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 The Penguins, outscored 8-3 so far while going 0-3-0, are off to
their worst start since they were 0-4-4 in 2005-06, Crosby's rookie
season.
Carey Price made 31 saves for the Canadiens.
Beau Bennett and Kris Letang scored for Pittsburgh, while Marc-Andre
Fleury made 27 saves in the loss.
Sharks 5, Capitals 0
WASHINGTON -- Martin Jones stopped 31 shots for his second
consecutive shutout, and San Jose kicked off a four-game road trip
by blanking Washington.
Matt Nieto and center Chris Tierney each had an empty-net goal and
an assist. Joe Thornton, Mike Brown and Tomas Hertl also scored for
San Jose and Barclay Goodrow contributed two assists.
Goalie Braden Holtby had 27 saves for Washington.
Jets 4, Rangers 1
NEW YORK -- Michael Hutchinson made 40 saves -- including 20 in the
second period -- as Winnipeg defeated the New York Rangers at
Madison Square Garden.
Bryan Little scored twice and Nikolaj Ehlers and Mark Stuart scored
one each for the Jets.
Mats Zuccarello scored his third goal of the season for the Rangers.
Panthers 4, Hurricanes 1
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Rookie Connor Brickley's first career NHL goal with
7:42 remaining broke a tie and helped Florida top Carolina at PNC
Arena.
Nick Bjugstad, Aleksander Barkov and Jussi Jokinen also scored for
Florida and Al Montoya made 22 saves in his season debut for the
Panthers
Eddie Lack, making his Carolina debut, stopped 26 shots and Elias
Lindholm scored his team's lone goal.
Predators 3, Devils 1
NEWARK, N.J. -- Pekka Rinne turned aside 22 shots and Roman Josi
scored two goals, leading Nashville over New Jersey at the
Prudential Center.
Eric Nystrom scored an empty-net goal in the closing minutes for
Nashville.
Kyle Palmieri scored his first goal with the Devils on a power play
late in the third period.
Red Wings 3, Lightning 1
DETROIT -- Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and an assist to lead
Detroit to a win against Tampa Bay at Joe Louis Arena.
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Gustav Nyquist and Kyle Quincey also scored for Detroit and Jimmy
Howard made 20 saves.
Ryan Callahan scored for Tampa Bay and Ben Bishop stopped 21 shots.
Stars 4, Oilers 2
DALLAS -- Jason Spezza scored a hat trick, including the game-winner
late in the third period, and goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 26 of 28
shots in his first start of the season to lead Dallas over Edmonton
at American Airlines Center.
Stars captain Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas (2-1-0).
Edmonton got goals from Oscar Klefbom and Connor McDavid, his first
NHL goal. Benoit Pouliot had two assists for the Oilers.
Blues 4, Flames 3
CALGARY, Alberta -- Colton Parayko scored twice to lead St. Louis
over Calgary at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Troy Brouwer had a goal and an assist for the Blues, while Scottie
Upshall scored once. Brian Elliott made 15 saves to record his
second win of the season.
Mason Raymond, Jiri Hudler and David Jones all scored for the
Flames, while Dennis Wideman and Michael Frolik chipped in with two
assists each. Jonas Hiller stopped 24 of 28 shots he faced.
Canucks 3, Kings 0
LOS ANGELES -- Ryan Miller celebrated his 600th start with a
shutout, leading Vancouver to a victory over winless Los Angeles.
Adam Cracknell and Alexander Edler tallied second-period goals, and
Derek Dorsett added an empty-netter with 2:39 remaining as the
Canucks defeated the Kings for the third consecutive time.
Miller stopped all 15 shots he faced. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick
saved 23 of 25 attempts.
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