The Boston Bruins scored four power-play goals in the second period and extended the Pittsburgh Penguins' longest winless streak at the start of a season with a 6-3 victory Saturday night.
Dave Scatchard scored his first two goals as a Bruin, Joe Thornton added two and Sergei Samsonov and Glen Murray had one each to help Boston snap a three-game losing streak.
Former Bruins defenseman Sergei Gonchar tied the game 1-1 at 18:36 of the first period, but the Penguins fell to 0-4-4 after Boston capitalized on three two-man advantage opportunities in the second period. Before this year, Pittsburgh's longest season-opening winless streak was six games when it went 0-3-3 in 1969-1970.
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, the first pick in this year's draft, assisted on goals by Ryan Malone and Brooks Orpik after Boston had taken a 5-1 lead.
Red Wings 6, Blue Jackets 0
In Columbus, Ohio, Jason Williams scored his first three goals of the season in the opening 16 minutes, leading Detroit over Columbus.
It was Williams' first career three-goal game. Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk also scored for the Red Wings (8-1-0), who won their fifth game in a row and have the NHL's best record. Conversely, the Blue Jackets (2-6-0) have the fewest goals (15) in the league and are tied for the fewest points (4).
Datsyuk also had two assists, and Zetterberg adding one. Manny Legace had 17 saves in his second shutout of the season.
Canadiens 4, Islanders 3
In Montreal, Steve Begin scored with 1:45 left in the third period to lift Montreal over the New York Islanders.
The Canadiens (6-2-0) took a 3-2 lead in the third period when Begin set up Christopher Higgins' go-ahead goal at 13:28.
Alexei Yashin scored his fourth goal of the season at 17:07 as New York tied the game 3-3. He deflected a shot off Jose Theodore's right pad and into the net with 2:53 left in the third period.
New York, which beat the Rangers on consecutive nights earlier this week, evened its record at 4-4-0.
Flyers 5, Maple Leafs 2
In Toronto, Donald Brashear had a goal and an assist in the third period and Philadelphia won its third straight.
Mike Richards, Eric Desjardins, Mike Knuble and Branko Radivojevic also scored for the Flyers, who played their first game since last Saturday.
Tomas Kaberle and Eric Lindros had goals for the Maple Leafs.
Sabres 3, Rangers 1
In Buffalo, New York, Daniel Briere and Ales Kotalik scored power-play goals to lift Buffalo over the New York Rangers.
Rory Fitzpatrick scored the go-ahead goal 9 minutes into the second period and Ryan Miller stopped 22 shots to win his sixth game.
Miller is one victory short of becoming the first rookie goaltender to win seven in the month of October since Ed Belfour in 1990.
Wild 3, Blues 2
In St. Louis, Brian Rolston extended his scoring streak to five games, and Marian Gaborik added two assists to help Minnesota overcome a two-goal deficit.
Andrei Zyuzin and Marc Chouinard also scored for the Wild, who won their third straight overall and first on the road this season. Manny Fernandez made 38 saves, 18 in the third period, for the Minnesota.
Canucks 6, Avalanche 4
At Vancouver, British Columbia, Daniel Sedin scored twice and Vancouver withstood Colorado's furious charge in the final 3 minutes.
Brad May and Patrice Brisebois scored 17 seconds apart, and Alex Tanguay added a power-play goal with 1:45 left to close the gap to 5-4, but it wasn't enough for an Avalanche team that has lost four of its last five games.
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