
Goaltender Ilya Samsonov stopped all 16 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season and the fourth of his 49-game NHL career.

John Carlson scored a power-play goal in the third period and Alex Ovechkin added an empty-netter as host Washington blanked Arizona to extend its season-opening point streak to eight games (5-0-3). Erik Gustafsson registered two assists for the Blackhawks, who matched their largest margin of defeat this season. DeAngelo posted two assists, as did Vincent Trocheck, and Aho added a helper.īrandon Hagel and Adam Gaudette scored first-period goals and Alex DeBrincat notched a third-period goal for Chicago. Tony DeAngelo, Jordan Staal, Derek Stepan, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov scored for the Hurricanes. Goalie Elvis Merzlikins recorded 33 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have alternated losses with wins over the last five games.Ĭarolina scored four first-period goals to shake off a bit of a rough beginning, beating winless Chicago to extend its franchise-best start to a season in Raleigh, N.C.Įven with Antti Raanta making his Carolina debut, the goalie switch didn't matter as the Hurricanes improved to 7-0-0.

The shutout was Shesterkin's first of the season and the third of his career. Ryan Strome and Alexis Lafreniere scored in the first period while Adam Fox and Artemi Panarin had three assists apiece for the Rangers, who have won five of six (5-1-0) since opening with a loss and a tie. Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves and the Red Wings also blocked 23 shots.Ĭhris Kreider scored two power-play goals in the third period and Igor Shesterkin stopped all 31 shots he faced as host New York cruised to a win over Columbus. Sam Gagner and Pius Suter scored for the Red Wings. Quenneville was the Blackhawks' head coach that season.īarkov also scored a regulation goal and Eetu Luostarinen added the other goal for the Panthers. 05:42:36 GMT+00:00 - Aleksander Barkov scored 3:29 into overtime as the visiting Florida Panthers remained unbeaten and handed interim coach Andrew Brunette his first win with a 3-2 triumph over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.īarkov scored on a backhander off a feed from Jonathan Huberdeau as Florida extended its season-opening streak to eight games.īrunette replaced Joel Quenneville, who resigned on Thursday night in the aftermath of the Chicago Blackhawks' sexual abuse scandal involving a former video coach in 2010.
