Nils Hoglander collected one goal and one assist, Sam Lafferty scored the third-period game winner and goalie Casey DeSmith sparkled in net as the visiting Vancouver Canucks spoiled the Edmonton Oilers’ home opener with a 4-3 victory Saturday night. Andrei Kuzmenko and Jack Studnicka also scored for the Canucks, while Elias Pettersson notched a pair of assists, but the difference maker was DeSmith. Vancouver’s No. 2 goalie made 37 saves to backstop his team to

Alex DeBrincat scored two goals to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-4 home win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist, and Victor Hedman had a goal and two assists for Tampa Bay. With the score tied 3-3, Detroit took the lead with 4:37 remaining in the second when J.T. Compher tipped in a point shot from Moritz Seider into the goal. Detroit took a

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