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Krejci returns with goal, assist as Bruins beat Sharks 5-1 Game # 12 5 1 By Associated Press Updated: 6 hours ago BOSTON -- David Krejci returned from a five-game absence looking like he hadn't missed much time at all. Krejci had a goal and an assist as Boston routed the San Jose Sharks 5-1 on Tuesday night. "We need him going. We know that. It was good to get off on the right foot tonight," coach Bruce Cassidy said of Krejci. "He can drive a line when he's going. We didn't expect him to do that necessarily tonight. He's missed time, but that's what we want out of David." Krejci scored one of two power-play goals for Boston in the first period and added an assist in the second period in his first game since Oct. 14. Krejci was one of five different players to score for the Bruins, who won their fourth straight and improved to 6-0-2 in their last eight. "I watched lots of games the last couple of weeks. I like a lot from this team. Guys have been playing really well. They're sticking up for each other as well, so that's always nice to see," Krejci said. "It was just great to be out there with the guys." Krejci assisted on Charlie Coyle's goal early in the second after Brent Burns had pulled San Jose within 2-1 on what would be the only goal of the night for the Sharks. David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins, getting his league-leading 12th on a power-play in the first period, and Chris Wagner finished with a goal and an assist for Boston. The Bruins kept the road-weary Sharks from generating any offensive push, holding San Jose to just six shots in each of the first two periods. Martin Jones had a busy night, stopping 36 shots and keeping the rout from getting worse than it was. San Jose captain Logan Couture delivered a harsh assessment of the Sharks, who lost their third straight and went 1-3-1 on a five-game Eastern Conference road trip. "We didn't execute. We didn't make plays. We didn't spend any time in the offensive zone. It may have looked like effort, but that was just us getting caught out on long shifts and guys were tired," Couture said. "We had some shifts when they were in our zone for two minutes. Obviously not good enough -- not close to good enough. We're definitely going through a tough time right now." Coyle redirected a shot from Krejci to put the Bruins up 3-1 at 5:21 of the second, then Wagner slipped a backhand between Jones' pads on a breakaway to make it 4-1 at 8:31 of the second. It was the first goal of the season for Wagner, who picked up an assist at 16:50 when Brandon Carlo scored on a high shot from the point. It could have been worse for San Jose without some big saves by Jones. Jones made back-to-back saves on Coyle and Sean Kuraly from just outside the crease with about eight minutes left in the period and stopped Wagner on another breakaway just before the buzzer. There was no scoring in the third period, when the linesmen got a workout keeping several fights from happening with the game already out of hand. The officials stepped in twice early in the third to keep Zdeno Chara and San Jose's Evander Kane from fighting. Brett Ritchie and San Jose's Barclay Goodrow did square off with 7:21 in a bout that ended after Ritchie landed a string of solid punches. Both got fighting majors and 10-minute misconducts. The Sharks ended up with 16 penalties for a total of 57 minutes. Boston had 10 penalties for 47 minutes.

Svechnikov's lacrosse goal leads Carolina past Calgary 2-1 Game # 14 1 2 Associated Press Updated: 7 hours ago RALEIGH, N.C. -- Andrei Svechnikov spends a few minutes during most practices sharpening his lacrosse-style shot, scooping the puck on his stick blade and tucking it over an unsuspecting goalie's shoulder. With the Carolina Hurricanes in need of a goal Tuesday night, he broke it out -- and tied the game. Svechnikov scored twice in the final 10:47, starting with that spectacular tying goal , and the Hurricanes rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 2-1. "He's tried it so many times," goalie Petr Mrazek said. "He's trying it during practice, after practice. He's got a lot of moves like that he's trying. He's a kid. It's good that one went in tonight." Svechnikov earned a spot in the highlight reels by bringing the puck behind the net, lifting it up on his stick blade, and sneaking it over goalie David Rittich's right shoulder. "I went behind the net, and I felt like I should try that," Svechnikov said, adding that his brother taught him the maneuver. "I actually practiced that move this morning, it was a great shot for me." He followed that with a power-play connection with 7:25 remaining -- his second goal with the man advantage in two games -- to help the Hurricanes win their second straight and beat ex-coach Bill Peters for the first time in three tries. Elias Lindholm scored against his former team for the second straight year and Rittich made 26 saves for the Flames. They started their five-game road swing with two straight losses and have dropped four of six. Peters left Carolina before last season to take over as Calgary's coach and won both meetings last year. Calgary had 25 shots on goal through two periods, but just four in the final 20 minutes. "You don't execute with the puck, you're not going to get any shots, right?" Peters said. "Through 40 (minutes), it was fine. And then all of a sudden, the execution wasn't where we needed it to be and we played a little slower and they took advantage." Mrazek stopped 28 shots -- including three in the final 90 seconds -- and helped kill a tripping penalty to Dougie Hamilton with 2:32 to play. The Hurricanes average 3.27 goals and have scored at least two of them in every game, and none were more impressive than Svechnikov's first. That one -- which Hamilton called "unreal to see" -- filled plenty of fans' social media feeds. The next one won it. He took a feed from Hamilton in the circle and snapped the puck past Rittich, giving the second overall pick in the 2018 draft his second career power-play goal. "Obviously when you score, you've got more confidence," Svechnikov said. "I scored last game and I'm like, I have to shoot again." All three goals were scored by players picked by the Hurricanes in the first round. Lindholm was the target of boos all night from the Carolina fans -- especially after his one-timer with 6:56 left in the first, his team-leading eighth goal, put the Flames up 1-0. Lindholm, taken by the Hurricanes with the fifth overall pick in 2013, spent his first five NHL seasons with Carolina but was dealt to Calgary before last season as part of the five-player trade that sent Hamilton and Micheal Ferland to the Hurricanes. He has scored in each of his two games as a visitor at PNC Arena, and after his first game back last season, Lindholm mocked his former team's "Storm Surge" celebration by sarcastically clapping over his head on his way off the ice.

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Roman Josi signs eight-year extension with Predators By Sean Leahy, Oct 29, 2019, 11:13 AM EDT It’s been a good month for Swiss hockey players and their bank accounts. A little over a week after Nico Hischier inked a $50.75 million extension with the Devils, the Predators have signed defenseman Roman Josi to an eight-year deal worth $72.472 million. The contract, which carries a $9.059 million cap hit, kicks in beginning with the 2020-21 NHL season and features $33.75 million in signing bonuses. He’ll also be the owner of the third-highest cap hit among defenseman behind Erik Karlsson ($11.5 million) of the Sharks and the Kings’ Drew Doughty ($11 million). “Roman Josi is one of the top defensemen in the National Hockey League and our team leader as captain,” said Predators GM David Poile. “As he enters his prime, we look forward to Roman continuing to showcase his elite skills in Smashville and guiding our team in pursuit of the ultimate goal, the Stanley Cup.” Per Pierre LeBrun, here’s the year-by-year breakdown: 2020-21: $750,000 salary / $11 million signing bonus 2021-22: $750,000 salary / $10 million signing bonus 2022-23: $1 million salary / $8.75 million signing bonus 2023-24: $5 million salary / $4 million signing bonus 2024-25: $9 million salary 2025-26: $8 million salary 2026-27: $7.222 million salary 2027-28: $7 million salary In 574 career games in Nashville Josi has 98 goals and 361 points. He’s been a regular in the positive possession department (53% Corsi rating since 2014-15). Josi is now one of seven Predators who are signed through at least the 2023-24 NHL season, joining Matt Duchene, Ryan Johansen, Kyle Turris, Viktor Arvidsson, Colton Sissons, and Ryan Ellis. How much do the Predators value the 29-year-old Josi, who Poile dubbed “our Roger Federer” after naming him captain in Sept. 2017? His deal will include a full no-move clause for the entire length of the contract. The only other time that’s happened was when Pekka Rinne signed a seven-year extension in 2011 and the first four years of the deal featured such trade protection.

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Roy scores first career NHL goal, Vegas tops Anaheim 5-2 Game # 13 5 2 Paul Stastny scores the Golden Knights' 5th goal in the third period as they defeat the Ducks. By Associated Press Updated: 14 hours ago LAS VEGAS -- Nicolas Roy was a six-year-old when Marc-Andre Fleury made his NHL debut. The two are teammates now, and on Sunday night Roy scored his first career NHL goal and Fleury made 13 saves, leading the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Roy, making his first appearance as a member of the Golden Knights, showed off his blazing speed when he split two Anaheim defenders and slipped a shot through Ducks goaltender John Gibson's pads for what turned out to be the game-winning goal. "Usually I don't even celly after a goal, but that one I had to, it was so fun," said Roy, who celebrated by jumping into the glass that separated him and a slew of frenzied Golden Knights fans. "It was such a great feeling, a really great night." Roy, who was drafted 96th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, was inserted into the lineup in place of Brandon Pirri and centered a fourth line better known for its rugged play with wings Ryan Reaves and William Carrier, two of the league leaders in hits. Sunday, the trio finished with a total of three points, as Carrier assisted on Reaves' second goal of the season and team-leading career seventh against the Ducks. "I don't know what it is," Reaves said of his success against Anaheim. "I played a lot of Duck Hunter when I was young." Reaves complimented Roy's immediate chemistry on the fourth line, which in just 7:18 of time on ice had an impressive Corsi edge of 11-2. "(He was) really good, solid, all over the ice, some crazy speed on his goal," Reaves said. "Really solid defensively and nice offensive touch." Mark Stone, William Karlsson and Paul Stastny also scored for Vegas, which moved ahead of the Ducks and into sole possession of second place in the Pacific Division. Vegas has 16 points, one point behind first-place Edmonton. Anaheim has 14 points. The Golden Knights, who were outshot 40-26 in a 6-1 loss to Colorado on Friday, outshot the Ducks 49-15, including a whopping 17-5 in the first period when they seized control with a 3-1 lead. The 15 shots on goal were the fewest Vegas has allowed this season. "They were awesome, from start to finish," said Fleury, who improved to 14-4 all-time against Anaheim. "That was a tough loss to Colorado, not just because of the score, but maybe the way that the game played out. That wasn't us, and I think tonight, it's the type of games that we want to be playing." Ryan Getzlaf and Adam Henrique scored for the Ducks, while Gibson dropped to 1-7-1 against Vegas after allowing five goals. Gibson, who made 44 saves, has started every game for Anaheim against the Golden Knights since Vegas entered the league in 2017. The Ducks appeared to have carried their momentum from Saturday's 5-2 win at Colorado, as Getzlaf opened the scoring when he took a pass from Max Comtois and slipped it through Fleury's pads, making it 1-0 just 4:12 into the game. The lead didn't last. Stone was credited with tying the game 34 seconds later, when his wrist shot off the post ended up on the end of Anaheim defenseman Cam Fowler's stick. Fowler accidentally knocked the puck into his own net to tie the game at 1-1. The onslaught of shots at Gibson continued in the second period. Karlsson made it 4-1 with a power-play goal midway through the period. Stastny put the game out of reach early in the third when he netted Vegas' second power-play goal. He took a pass from Max Pacioretty and netted his fifth goal of the season. "They have three lines of high skill and high speed," Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. "Then their fourth line is about as heavy as it gets. That's why they are a top team in this league."

