Oct. 2: NHL Preseason Roundup

Dylan Larkin scored twice in his return for the Detroit Red Wings, a 5-1 preseason win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday.

The forward scored a power-play goal at 14:33 of the second period to give Detroit a 3-0 lead, another with 1:15 left in the third period for the 5-1 final.
"I just felt like everything was going fast. I wasn't," Larkin said. "As the second and third (periods) started to happen I felt a little bit more comfortable. It was nice to be on the good side of some good plays, and the power play was clicking. I felt good."
Larkin, the Red Wings captain, missed 12 games last season and did not play after April 20 because of a neck injury.
"I'm not going to] lie to you guys, I was nervous today," Larkin said. "I had jitters to play. ... I was nervous, not to get injured, just to play hockey. It had been a long road."
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Taro Hirose, Chase Pearson and Joe Veleno scored, and Thomas Greiss and Calvin Pickard combined to 19 saves for the Red Wings, who are 3-0-0.
Carson Meyer scored a third-period goal, and Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves for Columbus.

Flames 4, Kraken 1: Michael Stone had a goal and an assist for the Calgary Flames in a 4-1 preseason win against the Seattle Kraken at accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, on Saturday.
Byron Froese gave the Flames a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal with 17 seconds left in the first period, and Stone made it 2-0 at 3:01 of the second period.
Glenn Gawdin scored shorthanded at 8:42 to increase the lead to 3-0 before Vince Dunn cut it to 3-1 on the power play at 9:50 of the second.
Connor Mackey scored at 11:06 of the third period for the 4-1 final.
Dan Vladar made 21 saves on 22 shots for Calgary. Chris Driedger made nine saves on 13 shots for Seattle.
Rangers 4, Bruins 3 (OT): Alexis Lafreniere scored 1:38 into overtime to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 preseason win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston on Saturday.
Bruins forward David Pastrnak passed the puck back to goalie Linus Ullmark from center ice. Ullmark's attempted pass hit Lafreniere, who shot a backhand inside the near post.
Rangers forward Kevin Rooney scored shorthanded on a penalty shot to tie it 3-3 at 11:05 of the third period.
Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron each scored his first goal of the preseason, and Ullmark made 15 saves on 19 shots for Boston.
Ryan Strome and Sammy Blais scored, Nils Lundkvist had two assists, and Alexandar Georgiev made 22 saves on 25 shots in two periods for New York. Tyler Wall saved 11 shots in relief.

Canadiens 2, Senators 1: Nick Suzuki scored a tiebreaking goal 21 seconds into the third period, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 in a preseason game at Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday.
Tim Stutzle gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead in the first period. Brendan Gallagher tied it 1-1 in the second period.
Cayden Primeau made 20 saves for Montreal. Anton Forsberg (17 saves) and Filip Gustavsson (four saves) each allowed a goal for Ottawa.

Oilers 4, Jets 3: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the go-ahead goal with 1:56 left in the third period, giving the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 preseason win against the Winnipeg Jets at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Saturday.
With the teams at 4-on-4, Nugent-Hopkins scored in the slot off a pass from Leon Draisaitl, who stole the puck in the neutral zone.
Jesse Puljujarvi scored twice, and Draisaitl and Connor McDavid each had two assists for Edmonton. Mikko Koskinen made 31 saves.
Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Josh Morrissey scored for Winnipeg. Eric Comrie made 23 saves.

Flyers 3, Capitals 1: Cam Atkinson scored the go-ahead goal for the Philadelphia Flyers at 2:00 of the third period in a 3-1 preseason win against the Washington Capitals at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday.
It was his first goal for Philadelphia since being acquired in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets on July 24.
Scott Laughton scored on a breakaway with 3:04 left to make it 3-1.
Washington's Aliaksei Protas (3:18) and Philadelphia's Claude Giroux (5:41) each scored a power-play goal in the first period.
Martin Jones made 21 saves for the Flyers, and Ilya Samsonov made 28 for the Capitals.
The final 2:54 of the second period was played after the intermission following a power outage in the arena.

Blackhawks 5, Blues 1: Henrik Borgstrom and Colton Dach each had a goal and an assist for the Chicago Blackhawks in a 5-1 preseason win against the St. Louis Blues at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri, on Saturday.
MacKenzie Entwistle, Mike Hardman and Dominik Kubalik scored for Chicago.
Torey Krug gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead 50 seconds into the game.
Malcolm Subban made 18 saves for the Blackhawks. Ville Husso allowed four goals on 17 shots through the second period for the Blues, and Joel Hofer allowed the goal to Kubalik at 11:33 of the third period.
St. Louis forward Klim Kostin left the game with an upper-body injury.
Predators 6, Lightning 1: Juuse Saros made 16 saves in his preseason debut for the Nashville Predators, a 6-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Saturday.
It was Saros' first game since signing a four-year, $20 million contract ($5 million average annual value) on Aug. 16.
Nick Cousins had a goal and two assists, and Alexandre Carrier and Rocco Grimaldi each had a goal and an assist for the Predators. Mattias Ekholm, Mikael Granlund and Roman Josi each had an assist in his first game of the preseason.
Boris Katchouk scored, and Brian Elliott made 21 saves for the Lightning, who have lost three of four games.
Devils 2, Islanders 1 (OT): Mackenzie Blackwood made 15 saves in his first start of the preseason for the New Jersey Devils, a 2-1 overtime win against the New York Islanders at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Saturday.
Blackwood, who had surgery on his ankle in June, was replaced at the start of the second period by Scott Wedgewood, who made 17 saves.
New Jersey won its third straight game when Yegor Sharangovich scored at 3:36 of overtime from the top of the right circle.
Mark Jankowski tied it 1-1 at 14:45 of the third period.
Kieffer Bellows gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 3:23 of the first period, scoring on a one-timer off a pass from Mathew Barzal.
Ilya Sorokin made 11 saves for New York before being replaced at the start of the third period by Cory Schneider, who allowed two goals on five shots.
Devils center Jack Hughes did not return to the bench at the start of the third period after being cross-checked in the second period by Islanders forward Ross Johnston, who was assessed a penalty on the play.
"No real update (on Hughes)," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. "He's feeling OK, we hope everything is OK, and we'll find out more tomorrow."
Asked if he was worried that Hughes could be sidelined, Ruff said, "not right now" and he was "hoping it's nothing serious and more precautionary."
Coyotes 4, Ducks 3: Jakob Chychrun's second goal of the game broke a tie in the third period, helping the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-3 preseason win against the Anaheim Ducks at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday.
Chychrun made it 4-3 at 14:08. His first goal gave Arizona a 1-0 lead late in the first period.
Loui Eriksson scored in a second straight game and had an assist, and Connor Timmins had two assists for the Coyotes, who are 3-0-0 in the preseason. Carter Hutton saved 14 of 16 shots playing the first two periods in his Arizona debut, and Karel Vejmelka made 10 saves.
Adam Henrique, Isac Lundestrom and Rickard Rakell scored, and Trevor Zegras had two assists for the Ducks. Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves.