Sept. 22: NHL Preseason Roundup

Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist in his preseason debut for the San Jose Sharks, a 4-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at SAP Center in San Jose on Sunday.

Callahan Burke, Brett Howden, Tuomas Uronen and Tanner Pearson scored for the Golden Knights. Akira Schmid saved all eight shots he faced before he was replaced midway through the second period by Isaiah Saville, who made 10 saves.

Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Sharks, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 16 saves before he was replaced midway through the second period by Georgi Romanov, who made 17 saves.

Each team was playing its first game of the preseason.

Burke gave Vegas a 1-0 lead at 6:45 of the first period when he redirected Christoffer Sedoff’s shot from the left point past Blackwood.

Howden made it 2-0 at 6:02 of the second period on a breakaway.

Uronen pushed it to 3-0 at 12:27 with a wrist shot from the top of the right face-off circle.

Celebrini cut it to 3-1 at 6:33 of the third period with a one-timer from the right circle on the power play.

Toffoli made it 3-2 with a power-play goal at 7:57 when he put in a seam pass from Celebrini at the left post.

Pearson scored with 10 seconds left for the 4-2 final.

Panthers 6, Predators 2: Steven Stamkos scored in his debut for the Nashville Predators, a loss to the Florida Panthers in a split-squad game at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.

Stamkos scored a power-play goal at 16:03 of the third period to make it 6-2.

The 34-year-old forward signed a four-year, $32 million contract ($8 million average annual value) with Nashville on July 1 after playing his first 16 NHL seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Sam Reinhart, Adam Boqvist, Josh Davies and Patrick Giles each had a goal and an assist, and Gustav Forsling and Jesper Boqvist scored for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Chris Driedger combined to make 24 saves.

Jesper Boqvist, who was making his Florida debut after signing a one-year contract July 1, scored on an assist from his brother Adam Boqvist, who also played his first game for the Panthers after signing a one-year contract this offseason.

Jake Lucchini scored for the Predators. Scott Wedgewood allowed four goals in the first period, including three on the power play, in his Nashville debut after signing a two-year contract. He allowed a total of six goals on 23 shots. Jakub Milota made one save in relief.

Reinhart gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 4:34 of the first period, scoring on the power play.

Davies extended it to 2-0 with a power-play goal at 7:36.

Jesper Boqvist pushed it to 3-0 on the power play at 14:46 before Forsling made it 4-0 at 16:15.

Lucchini cut it to 4-1 at 17:53.

Giles made it 5-1 at 16:40 of the second period, and Adam Boqvist extended it to 6-1 at 10:22 of the third period.

Utah 5, Blues 3: Logan Cooley scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty shot with 1:17 remaining in the third period for the Utah Hockey Club in its win against the St. Louis Blues at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

Michael Carcone scored twice, and Kevin Connauton also scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves.

Dylan Holloway, Anton Malmstrom and Simon Robertsson scored for the Blues. Joel Hofer stopped all 13 shots he faced in the first period before he was replaced by Vadim Zherenko, who made three saves.

Utah was playing its first game as a new franchise. St. Louis lost 2-1 to the Dallas Stars in its preseason opener Saturday.

Holloway gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 12:31 of the first period with a power-play goal. He took a cross-crease pass from Brayden Schenn and beat Vejmelka with a snap shot.

Malmstrom made it 2-0 at 3:32 of the second. He was last to touch the puck before Utah put it into its own net with Vejmelka on the bench for an extra skater during a delayed penalty.

Carcone cut it to 2-1 at 9:42 with a snap shot from in front off a 2-on-0 rush with Ben McCartney, who joined the rush out of the penalty box.

Connauton tied it 2-2 at 12:21.

Dylan Guenther gave Utah a 3-2 lead at 8:05 of the third period. He put in a cross-crease pass from Jack McBain on the power play.

Robertsson tied it 3-3 at 15:58 when he put in a backhanded centering pass from Juraj Pekarcik on the rush.

Carcone scored an empty-net goal for the 5-3 final at 19:00.