Marchand, Bergeron lead Bruins to 7-4 win over Rangers Game # 11 7 4 The Bruins handle the Rangers as Patrice Bergeron scores three goals in Boston's 7-4 victory. By Associated Press Updated: 14 hours ago NEW YORK -- Even though they trailed after one period, the Boston Bruins weren't too worried. They knew they were playing well and the scoring would come. And it sure did. Brad Marchand had two goals and three assists, the Boston Bruins scored four times in the second period and went on to beat the New York Rangers 7-4 on Sunday night. "We did dominate that period," Marchand said of the first period that ended with the Rangers leading 1-0 despite Boston holding a 10-7 edge on shots. "They had some shots on the power play but other than that, they didn't have much. ... We knew if we continued to play the same way we were going to break out, and we did." Patrice Bergeron scored three goals for his fifth regular-season hat trick, and Charlie Coyle and Zdeno Chara each had a goal and an assist to help the Bruins win for the eighth time in 11 games (8-1-2) this season. David Pastrnak, who leads Boston with 11 goals, had five assists -- marking just the second time in the last nine games he didn't score a goal. "(He's) always talking, communicating, wants to create plays, change it and come up with different faceoff plays," Bergeron said. "He's obviously a very smart player. He's got that instinct. ... He wants results, and when he works like that, he's getting it." Jaroslav Halak stopped 25 shots as Boston earned a point for the seventh straight game (5-0-2). Michael Haley, Pavel Buchnevich, Chris Kreider and Brady Skjei scored for the Rangers, who lost for the sixth time in seven games (1-5-1). Henrik Lundqvist had 27 saves before being pulled after two periods. Alexandar Georgiev finished with nine saves in the third. "It's hard to figure out right now," Lundqvist said of the Rangers' struggles. "We had a 1-0 lead after the first. ... We came out in the second and we weren't even close." The Bruins took control of the game in the second period. Pastrnak charged the net with the puck from the left side, and made contact with Lundqvist. Bergeron followed and put the puck in for his third of the season 11 seconds into the period. The goal was confirmed after a video review. Marchand put Boston ahead 57 seconds later. He got the puck in front of the net, made a backhand-forehand move before putting a backhander past Lundqvist. "Getting the quick two goals at the start of the second kind of got us going after that," Bergeron said. Coyle made it 3-1 as he got a pass across the front of the net from Charlie McAvoy and put the puck top shelf for his first at 9:27. Marchand got his second of the night with 7:51 left in the middle period, taking a pass from Coyle and whipping it past Lundqvist from the right side for his seventh. Boston finished with a 21-5 advantage on shots in the second period, and 31-12 over 40 minutes. "A lot happened in second period we need to clean up and learn from," New York defenseman Marc Staal said. Chara made it 5-1 as he beat Georgiev with a slap shot from the blue line just 43 seconds into the third on the first shot the Rangers' backup goalie faced. Buchnevich pulled the Rangers back within three at 8:15 with his second of the season, but Bergeron's second of the night and fourth of the season restored Boston's four-goal lead with 8:21 left. Kreider scored on a rebound with 1:59 left, and Skjei pulled the Rangers within two just 21 seconds later, but Bergeron's empty-netter with 45 second left capped the scoring. The Bruins controlled play for the opening half of the first period, outshooting the Rangers 6-0. Each team had a power play during that stretch. The Rangers got on the board on their first scoring chance. Halak stopped Brendan Smith's shot from the left side -- New York's first shot on goal -- but Haley charged in and knocked in the rebound with 9:41 left in the first. It was Haley's first goal since signing with the Rangers on Oct. 1.

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Bryan Little scores in overtime to lift the Jets to a 2-1 victory vs. the Flames. By Associated Press Updated: 13 hours ago Game # 13 1 2 OT REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Bryan Little picked a big stage to get his first goal of the season. Little scored at 3:04 of overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night in the Heritage Classic outdoor game. Little scored off a 2-on-1 with Kyle Connor, tucking the puck under goalie David Rittich at the corner of the net. "It's pretty cool," Little said. "It was one of those games where I pretty much didn't have any chances. Then you get a 2-on-1 like that in overtime. I'll admit I really didn't do too much. I just went to the net and put my stick on the ice and Kyle made a great pass. But it was definitely a great feeling." Little missed the first nine games of this season with a concussion. The longest-serving Jet in his 13th NHL season wasn't able to play in the 2016 Heritage Classic at Winnipeg's IG Field because of a knee injury. "It was definitely frustrating last time watching from the sidelines and not getting to experience it," Little said. "When I heard we were playing outside I had this circled on the calendar. Definitely lived up to everything." Josh Morrissey also scored and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 29 shots to help Winnipeg win Canada's first outdoor game in a non-NHL city. Elias Lindholm scored for Calgary and Rittich had 43 saves in his first outdoor start. The NHL's 28th outdoor game since 2003 took place at the 33,350-seat Mosaic Stadium, which was built in 2017 to be the new home of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, and was sold out and liberally sprinkled with Flames red, Jets blue and Roughrider green. "As soon as we walked out of the tunnel, the crowd was electric," Morrissey said. "It was completely full and as a player, it was just an awesome time and I think the city and the province really embraced it." Wind gusts between 17 and 27 miles per hour put wind-chill at around 14 degrees at puck drop. Snowflakes began dusting the Stadium a few hours prior to the game and intensified after the opening faceoff. As snow accumulated between scrapes, puck handling, shooting and passing became laborious. "It feels right," Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk said. "It feels like that's how hockey should be and how legends of the past grew up playing. You hear all the greats talk about growing up and playing on the outdoor rink. It's cool to play in that environment where it's snowing, it's causing the ice to be slower, you're falling, you're losing the puck, it bounces all over the place." There were plenty of scoring chances as each team had 26 shots on goal through the first 40 minutes. With Flames center Sean Monahan serving a tripping penalty, the Jets couldn't score on a 4-on-3 advantage in overtime. Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler put the puck off the crossbar with seconds remaining in the penalty. Morrissey pulled the Jets even with 4:11 left in regulation with a power-play goal. With Flames captain Mark Giordano serving a hooking penalty, Patrick Laine fed the Jets' defender from behind the net. Morrissey threaded a shot through traffic to the top corner over Rittich's glove. It was Winnipeg's first goal in an outdoor game. The Jets were shut out 3-0 at Winnipeg's IG Field by Edmonton in 2016. After a scoreless first period, Lindholm's power-play goal with 5:13 of the second was his team-leading seventh goal of the season. Johnny Gaudreau, on Hellebuyck's right, tapped the puck over to Lindholm to shovel it past the Winnipeg goalie. Jets head coach Paul Maurice challenged the goal believing Matthew Tkachuk raised his stick above his shoulders to knock down the puck and and keep it in the offensive zone. However, Maurice was denied, which resulted in a Jets minor penalty for the failed challenge. Winnipeg's Adam Lowry cross-checked Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington into the boards to end the period, which put the Flames on the power play to start the third.

