By Field Level Media
Oct 03 (Field Level Media) – Alex Tuch scored two first-period goals in his first game with Washington, allowing the Capitals to coast to a season-opening 5-2 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday in Raleigh, N.C.
Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist while Cole Hutson and Ryan Leonard also scored for the Capitals, who opened their schedule three nights after some other teams in the NHL.
Dylan Strome and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had two assists for Washington while Alex Ovechkin, beginning his 22nd season, added an assist. Capitals goalie Logan Thompson stopped 31 shots.
Sebastian Aho and Logan Stankoven scored for Carolina, which needed nearly 102 minutes of game time to put the puck in the net at the outset of its Stanley Cup title defense. Hurricanes goalie Brandon Bussi, playing for the second time this week, made 22 saves.
Bruins 4, Jets 3 (OT)
JJ Peterka scored with 1:39 left in overtime, propelling Boston to a come- from-behind win at Winnipeg.
The Bruins’ Elias Lindholm scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:38 left in regulation to force OT. Hampus Lindholm and James Hagens (first NHL goal) also tallied while Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves for Boston, which has started the season with back-to-back wins. David Pastrnak assisted on Boston’s last two goals.
Kyle Connor had a power-play goal and added an assist, Mario Ferraro and Dylan DeMelo also lit the lamp, and Adam Lowry dished out a pair of helpers for the Jets in their season opener. Stuart Skinner turned aside 26 shots.
Rangers 2, Red Wings 0
Dylan Garand posted his first career shutout while making 22 saves as New York blanked host Detroit.
Sean Durzi scored on a first-period power play and Eeli Tolvanen chipped in an empty-net goal to spoil the Red Wings’ season opener. Garand was making his first start this season after going 2-0-1 in three appearances for the Rangers last season.
John Gibson made 19 saves for the Red Wings, who were missing two of their top players. Former captain and first-line center Dylan Larkin, who has requested a trade, was sidelined by an upper-body injury, while restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson, one of the team’s top defensemen, remains unsigned amid stalled negotiations.
Blues 4, Stars 0
Joel Hofer made 25 saves for his ninth career shutout and contributed an assist as visiting St. Louis beat Dallas in the season opener for both teams.
Pius Suter and Jimmy Snuggerud each had a goal and an assist and Mason McTavish and Dalibor Dvorsky also scored for the Blues. McTavish recorded his goal 1:34 into his St. Louis debut after he was acquired in an offseason trade with Anaheim.
Stars goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 20 shots, but Dallas was unable to find the net despite holding a 25-24 edge in shots on goal. The Blues led just 2-0 before tacking on a pair of empty-net goals in a 15-second span over the final 2:30.
Ducks 4, Golden Knights 3
Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist and Lukas Dostal made 27 saves as Anaheim jumped out to a four-goal lead and held on for a victory in Las Vegas.
Beckett Sennecke, Alex Killorn and Jeff Malott also tallied for the Ducks in their season opener.
Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl and Braeden Bowman scored goals and Jack Eichel had two assists for the Golden Knights, who fell to 15-4-1 in regular-season home games against Anaheim. Carter Hart finished with 16 saves.
(–Field Level Media)
