November 9, 2024; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; The Winnipeg Jets celebrate their victory over the Dallas Stars at the Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credits: Images by James Carey Lauder-Imagn The Winnipeg Jets are now boasting the greatest start to a season in NHL history, becoming the first team to win 14 of their opening 15 games by defeating the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck turned away 32 shots in the process while setting a franchise record shutout streak to 191:45 of ice time.
Alex Iafallo and Vladislav Namestnikov each had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg. Rasmus Kupari and Nikolaj Ehlers both scored. Cole Perfetti had two assists, while Neal Pionk, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi also had assists.
Dallas netminder Jake Oettinger was chased 29:21 into the game after making just 11 saves on 15 shots. He was replaced by Casey DeSmith, who made 10 stops on 10 shots.
Landslide 6, Typhoon 4
Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored 53 seconds into a five-goal second period, and Colorado won in Denver, ending Carolina’s eight-game winning streak.
MacKinnon added three assists, Lehkonen had one assist, Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist and Cale Makar and Sam Malinski also had goals for Colorado. Alexandar Georgiev turned away 27 shots for the Avalanche.
Jordan Martinook had two goals and an assist, Martin Necas added a goal and an assist, Jack Drury also scored, Seth Jarvis contributed two assists and Spencer Martin made 23 saves for Carolina.
Panthers 4, Flyers 3 (SO)
Aleksander Barkov and Evan Rodrigues scored in a penalty shootout as host Florida won its seventh straight game, beating Philadelphia in Sunrise, Fla.
Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky’s fifth straight win is also career victory No. 34 saves through overtime.
Sam Bennett, Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Kulikov scored in regulation for the Panthers, who got two assists from Rodrigues. The Flyers got goals from Joel Farabee, Anthony Richard and Garnet Hathaway. Scott Laughton added two assists, and goalie Samuel Ersson made 28 saves.
Devils 4, Islanders 3 (OT)
Jack Hughes scored his second goal with 2:35 left in overtime for visiting New Jersey, who overcame a two-goal, third-period deficit to beat New York in Elmont, N.Y.
Hughes opened the scoring in the second for the Devils. Dawson Mercer and Stefan Noesen scored in the final five minutes of the third to tie the score. Goalie Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves as New Jersey won its third straight and improved to 5-1-0 in its past six games.
Simon Holmstrom scored in the first and Dennis Cholowski and Brock Nelson each added a goal in the third for the Islanders, whose two-game winning streak ended. Ilya Sorokin recorded 29 saves.
Sabers 3, Flames 2 (SO)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout to help Buffalo win against Calgary.
Zach Benson and Tage Thompson scored in the first period for the Sabres, who have won three in a row for the second time this season.
Matt Coronato and Mikael Backlund each scored a goal and Dan Vladar made 17 saves for the Flames, who have lost seven of nine (2-5-2).
Senators 3, Bruins 2 (OT)
Brady Tkachuk scored 21 seconds into overtime, finishing with a goal and an assist, as visiting Ottawa beat Boston to move within two games.
Josh Norris and Michael Amadio also scored, while Linus Ullmark made 14 saves for the Senators. Ottawa held the Bruins without a shot for the entire third period.
Pavel Zacha and Brad Marchand scored Boston goals in the second period, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead within 15 seconds. Matching his former Bruins goaltending partner, Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves in the loss. It was Boston’s second overtime game.
Oilers 7, Canucks 3
Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists and Connor Brown scored twice in the third period as Edmonton cruised past host Vancouver to snap a two-game skid.
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist and Mattias Janmark had three assists for the Oilers. Brett Kulak, Viktor Arvidsson and Corey Perry also scored and Stuart Skinner stopped 17 shots for the Oilers, who opened the game with four goals in the third period.
Elias Pettersson, Pius Suter and Filip Hronek scored for Vancouver, which saw its three-game winning streak halted. Goaltender Kevin Lankinen stopped 20 of 27 shots before being replaced in the third by Arturs Silovs, who made four stops.
Maple Leafs 4, Canada 1
William Nylander and Mitch Marner each had a goal and an assist and Toronto beat Montreal.
Conor Timmins and John Tavares also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won three in a row and four straight at home. Goaltender Joseph Woll made 20 saves for Toronto, which put star Auston Matthews (upper-body injury) on injured reserve.
Brendan Gallagher scored for Canada, who lost their sixth straight. Montreal goaltender Sam Montembeault stopped 23 shots. The rivalry has split two meetings this season.
Capitals 8, Blues 1
Alex Ovechkin scored twice to add to his historic goal total and power visiting Washington past St. Louis.
In his 20-year career, Ovechkin has 863 goals, leaving 32 of Wayne Gretzky’s No. Connor McMichael also scored twice for the Capitals, who won for the 10th time in 14 games (10-4-0).
Defenseman Scott Perunovich scored a goal and Jordan Binnington made 19 saves for the Blues, who lost for the fifth time in their past seven games.
Rangers 4, Red Wings 0
Jonathan Quick recorded his 61st career shutout, and Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist as New York blanked host Detroit.
Panarin, who had a hat trick in the Rangers’ visit to Detroit last month, has 41 points in 25 career games against the Red Wings. Jimmy Vesey scored his first goal of the season. Chris Kreider and Reilly Smith also scored and Adam Fox had two assists.
Quick made 37 saves in his third start of the season as the Rangers completed a three-game sweep of the season series against Detroit. Red Wings goaltender Ville Husso, who was recalled from the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, made 20 saves.
Predators 4, Utah Hockey Club 0
Filip Forsberg scored twice, Jonathan Marchessault and Gustav Nyquist each added a goal and Juuse Saros made 26 saves for his 25th career shutout for empty-handed Nashville visiting Utah.
Forsberg and Marchessault each had a power-play goal and Roman Josi recorded two assists for the Predators, who snapped a three-game skid and won for the fifth time in 15 games this season.
Connor Ingram stopped 17 of 20 shots for Utah, which was shut out for the second time in three games. Utah is 3-6-3 since winning its opening three games in franchise history.
Kings 5, Blue Jackets 2
Five players scored for Los Angeles as the host Kings won for the third time in four games, defeating Columbus.
In all, 11 players recorded points for the Kings, Warren Foegele had a goal and an assist, and Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe collected a pair of assists.
Dmitri Voronkov and Ivan Provorov scored for the Blue Jackets, who lost their fourth straight (0-3-1).
– Field Level Media
