NHL roundup: Sabres lose late lead, down Lightning in OT

 

[October 18, 2023]  Dylan Cozens scored 1:46 into overtime, and the Buffalo Sabres overcame blowing a late lead to beat the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night for their first win of the season.

With Tampa Bay trailing 2-1 and its net empty, Brandon Hagel pushed the puck past Buffalo goalie Devon Levi (21 saves) during a net-front scrum with seven seconds remaining in regulation for his second goal of the night and fourth of the season.

However, it didn't take long for Buffalo to answer via Cozens, who shot a wrister by Tampa Bay's Jonas Johansson (28 saves) for the Sabres' first win in three tries.

Zemgus Girgensons and Jeff Skinner also scored for the Sabres, who outshot the Lightning 31-23 and killed all four Lightning power plays.

Oilers 6, Predators 1

Leon Draisaitl scored twice in a four-point game and Zach Hyman collected one goal and three assists as visiting Edmonton defeated Nashville for its first victory of the season.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored once and collected two assists, while Connor McDavid and Warren Foegele each tallied one goal and one assist for the high-octane Oilers.

Tommy Novak scored the lone goal for the Predators, who have lost two straight games. Goalie Juuse Saros stopped 7 of 11 shots before receiving a mercy pull following the first period. Kevin Lankinen made 17 saves in mop-up duty.

Flyers 2, Canucks 0

Sean Couturier scored his first goal in nearly two years and Egor Zamula also tallied to lift host Philadelphia past Vancouver.

Flyers goaltender Carter Hart stopped all 25 shots he faced en route to his sixth career shutout. Couturier converted a penalty shot in the first period. He missed 1 1/2 seasons due to two back surgeries before returning at the start of this campaign.

Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko made 40 saves.

Wild 5, Canadiens 2

Joel Eriksson Ek converted twice on the power play and Brandon Duhaime and Connor Dewar each scored a short-handed goal 25 seconds apart, lifting visiting Minnesota over Montreal.

Kirill Kaprizov scored a goal and set up two others and Mats Zuccarello notched three assists as the Wild improved to 15-1-0 in their past 16 meetings with the Canadiens.

Montreal's Alex Newhook capped the scoring by tallying with 2:25 remaining in the third period.

Islanders 1, Coyotes 0

Mathew Barzal scored a power-play goal 3:47 into the second period and Ilya Sorokin made 14 saves as New York shut down Arizona in Elmont, N.Y.

The Islanders improved to 2-0-0 for the first time since starting the 2014-15 season with four consecutive wins. New York opened the season with a 3-2 win over the visiting Sabres on Saturday.

Sorokin recorded his 17th career shutout in a mostly quiet night for Arizona's offense. Sorokin stopped three shots in the first period and three in the second, then eight more in the third when Arizona began getting some better scoring chances.

Oct 17, 2023; Buffalo, New York, USA; Buffalo Sabres left wing Jeff Skinner (53) celebrates his goal with teammates during the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports

Kings 5, Jets 1

Trevor Moore had two goals and an assist as Los Angeles defeated host Winnipeg for its first win of the season.

Phillip Danault had a goal and two assists, while Arthur Kaliyev chipped in a goal and an assist for the Kings. Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored. Los Angeles goalie Cam Talbot stopped 26 shots.

Mark Scheifele ended Talbot's shutout bid with 1:16 remaining. Connor Hellebuyck finished with 24 saves for the Jets.

Avalanche 4, Kraken 1

Cale Makar became the fastest defenseman to 250 career points in NHL history, getting an assist on the go-ahead goal as Colorado spoiled Seattle's home opener.

Makar reached the plateau in 241 games, six fewer than it took Hall of Famer Bobby Orr. Artturi Lehkonen, Logan O'Connor, Mikko Rantanen and Valeri Nichushkin scored for the Avalanche, who won their third straight to start the season. Alexandar Georgiev made 37 saves.

Kailer Yamamoto scored for the Kraken, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 of 27 shots. Seattle has managed just three goals in its 0-3-1 start.

Golden Knights 3, Stars 2 (SO)

William Karlsson and Kaedan Korczak each had a goal and an assist and Jonathan Marchessault scored the game-winner in the third round of a shootout as Vegas beat Dallas in Las Vegas.

Adin Hill finished with 24 saves for the Golden Knights, who matched their franchise record for best start to a season (4-0-0), set in 2020-21.

Joe Pavelski and Craig Smith scored goals and Jake Oettinger finished with 32 saves for the Stars.

Hurricanes 6, Sharks 3

Seth Jarvis scored two goals to help Carolina rally for a win at San Jose. Stefan Noesen and Martin Necas each had a goal and assist for the Hurricanes, who went 2-1-0 on the California portion of its six-game road trip.

Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen made one save before departing with 14:33 left in the first period after getting hit in the mask by a slap shot. Antti Raanta replaced him and finished with 12 saves.

Fabian Zetterlund had a goal and an assist, Filip Zadina and William Eklund also scored and Mackenzie Blackwood made 36 saves for the Sharks, who led 3-2 at the start of the third period.

--Field Level Media

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