0. Erik Condra and Matthew Peca scored for the Lightning in the second period. Vladislav Namestnikov had two assists. Vincent Trocheck scored a power-play goal at 9:05 of the third period. Bishop, who tore his groin in Game 2 of the Cup Final but missed one start the rest of the series, played 29:35 before being relieved by Kristers Gudlevskis, who made 17 saves.Mark Pysyk scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:55 left in the third period to give the Sabres a 6-4 win against the Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. Nazem Kadri tied the game 4-4 with a goal 3:02 into the third period.
The Maple Leafs built a 3-1 lead on first-period goals by Stuart Percy and Daniel Winnik, and one 2:03 into the second by Matt Frattin. Buffalo answered with second-period goals by Brian Gionta, Nicolas Deslauriers and Ryan O'Reilly (shorthanded) to take a 4-3 lead. David Legwand scored with six seconds left for the final margin.