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Adidas Ian Cole Jersey , Fla. (AP) Nikita Kucherov stopped an 11-game goal drought, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his NHL-best 32nd victory, and the
Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday night.Yanni
Gourde, Adam Erne, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman also scored for the
Lightning, who returned home after a 5-3 trip.Vancouver’s Brock Boeser scored
his 26th goal and Anders Nilsson stopped 31 shots.Kucherov opened the scoring on
his 28th goal by converting a rebound 14:36 into the first period.After Gourde
got his 20th goal during a power play at 1:38 of the second, Erne made it 3-0
with 6:20 left in the second in his first NHL game this season.Stamkos completed
Tampa Bay’s three-goal second when he picked his up 20th goal late in the
period.COYOTES 4, WILD 3, OT.ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Clayton Keller scored
Arizona’s fourth straight goal at 3:55 of overtime to give the Coyotes a
comeback victory over Minnesota.Nick Cousins scored twice for Arizona. His
second goal tied it with 18.3 seconds remaining in regulation after Arizona
pulled goalie Antti Raanta for an extra attacker.Kevin Connaughton also scored,
and Raanta stopped 25 shots.Eric Staal, Matt Cullen and Mike Reilly scored to
give Minnesota a 3-0 lead.GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, SHARKS 3SAN JOSE
Adidas Philipp Grubauer Jersey , Calif. (AP) – James Neal and Jonathan Marchessault scored in a 3 1/2-minute span in the third period, helping Vegas to
the win.Brayden McNabb, William Karlsson and Erik Haula also scored for the
Golden Knights, who closed out a 4-2 road trip. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 35
shots.Joe Pavelski scored twice for the Sharks, who lost their second straight.
Timo Meier also scored, and Martin Jones made 28 saves.STARS 4, BLACKHAWKS
2CHICAGO (AP) – Tyler Seguin scored twice, Ben Bishop made 37 saves and Dallas
beat fading Chicago for its fourth straight win.Tyler Pitlick connected with 4.5
seconds left in second period, and Stephen Johns also scored for the Stars, who
strengthened their hold on the top wild card in the Western Conference and
remained one point behind third-place St. Louis in the Central Division.Jonathan
Toews and Artem Anisimov scored for Chicago, which lost its fourth straight
overall and sixth straight at home. Anton Forsberg blocked 26 shots.SABRES 4,
ISLANDERS 3BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Sam Reinhart poked in a rebound with 4:14
left
Adidas Cale Makar Jersey , and Buffalo beat New York after squandering a three-goal lead.Jack Eichel and Evan Rodrigues each had a goal and an assist for
Buffalo, and Ryan O’Reilly also scored. Robin Lehner stopped 26 shots to help
Buffalo salvage the finale of a five-game homestand after going 0-3-1 in its
previous four games.John Tavares, Anders Lee and Ross Johnston scored for New
York.SENATORS 4, PREDATORS 3, OTOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Mike Hoffman scored 3:01
into overtime, lifting Ottawa past Nashville.Chris DiDomenico, Max McCormick and
Magnus Paajarvi also scored to help the Senators win for the fourth time in five
games. Craig Anderson made 35 saves for his 15th win of the season.P.K. Subban
scored twice for the Predators (32-12-9), and Calle Jarnkrok picked up his 13th
goal. Juuse Saros stopped 32 shots.Veteran forward Kyle Turris returned to
Ottawa for the first time since he was traded to the Predators in November. He
received a standing ovation during a video tribute in the first period.BLUES 6,
AVALANCHE 1ST. LOUIS (AP) – Brayden Schenn scored twice and Vince Dunn had a
career-high three assists to help St. Louis beat Colorado.Paul Stastny had a
goal and an assist, and Ivan Barbashev, Kyle Brodziak and Alex Pietrangelo also
scored. The Blues scored more than four goals for the first time since Dec.
