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.
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Ducks → score → 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.
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Ducks → sign → 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.
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who → score → Philadelphia
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.
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Sennecke → assist → Woll
Carlsson leads the Ducks in scoring with 13 points (three goals, 10 assists).
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Carlsson → lead → points
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.
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Dostal → score → 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.
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Devils → score → win
Anthony Mantha and Artemy Gritsyuk also scored for the Devils, who also beat Colorado and Anaheim on their current homestand.
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who → score → homestand
New Jersey has won five of six.
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Jersey → win → six
Allen improved to 5-2-0 this season.
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Allen → improve → 5
Scott Laughton scored for Los Angeles, which saw its two-game winning streak snapped.
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streak → score → Angeles
Forsberg made 23 saves.
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Forsberg → make → 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.
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defenceman → beat → zone
Luke Evangelista and Gritsyuk assisted on Pesce’s first goal this season.
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Evangelista → assist → goal
Before the game, the Devils introduced newly acquired goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.
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Devils → introduce → Hellebuyck
The 33-year-old Hellebuyck won 345 games in 11 seasons with Winnipeg and is a three-time Vezina Trophy winner.
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Hellebuyck → win → Winnipeg
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.
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Kochetkov → make → 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.
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Kochetkov → win → season
Sean Walker, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers scored to help Carolina improve to 9-2-2.
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Carolina → score → 9
Joel Hofer stopped 35 shots for St. Louis.
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Hofer → stop → Louis
The Blues were held scoreless for the first time this season.
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Blues → hold → time
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.
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Tuch → score → Buffalo
Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves for the Capitals.
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Lindgren → make → Capitals
Tuch, opened the scoring for Washington when a pass bounced off Tage Thompson’s stick and into his own net.
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pass → open → net
Strome scored 2:59 into the second period, then once more with 2:36 left in the period.
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Strome → score → period
The veteran winger was acquired this summer by the Capitals from the Sabres via sign-and-trade.
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winger → acquire → sign
He signed an eight-year, US$84 million deal to help bolster the Capitals’ offence.
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He → sign → offence
Jack Quinn and Josh Doan scored early for Buffalo to put the visitors up by two early.
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Quinn → score → two
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.
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Ostlund → find → period
The game remained tied through the remainder of the third period, despite multiple power-play opportunities and scoring chances for both teams.
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game → remain → teams
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 30 saves for the Sabres.
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Luukkonen → make → Sabres
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.
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Columbus → score → loss
Columbus had its first power-play goal since the opener, snapping an 0-for-22 drought.
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Columbus → have → drought
Denton Mateychuk also scored and Cam Talbot stopped 26 shots for Columbus, which has won two of its last six games.
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which → score → games
The Blue Jackets improved to 3-0 in games that have gone beyond regulation.
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that → improve → regulation
Tomas Hertl scored for Vegas and Carter Hart stopped 18 shots.
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Hart → score → shots
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.
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Boston → score → Jose
Casey Mittelstadt, Marat Khusnutdinov, Fraser Minten and Will Morgan also scored for the Bruins, who have won seven of their past eight.
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who → score → eight
Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves for his seventh victory.
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Swayman → make → victory
Michael Misa, Kiefer Sherwood, Dmitry Orlov and Will Smith scored for San Jose, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves.
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Nedeljkovic → score → saves
…and 21 more, not listed.
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