NHL: Panthers 1, Bruins 4
Elias Lindholm, Mikey Eyssimont and Morgan Geekie each scored a goal in an opening period, and Jeremy Swayman made 40 saves as the Bruins beat the Panthers 4-1 on Sunday.
Elias Lindholm, Mikey Eyssimont and Morgan Geekie each scored a goal in an opening period, and Jeremy Swayman made 40 saves as the Bruins beat the Panthers 4-1 on Sunday.
Flames defenceman Kevin Bahl will be placed on injured reserve in preparation for season-ending surgery to repair his Achilles tendon. Bahl was a late scratch for Saturday’s game against the Ducks after suffering a lower body injury that coach Ryan Huska said was suffered during warmups.
John Tavares returned to the Leafs lineup on Saturday for the first time since Oct. 15. "Considering I hadn't played a game in three weeks, not too bad," the 36-year-old said. "Some areas I want to be a little sharper." Tavares admitted shifting to left wing is an adjustment.
After committing a costly giveaway with seven minutes left in the second, Gavin McKenna was benched for the rest of the period. The rookie winger was "fired up" and responded with a goal in the third period. Jim Hiller likes McKenna's attitude but warned the turnovers have to stop.
Turnovers led directly to three of Montreal's four goals in Saturday's win in Toronto. "We just shot ourselves in the foot a little bit," said John Tavares. The Leafs saw defenceman Morgan Rielly exit the game with a lower-body injury. "It's a big blow," said coach Jim Hiller.
With John Tavares back in the Leafs lineup after missing nine games, William Nylander scored and landed four shots on net on Saturday. "Willy had his best game in a long, long time, and I don't think it's any coincidence that John was out there," said coach Jim Hiller.
Nick Cousins broke a tie on a deflection with 2:18 left and the Senators doubled up the Mammoth on Saturday night. Shane Pinto added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left, while Samuel Ersson turned away 30 shots for his third victory of the season.
Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist and Connor McDavid added three helpers as the Oilers came away with a victory over the struggling Canucks on Saturday. McDavid extended his season-starting points and assists streak to 18 games and leads the NHL with 47 points.
Alex Newhook scored twice in the first period, Jacob Fowler stopped 26 shots and the Canadiens beat the Maple Leafs Saturday night. Zack Bolduc and Chris Kreider also found the back of the net for Montreal, which has won seven of its last eight games.
Sidney Crosby scored two goals while moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s career scoring list, and the Penguins snapped their four-game skid with a victory over the Kings on Saturday night.
Matthew Schaefer and Luke Hughes throw haymakers in a second-period fight.
Jack Hughes buries the breakaway winner in overtime for the Devils.
The referee offers Canadiens goalie Jacob Fowler an apple during a stoppage in play.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and 18th of his career, Martin Necas had two goals and two assists, and the Avalanche blanked the Red Wings on Saturday night.
Nikita Kucherov scored a power-play goal 3:23 into overtime and the Lightning rallied past the Wild on Saturday night. In the opener of a four-game trip, Tampa Bay got two goals and an assist from Jake Guentzel and a goal and two assists from defenceman Charle-Edouard D’Astous.
Defenceman Thomas Harley scored one of Dallas’ three power-play goals in his first three-point game of the season as the Stars beat the Sharks on Saturday night.
Jack Hughes scored with 3:42 remaining in overtime to lift the Devils to a victory over the Islanders on Saturday. Dougie Hamilton, Luke Evangelista, Declan Chisholm and Evan Rodrigues also scored for New Jersey, which extended its winning streak to four games
Alex Tuch and Aliaksei Protas scored in the second period to lift the Capitals to a victory over the Panthers on Saturday. Jack St. Ivany scored his first career goal for Washington in the first, and Pierre-Luc Dubois added one in the third.
Jordan Martinook scored two of Carolina’s four first-period goals in the Hurricanes’ win over the Blackhawks on Saturday night. Andrei Svechnikov also scored twice, while Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Eric Robinson and William Carrier all had two assists for NHL-best Carolina, which has won six of its last seven games.
TSN Hockey analyst Martin Biron joins SportsCentre to discuss if he thinks the Canadiens learned from their collapse against the Jets and showed it in their win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday night, and share his biggest takeaway from Gavin McKenna's performance against Montreal.
Gabe Perreault, Ty Kartye and Jaroslav Chmelar scored in the first period and the Rangers held off the Kraken on Saturday for their third straight victory. Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for New York and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 25 shots in his Rangers debut.
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