David Krejci, who had seven goals in 47 games last season, scored his seventh goal of this season in the first period. After Torey Krug made an indirect pass from behind the Bruins net to Eriksson at the Boston blue line, and Eriksson touch passed the puck ahead to the red line, Krejci skated 2-on-1 with Brett Connolly. Krejci kept the puck and beat Smith inside the right post for a 1-0 lead at 17:22. Hayes scored at 6:51 of the second period. Beleskey skated to the right circle past two defenders and took a backhand on Smith, who made the save, but Hayes banged in the rebound. Morrow's first goal of the season put the Bruins ahead 3-0 at 17:29 of the second period. Connolly scored in his third straight game when he beat Smith at 10:22 of the third period for a 4-0 lead. Marchand scored a power-play goal at 13:07, and Krejci scored his second with 38 seconds remaining. Bruins David Pastrnak and Joonas Kemppainen had their ice time curtailed in the third. Julien said the Bruins were being cautious with all three.
Columbus @ New Jersey 3-1
Sergei Bobrovsky bailed out Columbus in the first two periods, when New Jersey held the advantage. The Devils outshot the Blue Jackets 24-14. Bobrovsky (2-6-0, 3.99 goals-against average, .864 save percentage) lost the shutout when Kyle Palmieri scored a power-play goal off a backhand with 2:28 left.
Jenner, who leads the Blue Jackets with six goals, scored off a rebound from the left hash at 9:03, and Atkinson tucked in a shot off a pass from Brandon Dubinsky at the right post 35 seconds later. Jenner's goal came 2:30 after Tortorella called timeout following a good scoring chance by the Devils. Jacob Josefson had a deflection in the slot that caromed in on Bobrovsky and trickled toward the goal line before he swiped the puck away with his goal stick at 6:11 of the third period. After an icing, Tortorella called timeout. Hartnell extended the lead to 3-0 off a slap shot from the left circle that beat Devils goalie Cory Schneider over the left shoulder at 14:47. The Blue Jackets were without center Ryan Johansen for a second straight game. Johansen, who missed a win at the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, is day-to-day because of fatigue. Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said prior to the game there was no update available, and Johansen did not travel with the team. Dubinsky, who served as the Blue Jackets' top center between Brandon Saad and Nick Foligno in Johansen's absence on Saturday, started there again. He was replaced by Alexander Wennberg and shifted to second-line center late in the second period.
Buffalo @ Philadelphia 4-3 OT
Zemgus Girgensons broke in alone on Steve Mason at 2:29 of overtime to give the Sabres a 4-3 victory. Philadelphia lost fourth-line center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare with 5:52 left in the first period. He needed help leaving the ice and was unable to put weight on his right leg. The Flyers said he sustained a lower-body injury. The Flyers, who tied the game on Schenn's second goal with 53.2 seconds left in the third period, had a prime chance to win it at 1:55 of overtime. Sam Gagner had a breakaway that Johnson stopped, and the rebound rolled to the side of the net. Scott Laughton had an open look, but Johnson dropped his stick, dove across the crease and used the palm of his blocker hand to knock the puck away. Moments later, Brayden Schenn overskated a puck at the offensive blue line, and Sabres defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo sent it the other way to Girgensons, who broke in alone and beat Mason between his pads for his first goal of the season. The Flyers seemed to have momentum heading into overtime after Schenn got into the slot and redirected a shot by Claude Giroux over Johnson's right shoulder for the tying goal in the final minute of the third. Schenn's first goal tied the game 2-2 at 8:14, but McCabe answered with his second goal of the season 1:24 later, a slap shot through a Jack Eichel screen, to put Buffalo back in front. The Sabres confirmerd Evander Kane would be out 4-6 weeks because of an injury to the medial collateral ligament his left knee sustained Saturday against New Jersey. Ennis' goal was his third of the season, but McGinn, McCabe and Girgensons had combined for one goal, by McCabe, entering the game. The Sabres took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Ennis and McGinn. They nearly pushed it to 3-0 with 7:13 left in the first when the rebound of a McGinn shot from the left side bounced off Marcus Foligno and into the net. But the goal was waved off after referees ruled Foligno used a distinct kicking motion to put the puck in the net. The Flyers got to within 2-1 at 14:40 of the first on VandeVelde's first goal of the season. His shot off the rush from the left circle hit off the bottom of Johnson's glove and went into the net.
