Chris Drury scored two power-play goals and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 and improved their record to 8-0 to match their franchise-best start in the NHL on Saturday.
Jason Pominville and Maxim Afinogenov scored 1:39 apart early in the second period to open a 4-1 lead for the Sabres, who matched the 1975 club record for consecutive victories to start a season. Buffalo also won 13 straight in the regular season in 1975.
Ales Kotalik and Thomas Vanek also scored for Buffalo, and Martin Biron had 26 saves.
Phil Kessel, Boston's No. 1 pick in this year's draft, scored his first NHL goal.
Thrashers 4, Panthers 2
At Atlanta, Marian Hossa scored two more goals, Ilya Kovalchuk finally got one in regulation and Atlanta kept up the best start in franchise history.
Islanders 4, Hurricanes 3, OT
At Uniondale, New York, Tom Poti scored New York's third power-play goal 23 seconds into overtime, capping the Islanders' rally over Carolina.
Canadiens 8, Avalanche 5
At Montreal, Sheldon Souray had two goals and two assists and Chris Higgins scored Montreal's fourth power-play goal midway through the third, leading the Canadiens in Colorado goalie Jose Theodore's return to the Bell Centre.
Lightning 6, Capitals 4
At Washington, Martin St. Louis and Nikita Alexeev scored 22 seconds apart during a three-goal second period that carried Tampa Bay past Washington.
Rangers 5, Maple Leafs 4, SO
At Toronto, Brendan Shanahan scored the only goal of the shootout after getting his eighth goal of the season in regulation to lead New York over Toronto.
Senators 8, Devils 1
At Ottawa, Antoine Vermette and Dean McAmmond scored two goals apiece to help Ottawa earn its first win in six homes games this season.
Penguins 5, Blue Jackets 3
At Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin scored for the third straight game, leading Pittsburgh over Columbus.
Malkin, the highly touted Russian rookie, scored on a wrist shot midway through the third period to put Pittsburgh ahead 4-2 and become the first player to score in his first three NHL games since Jan Caloun did it for the San Jose Sharks in 1995-96.
Canucks 4, Predators 3, OT
At Nashville, Tennessee, Lukas Krajicek's first goal of the season lifted Vancouver in overtime.
Blues 4, Blackhawks 3
At Chicago, Lee Stempniak scored twice and assisted on Petr Cajanek's tiebreaking goal early in the third period to help St. Louis beat Chicago.
Cajanek converted a rebound of Stempniak's shot from the slot 2:57 into the third to snap a 3-3 tie. Stempniak, in his second pro season, had his first three-point game in the NHL, and Bill Guerin also scored for the Blues.
SSC Napoli’s Italian Serie A title hopes suffered a late setback on Sunday when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home against Genoa, setting up a thrilling season finale with closest rivals Inter just one point behind. The hosts remain top with 78 points, holding a slim lead over Inter, who won 2-0 at Torino earlier on Sunday, with two rounds remaining. To make matters worse for Napoli, midfielder Stanislav Lobotka, struggling with an ankle injury, was forced off just minutes after the match began. Scott McTominay delivered a perfect pass into the box where Romelu Lukaku got
Harry Kane opened the scoring ahead of lifting his first career silverware as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0, with veteran Thomas Mueller playing his last home game for the club. Bayern officially won the title on May 4 when defending champions Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw at Freiburg, but were presented with the Bundesliga shield in front of their home fans at full-time. Dripping wet after being showered with beer by teammates, Kane said the title win was “an incredible feeling,” and hoped it would be “the first of many.” “It’s been lot of hard work, a lot of
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