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 Bruins 5, Sharks 3
The Boston Bruins struck for three third-period goals to rally to a
5-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks.
The win gave the Bruins (4-4-0) back-to-back victories for the first
time this season.
Just-recalled rookie right winger Seth Griffith tied the game with
his first NHL goal 4:50 into the third before center Gregory
Campbell scored his first of the season at 10:42.
Center David Krejci scored a short-handed empty-net goal with 24.5
seconds left.
The comeback came after the Sharks (4-2-1) scored two goals in 37
seconds late in the second period to go ahead for the first time in
the game.
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Maple Leafs 5, Islanders 2
The Toronto Maple Leafs scored four unanswered goals in less than
nine minutes in the second period en route to beating the New York
Islanders 5-2.
Center Phil Kessel opened and closed the second period outburst for
the Leafs, who scored just four goals in their previous three games
combined.
Defenseman Roman Polak scored the game-winner 11:11 into the second.
The Maple Leafs (3-3-1) snapped a two-game losing streak while the
Islanders (4-2-0) have lost two straight following the third 4-0-0
start in franchise history.
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Rangers 4, Devils 3 (OT)
Defenseman Kevin Klein scored with 2:18 remaining in overtime,
leading the New York Rangers to a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory over
the cross-river rival New Jersey Devils.
The Rangers (4-3-0) won their third consecutive game after a
three-game losing streak. The Devils (3-2-1) lost their third in a
row after winning the first three games of the season on the road.
The Rangers trailed 3-1 early in the third period but scored twice
to send the game to overtime.
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Canadiens 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)
Center David Desharnais scored the overtime winner to give the
Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Center Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit, and left winger Alex
Galchenyuk replied for Montreal.
Goaltender Carey Price made 27 saves for Montreal (6-1-0) and Jimmy
Howard stopped 34 shots for Detroit (3-1-2).
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Blackhawks 4, Flyers 0
The Chicago Blackhawks erupted for three mid-first period goals and
never looked back, trouncing the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0.
The Blackhawks improved to 4-0-1 on the young season, while the
Flyers dropped to 1-3-2.
Chicago forward Patrick Kane scored two goals in the contest, giving
him a team-leading three tallies for the season.
Making his first start and appearance of the season, Blackhawks
goalie Antti Raanta was stellar in the net, turning back all 32
shots from the Flyers to earn his second career shutout in the NHL.
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Predators 4, Coyotes 3 (SO)
Defenseman Ryan Ellis had a goal and two assists, then scored the
game-winning goal in the fourth round of a shootout as Nashville
subdued the Arizona Coyotes 4-3.
Goalkeeper Pekka Rinne (4-0-1) iced the win by stopping right wing
Martin Erat. Nashville (4-0-2) has picked up points in all six games
under first-year coach Peter Laviolette.
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Center Derek Roy also scored in the shootout for Nashville, while
center Antoine Vermette extended the shootout for Arizona (2-2-1) by
tallying on its third shot of the tiebreaker.
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Jets 3, Hurricanes 1
The Winnipeg Jets snapped a four-game losing streak with an
efficient but unspectacular 3-1 victory over the Carolina
Hurricanes.
The win improved the Jets record to 2-4-0 while the Hurricanes
remain winless on the season and fell to 0-3-2.
The Jets opened the scoring through Andrew Ladd and tust 40 seconds
later, rookie left winger Adam Lowry put the Jets up 2-0 when he
tipped home the first goal of his NHL career.
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Stars 6, Canucks 3
Left winger Erik Cole scored twice, and the Dallas Stars defeated
the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 for their first home win of the season.
The Stars led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 less than two
minutes into the second before the Canucks made the final score more
respectable.
Dallas (3-1-2) took its first lead 4:08 into the game when Vancouver
defenseman Alexandre Burrows knocked a pass from Stars left winger
Ryan Garbutt into his own net and further first period scores came
from Cole and Tyler Seguin.
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Panthers 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)
Brad Boyes scored a power-play goal 2:23 into overtime and the
Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3.
Left winger Jussi Jokinen fed a pass from the backboards and Boyes
blasted a shot past goaltender Reto Berra to give the Panthers their
second road win of the season.
Left winger Sean Bergenheim and centers Brandon Pirri and Aleksander
Barkov scored for the Panthers.
Defenseman Tyson Barrie and left winger Gabriel Landeskog scored
power-play goals 31 seconds apart in the second period, and left
winger Alex Tanguay also scored for Colorado, which is winless at
home this season.
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Lightning 2, Flames 1 (OT)
Flames rookie left wing Johnny Gaudreau split two defensemen before
setting up teammate Dennis Wideman for a power-play goal early in
the third period against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but it would be
for nothing as the Lightning stormed back for a 2-1 overtime
victory.
Lightning center Valtteri Filppula scored on a rebound with just
2:11 remaining in the third period to tie it up and spoil Karri
Ramo's shutout bid.
Then left wing Ondrej Palat ended it with a backhander with two
minutes to go in the overtime period as the Lightning improve to
4-2-1, while the Flames are now 4-3-1. (Editing by Ben Everill)
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