Carolina @ Detroit 3-1
Carolina secured a second consecutive win in Detroit after the Hartford Whalers/Hurricanes franchise had a 1-17-1 record at Joe Louis Arena since 1990. Hainsey gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead 4:35 into the third period. After Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall failed to connect with Tomas Jurco on a pass along the boards, Hainsey's one-time slap shot from just inside the blue line at the left point beat Mrazek, who was screened. Ward stopped Drew Miller cutting in off the right wing on a shorthanded rush with 2:43 left to preserve the one-goal lead for Carolina, and Staal scored into an empty net with 30 seconds remaining. Rask took advantage of a miscue by Mrazek to open the scoring with 7:34 left in the second period. Rask, at the top of the left circle, knocked down Mrazek's attempted clearing pass, picked up the puck, skated past the Detroit goaltender and put it into the empty net for his third goal. Kindl tied it 1-1 with 2:16 left in the second period. His wrist shot from the right point deflected in off the skate of Jay McClement. Mrazek made consecutive big saves with a little more than seven minutes left in the first period to keep the game scoreless. He stopped McClement's backhand shot from the inside edge of the left circle through a screen before making a save on Brad Malone's rebound attempt. Alexey Marchenko lifted Staal's stick to break up a breakaway attempt with seconds left in the first period.
Montreal @ Vancouver 1-5
The Canucks ended the Canadiens' season-opening winning streak at nine games and avoided an ignominious record of their own with a 5-1 win Tuesday.
Rookie Jared McCann scored twice, former Canadiens forward Brandon Prust had two assists and Ryan Miller made 25 saves to help Vancouver end Montreal's streak at nine victories, one short of matching the NHL record for most wins at the start of a season. Luca Sbisa, Radim Vrbata and Derek Dorsett also scored for the Canucks, who won for the first time in six games at Rogers Arena to avoid a franchise record for the worst start to a season on home ice.
Torrey Mitchell scored on a deflection 2:54 into the third period for the Canadiens to make it 3-1, bringing back memories of the Canucks blowing third-period leads in their past two games. But Montreal took a bench minor for too many men on the ice to negate a power play of their own three minutes later, and Vrbata restored Vancouver's three-goal lead at the end of the power play before Dorsett rounded out the scoring on a nice rush midway through the period. Carey Price made 23 saves for the Canadiens, who had to settle for becoming the first team in NHL history to win its first nine games in regulation. They came up one short of joining the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs and 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres as the only teams to start a season with 10 straight wins. The Canadiens came into the day leading the NHL in goals scored and goals allowed, but were down 3-0 before the end of the first period after a couple of tough bounces. McCann, a 19-year-old rookie, opened the scoring 2:30 into the game after Prust handcuffed his old goalie with a high shot from the faceoff circle. Price appeared to make a windmill save, but the puck came out of his glove, bounced off his shoulder and rolled down his back, leaving a charging McCann with an open net for his third goal. The Canadiens, who had trailed for 2:57 all season, fell behind 2-0 on another tough bounce for Price 6:42 later. With Miller pulled for an extra attacker during a delayed penalty, Sbisa's one-timer from the point was tipped in the slot by Nathan Beaulieu and bounced up and over a helpless Price and into the net. Montreal had several great chances to get back into the game, but Miller slid across and threw out his blocker to rob David Desharnais on a 2-on-0 break with Tomas Fleishmann. McCann made it 3-0 with 4:08 left in the period, winning an offensive zone faceoff after a P.K. Subban icing, sliding into the slot for a return pass from Prust and snapping a quick shot past Price's outstretched glove. It was McCann's team-leading fourth goal in seven games, strengthening his case to stay in Vancouver this season rather than returning to his junior team. McCann, who doesn't say much, insisted he wasn't thinking about that, but seemed excited about having his breakout game against the streaking Canadiens. The only downside for the Canucks was losing Prust to an ankle injury late in the second period. Prust, who said Monday it still "hurt a little" to be traded by Montreal in the summer, would have added a third assist if not for Price robbing Sbisa, but left after turning his left ankle awkwardly. Prust said an X-ray didn't show any fractures but that he is scheduled to have an MRI on Wednesday and will not travel with the team for a two-game road trip that starts Thursday against the Dallas Stars. It was a tough night for Price, who came in with a .961 save percentage. After bad breaks on two first-period goals, Vrbata scored when he batted a puck out of the air and past the Montreal goalie after it bounced up off a defender's stick. Dorsett walked into the low slot untouched before his shot bounced in off Canadiens forward Alexander Semin on the backdoor. Vancouver was playing without top-four defenseman Dan Hamhuis, who was a late scratch, taking what the team called a "maintenance day" to rest an unidentified ailment.
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