Flames 6, Kraken 1: Dustin Wolf got the first look in the battle to be the Calgary Flames' No. 1 goalie and made 33 saves in a win against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

Adam Klapka scored twice, Matt Coronato had a goal and two assists, and Clark Bishop had a goal and an assist for Calgary. Jeremie Poirier and Martin Frk also scored for the Flames. Samuel Honzek and Hunter Brzustewicz each had two assists.

Nathan Villeneuve scored for the Kraken. The 18-year-old forward was selected by Seattle in the second round of the 2024 NHL Draft (No. 63). Philipp Grubauer made 15 saves through two periods before being relieved by Ales Stezka, who made six saves.

Each team was playing its first game of the preseason.

Bishop gave the Flames a 1-0 lead 1:58 into the first period, scoring off a rebound in front.

Coronato knocked in a loose puck on another rebound scramble to make it 2-0 at 7:02, and Klapka extended it to 3-0 at 11:47 after tapping in a pass from Bishop.

Poirier made it 4-0 at 12:11 of the second period with a one-timer off a cross-ice pass from Coronato.

Villeneuve cut it to 4-1 at 3:59 of the third period with a snap shot from the middle of the ice.

Klapka's second goal extended it to 5-1 at 9:35, poking in a loose puck on the rush. Frk scored at 11:39 for the 6-1 final.

Senators 6, Maple Leafs 5: Carter Yakemchuk scored at 2:37 of overtime for the Ottawa Senators in their win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

He picked up the puck in his defensive zone, skated the length of the ice, and went forehand to backhand to stuff it around Matt Murray’s outstretched right pad.

Cole Reinhardt had two goals and two assists, Jan Jenik had a goal and three assists, and Donovan Sebrango and Adam Gaudette also scored for Ottawa. Mads Sogaard made 32 saves.

Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist, and Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews and William Nylander also scored for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares had three assists. Joseph Woll made 20 saves before he was replaced midway through the second period by Murray, who made eight saves.

Each team was playing its first game of the preseason.

Jenik gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 6:10 of the first period when he took a pass from Zack MacEwen from below the goal line and beat Woll with a snap shot from between the circles.

Knies made it 1-1 at 7:26 of the second with a one-timer in front off a pass from Mitch Marner at the goal line.

Reinhardt gave the Senators a 2-1 lead at 9:14, stuffing in a loose puck in the crease after a scramble in front.

Gaudette pushed it to 3-1 at 11:45 with a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Jenik behind the net.

Pacioretty cut it to 3-2 at 2:38 of the third with a redirection in front off Morgan Rielly’s wrist shot from above the left circle.

Matthews tied it 3-3 at 3:20 with a power-play goal, putting in a rebound in the slot.

Pacioretty gave Toronto a 4-3 lead at 5:28 with a snap shot from the high slot.

Sebrango tied it 4-4 at 5:46, taking a pass from Jenik at the top of the left circle and beating Murray with a snap shot.

Reinhardt gave Ottawa a 5-4 lead at 9:18 with a diving backhand in front.

Nylander tied it 5-5 with 22 seconds left in the third, taking a pass at the left post and stuffing it in at the top of the crease.

Islanders 4, Devils 2: Jacob Markstrom stopped 17 of 19 shots in his debut for the New Jersey Devils in their loss to the New York Islanders at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The 34-year-old was traded to New Jersey by Calgary for Kevin Bahl and a first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft on June 19.

Brenden Dillon also made his debut for the Devils after signing a three-year contract July 1.

Maxim Tsyplakov had an assist in his North American debut for the Islanders.

The 26-year-old forward was a highly touted free agent before signing a one-year contract with New York on May 16 following seven seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. He had 47 points (31 goals, 16 assists) for Spartak Moskva in 65 games last season.

Camden Thiesing scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and Anders Lee, Julien Gauthier and Simon Holmstrom scored for the Islanders. Marcus Hogberg and Jakub Skarek combined to make 23 saves.

Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt each had a goal and an assist for the Devils. Nico Daws made seven saves.

It was the preseason debut for each team.

Hischier scored on the power play to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead at 2:18 of the first period on a wrist shot from the slot off a pass from Bratt.

Lee tied it 1-1 at 8:16 of the second period before Bratt scored 32 seconds later to put the Devils back ahead 2-1.