9.Carter Hutton made 23 saves as St. Louis beat Colorado for the fourth straight
time. The Blues have earned points against the Avalanche in 12 consecutive
games. Gabriel Bourque scored for the Avalanche.FLYERS 5, CANADIENS
3PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Travis Konecny scored twice and Claude Giroux had a goal
and two assists to help Philadelphia beat Montreal.Jakub Voracek and Ivan
Provorov also scored
Adidas Adam Clendening Jersey , and Shayne Gostisbehere had three assists. Logan Shaw, Artturi Lehkonen and Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal.FLAMES 3,
DEVILS 2NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Johnny Gaudreau scored the go-ahead goal and set up
linemate Sean Monahan’s second of the game, and Calgary won its third
straight.Backup David Rittich made 30 saves, giving Mike Smith a rare night off
and helping the Flames improve to 15-5-5 on the road. Taylor Hall and Pavel
Zacha scored for New Jersey. BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron missed the entire
exhibition season and most of training camp recovering from back spasms that
followed offseason groin surgery.It doesn’t seem to have slowed him down.The
Bruins forward had his fourth career hat trick, scoring his first goal just 30
seconds into the game, and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots for his first win of the
season to help Boston beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 in its home opener on
Monday.Two games after the Bruins lost the season opener to the Stanley Cup
champion Capitals 7-0, allowing a goal just 24 seconds in, Bergeron opened their
home season in similar fashion.“He’s impressive. He’s a competitor,” said
linemate Brad Marchand, who had three assists for a league-leading seven through
just three games this season. “He wants to be the best player on the ice every
night.”Bergeron also had an assist, David Pastrnak had two goals and two assists
and defenseman Charlie McAvoy had his first career three-assist game for Boston.
Chris Wagner also scored for the Bruins
Adidas Riley Nash Jersey , who beat Ottawa for the fifth straight time and won their second straight this year since losing to the Capitals the night they
raised their championship banner.Mike Condon made 24 saves and Ryan Dzingel
scored twice for the Senators, who picked up a 5-on-3 power play with about 12
minutes left but failed to score.“Those are momentum builders,” Bruins coach
Bruce Cassidy said. “That makes a difference, if they get a goal get back into
it.”The 2014 Vezina Trophy winner, Rask was pulled from the opener against
Washington after allowing five goals on 19 shots in less than 28 minutes. Backup
Jaroslav Halak replaced him and also started the second game, a 4-0 win over
Buffalo on Thursday.“Well, I finished the game,” Rask said with a smirk. “I
guess that qualifies as a lot better.”Rask was spotted a 2-0 lead in Monday’s
matinee, thanks to Bergeron’s goal off a rebound in the crease in the first
minute. The Bruins forward also scored on a power play from the right faceoff
circle with three minutes left in the first.“You’re trying to have a good,
strong start,” Bergeron said. “It’s not always going to be a goal.”It was 3-2
after two periods when Bergeron scored off Ottawa defenseman Cody Ceci’s knee
4:38 into the third, sending a shower of caps onto the ice. Pastrnak made it 5-2
with 3½ minutes left, but Bobby Ryan cut the deficit back to two goals just 30
seconds later.Pastrnak added an empty-netter from mid-ice.Boston fans broke into
a couple of “Yankees Suck!” chants in the third period
Adidas Anthony Duclair Jersey , a few hours before the Red Sox played New York in Game 3 of the AL Division Series.“I agree with that chant, by the way.
I’m all for it. I’m excited for the Red Sox,” Cassidy said. “Let’s face it, when
you have four teams that are in the mix — (it would) suck to be like Cleveland.
Although they’re turning the corner, I shouldn’t say that. They’ve got a
quarterback now, but I think we’re spoiled here.”NOTES: The Bruins had lost six
straight to Ottawa before sweeping the Senators last season 4-0-0. … Ottawa did
not have a captain in uniform with the offseason trade of Erik Karlsson to San
Jose. Matt Duchene, Mark Stone and Zack Smith served as alternates.UP
NEXTSenators: Host Flyers on Wednesday night.Bruins: Host Edmonton on Thursday
night.
