Archives: Recaps

Jordan Binnington stopped 30 shots plus all three he saw in the shootout as the St. Louis Blues edged the visiting Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Saturday. Jordan Kyrou scored for the Blues in regulation time and Robert Thomas scored the shootout winner. Jaden Schwartz scored for the Kraken and Joey Daccord made 25 saves for Seattle, which lost its third straight game to open the season. Blues winger Pavel Buchnevich was knocked out with an

Casey Cizikas scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period Saturday night for the host New York Islanders, who edged the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in Elmont, N.Y. Both teams traded near-misses for several minutes before Cizikas redirected Adam Pelech’s shot from the blue line with 6:20 left. Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri scored in the first period for the Islanders, who won their season opener for the first time since 2021. Goalie Ilya Sorokin

Auston Matthews scored three goals for the second straight game and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday night. William Nylander added two goals and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won their first two games of the season. Calle Jarnkrok had a goal and an assist and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored for Toronto. Mitchell Marner, Morgan Rielly and John Tavares each had two assists. Ryan Hartman, Matt

Bryan Rust had two goals Saturday for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who scored five times in the third to down the visiting Calgary Flames 5-2. Jake Guentzel had a goal and two assists, Evgeni Malkin and Reilly Smith each added a goal and an assist, and Kris Letang posted two assists for the Penguins, who have won two consecutive games. Pittsburgh goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, making his debut for the Penguins, made 34 saves. Matt Coronato and

Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens held on for a 3-2 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Cole Caufield and Tanner Pearson also scored and Sam Montembeault made 28 saves for Montreal in its home opener. Tyler Johnson scored two goals and Petr Mrazek made 33 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost two in a row following a season-opening 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins

Boone Jenner recorded a natural hat trick, leading the host Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night. Jenner got his second career hat trick by scoring three times in a span bridging the first and second periods. His other hat trick was March 12, 2019, against the Boston Bruins. Jenner scored the tying goal midway through the opening period and then netted the tiebreaker during a power

James van Riemsdyk’s two-goal game lifted the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the visiting Nashville Predators on Saturday night. van Riemsdyk was stationed at the net front on the power play on each of his first two goals with Boston, including when he tipped home Charlie McAvoy’s blast from the point as it sailed through traffic for the game-winner at 2:52 of the third. David Pastrnak registered a goal and an assist, becoming

Kyle Connor had two goals and an assist as the Winnipeg Jets opened their home schedule with a 6-4 victory over the Florida Panthers. Mark Scheifele and Mason Appleton each had a goal and an assist. Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 29 shots in Winnipeg’s first win of the season. Evan Rodrigues led the Panthers with two goals and two assists. Sam Reinhart notched a goal and an assist and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made

Jonquel Jones pumped in 27 points on Sunday as the host New York Liberty staved off elimination in the WNBA Finals with an 87-73 win over the defending champion Las Vegas Aces in Game 3. Jones made 10 of 15 shots from the field and 4 of 7 from the 3-point line for New York, which also got 20 points and 12 rebounds from Breanna Stewart. Betnijah Laney and Courtney Vandersloot each scored 12 points

Henry Belin IV completed only four passes in his first career start but two of those went for touchdowns and No. 17 Duke’s defense was up to the task in a 24-3 victory against visiting North Carolina State on Saturday night in Durham, N.C. Jordan Waters had an 83-yard touchdown run among his 123 rushing yards for the Blue Devils (5-1, 2-0 ACC). Belin, a redshirt freshman, was in action in place of Riley Leonard,