Bruins blank Blues 3-0 in 1st meeting since losing Cup final Game # 10 3 0 Bruins edge Blues in Stanley Cup Final rematch The Bruins get the best of the Stanley Cup Champions as they beat the Blues, 3-0. By Associated Press Updated: 17 hours ago BOSTON -- The stakes were drastically different for Boston's first meeting with St. Louis this season. Regardless, the Bruins made sure the Blues left town with a loss this time. David Pastrnak scored his team-leading 11th goal, Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots for his second shutout and the Bruins beat the defending NHL champions 3-0 Saturday night in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final. "I was just saying: `Unless they brought the Cup here, I don't think it had anything to do with it," Rask said. "Different year, different teams." It was the first meeting between the clubs since St. Louis won its first Cup last season, skating with the trophy around the TD Garden ice in Boston on June 12 after a 4-1 victory in Game 7. But on Saturday night, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara set the tone on the opening shift. Like last spring's Cup final, the matchup featured plenty of hard hits, beginning when Chara leveled winger Oskar Sundqvist in front of the Blues bench. Linemate Brayden Schenn skated in to defend Sundqvist and was sent to the penalty box -- along with Chara -- for matching roughing penalties. "I think it does when it's Z," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said when asked if the play had an impact on the game. "Against a physical opponent, we knew they're going to come out and bang -- and they did. I think it's important for us to initiate and not retaliate. I think we did that." Anders Bjork also scored for Boston (7-1-2). Brandon Carlo added an empty-net goal with 49 seconds left. Rask, who played his 500th game with the Bruins in a win over Toronto on Tuesday, recorded his 47th career shutout. He is 5-0-1 in six starts this season, picking up his solid play that carried Boston to the final. Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for the Blues (5-3-3), who won their previous two games. In his rookie season, the 6-foot-2 goalie sparked St. Louis to its run from last place in the Western Conference in early January to a title. "Bad puck play for us tonight," Sundqvist said. "It's just one of those games we have to forget." With David Perron off for holding, Pastrnak one-timed a pass from Torey Krug at the top of the left circle for a power-play goal 14:59 into the opening period. The puck deflected off Binnington and trickled into the net, just as he looked over his shoulder. Rask's best save came when he made a blocker stop on Sundqvist's clean breakaway with seven minutes left in the first. "We had looks and didn't capitalize on them," St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. "There weren't many looks either way. It was tight hockey all around." Boston capitalized on a 3-on-2 break when defenseman Matt Grzelcyk sent a pass to Bjork at the right circle, where he one-timed a shot over Binnington's left shoulder to make it 2-0 at 9:31 of the second. Clinging to the two-goal edge, Rask made a pair of splendid stops when the Blues were on a power play shortly after Bjork's score. The toughest was on Tyler Bozak's wrister from the slot.

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Kadri, Calvert score twice, Avalanche beats Vegas 6-1 By Associated Press Updated: 15 hours ago Game # 12 1 6 LAS VEGAS -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was a little lost as a visitor to T-Mobile Arena. While the rest of his Colorado Avalanche teammates knew their way around the visitors' locker room, Bellemare was a newcomer, even after spending the last two seasons with Vegas. But, everything looked familiar once Bellemare got onto the ice. Nadem Kadri and Matt Calvert each scored twice, Bellemare had a goal and two assists against his former team and the Avalanche beat the Golden Knights 6-1 on Friday. Cale Makar also scored for the Avalanche, who improved to 8-1-1. In a matinee on the Las Vegas Strip on the observance of Nevada Day, it was Colorado's day in Bellemare's first game against his former team since signing with the Avalanche in the summer. "It was weird, I've got to be honest," Bellemare said. "It's so soon (into the season). I thought that wasn't going to be a difference if it's now or if it's later in the season. ... Once the game starts you just think about your job and then you work. "It makes it easier that we got the win." Colorado, which has scored at least one goal in 23 of its 30 regulation periods, dominated Vegas from the drop, sparked by Bellemare's goal 28 seconds into the game. Vegas' former fourth-line center intercepted Mark Stone's cross-ice pass, skated around Deryk Engelland and sent a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury to give the Avalanche a 1-0 lead. "Everything went my way, the puck was like a magnet," Bellemare said. "It felt like it just stayed with me. I tried stuff that I've probably never tried before and I fired, and it was in the net. And I'm like, `What the heck just happened?' It was a good game for me." It wasn't too long after Bellemare's goal a touching video tribute played, highlighting his time with the Golden Knights -- including their run to the 2018 Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season -- drawing a standing ovation from the sell-out crowd. "I've never really had that before, so I don't know how to compare it to anything, but it felt good," Bellemare said. "Thank God the video wasn't too long because I would have had a hard time focusing on the (penalty) kill right after that." It was an area the Avalanche were clearly focused by dominating Vegas, as Colorado was 4 for 4 with its penalty kill, thwarting a Golden Knights power play that came into the game ranked seventh with the man-advantage at home. The Avalanche closed out an impressive six-game road trip with a 4-1-1 record, but it was a quick trip home between the fifth and sixth games of the junket that coach Jared Bednar said was a huge boost for his weary troops. "We played some real tough games there and I think just to get home and have the day off and get a little bit of rest physically, but also to get a mental break away from the game, spend some time with friends and family for a day, it paid off for us tonight," Bednar said. "I liked our legs. I thought we were skating real well, we looked real focused on the details tonight as well." William Karlsson was the only who could find the back of the net for Vegas, which dropped to 3-3-0 at home this season. Colorado goaltender Phillip Grubauer was stellar thereafter, finishing with 25 saves. Vegas' 26 shots on goal were its second lowest this season. "It's about doing the right things and playing the right way. I don't care who scores, I really don't," Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. "But we gotta keep the puck out of our net, that's our biggest thing right now and we gotta play a lot better team defense than that." Fleury was replaced by Garret Sparks with 7:24 left in the second period after allowing four goals and making just 22 saves. Sparks, who won 14 of his 37 career appearances with Toronto, allowed two goals and made 13 saves in his first appearance with Vegas since being acquired from the Maple Leafs in July. Kadri made it 2-1 just before the end of the first period, and Makar extended Colorado's lead to two with his first NHL goal. Kadri's second goal midway through the second period essentially ended Fleury's night. Calvert scored Colorado's last two goals, both assisted by Bellemare.