Gauthier tied it 2-2 at 17:05 on an assist from Tsyplakov.

Thiesing gave the Islanders a 3-2 lead at 2:47 of the third period on a wrist shot from the right circle on the rush.

Holmstrom scored an empty-net goal with six seconds remaining for the 4-2 final.

Oilers 3, Jets 2: Defenseman Cam Dineen scored for Edmonton at 1:17 of the 3-on-3 overtime to give the Oilers the win at Rogers Place in Edmonton in their first preseason game since losing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Forwards Sam O'Reilly and Raphael Lavoie scored for Edmonton, and David Gustafsson and Dominic Toninato scored for Winnipeg.

Gustafsson scored on a tip on the first shot of the game to give the Jets a 1-0 lead, 17 seconds into the first period. O’Reilly tied it 1-1 at 3:23.

Lavoie scored on the power play at 9:07 of the third period to give the Oilers a 2-1 lead and Toninato scored 10 seconds later to tie it 2-2.

Oilers goalie Olivier Rodrigue made six saves before being replaced by Collin Delia at 14:38 of the second period. Delia made 11 saves. Jets goalie Eric Comrie played the entire game and made 25 saves.

Panthers 3, Predators 2: Florida defeated Nashville in a split-squad game at Amerant Bank Arena in its first game since winning the Stanley Cup.

The Panthers defeated the Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final for their first championship since joining the NHL for the 1993-94 season.

It was the preseason debut for each team.

Sam Bennett, Hunter St. Martin and Rasmus Asplund scored, and Spencer Knight stopped all 19 shots he faced for Florida.

Cole Smith and Joakim Kemell scored, and Matt Murray and Ethan Haider combined to make 20 saves for Nashville.

The Panthers took a 2-0 lead with second-period goals from Bennett and St. Martin 1:31 apart.

Asplund put them ahead 3-0 at 11:23.

Smith cut it to 3-1 with a tip-in past Cooper Black (five saves) at 6:35 of the third period. Kemell made it 3-2 at 13:44.

Flyers 6, Capitals 2: Matvei Michkov had two assists in his NHL debut for the Philadelphia Flyers against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena in Washington.

The 19-year-old forward and No. 7 pick of the 2023 NHL Draft signed his entry-level contract July 1 after his contract with SKA St. Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League was terminated.

Joel Farabee had a goal and three assists, Morgan Frost had two goals and an assist, and Bobby Brink scored twice for the Flyers. Jett Luchanko had two assists and Ivan Fedotovand Carson Bjarnason combined for 19 saves.

Andrew Cristall and Ivan Miroshnichenko scored for the Capitals. Hunter Shepard and Clay Stevenson totaled 22 saves.

It was the preseason debut for each team.

Brink's goal 4:00 into the first period gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. Michkov had the primary assist when Frost scored to make it 2-0 at 16:44.

Cristall cut it to 2-1 at 17:20.

Farabee put the Flyers ahead 3-1 at 10:22 of the second period. Miroshnichenko made it 3-2 at 18:35.

Brink scored again to put Philadelphia ahead 4-2 at 5:37 of the third period. Luchanko, the Flyers' first-round pick (No. 13) in the 2024 draft, assisted on each of Brink's goals.

Olle Lycksell pushed it to 5-2 at 6:51.

Frost scored his second goal at 12:00 for the 6-2 final.

Rangers 3, Bruins 2: Filip Chytil had a goal and an assist for the New York Rangers in their win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston.

Victor Mancini had a goal and an assist, and Alex Belzile scored the go-ahead goal in the third period for the Rangers. Louis Domingue and Dylan Garand combined to make 26 saves.

Cole Koepke and Trevor Kuntar scored for the Bruins. Brandon Bussi and Michael DiPietro totaled 19 saves.

It was the preseason debut for each team.

Koepke gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 1:34 of the first period with a netfront goal off a rebound.

Mancini tied it 1-1 at 10:23 before Chytil gave New York a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 18:47.

Kuntar tied it 2-2 at 12:33 of the second period on an assist from Patrick Brown.

Belzile put the Rangers ahead 3-2 at 4:46 of the third on the rush.