Craig Anderson made 40 saves, while Mark Stone and Cody Ceci each had a goal and two assists as the visiting Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 in an exhibition game on Thursday night.
Mike Hoffman, Clarke MacArthur and Patrick Wiercioch also scored for Ottawa.
Andrei Markov and Nathan Beaulieu scored for Montreal, while Carey Price made 16 saves.
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Montreal’s Max Pacioretty, returning earlier than expected from a knee injury, wore the “C” for the first time at the Bell Centre since being named captain at the start of training camp.
The teams are to meet again tonight in Ottawa.
DUCKS 3, AVS 0
In Anaheim, California, John Gibson made 20 saves in the first period, while Anton Khudobin stopped 11 in the third in the Ducks’ 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
Shawn Horcoff and Mike Santorelli scored in a 1 minute, 49 second span early in the first period, and Carl Hagelin added an empty-net goal in the third.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for Colorado.
BLUES 5, BLACKHAWKS 2
In St Louis, Missouri, Jake Allen made 20 saves to help the Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2.
Dmitrij Jaskin, Troy Brouwer, Jori Lehtera, Kevin Shattenkirk and Kyle Brodziak scored for St Louis.
Dennis Rasmussen and Brandon Mashinter scored for Chicago, and Scott Darling made 19 saves.
After regulation, the teams played a mandatory three-on-three overtime practice session. Neither team scored.
WILD 6, SABRES 1
In St Paul, Minnesota, Jason Zucker, Tyler Graovac each had a goal and an assist in the Wild’s 6-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
Zach Parise, Nino Niederreiter, Zac Dalpe and Thomas Vanek also scored, while Charlie Coyle and Mikko Koivu each had two assists. Devan Dubnyk made 10 saves.
Tim Schaller scored for Buffalo, and Chad Johnson made 36 saves.
CANUCKS 5, OILERS 2
In Edmonton, Alberta, Bo Horvat had two goals and an assist, while Sven Baertschi added four assists as the Vancouver Canucks spoiled the Oilers’ perfect pre-season record with a 5-2 victory.
Jake Virtanen had goal and two assists, Ben Hutton and Yannick Weber also scored, while Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves.
Taylor Hall and Nail Yakupov scored for Edmonton, and Cam Talbot made 24 saves. The Oilers dropped to 6-1-0.
JETS 3, FLAMES 1
In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mark Scheifele scored twice, and Michael Hutchinson made 32 saves in the Jets’ 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames. Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets.
Deryk Engelland scored for Calgary, while Joni Ortio made 23 saves.
The teams will wrap up the pre-season tonight in Calgary.
LIGHTNING 3, STARS 2
In Tampa, Florida, J.T. Brown broke a tie with 4:32 left, while Ben Bishop made 23 saves in the Lightning’s 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars.
Nikita Kucherov and Valtteri Filppula also scored for Tampa Bay.
Curtis McKenzie and Valeri Nichushkin scored for Dallas, while Karin Lehtonen made 21 saves.
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