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NHL Capsules
Draisaitl’s 2 goals help Oilers
come back over Canadiens 4-3
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) qvist and Ben Lovejoy all place on the franchise wins Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford (50) loses
— Leon Draisaitl’s second scored their first of the sea- list. Jarome Iginla had two sight of the puck as he saves a Winnipeg Jets shot during third
goal with 1:02 left broke son and Malkin added an assists to move past Phil period NHL action in Winnipeg on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
a tie and the Edmonton assist for Pittsburgh. The Housley (1,232) into sole
Oilers scored four straight Penguins earned their third possession of 38th place Associated Press
goals in a 4-3 victory over straight victory, sixth win with 1,233 points in his ca-
the league-leading Mon- in seven games and sev- reer.
treal Canadiens on Thurs- enth straight over Buffalo. Tampa Bay, coming off a
day night. Malkin has four goals and 1-1-2 road trip, got a goal
Draisaitl was called up nine points in his last seven from Alex Killorn.
earlier in the day from Ba- games. Sidney Crosby had STARS 4, CANUCKS 3 (OT)
kersfield of the AHL and two assists, his first points in DALLAS (AP) — Jamie Benn
missed the morning skate. three games. Crosby is off scored midway through
He played in 37 NHL games to the worst start of his ca- overtime and Dallas rallied
last season. Brandon Da- reer and went without a to beat Vancouver.
vidson and Benoit Pouliot point in eight of the team’s Patrick Sharp twice tied the
also scored, and the Oil- first nine games. game with goals for Dallas.
ers erased a 3-0 first-peri- Pittsburgh’s power play, The Stars have won two in
od deficit to end a three- the worst in the league, a row by overcoming mul-
game skid. Brendan Gal- scored its third of the sea- tiple-goal deficits.
lagher, Torrey Mitchell and son in 32 chances, break- Sharp’s second score tied
Alex Galchenyuk scored ing an 0-for-11 slump. it with 4:35 left in the third
for Montreal. The Cana- Jamie McGinn, Nico- period, erasing what had
diens have lost two straight las Deslauriers and Matt been a 3-1 Canucks lead.
after starting the season Moulson scored for Buffalo Jason Demers had scored
with nine straight victories. DEVILS 4, FLYERS 1 about 5 minutes earlier.
Edmonton completed the PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tra- Alexandre Burrows, Alexan-
comeback when Ryan vis Zajac scored twice and der Edler and Radim Vrba-
Nugent-Hopkins fed it out Kyle Palmieri had a goal ta scored for the Canucks.
front to Draisaitl for his sec- and two assists to lead New Vancouver was held with-
ond of the contest. Jersey over Philadelphia. out a shot on goal for near-
HURRICANES 3, ISLANDERS Andy Greene scored an ly 12 minutes to start the
2 (OT) empty-net goal with 6.7 game.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ron seconds left for the Dev- Benn scored after skating
Hainsey scored at 2:21 of ils, who won their fourth out of the corner with the
overtime to lift Carolina straight on the road. puck, shooting from just in-
over New York. Luke Schenn scored for side the right faceoff dot
Brock McGinn and Chris Philadelphia. 2:28 into overtime.
Terry scored in regulation Palmieri put the Devils in The Canucks scored first on
to help Carolina win its front at 1:28 into the third Burrows’ penalty shot, the
second straight to cap a period when he blocked first awarded in the NHL this
4-3-0 road trip. Eddie Lack Evgeny Medvedev’s shot season.
stopped 17 shots. attempt at the blue line, JETS 3, BLACKHAWKS 1
Hainsey took a pass from raced past Medvedev and WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP)
Jordan Staal and slid the fired a wrister from the left — Michael Hutchinson
puck past Islanders goalie circle over goalie Steve stopped 45 shots and An-
Thomas Greiss near the Mason’s left shoulder that drew Ladd scored on the
midpoint of the extra pe- made it 2-1. power play to lead Winni-
riod for his second of the Zajac made it a two-goal peg over Chicago.
season. Terry had tied the lead just over a minute lat- Bryan Little set up a pair
score with 5:04 left in the er with his second power- of goals for the Jets, who
third, finishing off a slick play goal of the night. stopped the Blackhawks’
passing play with Eric and Mason made 29 saves. four-game winning streak.
Jordan Staal. The goal was Cory Schneider had 27. The Jets (6-3-1) were ahead
Terry’s second of the sea- AVALANCHE 2, LIGHTNING 2-1 going into the third
son. Matt Martin and Frans 1 period on goals by Blake
Nielsen scored for the Is- TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Wheeler and Ladd.
landers, and Greiss finished Tanguay and Nathan Mark Scheifele added to
with 26 saves. MacKinnon each had a the lead at 8:04 when he
PENGUINS 4, SABRES 3 goal and an assist, Semyon took a pass from rookie
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Varlamov made 34 saves Nikolaj Ehlers and beat
Malkin scored his fourth of and Colorado beat Tampa goalie Corey Crawford on
the season on the power Bay to end a four-game the short side.
play, Jeff Zatkoff made 50 losing streak. Patrick Kane scored the
saves in his season debut Varlamov won his 108th game’s first goal, his sixth of
and Pittsburgh beat Buf- game with the Avalanche the season, at 1:26 into the
falo. and moved past Dan game on a power play for
Pascal Dupuis, Patric Horn- Bouchard into second Chicago (6-4-0).q
