Josh Doan scored two power-play goals, Alex Lyon made 32 saves and the Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y.
Owen Power also scored for Buffalo, which earned its second straight win since losing its first three games of the season. It was Lyon’s first shutout since Oct. 22, 2024, for Detroit against the Islanders.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots for Florida in its fourth consecutive loss since the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions began the season with three straight wins. Defenseman Niko Mikkola departed in the second period with an upper-body injury.
Avalanche 4, Bruins 1: Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and Colorado continued its strong start with a win at home. The Avalanche (5-0-1) have at least a point in all six games this season. It’s one of their longest point streaks to begin a season in team history. The record is 11 (9-0-2) in 2000-01 when they won the Stanley Cup.
Jets 4, Predators 1: Mark Scheifele scored a first-period power-play goal in Winnipeg’s home win to become the franchise’s career points leader. Scheifele scored his sixth goal of the season 2:39 into the game for his 813th career point (342 goals, 471 assists), surpassing Blake Wheeler (812) for the most points in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers history.
Rangers 4, Canadiens 3: Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists as New rallied in Montreal. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, J.T. Miller also scored and Matthew Robertson got his first NHL goal for the Rangers. Adam Fox had two assists and Jonathan Quick finished with 21 saves to help New York improve to 3-0-1 on the road this season.
Devils 5, Oilers 3: Jack Hughes scored twice, Jake Allen stopped 27 of the 30 shots he faced and host New Jersey won its their fourth in a row. It’s the Devils’ first four-game win streak since a stretch of five victories in a row from Jan. 7-16, 2023.
Islanders 5, Senators 4: Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri scored in the third period to lift visiting New York. Bo Horvat, Max Shabanov and Emil Heineman also scored for New York. Lee also had two assists, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots.
Blues 3, Stars 1: Jordan Kyrou and Jimmy Snuggerud scored second-period goals and Jordan Binnington made 18 saves for the host Blues. Pius Suter also scored to help the Blues win for for the first time in three home games.
Flyers 2, Wild 1 (OT):Noah Cates scored 2:36 into overtime to lift host Philadelphia to its second win of the season. Dan Vladar stopped 15 shots and has the only two wins for the Flyers in net through five games.
Blue Jackets 3, Lightning 2: Kirill Marchenko scored early in the third period to rally Columbus, snapping a three-game skid and giving the Blue Jackets their first home victory of the season.
Kraken 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT): Josh Mahura scored his first goal of the season at 3:06 of overtime to lift visiting Seattle.
Golden Knights 6, Flames 1: Mark Stone had two goals and two assists, Mitch Marner also had two goals and Jack Eichel had four assists for host Vegas.
Penguins 3, Sharks 0: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist, and Tristan Jarry made 32 saves for visiting Pittsburgh.
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