By Field Level Media
Oct 14 (Field Level Media) – Brady Tkachuk recorded a natural hat trick during an 8:03 span of the second period, brother Matthew Tkachuk posted five assists and the visiting Florida Panthers won 7-3 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
Matthew assisted on all three of Brady’s goals, making him the first to assist on each of a brother’s natural hat trick, according to the NHL. Brady Tkachuk added one assist for four points; the point totals tied a career high for each Tkachuk.
Seth Jones had four assists, Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Sam Reinhart posted two goals with a helper for Florida, which went 4-for-6 on the power play.
Kent Johnson scored early, while Denton Mateychuk and Cole Sillinger each added a late goal for the Blue Jackets. Cam Talbot stopped 17 of 23 shots before being pulled in the third period for Columbus.
Kraken 3, Flyers 2 (SO)
Bobby McMann scored in regulation and then netted the decisive goal in the shootout as visiting Seattle nipped winless Philadelphia.
Ville Ottavainen scored the other regulation goal for the Kraken, who improved to 3-0-0 on their five-game road trip. Seattle goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves through overtime and then stopped four of five attempts in the shootout.
Philadelphia dropped to 0-5-3 on the season, continuing the longest winless start to a campaign in team history. Christian Dvorak and Trevor Zegras scored a goal apiece while Dan Vladar finished with 29 saves and notched an assist.
Devils 5, Red Wings 4 (OT)
Jack Hughes scored on a breakaway 1:19 into overtime to give visiting New Jersey the win over Detroit.
Jesper Bratt, who had a goal and an assist in regulation, also assisted on the winner. Evan Rodrigues, Anthony Mantha and Nico Hischier also scored for New Jersey, while Hughes chipped in two assists.
Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist for Detroit. Michael Brandsegg- Nygard and Emmitt Finnie each added a goal and an assist, while John Gibson stopped 32 shots.
Hurricanes 4, Capitals 2
Andrei Svechnikov’s second goal of the game lifted Carolina to its sixth consecutive victory by beating Washington in Raleigh, N.C.
Svechnikov, who also had an assist, gave the Hurricanes their first lead with 6:04 remaining with a power-play tally. Eric Robinson and Mark Jankowski also scored. Sebastian Aho posted two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov made 20 saves. Taylor Hall left with a reported upper-body injury.
Boone Jenner and Justin Holl had Washington’s goals, and Ryan Leonard provided two assists. Logan Thompson stopped 31 shots, but the Capitals lost their second straight game.
Canadiens 4, Sabres 3 (SO)
Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson each had a goal and an assist and host Montreal recovered from blowing a two-goal lead for a shootout win against Buffalo.
Alexandre Texier scored the deciding goal in the shootout, Juraj Slafkovsky had two assists and Jacob Fowler made 14 saves for the Canadiens, who have won two straight games via the shootout.
Olen Zellweger scored twice and Mattias Samuelsson and Beck Malenstyn each had two assists for the Sabres, who have lost three of their last four. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves.
Rangers 4, Lightning 1
Alexis Lafreniere scored twice in the first period to continue his hot start as New York Rangers remained unbeaten on home ice with a victory over Tampa Bay.
Tye Kartye set up both Lafreniere goals after scoring twice in Sunday’s 6-2 rout of the Vancouver Canucks. Mika Zibanejad scored unassisted on a short- handed, empty-net goal with 2:44 remaining during the final seconds of Tampa Bay’s 6-on-4 power play. Goalie Dylan Garand made 25 saves.
Zemgus Girgensons scored late in the opening period for the Lightning, whose four-game winning streak was stopped. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves.
Islanders 3, Canucks 2
Kyle Palmieri scored his first two goals since returning from a knee injury, including the tiebreaking tally in the third period, as New York edged visiting Vancouver.
The goals were Palmieri’s first since Nov. 18, when he scored 10 days before suffering a season-ending torn left ACL. Mattias Maccelli scored a goal and added an assist, and Matthew Schaefer collected two assists for the Islanders, who have split their first six games.
Max Sasson and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks, who have lost the first four games of their six-game Eastern road trip and five straight overall. Leevi Merilainen recorded 35 saves.
Blackhawks 5, Penguins 3
Teuvo Teravainen scored twice, including the game-winner with 4:18 left, and Roman Kantserov also had two goals to help host Chicago defeat Pittsburgh.
Captain Connor Bedard had an assist in his season debut to help Chicago win the opener of Pittsburgh’s four-game road trip. Kantserov, a rookie winger, enjoyed the first multi-goal game of his career while scoring for the third time in the past two games.
