National Hockey League Game Capsules
Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Sean Bergenheim scored the only goal of the game to lead the Florida Panthers in their first win of the season, a 1-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Roberto Luongo turned away 26 shots in his first shutout of the season for the Panthers, who had opened the season with three straight losses. Jhonas Enroth stopped 34 shots for the Sabres, who were coming off their first win of the season in Carolina on Tuesday.
Final Score: Columbus 3, Calgary 2
Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – A second-period goal by Matt Calvert wound up being the difference as the Columbus Blue Jackets held on for a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night. Calvert gave the Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead, but Mason Raymond and Josh Jooris, making his NHL debut, scored in the third period for the Flames. Mark Giordano hit the post inside two minutes. Ryan Johansen and Jack Skille had first-period goals for Columbus, which improved to 3-1-0 on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves in his 100th game with the Blue Jackets.
Final Score: Detroit 4, Toronto 1
Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Johan Franzen scored twice and Henrik Zetterberg had four assists to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opener of a home-and-home set from Air Canada Centre on Friday. Gustav Nyquist scored in his fourth straight game and Justin Abdelkader netted the other goal for Detroit, which snapped a two-game skid. Goaltender Jimmy Howard made 23 saves in the win. Mike Santorelli supplied Toronto’s lone goal and James Reimer allowed all four goals on 35 shots in defeat. The two teams will play again in Detroit on Saturday.
Final Score: Nashville 2, Winnipeg 0
Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork.com) – Pekka Rinne made 31 saves to earn his 33rd career shutout as the Nashville Predators spoiled the Winnipeg Jets’ home opener with a 2-0 win on Friday night. James Neal, acquired from Pittsburgh in an offseason trade, scored his first goal of the season and Mike Ribeiro added a tally for Nashville, which played its first road game after going 2-0-1 on a season-opening homestand. Ondrej Pavelec made 25 saves for the Jets, who have totaled one goal while losing three straight. They scored six in Arizona to begin the season.
Final Score: Vancouver 2, Edmonton 0
Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Ryan Miller posted 28 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Vancouver Canucks took a 2-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. Radim Vrbata scored the winning goal in the second period for the Canucks, who have won their first three games of the season. Ben Scrivens allowed just one goal on 29 shots for the Oilers, who are winless in their first five games of the season (0-4-1) for the first time since 1992.
Final Score: Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1
Anaheim, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Corey Perry scored the game-winning goal with 8:25 to play in the third period to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild in their home opener on Friday. Andrew Cogliano scored a short-handed goal to tie the game early in the third and Frederik Andersen stopped 27-of-28 shots for Anaheim, which won its fourth straight game. Jason Zucker netted Minnesota’s lone marker and Darcy Kuemper, who posted back-to-back shutouts against Colorado to start the season, had his shutout streak end at 163:46 after allowing two goals on 26 shots.
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