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 Sharks 6, Capitals 5 (shootout)
The San Jose Sharks saw their two-game shutout streak come to an end
but they rode an early three-goal lead to a wild 6-5 shootout win
over Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, extending their
season-opening win streak to three games.
Joe Pavelski scored the only goal in the shootout as the Sharks
improved to 3-0, while the Capitals fell to 1-0-2.
The Capitals battled back from deficits of 3-0, 4-1 and 5-3 to send
the game into overtime, getting two goals from Ovechkin and one each
from Marcus Johnasson, Mike Green and Troy Brouwer.
The Sharks received a pair of goals from defenseman Matt Irwin and
one each from right wing John Scott, Pavelski and center Tommy
Wingels.
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Islanders 6, Rangers 3
Kyle Okposo, Brock Nelson and Mikhail Grabovski scored goals over
the first 5:20 of the third period to propel the New York Islanders
to a 6-3 victory against the New York Rangers.
The surge broke a 2-2 tie as the Islanders, who won four games in
all of October last season, improved to 3-0-0.
John Tavares, Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy also scored for the
Islanders.
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Devils 2, Lightning 1
New Jersey's Mike Cammalleri scored a power-play goal at 11:19 of
the third period to lead the Devils to a 2-1 victory at the Tampa
Bay Lightning.
Goaltender Cory Schneider stopped 26 of 27 shots as the Devils
stayed perfect on the road so far this season.
The Devils improved to 3-0 as the Lightning dropped to 2-1-1.
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Stars 4, Blue Jackets 2
Dallas center Tyler Seguin had three goals and an assist, and Jamie
Benn had a goal and three assists, leading the Stars to their first
victory of the season, a 4-2 win at Columbus.
Both Benn and Seguin came into the game with zero points and minus
three ratings on the season.
Ryan Johansen scored both goals for the Blue Jackets.
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Ducks 4, Flyers 3 (shootout)
Rookie center William Karlsson scored in his first shootout attempt,
lifting the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia
Flyers.
Tim Jackman, Devante Smith-Pelly and Matt Beleskey scored goals in
regulation for the Ducks (3-1-0).
Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds and Mark Streit recorded regulation
goals for the Flyers (0-2-2), who are winless in their first four
games for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
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Maple Leafs 3, Avalanche 2 (overtime)
Phil Kessel scored 34 seconds into overtime and the Toronto Maple
Leafs defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-2.
Joffrey Lupul tied the game with his second goal of the season at
10:36 of the third period. The unassisted goal came after a giveaway
by Avalanche defenseman Brad Stuart.
Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene scored for the Avalanche (1-2-1).
James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Maple Leafs (2-2-0).
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Kings 6, Oilers 1
Rookie left winger Tanner Pearson scored twice as the Los Angeles
Kings romped to a 6-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots and was 21 seconds away
from tying Rogie Vachon for most shutouts in Kings history (32) when
Edmonton center Matt Hendricks recorded his first goal of the
season.
It was the Kings (2-1-1) seventh win in a row over the Oilers
(0-2-1), who are winless this season.
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Sabres 4, Hurricanes 3 (shootout)
Zemgus Girgensons scored in the eighth round of the shootout as the
Buffalo Sabres defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a matchup of
winless teams.
The Hurricanes (0-2-1) scored two goals in the last eight minutes to
force overtime as the teams became the last two in the league to
record a point in the standings.
Buffalo left winger Marcus Foligno scored twice.
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Flames 3, Predators 2 (shootout)
Calgary Flames center Joe Colborne scored the only goal of a
shootout and goaltender Karri Ramo stopped all three shots as the
Flames notched a 3-2 win over Nashville.
Ramo stopped Derek Roy, James Neal and Olli Jokinen in the shootout
to give Calgary (2-2-0) the win.
Nashville (2-0-1) had scored three goals in the third period of both
its wins against Ottawa and Dallas, but could not crack the Flames'
physical defense in the final period and overtime. (Editing by Peter
Rutherford; peter.rutherford@thomsonreuters.com; +822 3704 5698
Reuters; Messaging: peter.rutherford.reuters.com@reuters.net)
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