NHL roundup: Blackhawks' OT win ends Knights' unbeaten run

 

[October 28, 2023]  Philipp Kurashev scored with 2:10 left in overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Vegas Golden Knights' seven-game winning streak to open the season, a franchise record, with a 4-3 victory Friday in Las Vegas.

With William Karlsson in the box for tripping Connor Bedard, Kurashev intercepted a Vegas clearing pass inside the blue line. He skated in and fired a wrist shot through traffic and past the blocker of goalie Adin Hill for his first goal of the season.

The Blackhawks, who were just 2-for-30 on the power play before the game-winner, snapped a three-game losing streak. Bedard, Ryan Donato and Taylor Raddysh also scored goals for Chicago, while Petr Mrazek made 18 saves.

Shea Theodore and Karlsson each had a goal and an assist, and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for Vegas, which had won 28 straight games when scoring three goals or more. Hill finished with 20 saves for the Golden Knights, who also had their NHL record for consecutive wins to start a season by a defending Stanley Cup champion snapped.

Kings 5, Coyotes 4

Drew Doughty scored with just under two minutes remaining, his second of the game, and Los Angeles rallied to beat Arizona in Tempe, Ariz., after giving up four goals in the opening nine minutes.

Doughty's blast from near the right point capped a run of four unanswered goals for the Kings. Mikey Anderson, Quinton Byfield and Anze Kopitar also scored for Los Angeles, and goalie Pheonix Copley was pulled after allowing three goals in the opening 8:21. Cam Talbot yielded a goal that made it 4-1 just 34 seconds later.

Matias Maccelli scored 37 seconds into the game for the Coyotes, while J.J. Moser, Jack McBain and Sean Durzi all scored in a span of 1:09 in the opening period. However, Arizona never scored again and was outshot 41-24. Coyotes goalie Karel Vejmelka made 36 saves.

Capitals 3, Wild 2 (SO)

John Carlson scored the winning goal in the seventh round of the shootout as host Washington edged Minnesota.

Carlson was the lone skater to light the lamp in the extended showdown, giving the Capitals a second consecutive win for the first time this season. Two of Washington's three victories this season have come via shootout.

Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome scored for the Capitals in the back-and-forth affair, while Marco Rossi and Ryan Hartman tallied for the Wild. Washington goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 39 saves through overtime. Minnesota goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots through overtime.

Canucks 5, Blues 0

Quinn Hughes scored twice and Thatcher Demko made 22 saves for his fourth career shutout as Vancouver routed visiting St. Louis.

J.T. Miller had a goal and two assists for the Canucks, who won their third straight game. Phillip Di Giuseppe and Ilya Mikheyev also scored, and Elias Pettersson had two assists.

Jordan Binnington made 30 saves for the Blues, who have alternated losses and wins through their first seven games of the season (3-3-1).

Hurricanes 3, Sharks 0

Teuvo Teravainen recorded his third career hat trick and Antti Raanta saved all 20 shots he faced for his 20th shutout as Carolina beat San Jose in Raleigh, N.C.

Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho got two assists each, and the Hurricanes won their second straight following three consecutive losses.

Kaapo Kahkonen was solid while making 37 saves for San Jose, which has been blanked in seven consecutive periods. The Sharks have scored just eight times overall and allowed 31 non-shootout goals during an 0-7-1 start.

Devils 5, Sabres 4

Erik Haula's second goal of the game broke a tie late in the third period to help New Jersey prevail in a back-and-forth affair against Buffalo in Newark, N.J.

Haula put the Devils in front for good at the 14:17 mark of the third. Alexander Holtz, Jesper Bratt and Jack Hughes also scored, Luke Hughes had two assists and Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves for the Devils.

JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Dylan Cozens scored for Buffalo. Eric Comrie saved 16 of 18 shots for the Sabres before leaving with a lower-body injury. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 18 of 21 saves in relief.

--Field Level Media

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