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Matthew Tkachuk leads Flames past Panthers 6-5 in shootout Game # 12 6 5 SO By Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta -- Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano was pleased with the way teammate Matthew Tkachuk delivered in the clutch. Tkachuk scored twice in regulation and again in the shootout as the Flames recovered from squandering three leads and beat the Florida Panthers 6-5 on Thursday night. "In big games, (Tkachuk) is always going to be there," Giordano said. "You always want the puck on his stick, it seems, in high-pressure situations. He makes plays under pressure. That's what makes him so good." However, Tkachuk wasn't pleased with the way his team blew three leads. "We're lucky. That's obviously a big two points, but we don't want to get comfortable in games like that," Tkachuk said. "We've got a two-goal lead in the third you have to put it away." Sean Monahan also scored in the shootout for Calgary, which converted both tiebreaking attempts on Sergei Bobrovsky. David Rittich thwarted Jonathan Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov to secure the victory. Austin Czarnik, Mark Giordano and Sam Bennett scored in regulation for Calgary. Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Josh Brown, Evgenii Dadonov and Mark Pysyk scored for Florida. Barkov had four assists. Florida got its first lead at 14:59 of the third period. Pysyk got open in the slot, took a feed from Frank Vatrano and sent a 30-foot wrist shot through Rittich's pads. Calgary responded at 17:17. Bennett broke to the net, shot the puck and collected his own rebound to score. "We got a big goal there, obviously, all of a sudden it's 5-4 (Florida) but then they get a fortunate bounce on their goal," Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said. "Then in overtime, anything can happen and we've been snake-bit a little bit in overtime and in the shootout." Florida has points in its last seven, but only three of the games have been wins. "You want to squeeze out every point you can and when you come back the way we did from a 4-2 deficit, you try to find the positive in that," said Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad, who played in his 400th NHL game.. Rittich's five goals allowed came on 23 shots. Bobrovky faced 24 shots. Tied 2-2 after two periods, the Flames surged in front 4-2 on Tkachuk's second goal of the game 32 seconds into the third and Giordano's goal at 5:16. Calgary had more chances. Sean Monahan, held without a goal in his last 10 games, was stopped on a breakaway, then robbed on a one-time shot. The Flames also hit two posts. The Panthers pulled within one on Brown's first goal of the season at 6:20. Florida tied it just over two minutes later when Dadonov converted Huberdeau's pass on a 2-on-1. Down 2-1, the Panthers tied it for the second time in the second period at 15:15 when Weegar got open in the slot, took a feed from Barkov, and beat Rittich on his blocker side from 40 feet out. Calgary had taken the lead at 11:59 of the second when Tkachuk converted a give-and-go with Michael Frolik, who also had the primary assist on Tkachuk's goal in the third. Flames coach Bill Peters thought they were in control when Giordano made it 4-2, but they quickly lost that control. "We were in a good spot right there, and they pushed, we didn't handle it very well, recovered, broke down a little bit," Peters said. "Huge goal by (Bennett), he got us into overtime, and then the shootout."

Carlson scores 2 to help Capitals beat Flames 5-3 Game # 11 2 5 By Associated Press 4 hours ago CALGARY, Alberta -- Alex Ovechkin is starting an early-season campaign for teammate John Carlson to win this season's Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman. "Johnny for Norris. That's a hashtag right now," the Capitals captain said after Carlson's two goals helped the Washington Capitals to a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Carlson scored and added an empty-netter for an NHL-leading 20 points (five goals, 15 assists) in 11 games. The 29-year-old American is the fourth different defenseman in NHL history to register 20 points or more in October joining Paul Coffey (1981, 1988), Al MacInnis (1988) and Brian Leetch (1990). "It's a great thing obviously. I don't know what to say," Carlson said. He has three games remaining this month to better the high of 25 points in 13 games set by MacInnis when he was with Calgary. Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington. Chandler Stephenson got the credit on an own-goal by the Flames. Braden Holtby finished with 32 saves. "We're a dangerous team when we're doing the right things," Carlson said. Elias Lindholm, Tobias Rieder and Austin Czarnik scored for the Flames. Cam Talbot stopped 25 shots in his second straight start. "For good stretches of the game I felt we played well and carried the game, but ultimately it doesn't matter," Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk said. "We still didn't get any points tonight. ... They're a good hockey team, probably the best we've played this year. That was a good measuring-stick team." Wilson pushed Washington's lead to 4-2 on a feed from Lars Eller to beat Talbot under his left pad with 7:26 left in the third period. Carlson's empty-netter with 1:45 remaining maid it a three-goal game before Rieder capped the scoring with 16 seconds to go. Ten seconds after Czarnik pulled the Flames even at 2-2 in the second, Ovechkin quieted the Saddledome with a go-ahead goal with 3:25 left in the period. The Capitals' captain took a backhand pass from Nicklas Backstrom on a 2-on-1 and wired the puck home for his seventh of the season. Czarnik scored his first by pouncing on a loose puck and sweeping it past Holtby during a goal-mouth scramble for a T.J. Brodie rebound. Talbot mishandled Carlson's off-speed shot from the boards for Washington's first goal of the game 35 seconds into the second period. "Pretty lucky," Carlson said. "I've had some good fortune this month." Stephenson's centering pass from behind Calgary's net deflected off Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson and in at 2:41 to make it 2-0. Lindholm halved the deficit with a power-play goal at 3:19, his team-high sixth goal. The Swede wristed a cross-ice feed from Johnny Gaudreau over Holtby's glove. Calgary outshot the Caps 15-9 in a scoreless first period.

