Oct. 1: NHL Preseason Roundup

Dougie Hamilton had two assists in his New Jersey Devils debut, a 7-1 preseason win against the New York Rangers at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday.

"It's easier to go out there in the first game when your team is playing so well and everybody around me played well, so it was fun to experience it and it was nice to be in the rink on the other side and start to get a feel of my new home, and it was good," Hamilton said. "Just want to keep learning from plays out there and try to get better for the next game."
The defenseman, who agreed to a seven-year, $63 million contract ($9 million average annual value) on July 28, assisted on Tyce Thompson's goal in the first period and Pavel Zacha's power-play goal in the third period. Hamilton had five shots and played a Devils-high 23:53.
"He makes the game look really simple, he gets pucks to the net," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. "I think our guys don't understand that all he's looking is to get a puck to the net for a redirection. I think there's other defensemen on our squad who] can learn from the way he plays, what he does with the puck. There wasn't anything there that was sparkling, but it's just so simple and effective that it looks so easy."
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Tomas Tatar, P.K. Subban and Zacha each had a goal and an assist, and Jonathan Bernier made 24 saves for the Devils. Tatar made his New Jersey debut.
Mika Zibanejad scored, and Igor Shesterkin allowed four goals on 20 shots for the Rangers. Adam Huska made 11 saves in relief.

Blues 6, Blackhawks 3: Marc-Andre Fleury allowed two goals on 17 shots in his Chicago Blackhawks debut, a 6-3 preseason loss to the St. Louis Blues at United Center in Chicago on Friday.
Fleury's failed clearing attempt led to Pavel Buchnevich's goal that gave the Blues a 2-0 lead in the second period. The three-time Stanley Cup winner, who was traded to the Blackhawks by the Vegas Golden Knights on July 27, played into the second period.
Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas each had a goal and two assists, Buchnevich had a goal and an assist, and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington saved 18 of 20 shots playing the first two periods, and Colten Ellis made six saves.
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist, and Patrick Kane had an assist in his first game of the preseason for the Blackhawks. Collin Delia made 19 saves.
Seth Jones played 25:09 and had one hit, one shot and one blocked shot in his Chicago debut after being traded from the Columbus Blue Jackets on July 23. The defenseman signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension ($9.5 average annual value) five days later.

Panthers 6, Stars 3: The Florida Panthers scored four first-period goals in a 6-3 preseason win against the Dallas Stars at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida on Friday.
Aleksander Barkov, Markus Nutivaara, Kevin Connauton, MacKenzie Weegar gave Florida a 4-0 lead. Jonathan Huberdeau and Sam Reinhart scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 11 saves for the Panthers, who are 4-0-0 this preseason. Christopher Gibson made 14 saves.
Denis Gurianov scored twice and had an assist, and Jason Robertson scored for Dallas, which has lost its three preseason games. Anton Khudobin made 30 saves.
Penguins 2, Sabres 1: Craig Anderson made 18 saves for the Buffalo Sabres in a 2-1 preseason loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Friday.
Dominik Simon and Michael Chaput scored for Pittsburgh, Casey DeSmith did not allow a goal facing 11 shots, and Louis Domingue made 20 saves.
Tage Thompson scored for Buffalo, and Dustin Tokarski made six saves in relief.
Senators 7, Canadiens 2: Alex Formenton had two goals and an assist for the Ottawa Senators in a 7-2 preseason win against the Montreal Canadiens at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Friday.
Josh Norris and Drake Batherson each had a goal and two assists, and Matt Murray made 25 saves in his preseason debut for the Senators.
Jonathan Drouin and Chris Wideman each had two assists, and Jake Allen allowed six goals on 29 shots in two periods for the Canadiens. Kevin Poulin made four saves in relief.

Lightning 8, Hurricanes 5: Gabriel Fortier scored a hat trick, and Corey Perry scored his first two goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning in an 8-5 preseason win against the Carolina Hurricanes at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Friday.
Fortier's second goal gave the Lightning a 6-5 lead 11:54 into the third period, and he completed the hat trick with a shorthanded goal at 16:33 to make it 7-5.
Perry, who signed a two-year contract July 29, made it 8-5 at 18:18.
Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat each had a goal and two assists, Nikita Kucherov had three assists, and Hugo Alnefelt made 39 saves for Tampa Bay.
C.J. Smith had two goals and an assist, and Antti Raanta made 18 saves for Carolina.
Flames 4, Canucks 1: Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk each had a goal and an assist for the Calgary Flames in a 4-1 preseason win against the Vancouver Canucks at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Friday.
Gaudreau's first goal of the preseason gave the Flames a 1-0 lead 15:18 into the first period, and Mikael Backlund made it 2-0 at 3:30 of the second period.
Jonah Gadjovich got the Canucks within 2-1 at 5:23, but Tkachuk extended the lead to 3-1 at 6:54 of the third period. Brett Ritchie scored a power-play goal into an empty net at 19:11 for the 4-1 final.
Jacob Markstrom made 14 saves on 15 shots in two periods for Calgary, and Dustin Wolf made seven saves in relief. Thatcher Demko made 27 saves for Vancouver.

Golden Knights 4, Kings 0:Laurent Brossoit made 38 saves for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-0 preseason win against the Los Angeles Kings at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday.
Daniil Miromanov scored two goals, William Karlsson had a goal and an assist, and Alex Pietrangelo, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith each had two assists for the Golden Knights.
Viktor Arvidsson had a game-high six shots in his preseason debut for the Kings. Cal Petersen made 24 saves.

Kraken 2, Oilers 1 (OT): Jared McCann scored with 1:58 remaining in overtime, and the Seattle Kraken rallied for a 2-1 preseason win against the Edmonton Oilers at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, on Friday.
Jaden Schwartz tied it 1-1 for Seattle with 57.1 seconds left in the third period and goalie Joey Daccord pulled for the extra attacker.
Brendan Perlini scored, and Stuart Skinner made 22 saves for the Oilers.
Mark Giordano had two assists, and Philipp Grubauer saved 16 of 17 shots playing the first two periods for the expansion Kraken, who are 3-1-0 through four of six preseason games. Daccord made eight saves.