Thursday in the NHL | Sabers defeat Senators 4-1 in season opener

Senators lose to Stars

Rasmus Dahlin and JJ Peterka hit the target 2:54 apart in the second period and the Buffalo Sabers defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Thursday night.

Craig Anderson blocked 35 shots as Victor Olofsson sealed the game with two empty-netters in the final 42 seconds of the game.

In 2021-22, the Sabers set an NHL record by missing the playoffs for 11^e consecutive season.

Senators captain Brady Tkachuk opened the scoring midway through the first period. The visitors’ five-man attack was shut out on four occasions, however.

Anton Forsberg made 32 saves for the Ottawa squad, replacing Cam Talbot, who is expected to miss four to six weeks with an upper body injury.

Peterka scored his first career NHL goal, tying the game in the second period on an assist from Dylan Cozens.

Dahlin then started the game-winning goal by winning the Senators blue line before completing a pass. He positioned himself in front of the net and completed Peyton Krebs’ move.

John Wawrow, Associated Press

The Leafs start their season at home with a win

Auston Matthews scored the game-winning goal in the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Washington Capitals 3-2 in their opener Thursday night.

John Tavares and Calle Jarnkrok also threaded the needle for the Torontonians. Morgan Rielly prepared two goals for his team.

Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves against his former team as the Maple Leafs rallied after losing a disappointing 4-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday at the Bell Centre.

Nic Dowd and Marcus Johansson replied for the Capitals.

Charlie Lindgren stopped 36 pucks for the visitors, who were coming off a 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins in their opener in Washington.

With both teams playing their second game in 24 hours, there wasn’t much space in the third period. Mark Giordano fired a shot from the point that Matthews deflected. The puck handcuffed Lindgren and she crossed the red line to break the tie at 2-2.

Konecny ​​and Frost lead the Flyers to victory

Travis Konecny ​​and Morgan Frost scored 23 seconds apart Thursday to guide the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

John Tortorella therefore savored the victory in his first official game at the helm of the Flyers.

The score was 1-1 when Konecy scored at 10:39 in the middle period.

Frost quickly doubled the cushion, then the pair completed doubles in the third period.

Wade Allison was the other scorer for the winners.

Carter Hart made 34 saves, being beaten by Damon Severson and Alexander Holtz. The latter obtained a first net in the National League.

Among the crowd was the commissioner of the NHL, Gary Bettman.

There was also former Flyers glory Eric Lindros and Phillies manager Rob Thomson.

The Devils’ first home game is Saturday night against the Red Wings.

Also on Saturday, the Flyers will host the Canucks, starting at 4 p.m.

On the same day and just about across the street, the Phillies will host the Braves in Game 4 of this series, beginning at 2:07 p.m.

Penguins edge Coyotes 6-2

Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang started their 17^e season together with aplomb, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins outlast the Arizona Coyotes 6-2 on Thursday night.

The longtime Penguins stalwarts tallied two goals and four assists, joining former New York Yankees players Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada as the oldest trio of teammates in professional major sports history. North America.

Crosby started his 18^e NHL season by registering the 518^e goal of his career, from the 82^e second of play. The Penguins captain added two assists, including one on Malkin’s goal.

Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker, Bryan Rust and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for the Penguins. Letang finished the game with two assists.

Tristan Jarry, who was limited to one appearance in the series against the New York Rangers, stopped 26 shots in the win.

Nick Ritchie scored both goals for the Coyotes. Karel Vejmelka struggled early in the game, but he pulled himself together to stop 47 pucks.

Panthers win 3-1 over Islanders

Patric Hornqvist had the game-winning goal at 3:43 in the third period on Thursday, helping the Florida Panthers start the season with a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders.

Hornqvist scored from around the net, straight after a fine save from Ilya Sorokin’s glove.

Hornqvist hit the target 30 seconds after Noah Dobson’s equalizing goal on the power play.

Eetu Luostarinen scored the first goal of the game. The 24-year-old Finn deflected a point shot from Radko Gudas midway through the second period.

Matthew Tkachuk completed in an empty net.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, four more than Sorokin.

The Panthers will play again Saturday afternoon in Buffalo.

The Islanders will have the chance to recover Saturday night at home against the Anaheim Ducks.

Rangers correct Wild 7-3

Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists to lead the New York Rangers to an easy 7-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

Chris Kreider scored twice for Rangers, who spoiled the Wild’s home opener to take a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes.

Adam Fox, Filip Chytil, Vincent Trocheck and Kaapo Kakko also flashed the red light for New Yorkers. Alexis Lafrenière set the table for two goals from his team.

Igor Shesterkin was quickly tested by the Wild, who outshot Rangers 12-2 early in the game, and ended his night’s work with 33 saves.

Matthew Boldy moved the ropes twice while Mats Zuccarello completed the scoring for the Minnesota squad.

Marc-André Fleury blocked 28 pucks in the loss. He allowed seven goals in a single game for the fourth time in his career.