Fleury helps Golden Knights beat Blackhawks 2-1 in shootout Game # 11 2 1 SO By Associated Press Updated: 5 hours ago CHICAGO -- Vegas played its ace, and it beat all the hands for Chicago. Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves through overtime and two more stops in the shootout, leading the Golden Knights to a 2-1 victory over the Blackhawks on Tuesday. Playing for the second straight night for the last stop of a three-game trip, Vegas used a stellar performance by Fleury to improve to 7-0-0 against Chicago since entering the league for the 2017-18 season. "He's our ace. I mean he's been outstanding all year for us," coach Gerard Gallant said. Fleury was beaten by Jonathan Toews in the first round of the tiebreaker, and then turned away attempts by Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat. Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore scored on Robin Lehner on the other end, giving Vegas the victory after it lost 6-2 at Philadelphia on Monday night. It was win No. 446 for Fleury, snapping a tie with Terry Sawchuck for seventh on the NHL career list. "I thought our game got better as the game went on," Fleury said. Kirby Dach scored his first goal in his second NHL game for Chicago, and Lehner had 33 saves in an impressive performance. Dach was selected by the Blackhawks with the No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft. "I thought we did a lot of good things tonight," Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said. "It's frustrating not to get rewarded for it." Lehner, who signed a $5 million, one-year deal with the Blackhawks in July, was working on his 15th career shutout when the Golden Knights replaced Fleury with an extra attacker late in the third period. Nick Holden then tied it at 1 when he shot it between Lehner's legs with 1:33 left. Vegas had a power-play opportunity in overtime, but Chicago killed it off. Lehner had a great stop on Max Pacioretty's one-timer with 22.8 seconds left. "These games are really exciting," Holden said. "As a defenseman and as a player in front of Fleury, you don't want to have him have to make those big saves. I'm sure that fans and everybody enjoys it. We want to try and limit those, but it was kind of a back-and-forth game." Standing all alone right outside the goalmouth, the 18-year-old Dach got the Blackhawks on the board when a deflected puck went off his left leg and into the net 16:15 into the first. Dach celebrated by skating away and pumping his right arm as the crowd of 21,172 cheered wildly. "It was a pretty cool moment," Dach said. "I grew up dreaming of playing the NHL. Two games in, you've got your first goal. That's pretty special, but at the same time, I'm pretty disappointed that we lost. That's my main focus, the team game, not myself." Chicago almost added to its lead in the second, but Fleury made a tumbling save on DeBrincat's shot off a slick pass by Toews. Brandon Saad had a one-timer go off the post with about 6:40 left. Lehner denied William Carrier on a couple of prime chances in the second. First, Lehner kicked Carrier's shot away about five minutes into the period. Lehner also got in the way of another Carrier try with about four minutes left.

Pastrnak scores 10th, Bruins beat Maple Leafs 4-2 Game # 9 4 2 By Associated Press Updated: 6 hours ago BOSTON -- After losing a goal to an offside call midway through the first period, David Pastrnak got it right back with a pass to himself between his own legs. This one counted for Pastrnak, who scored his league-leading 10th of the season and added an assist for the Bruins in a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. "I tried it a couple times in practice but it didn't work. It worked today, so I was kind of lucky," said Pastrnak, who reached 300 career points with the goal. Brett Ritchie and Par Lindholm also scored for Boston, which was playing for the first time since a 4-3 loss in overtime at Toronto on Saturday night. Tuukka Rask made 28 saves in his 500th career game. Pastrnak appeared to score on a rebound at 10:48 in the first, but the goal was waved off after Toronto challenged and replay showed the play was offside. Pastrnak scored one that counted with 2:45 left in the first with some nifty stickhandling in front of the Toronto net. After taking a pass from Marchand, Pastrnak slipped the puck between his own legs, then redirected it past Michael Hutchinson to give the a 1-0 lead. "There's times through the year when pucks bounce against you and there's times when they bounce for you. Right now pucks are bouncing his way," Marchand said of Pastrnak. "He has that ability to make those high-end plays. He puts himself in really good positions to capitalize on opportunities." Pastrnak said the Bruins didn't let up despite the disappointment from having their first goal waved off. "I knew we were going to get another one. We were feeling good," he said. Kasperi Kapanen and Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and assist apiece for the Maple Leafs, who were coming off an overtime loss to Columbus at home on Monday night. Coach Mike Babcock said the Leafs improved from the night before, when they led 3-2 after the second but couldn't hold off the Blue Jackets in the third, then the OT. "It was one of those games. It was a grind the whole thing. There wasn't much room for either team," Babcock said. "In the end, the game was right there in the third period. . We were unable to get it done." Michael Hutchinson stopped 35 shots. The Maple Leafs tied after falling behind 1-0 and 2-1, but couldn't get anything past Rask in the third period. "I just don't think we spent enough times in the offense zone and weren't heavy enough on pucks. They kept on breaking out and applying pressure on our D," Kapanen said. "We spent a lot of time in our own zone and eventually they're going to score when the flow of the game goes like that." Ritchie's unassisted goal 6:35 into the third put Boston back up 3-2 and Lindholm got his first of the season when he poked in a rebound with 2:03 left in the game. Kapanen tied it on a one-timer off a crossing pass from Kerfoot with just under 4 1/2 minutes into the middle period. Marchand's goal put Boston up 2-1 at 6:09, as Pastrnak got another point with an assist. Kerfoot tied it 2-2 on a power-play goal with 7:06 to go in the period.

Flyers score 4 in the 2nd period, top Golden Knights 6-2 Gam Kevin Hayes and Michael Raffl score 44 seconds apart in a four-goal Flyers' second period in Philadelphia's 6-2 win against Vegas. By Associated Press Updated: 14 hours ago Game # 10 2 6 PHILADELPHIA -- Blame the Flyers' slow start on jet lag, bad hockey, or maybe Gritty just woke up on the wrong side of the cradle. Whatever the reason, the first few weeks of the season again meant Philadelphia was buried in the standings. Against Vegas, the Flyers may have had their breakthrough. Kevin Hayes, Michael Raffl, Matt Niskanen and Oskar Lindblom all scored in the second period to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night. The Flyers snapped a four-game losing streak in front of a tepid crowd that has grown accustomed to a franchise that struggles in the fall. Of late, the Flyers lost seven of eight to open 2013, went 0-2-2 to start 2014, and went 4-7 last season that led to a housecleaning in the front office and on the bench. It was more of the same this season under new coach Alain Vigneault, with the Flyers standing at 2-3-1 after a rugged trip where they played four of the first five games in four time zones. There was no need for concern against Vegas. "We got big saves and when they made mistakes, we made them pay which we haven't been able to do for quite some time," Vigneault said. Travis Konecny scored a power-play goal just 4:15 into the game for the Flyers, and the offense took off from there, an appetizer for what would be the Flyers first four-goal period since March 15, 2019 against Toronto. Raffl added his second of the night late in the third. Brian Elliott had 33 saves for the Flyers, 25 straight through the first two periods when they played more like an Eastern Conference contender than the one that entered dumped at the bottom of the standings. "You have to stay patient and stay ready and the guys gave me a really good chance to win with all of that run support," Elliott said. "You just want to play big back there and not give anything unreasonable up." The Flyers had scored only 15 goals through the first six games but caught a break when Marc-Andre Fleury was given a night off with Vegas on the front end of a back-to-back. He started nine games this season -- and one game with Oscar Dansk in net showed why Fleury rarely gets a game off. Carter Hart also got the night off for the Flyers, erasing a hopeful matchup of one of the best goalies in the league vs. one of the expected future stars off the board. The kids in the $25 standing-room-only section in Hart jerseys had to cheer an offensive outburst instead from their obstructed sightlines and catch the goals on the big screen. There was plenty of highlight-reel action. Hayes and Raffl scored only 44 seconds apart in the second to blow the game open. Niskanen added a power-play goal and Lindblom's fourth goal of the season came off a give-and-go with Raffl to make it 5-0. "Down 3-0, we started to gamble a little bit and that's not the way we play," Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. "We can't play like that. We have to play good, solid hockey. " The Flyers scored four goals in each of the first two games of the season, then scored only five over the last three. The Knights tacked on goals from Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith in the third and lost for just the second time in six games. Any shot of a sensational comeback was snuffed when Raffl scored on a breakaway to make it 6-1. The Flyers needed to score one at home -- they're back on the road for four of the next five. "It's an important win for our group," Vigneault said.

Backlund propels Flames to 2-1 victory over Ducks GG Game # 10 2 1 Associated Press Updated: 11 hours ago ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Cam Talbot and Michael Stone haven't played much through the first three weeks of the Calgary Flames' season. They made the most of their opportunities Sunday night. Talbot made 29 saves and Stone scored the Flames' first goal as they rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Mikael Backlund broke a tie with 11:03 left, and Calgary snapped a three-game road losing streak, bouncing back from a disappointing 4-1 loss at Los Angeles on Saturday which some called "embarrassing" due to their effort. "I thought everyone took accountability for last night," Talbot said. "I liked our work ethic and dedication in our zone to get the pucks out." It was Talbot's second start and first win with the Flames. The seven-year veteran, who was with Edmonton and Philadelphia last season, signed with Calgary as a free agent. He allowed up an early second-period goal to Jakob Silfverberg but stopped Silfverberg on a breakaway midway through the period before making 11 saves in the third, many on one-timers. Nick Ritchie had a point-blank chance in front of the net but could not convert. "When they pushed, Talbot was there," Calgary coach Bill Peters said. "The work he has had with us has been good. We have a lot of confidence in him and as we get busier you will see him more." Stone -- who was playing in only his third game -- tied it at 15:32 of the second with a one-timer from near the blueline for his first point. Anaheim goaltender John Gibson didn't get a clear look as Calgary's Sean Monahan and Anaheim's Michael Del Zotto were battling in front of the net when Stone's slap shot got through. "It felt good to contribute, it's been a while since I've done that," Stone said. "To get in there and get rewarded was nice." Backlund scored when he got a pass from Matthew Tkachuk on a 2-on-1 rush after a neutral zone turnover and beat Gibson with a snap shot from the right faceoff circle. "I don't think Gibson expected an early pass. I was going to catch it and just changed my mind," said Backlund, who has a goal in two straight games. Gibson made 27 saves for Anaheim, which lost for the first time in five home games. Silfverberg opened the scoring 12 seconds into the second when he beat Talbot top shelf from the left faceoff circle after taking the pass from Hampus Lindholm. Silfverberg -- who has five goals this season -- has scored in three straight games. "I thought we had numerous chances to not only tie it but go ahead by a couple and we just couldn't get it in the net," Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said.

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Fleury shuts out former team; Knights defeat Penguins Game # 9 3 0 By Associated Press Updated: 17 hours ago PITTSBURGH -- Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury wasn't happy with his performance in his return to Pittsburgh two seasons ago. He had a much better time Saturday night. Fleury stopped 29 shots against his former team, leading the Golden Knights to a 3-0 victory over the Penguins. "Last time I was in Pittsburgh, I let in five goals," Fleury said. "I wanted to make sure that wasn't happening again. I was just happy that it was a better showing." Fleury recorded his 445th win, tying Terry Sawchuck for seventh on the NHL career list. Fleury, who made his second career start for Vegas against the Penguins in Pittsburgh, also registered his 57th career shutout. The Golden Knights won for the fourth time in five games. Paul Stastny scored his fourth of the season, a power-play goal in the second period, and William Karlsson and Mark Stone added empty-netters in the final 90 seconds. Fleury kept the puck out with a sliding cross-crease shoulder save on Juuso Riikola's power-play chance in the third period. Pittsburgh had several quality chances during another third-period power play, but came up empty against Fleury. Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese hit the crossbar earlier in the period. "I just tried to read the play," Fleury said. "They find guys across the crease on both sides. I just tried to be aware of where guys were at and got lucky with a couple posts." The Penguins played without six regulars, including five of their top nine forwards and a defenseman from their No. 1 pairing. Jared McCann was held out after he scored in Friday's home win against Dallas. He has missed two of the team's last three games after also sitting out on Wednesday. Defenseman Brian Dumoulin was a late scratch after taking pregame warmups. Forwards Evgeni Malkin, Alex Galchenyuk, Nick Bjugstad and Bryan Rust are all on injured reserve. Tristan Jarry made 21 saves for Pittsburgh, which had won five in a row. "I think we did some good things, we just couldn't find a way to score," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "(Fleury) made some good saves. We had a couple that got behind him and hit posts. Some of those usually go in." Fleury allowed five goals on 38 shots in a 5-4 loss against the Penguins in his initial return to Pittsburgh on Feb. 6, 2018. He didn't start when Vegas last played in Pittsburgh on Oct. 11, 2018. Fleury, the No. 1 overall pick in 2003, spent his first 13 seasons in Pittsburgh and helped the Penguins win three Stanley Cup titles before Vegas selected him in the 2017 expansion draft. Fans gave Fleury a loud ovation as soon as he hit the ice for pregame warmups. Fleury chatted with several former teammates prior to the game, including starting goaltender Matt Murray, who had the night off. Fleury also playfully threw passes to Crosby and defenseman Kris Letang during pregame warmups. "I saw so many people with signs and my jersey, waving and cheering," Fleury said. "It's always fun to come back." Fleury made a sharp first-period pad save on a Patric Hornqvist one-timer during a Pittsburgh power play. Letang hit the post on Fleury's blocker side later in the period. Vegas opened the scoring after Aston-Reese was whistled for goaltender interference. Stastny one-timed a Cody Glass pass into a partially open net at 3:48 for his fourth goal in five games. That was more than enough for Fleury. "I was so excited he got a shutout," Stastny said. "I think he earned it. He deserves it."

