PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Leo Carlsson scored a goal and set up the game-winner against the team that tried to sign him away from Anaheim last summer, as the Ducks overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Saturday.
Philadelphia signed Carlsson to a five-year, US$80 million offer sheet as a restricted free agent last July, only to have the Ducks match it and retain him. He scored the Ducks’ first goal at 8:38 of the second period on a pass from Cutter Gauthier, who continued to hear vitriolic chants from Philadelphia fans for forcing his way out of Philadelphia three years ago.
Carlsson later assisted on a power-play goal by Beckett Sennecke in the third period, firing a pass toward the net that Sennecke tipped past Flyers goalie Joseph Woll.
Carlsson leads the Ducks in scoring with 13 points (three goals, 10 assists).
A.J. Greer, Judd Caulfield, and Tristan Luneau also scored for Anaheim, and Lukas Dostal made 28 saves to snap the Ducks’ five-game losing streak.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Saturday:
DEVILS 3 KINGS 1
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Brett Pesce scored the go-ahead goal and Jake Allen made 12 saves as the New Jersey Devils beat the Los Angeles Kings for their third straight win.
Anthony Mantha and Artemy Gritsyuk also scored for the Devils, who also beat Colorado and Anaheim on their current homestand. New Jersey has won five of six. Allen improved to 5-2-0 this season.
Scott Laughton scored for Los Angeles, which saw its two-game winning streak snapped. Forsberg made 23 saves.
Pesce beat goaltender Anton Forsberg at 8:08 of the third period after the defenceman found a clear lane through traffic in the Los Angeles zone. Luke Evangelista and Gritsyuk assisted on Pesce’s first goal this season.
Before the game, the Devils introduced newly acquired goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. The 33-year-old Hellebuyck won 345 games in 11 seasons with Winnipeg and is a three-time Vezina Trophy winner.
HURRICANES 4 BLUES 0
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season and 12th in the NHL in Carolina’s victory over St. Louis.
Kochetkov has won all seven of his starts this season, giving him the NHL’s longest active winning streak and moving him one away from Frederik Andersen’s franchise-record streak to open the 2021-22 season.
Sean Walker, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers scored to help Carolina improve to 9-2-2.
Joel Hofer stopped 35 shots for St. Louis. The Blues were held scoreless for the first time this season.
CAPITALS 4 SABRES 3 (OT)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Tuch scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, to lead Washington to a win over Buffalo.
Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves for the Capitals.
Tuch, opened the scoring for Washington when a pass bounced off Tage Thompson’s stick and into his own net. Strome scored 2:59 into the second period, then once more with 2:36 left in the period.
The veteran winger was acquired this summer by the Capitals from the Sabres via sign-and-trade. He signed an eight-year, US$84 million deal to help bolster the Capitals’ offence.
Jack Quinn and Josh Doan scored early for Buffalo to put the visitors up by two early. The Capitals’ offence found its footing, though, and turned up the pressure on the Sabres’ defence to gain the lead in the second period, only to have Noah Ostlund tie it once again 2:20 into the third period.
The game remained tied through the remainder of the third period, despite multiple power-play opportunities and scoring chances for both teams.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 30 saves for the Sabres.
BLUE JACKETS 2 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1 (OT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored on a power play 59 seconds into overtime and Columbus beat Vegas, sending the Golden Knights to their third straight loss.
Columbus had its first power-play goal since the opener, snapping an 0-for-22 drought.
Denton Mateychuk also scored and Cam Talbot stopped 26 shots for Columbus, which has won two of its last six games. The Blue Jackets improved to 3-0 in games that have gone beyond regulation.
Tomas Hertl scored for Vegas and Carter Hart stopped 18 shots.
BRUINS 6 SHARKS 4
BOSTON (AP) — James Hagens and David Pastrnak scored in a 40-second span in the third period, and Boston extended their points streak to eight games with a victory over San Jose.
Casey Mittelstadt, Marat Khusnutdinov, Fraser Minten and Will Morgan also scored for the Bruins, who have won seven of their past eight. Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves for his seventh victory.
Michael Misa, Kiefer Sherwood, Dmitry Orlov and Will Smith scored for San Jose, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves. The Sharks had won two in a row.
PENGUINS 3 PREDATORS 2 (OT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ville Koivunen scored at 3:44 of overtime and Pittsburgh rallied to beat Nashville.
Koivunen beat Juuse Saros with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle.
Rickard Rakell scored the tying goal for Pittsburgh with 1:06 to play in regulation on a cross-ice pass from Sidney Crosby. It was Crosby’s 1,111th career assist, tying Hall of Fame defenceman Ray Bourque for the most with one franchise.
Connor Dewar also scored for the Penguins, who have points in 10 straight and 23 of their last 27 games against Nashville dating to Oct. 21, 2010.
Arturs Silovs stopped 24 shots. The Penguins, who were playing without Evgeni Malkin (illness) and Egor Chinakhov (lower body), have won two straight following a four-game losing streak. Chinakhov has missed four of the last five games.
Steven Stamkos and Jayden Struble scored for Nashville. Stamkos is two goals away from passing Dino Ciccarelli for 19th place in NHL history.
SENATORS 7 RANGERS 4
OTTAWA, Ont. (AP) — Drake Batherson had three goals and an assist and Ottawa outscored New York.
Jake Sanderson’s first of the season proved to be the winner and Michael Amadio added an empty-netter. Tim Stutzle and Dylan Cozens also scored and Jonas Johansson stopped 24 shots in his Ottawa debut.
Will Cuylle, J.T. Miller, Alexis Lafreniere and Pavel Dorofeyev scored for the Rangers. Dylan Garand made 17 saves.
MAPLE LEAFS 7 OILERS 2
TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander scored twice to reach 300 NHL goals, Anthony Stolarz made 30 saves and Toronto routed Edmonton.
Jack Roslovic, Auston Matthews, Troy Stecher, Zack MacEwen and Vinni Lettieri also scored for the Maple Leafs. They have won four straight to improve to 7-4-2.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice for the Oilers to push his NHL-leading total to 12.
Connor McDavid had two assists to extend his season-opening points streak to 11 games — giving him 33 points in 11 games.
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