Sept. 30: NHL Preseason Roundup

Filip Forsberg scored twice and had an assist for the Nashville Predators in a 6-2 preseason win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Thursday.

Egor Afanasyev scored two goals, Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist, and Matt Duchene scored for the Predators. Ben Harpur had two assists, and David Rittich made six saves on seven shots. Connor Ingram made 16 saves in relief.
Anthony Cirelli and Fredrik Claesson scored for the Lightning, who were 1-for-7 on the power play and have lost their first two games in the preseason. Brian Elliott allowed three goals facing 14 shots, and Amir Miftakhov made 14 saves on 17 shots.
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Bruins 4, Flyers 2: Four Boston Bruins scored in a 4-2 preseason win against the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden in Boston on Thursday.
Brad Marchand, Craig Smith, Brandon Carlo and Jake DeBrusk scored for the Bruins. Taylor Hall and Erik Haula each had two assists, and Jeremy Swayman made 16 saves.
Joel Farabee scored two power-play goals for the Flyers. Martin Jones made eight saves on 11 shots, and Felix Sandstrom allowed one goal on 12 shots in relief.

Red Wings 6, Sabres 2: Robby Fabbri scored two goals, and Pius Suter had three assists for the Detroit Red Wings in a 6-2 preseason win against the Buffalo Sabres at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Thursday.
Fabbri (2:06), Lucas Raymond (2:29) and Troy Stecher (5:18) scored in a span of 3:12 in a four-goal second period that gave Detroit a 4-2 lead.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 17 saves on 19 shots in his Red Wings debut. Victor Brattstrom saved 13 shots in relief.
Rasmus Asplund had a goal and an assist, Dylan Cozens had two assists, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves for the Sabres.
Avalanche 6, Wild 4: Samuel Girard broke a tie late in the third period for the Colorado Avalanche in a 6-4 preseason win against the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday.
J.T. Compher's second assist set up Girard, who scored with 3:15 remaining to give Colorado a 5-4 lead. Erik Johnson scored into an empty net with 1:06 left for the 6-4 final.
Johnson scored twice, and Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists for Colorado. Darcy Kuemper made 12 saves on 15 shots. Justus Annunen made 19 saves on 20 shots in relief.
Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala each scored a power-play goal, and Mats Zuccarello had three assists for Minnesota. Cam Talbot made 22 saves on 24 shots. Andrew Hammond allowed three goals on eight shots in relief.
Kings 3, Golden Knights 1: The Los Angeles Kings scored in each period during a 3-1 preseason win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Thursday.
Brendan Lemieux, Lias Andersson and Arthur Kaliyev scored for Los Angeles. Vladimir Tkachev had two assists, and Garret Sparks made 20 saves.
Daniil Miromanov scored, and Robin Lehner allowed two goals on 20 shots playing two periods for Vegas in his preseason debut. Dylan Ferguson made four saves.
Defenseman Alexander Edler had two shots on goal in his Kings debut after playing his first 15 NHL seasons with the Vancouver Canucks.

Sharks 3, Ducks 1: Ryan Merkley had a goal and an assist for the San Jose Sharks in a 3-1 preseason win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday.
Jeffrey Viel gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead 9:05 into the second period before Kevin Labanc scored on the power play off a pass from Merkley at 15:40 of the third period for the 3-1 final. James Reimer made 24 saves.
Benoit-Olivier Groulx scored shorthanded 6:47 into the first period to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead before Merkley tied it 1-1 at 12:49.
John Gibson made 14 saves on 16 shots playing for Anaheim. Anthony Stolarz made 15 saves on 16 shots in relief.