NHL Roundup: Avalanche, Bruins, Golden Knights remain undefeated

NEW YORK — Mikko Rantanen scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and had three assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Islanders 7-4 on Tuesday night for their NHL-record 15th straight road win.

Ryan Johansen scored twice, Cale Makar had a goal and an assist, and Bowen Byram, Nathan MacKinnon and Ross Colton also scored for Colorado, which won its sixth straight to open the season. Valeri Nichushkin had two assists, and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 27 shots to also improve to 6-0-0 this season.

The Avalanche's winning streak, which includes the last 11 road games of last season, topped the previous mark of 14 set by Buffalo bridging the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. They also matched the 2013-14 team for the best start (6-0-0) since moving to Colorado before the 1995-96 season — one win behind the 1985-86 Quebec Nordiques for tops in franchise history.

Cal Clutterbuck had a goal and an assist, Kyle Palmieri and Simon Holmstrom also scored, and Noah Dobson and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each had two assists as the Islanders lost their third straight (0-2-1). Ilya Sorokin finished with 34 saves.

PANTHERS 3, SHARKS 1

SUNRISE, Fla. — Sam Reinhart extended his goal streak to five games, helping the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Kevin Stenlund each scored for the Panthers (3-3-0), who were without captain Aleksander Barkov because of an illness. Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves in his Florida debut, almost flawless in his first chance as Sergei Bobrovsky's backup.

Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Sharks. Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves.

At 0-5-1, San Jose has matched the worst six-game start in franchise history. The Sharks also went 0-5-1 for one point through six games in 1993-94 — part of what became an 0-8-1 start. San Jose turned things around that season, getting to the second round of the playoffs.

STARS 4, PENGUINS 1

PITTSBURGH — Thomas Harley and Wyatt Johnston scored third-period goals and the Dallas Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Tuesday.

Bryan Rust scored the first goal for Pittsburgh, but Dallas had the next four, as the Stars haven't lost in regulation yet this season.

Jason Robertson, who scored 46 goals last season, scored his first on Tuesday, as did Evgenii Dadonov before third-period goals from Harley and Johnston.

Jake Oettinger stopped 38 shots for the Stars, who won their third straight. Dallas has won four of its first five games this season.

DEVILS 5, CANADIENS 2

MONTREAL — Tyler Toffoli had a hat trick against his former team, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

Alexander Holtz and Nico Hischier also scored for New Jersey, and Jack Hughes continued his hot start to the season with four assists. Vitek Vanecek stopped 27 shots.

Hughes, who entered the contest tied for third in the league in scoring, has 14 points in five games.

Justin Barron and Mike Matheson scored for Montreal, which was coming off a 3-1 win at Buffalo on Monday.

Canadiens goaltender Cayden Primeau made 29 saves in his first start of the season. Montreal was one of five teams to open the season with three netminders on the roster.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3 FLYERS 2

LAS VEGAS — Shea Theodore blasted a shot from above the left circle with 32.5 seconds left Tuesday night to give Vegas a victory over Philadelphia and extend the Golden Knights' winning streak to seven games to open the season.

Ivan Barbashev and Paul Cotter also scored for the Knights and Jack Eichel had two assists. Logan Thompson made 26 saves.

Noah Cates and Cam Atkinson scored for Philadelphia, and Carter Hart stopped 25 shots.

The Knights' 7-0 start ties seven other teams for ninth best in NHL history. Vegas, which has scored at least three goals in every game, also has the best start for a defending Stanley Cup champion.

SABRES 6, SENATORS 4

OTTAWA — On a night meant to honour former Ottawa Senators star goaltender Craig Anderson at the Canadian Tire Centre, it was two high-powered offences that stole the show in a 6-4 Buffalo Sabres victory.

Anderson, who serves as a hockey liaison for the Buffalo Sabres, watched the visitors cruise to a 5-1 lead before almost letting it all slip away.

A furious rally by the Senators narrowed the deficit to 5-4 with 35 seconds remaining, but a Tage Thompson empty-netter for his second goal of the night locked down a wild NHL win.

Jeff Skinner also scored twice for the Sabres, with Zemgus Girgensons and Alex Tuch adding singles. Jakob Chychrun, Vladimir Tarasenko, Josh Norris and Mathieu Joseph scored for Ottawa.

LIGHTNING 3, HURRICANES 0

TAMPA, Fla. — Jonas Johansson made 32 saves, Brayden Point had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Alex Barre-Boulet and Nicholas Paul had the other Tampa Bay goals.

The Lightning were coming off a 4-3, overtime loss to Toronto on Saturday night in which they blew a late two-game lead.

Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 20 shots for the Hurricanes, who have lost three in a row and wrapped up a six-game road trip at 2-4.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, CAPITALS 1

WASHINGTON — Auston Matthews scored his seventh goal of the season, Joseph Woll made 36 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs handed the Washington Capitals their fourth loss in five games, 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Auston Matthews scored his seventh goal of the season, Joseph Woll made 36 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs handed the Washington Capitals their fourth loss in five games, 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal this season and 823rd of his NHL career, moving 71 back of Wayne Gretzky's record. Ovechkin, who would have tied a career-long season-opening goal drought if he hadn't scored, had a game-high 14 shots, including a failed penalty shot.

Ovechkin's offensive contribution on the power play came too late, well after an early goal was disallowed because the league ruled he interfered with Woll and with the Capitals trailing 4-0. Darcy Kuemper allowed four goals on the first 12 shots he faced and 17 overall.

Washington's only win so far came in a shootout last week at home against Calgary. This loss came against the team new coach Spencer Carbery spent the past two seasons with as an assistant.

KRAKEN 5, RED WINGS 4 (OT)

DETROIT — Jordan Eberle scored with 5 seconds remaining in overtime and the Seattle Kraken snapped the Detroit Red Wings' five-game winning streak with a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night.

Eberle's game-winner was set up by Jared McCann, who tied the game on a power play goal with 1:22 left.

Jaden Schwartz scored two goals and Tye Kartye added the other for the Kraken. Joey Daccord made 23 saves.

Alex DeBrincat scored his league-high ninth goal this season for Detroit.

Dylan Larkin and Shayne Gostisbehere each contributed a goal and two assists. Larkin has recorded at least one point in all seven of the Red Wings games. Joe Veleno also scored for the Red Wings, while Ville Husso made 31 saves.

BRUINS 3 BLACKHAWKS 0

CHICAGO (AP) — Matthew Poitras and Trent Frederic scored 56 seconds apart in the third period as Boston beat Chicago to match the best start in franchise history.

Pavel Zacha also scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves in his 10th career shutout. 

The Bruins moved to 6-0 by closing out a perfect four-game trip in the franchise’s centennial season. Boston also won its first six games of the 1937-38 season.

Petr Mrazek made 40 stops for Chicago in its third consecutive loss. The Blackhawks also lost to the Bruins on Oct. 11, falling 3-1 in Boston.

DUCKS 3 BLUE JACKETS 2 (OT)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Frank Vatrano scored on a breakaway 2:40 into overtime and Lukas Dostal stopped 34 shots as Anaheim snapped a three-game skid with its first road win of the season, rallying to beat Columbus.

The Ducks twice erased one-goal deficits and pulled even with goals by Ryan Strome and Brett Leason on the way to their fifth straight win over Columbus.

In the overtime, Benoit-Olivier Groulx picked up a loose puck in his own zone and sent a pass to a streaking Vatrano near centre ice, and the 29-year-old winger beat Columbus goaltender Elvis Merzlikins on the stick side.

Adam Fantilli had a goal and an assist, his first multi-point NHL game, and Emil Bemstrom scored for the Blue Jackets, who had a two-game wins streak halted. Merzlikins stopped 24 shots.

KINGS 6, COYOTES 3

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist, Anze Kopitar scored on the power play and had an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Arizona Coyotes 6-3 on Tuesday night.

Trevor Lewis, Trevor Moore, Blake Lizotte and Adrian Kempe also scored for the Kings, who had been winless in their first three games on home ice. Pheonix Copley made 24 saves.

Clayton Keller had a power-play goal as he scored for the third straight game, Jack McBain and Nick Bjugstad also scored, but the Coyotes couldn't get their third straight win.

Connor Ingram was replaced midway through the first period after allowing three goals on nine shots. Karel Vejmelka replaced him and made 15 saves.

WILD 7, OILERS 4

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ryan Hartman scored three goals as part of a career-high-tying five-point game, and the Minnesota Wild scored five times in the final period to beat the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 on Tuesday night.

It was Edmonton's first game without captain and three-time MVP Connor McDavid, who suffered an upper-body injury Saturday and is expected to miss a week or two.

Hartman recorded his first hat trick since Jan. 8, 2017, converting a feed from Jake Middleton for a short-handed tally and a 6-4 lead with 4:10 left. He got his second goal 38 seconds into the third period.

Joel Eriksson Ek and Mats Zuccarello also scored in the third for the Wild before Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter. Marco Rossi and Hartman scored in the first period for Minnesota, and Filip Gustavsson finished with 25 saves.

RANGERS 3, FLAMES 1

CALGARY — Defenceman Erik Gustafsson scored once and added an assist on Tuesday as the New York Rangers scored three times in the second period en route to a 3-1 NHL victory over the slumping Calgary Flames.

Chris Kreider, with his team-leading fifth goal, and Alexis Lafreniere also scored for New York (4-2-0). Filip Chytil chipped in with a pair of assists.

Blake Coleman scored the lone goal for Calgary (2-4-1), which has lost three in a row and gone 1-4-1 since winning their season opener.

After giving up a goal on the second shot of the game, New York goaltender Igor Shesterkin shut the door the rest of the way. He finished the night with 23 stops to improve to 3-2-0.

Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves for Calgary. His record falls to 1-3-1.

CANUCKS 3, PREDATORS 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Phillip Di Giuseppe and Nils Hoglander scored goals early in the second period to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

Ilya Mikheyev also scored, and Thatcher Demko made 15 saves for Vancouver, winners of two straight. The Canucks wrapped up a five-game road trip with three wins and two losses.

Colton Sissons and Kiefer Sherwood scored and Juuse Saros made 21 saves for Nashville, which had its two-game winning streak snapped.

JETS 4, BLUES 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Connor Hellebuyck stopped 18 of 20 shots to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Kyle Connor, Mason Appleton and David Gustafsson scored for the Jets and Morgan Barrons added an empty-netter with 1:10 left.

Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich scored for St. Louis.

It was the Jets first game without head coach Rick Bowness, who took a leave of absence after his wife, Judy, suffered a seizure on Sunday. She has since been sent home.

Netminder Jordan Binnington made 26 saves on 29 shots for St. Louis.