Marner scores in OT to lift Maple Leafs past Bruins 4-3 Game # 8 3 4 OT By Associated Press TORONTO -- Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews have played sparingly together at even strength early in their careers. With injured Toronto captain John Tavares sitting out, the two connected to give the Maple Leafs a big win. Marner's hard shot after taking a pass from Matthews glanced in off teammate Morgan Rielly at 3:54 of overtime to give Toronto a hard-fought 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Saturday night. "I saw (Matthews) go around the back of the net and I didn't want to get too close," said Marner, who finished with two assists. "I knew that if there were sticks in the way he couldn't make the pass so I tried to stay higher in the slot." The goal was initially credited to Marner, but changed to Rielly -- his second of the night -- after the game. "It went in," Matthews said. "That's all that matters." Alexander Kerfoot and Dmytro Timashov also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 42 shots. David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, and Jake DeBrusk and Danton Heinen also scored for the Bruins. Jaroslav Halak finished with 25 saves. "Give their goaltender credit," DeBrusk said. "He gave them a chance." The Maple Leafs played their first game without Tavares, who broke a finger Wednesday and will miss at least two weeks. "It's big," Rielly said of the victory. "A team within the division, not having (Tavares) ... just a point in our year where we want to get going. "We answered the bell." Toronto coach Mike Babcock wouldn't reveal his plan moving forward in Tavares' absence -- namely whether or not Matthews and Marner will continue playing together. "We'll just try to evaluate," he said. "We'll look at it, get it figured out and then go from there." Down 2-1 despite a dominant second period, the Bruins tied the score at 1:36 of the third just as a Maple Leafs penalty was about to expire when Heinen got his first. Toronto replied just 61 seconds later when Kerfoot backhanded a loose puck past Halak for his third. Andersen faced 33 shots through two periods, and the Boston kept coming late in the third, with Pastrnak tying things with 4:26 left in regulation when he blasted a one-timer for his ninth. Pastrnak now has nine goals on the season, including seven in the last three games, which puts him in a tie with Edmonton's James Neal for the NHL lead. The Bruins, meanwhile, were minus veteran center David Krejci (upper-body injury) for a third straight game. Toronto has lost to Boston to open the playoffs each of the last two years -- with both series going to a Game 7 -- but with Tavares, Zach Hyman (knee) and Travis Dermott (shoulder) all out injured, and some major roster restructuring in the off-season, just nine of the 18 skaters who dressed for the Maple Leafs in the deciding game back on April 23 were in Saturday's lineup. The Bruins, who went onto make the Stanley Cup Final before losing on home ice in Game 7 against the St. Louis Blues, dressed 13 skaters from that 5-1 victory against Toronto. The Maple Leafs opened the scoring at 5:55 of a spirited first period when Rielly's point shot with Johnsson battling in front went in off Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo and in for his first of the season. DeBrusk came close to tying the game a few minutes later when he blew past Tyson Barrie, but Andersen made a nice toe save. Timashov made it 2-0 on a good fourth-line shift from Toronto. The rookie forward got the puck from Frederik Gauthier and moved into the slot before roofing his first NHL goal past Halak. "It's a dream come true," Timashov said. The Bruins, who had 18 shots in the first, finally got on the board with 20.6 seconds left in the period when DeBrusk took advantage of some poor defending to beat Andersen from in-close. Coming off Thursday's 4-3 shootout loss at home to Tampa Bay, Boston fed off that goal in the second and had Toronto on its heels for long stretches. The Maple Leafs' best chance of the second came after Sean Kuraly threw the puck in front of his own net, but Barrie was robbed by Halak with the glove.

Carter helps Kings beat Flames 4-1 to snap 3-game skid Game # 9 1 4 Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Todd McLellan was beginning to worry about his Los Angeles Kings doing the right things but not getting the desired results for their hard work. The first-year coach can breathe a little easier now. The Kings played one of their most complete games of the young season with a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. "You eventually get concerned about the guys giving what they have and not getting rewarded. Will they begin to cheat, take shortcuts or wander from the program? They didn't do that and that's a good sign," McLellan said. Jeff Carter, who was one of seven Kings to get on the scoresheet, led the way with a goal and assist while Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for his first victory in four starts. Tyler Toffoli, Anze Kopitar and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored for the Kings, who put the game out of reach with a three-goal second period. Quick was on track to get a shutout until Mikael Backlund scored on a penalty shot with 2:10 remaining. "We played great. We did a good job taking away their main threats along with winning faceoffs," Quick said. David Rittich, who came in with a 2.55 goals-against-average, allowed four goals on 28 shots in two periods. Cam Talbot came in for the final 20 minutes and made eight saves for the Flames, who have dropped three straight road games. "I think our first period was ok. It is a tough building and we were down one goal," Calgary defenseman Travis Hamonic said. "It was probably in the first seven or eight minutes of the second period where the game got away from us. We need a better pushback from the group." Toffoli scored 75 seconds into the game to end the goal drought at 136 minutes, 51 seconds. The Kings' center got the puck on a pass from Blake Lizotte just outside the Calgary zone, made a nice move past two Flames defenders and put a wrist shot past Rittich for his third goal of the season. It was only second time this season the Kings scored first. "If we're going to start a game, that's the best way to do it," McLellan said. "You could kind of feel a little bit of relief on the bench and then it was time to go back to work and the guys built off of it. We needed it and finally got rewarded." Carter got his first goal of the season 15 seconds into the second when his backhand went off the skate of Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano and found its way into the net. Kopitar scored the Kings first short-handed goal of the season five minutes later when he beat Rittich on his glove side on a breakaway. Los Angeles came into the game with the league's second-worst penalty-kill unit but was 5 of 5 against the Flames. Kovalchuk then added a power-play goal at 8:58 with a slap shot from just beyond the left faceoff circle after a cross-ice pass from Michael Amadio. It was the Kings' first goal with the man-advantage in six games and snapped skid where they were 0 for 19. It is also the third goal of the season for Kopitar and Kovalchuk. "For us today the scoring was great, but the checking was better and that allowed us to play with a lead," McLellan said. "I thought for tonight 52 minutes of our play was good. Then with eight minutes we strayed from it. We still have a lot to learn from it. We still see old habits slip in. There are things that need to be addressed and fixed."

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