Bunting scores as the Predators top the Flames

NASHVILLE Tenn AP Michael Bunting had a goal and two assists and the Nashville Predators beat the Calgary Flames - on Saturday Matthew Wood had a goal and an assist for the Predators who snapped a three-game losing streak Jonathan Marchessault and Filip Forsberg also scored and Juuse Saros made saves Jonathan Huberdeau and Joel Farabee scored for Calgary in its third consecutive loss Dustin Wolf and Devin Cooley combined to make saves Bunting scored the championship s first goal into the first on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle that beat Wolf on the glove side Wood made it - at when he wired a wrist shot from the right circle just underneath the crossbar on the far side Wood scored his first NHL goal Thursday in Philadelphia BRUINS HURRICANES BOSTON AP Casey Mittelstadt and Viktor Arvidsson scored third-period goals as Boston extended it s winning streak to three games with a - achievement over Carolina The Bruins opened the season with three consecutive wins then lost six in a row and have now won four of five overall Mittelstadt opened the scoring at of the third when he got his fourth of the season off a pass from Charlie McAvoy JETS PENGUINS WINNIPEG Manitoba AP Rookie forward Brad Lambert scored his first NHL goal and backup goalie Eric Comrie made saves as Winnipeg beat Pittsburgh Kyle Connor scored twice including an empty-net goal and Gabriel Valardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for Winnipeg - - Sidney Crosby and Blake Lizotte scored for Pittsburgh - - Arturs Silovs made saves SHARKS AVALANCHE OT SAN JOSE Calif AP Philipp Kurashev scored his second goal of the encounter into overtime and San Jose beat Colorado Kurashev took a pass at the Colorado blue line skated to the right circle and beat Mackenzie Blackwood with a wrister over the left shoulder San Jose s -year-old star Macklin Celebrini scored his seventh goal of the season and Yaroslav Askarov stopped shots Blackwood made saves in his season debut for the Avalanche He missed the first games after having offseason surgery on a lower-body injury and didn t face his first shot until midway through the first period Colorado remained winless in five games decided after regulation despite outshooting the Sharks - Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche who earned three of a practicable four points in their second back-to-back set of the season PANTHERS STARS SO SUNRISE Fla AP Brad Marchand capped an emotional night by getting what became the winning goal in a shootout and Florida beat Dallas Marchand got a tribute result Sam Reinhart got a milestone one and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers Sergei Bobrovsky stopped shots six of them in overtime and five in the final seconds of the extra period Marchand scored in his first tournament back after returning to his native Nova Scotia to pay tribute to a friend s -year-old daughter who lost her battle with cancer and Reinhart got the th goal of his career Mikko Rantanen scored with left in regulation to tie the challenge for Dallas which got three assists from Sam Steel who had two points all season entering Saturday then had the first three-assist event of his career Justin Kyrckowian got his first NHL goal and Wyatt Johnston also scored for Dallas both of those tallies coming seconds apart during what was to be a -minute power play in the second period CANADIENS SENATORS OT MONTREAL AP Alex Newhook scored into overtime and Montreal beat Ottawa Cole Caulfield Juraj Slafkovsky and Ivan Demidov scored in regulation for Montreal whicn won its third straight Nick Suzuki had two assists to extend his point streak to a career-high games and Samuel Montembeault had saves Drake Batherson Tim St tzle and Michael Amadio scored for Ottawa and Linus Ullmark finished with saves SABRES CAPITALS SO BUFFALO N Y AP Bowen Byram scored the deciding goal in the shootout to give Buffalo a win over Washington Alex Ovechkin was held without a goal for the fourth straight tournament and remains one shy of for the Capitals who have lost four in a row Byram s first career shootout goal was the only one in the five-round shootout Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all five Capitals including Ovechkin and made saves Dylan Strome Aliaksei Protas and Sonny Milano each scored and Charlie Lindgren made saves for Washington Tage Thompson Alex Tuch and Isak Rosen each had a goal for Buffalo who have points in six straight games and eight of nine MAPLE LEAFS FLYERS PHILADELPHIA AP Austin Matthews scored a goal John Tavares assisted on two others and Toronto beat Philadelphia Matthews netted his sixth goal of the season with a snap shot from the left circle at of the first period to tie the points - Matthews has at least one point in straight games against Philadelphia dating to December Tavares assisted on goals by Nicholas Robertson and Easton Cowan as the Maple Leafs won for the third time in four games Cowan s goal was his first in the NHL Anthony Stolarz made saves to earn the win over the franchise that drafted him Stolarz was a second-round pick by the Flyers in the NHL Draft Jake McCabe and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for Toronto Christian Dvorak and Tyson Foerster scored for Philadelphia which had its three-game winning streak snapped Dan Vladar who had not allowed more than two goals in any of his first six starts for the Flyers allowed four goals on shots He was pulled after Cowan s goal in the third period and replaced by Aleksei Kolosov BLUE JACKETS BLUES COLUMBUS Ohio AP Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist Sean Monahan scored for his th NHL point and Columbus beat the St Louis for their fourth straight win Charlie Coyle also scored for his fifth point in the last two games and Jet Greaves made saves including in the final period The Blue Jackets have won six of their last seven games Justin Faulk and Nick Bjugstad scored in the Blues seventh straight loss Joel Hofer finished with saves WILD CANUCKS ST PAUL Minn AP Marco Rossi scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists helping Minnesota stop a five-game losing streak with a achievement over Vancouver Vinnie Hinostroza and Jonas Brodin padded the lead with goals in the third period and Ryan Hartman added an empty-netter for the Wild - - who notched their first regulation win in seven games on home ice this season Joel Eriksson Ek had two assists and Filip Gustavsson made saves for the Wild who were superb on special teams Tarasenko s backhander off a slick pass from Eriksson Ek came during a power play in the first period and the Wild s penalty kill was for in keeping the Canucks out of the net with their man advantages after going just for over the first four games of this homestand Drew O Connor scored twice and Aatu Raty had two assists for the banged-up Canucks - - who have lost five of their last seven games and have only three regulation wins DEVILS KINGS LOS ANGELES AP Brian Halonen scored his first NHL goal and Dawson Mercer got two short-handed goals in the third period of New Jersey s supremacy over Los Angeles Jacob Markstrom celebrated his two-year contract extension with saves and Nico Hischier also scored in a strong bounce-back effort by the Devils New Jersey had lost two straight while allowing goals following its early eight-game winning streak Mercer got his team-leading seventh goal during a Los Angeles power play He put a second short-handed goal into an empty net with to play shooting the puck from deep in the New Jersey end to secure his second straight two-goal event OILERS BLACKHAWKS OT EDMONTON Alberta AP Evan Bouchard scored into overtime and Edmonton beat Chicago Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist Jack Roslovic also scored and Connor McDavid had three assists for the Oilers who have won two of their last three games Stuart Skinner finished with saves Tyler Bertuzzi and Andre Burakovsky scored for the Blackhawks in their second straight loss and third in the last four Spencer Knight had saves In the extra period Bouchard scored on his own rebound for the win RANGERS KRAKEN OT SEATTLE AP Will Cuylle scored at of overtime and New York beat Seattle Vladislav Gavrikov and Noah Laba each scored in the opening period for New York and Igor Shesterkin finished with saves Cuylle also an assist for the fourth straight competition In the extra period Cuylle scored from the right circle on a snap shot to give the Rangers their third consecutive win to end the road trip Chandler Stephenson and Bradon Montour both scored for Seattle which dropped its second straight overtime loss It was the Kraken s sixth overtime battle this season Source