Sidney Crosby had two goals, Nick Robertson also scored and Erik Karlsson collected two assists for the Penguins. Crosby tied the game at 9:17 of the third period.
Oilers 4, Kings 1
Connor McDavid scored a goal and added three assists to lead visiting Edmonton to a win over Los Angeles.
With the win, the Oilers have points in six games to open the season and remain the lone team without a regulation loss. Vasily Podkolzin tallied twice, Leon Draisaitl scored and added an assist and goaltender Devon Levi made a career-high 39 saves to improve to 4-0-0 this season.
Brandt Clarke responded for the Kings, who have gone five straight games without a win to open the season. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper allowed three goals on seven first-period shots and was replaced by Anton Forsberg, who made nine saves in relief.
Jets 5, Wild 2
Cole Perfetti scored a pair of goals, including the go-ahead tally, as Winnipeg pulled away for a win over visiting Minnesota.
Perfetti and his No. 1 linemates, Mark Scheifele (one goal, two assists) and Kyle Connor (one goal, one assist), combined for seven points for Winnipeg, which won for the fourth time in its past five games. Neal Pionk added two assists.
Kirill Kaprizov scored both goals for Minnesota, which lost in regulation for only the second time this season. Wild goaltender Calvin Pickard allowed five goals on 25 shots in his season debut.
Golden Knights 5, Predators 2
William Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period to spark a three-goal surge for Vegas, which beat host Nashville.
Tomas Hertl and Jack Eichel scored in the first period, while Trevor Connelly and Brett Howden added insurance in the third for the Golden Knights, who have won five of their last six and lead the Western Conference with 12 points. Goalie Adin Hill made 25 saves, including a Jack Drury penalty shot with 6:51 left in the first to maintain Vegas’ 2-1 lead.
Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and an assist and Adam Edstrom also scored for the Predators, who have dropped four of their first six. Goalie Juuse Saros recorded 20 saves.
Avalanche 3, Stars 2
Martin Necas had two goals, Mackenzie Blackwood bounced back from a difficult outing to make 24 saves, and visiting Colorado beat Dallas in the first game of a home-and-home set.
Artturi Lehkonen also scored and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and also fought for the second time this season. The Avalanche were without All-Star defenseman Cale Makar and forward Zachary L’Heureux. Makar stayed in Colorado to be with his wife, who was expecting twins, while L’Heureux was scratched due to an upper-body injury.
Dallas played without center Wyatt Johnston (illness). He had played the full 82-game regular-season schedule each of his first four NHL seasons as well as the Stars’ first five games this season. Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist and Roope Hintz also scored to go along with his fight with MacKinnon.
Mammoth 5, Maple Leafs 4
Utah survived a late barrage to top Toronto in Salt Lake City.
The Mammoth came out on top in a six-goal second period before the Maple Leafs found the back of the net twice in the third. Dylan Guenther and Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and an assist for Utah. Auston Matthews and John Tavares had multi-point games as the visitors scored twice on the power play.
Karel Vejmelka made 22 saves in his fourth win of the season, including a series of key stops on a late Toronto man advantage. Anthony Stolarz stopped 23 shots for the Leafs.
Blues 7, Senators 2
Pius Suter and Mason McTavish each had two goals and an assist as St. Louis routed host Ottawa.
Jake Neighbours scored twice and rookie defenseman Adam Jiricek got his first career goal in his sixth game for the Blues, who won their second straight. Pavel Buchnevich had three assists, Connor McMichael added two assists and Joel Hofer made 15 saves.
Claude Giroux and Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Senators in their second of back-to-back games and third in four nights. Samuel Ersson stopped 19 shots.
Flames 4, Ducks 2
Martin Pospisil broke a late third-period tie and Calgary won for the first time this season with a victory over host Anaheim.
Rookie Aydar Suniev collected one goal and one assist for his first career multi-point effort in his 10th career game. Adam Klapka and Yegor Sharangovich tallied once for Calgary, which lost their first five games. Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 23 saves.
Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson replied for the Ducks, who received a 32-save performance from goalie Lukas Dostal.
Bruins 6, Sharks 3
Fraser Minten had a two-goal night and Charlie McAvoy scored in his season debut as Boston topped host San Jose for its third straight victory.
Morgan Geekie tallied two assists and Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves for the Bruins. McAvoy, a defenseman who was suspended for the first six games of this season for slashing Buffalo’s Zach Benson in last season’s playoffs, led all Boston skaters with 24:41 of ice time.
Macklin Celebrini and Ivar Stenberg each had a goal and an assist and Dmitry Orlov collected two assists for the Sharks, who have lost two straight and three of four.
(–Field Level Media)
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