Sept. 24: NHL Preseason Roundup

Adrian Kempe scored two goals for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes in the 2023 NHL Global Series -- Melbourne in front of a sold-out crowd of 13,188 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday.

The preseason game was the second NHL contest played in the Southern Hemisphere following the Coyotes’ 5-3 win against the Kings here Saturday.

Jacob Moverare also scored for Los Angeles. Cam Talbot made 20 saves in the first two periods, and David Rittich stopped seven of eight shots in the third period. Each goalie made his Kings debut.

Barrett Hayton and Travis Dermott scored, and Karel Vejmelka made 31 saves for Arizona.

Hayton scored on the power play at 11:18 of the first period to give Arizona a 1-0 lead. He took a pass from Clayton Keller at the right of the net, stepped out front and snapped a shot over Talbot.

Kempe tied it 1-1 on a 4-on-3 power play at 1:51 of the third period. He one-timed a cross-ice pass from Kevin Fiala from the right face-off-circle. Australia native Jordan Spence also assisted on the goal.

Moverare scored to give Los Angeles a 2-1 lead at 7:33, on a shot through traffic from the blue line.

Kempe scored into an empty net with Vejmelka pulled for an extra attacker at 19:20 to give Los Angeles a 3-1 lead. Dermott scored with 17 seconds left in the third period for the 3-2 final.

Captain Anze Kopitar and defenseman Drew Doughty were among those who were scratched Sunday for the Kings.

Penguins 3, Blue Jackets 2 (SO): Alex Nedeljkovic stopped all 18 shots he faced in his debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The 27-year-old goalie signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract July 1.

Alex Nylander scored in the first period and also converted in the shootout for the Penguins. Pierre-Olivier Joseph scored, and Joel Blomqvist made 15 saves in relief.

Jack Roslovic and Owen Sillinger scored for the Blue Jackets. Jet Greaves made 15 saves before he was replaced by Aaron Dell (11 saves) midway through the second.

Nylander gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead at 9:03 of the first period, and Joseph pushed it to 2-0 at 17:00.

Roslovic cut it to 2-1 at 3:35 of the third period on a deflection.

Sillinger tied it 2-2 at 17:57.

Senators 3, Maple Leafs 2: Tim Stutzle scored two goals, and Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist for the Ottawa Senators in their win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

Jake Sanderson had two assists for the Senators, who were playing their first game of the preseason. Anton Forsberg made 36 saves.

William Lagesson and Alex Steeves scored, and Connor Timmins had two assists for the Maple Leafs, who were also playing their first preseason game. Keith Petruzzelli made 25 saves before being replaced by Dennis Hildeby, who stopped all four shots he faced.

Max Domi, who signed a one-year contract on July 3, played 20:14 in his Toronto debut.

Tkachuk gave the Senators a 1-0 lead at 9:59 of the first period before Stutzle made it 2-0 at 17:59.

Lagesson cut it to 2-1 at 9:32 of the second period.

Steeves tied it 2-2 at 17:50 with a power-play goal, but Stutzle put the Senators back in front 3-2 at 18:45 with his own power-play goal.

Sabres 4, Capitals 3 (SO): Sonny Milano scored the tying goal for the Washington Capitals at 12:31 of the third period, but the Buffalo Sabres won 4-3 in a shootout at Capital One Arena in Washington.

Milano tied it 3-3 when he received a pass from Anthony Mantha and scored glove side on Dustin Tokarski from between the circles.

Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Ryan Hofer also scored for Washington, which was playing its first game of the preseason. Hunter Shepard started and stopped all 18 shots he faced. He was replaced by Clay Stevenson, who allowed three goals on nine shots.

Zach Benson, J.J. Peterka and Peyton Krebs scored for Buffalo, which was also playing its first preseason game. Eric Comrie started and made 19 saves before being replaced at the start of the third by Tokarski, who allowed on goal on 11 shots.

Aube-Kubel gave the Capitals a 1-0 at 14:52, finishing a pass from Riley.

Hofer extended the lead to 2-0 at 13:02 of the second when he got the rebound of Henrik Rybinski’s shot from the slot and scored with a backhand.

Peterka pulled Buffalo to within 2-1 at 15:58. Stevenson stopped Peterka on a breakaway with his right pad, but Peterka banked the rebound in off Stevenson.

Krebs tied it at 2-2 by deflecting in Jacob Bryson’s point shot 1:19 into the third period. Benson then scored on his own deflection to give the Sabres a 3-2 lead at 8:59.

Capitals defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk left at 8:59 of the third period after blocking a shot off his right hand/arm. -- Tom Gulitti

Wild 4, Avalanche 3: Sammy Walker had two goals and an assist for the Minnesota Wild in their win against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver.

Jesper Wallstedt made 40 saves, and Jujhar Khaira and Vinni Lettieri each scored a power-play goal for Minnesota, which was playing its first preseason game. Riley Heidt had two assists.

Joel Kiviranta, Henry Bowlby and Riley Tufte each scored for Colorado, which was also playing its first preseason game. Justus Annunen made 14 saves before being replaced by Arvid Holm, who allowed three goals on 10 shots.

Kiviranta gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 4:10 of the first period.

Walker tied it 1-1 at 3:55 of the second period on a power play before giving the Wild a 2-1 lead at 5:35 of the third period.

Bowlby tied it 2-2 at 8:27.

Khaira put Minnesota back in front 3-2 at 15:03, and Lettieri extended it to 4-2 at 18:57.

Tufte scored at 19:49 for the 4-3 final.

Bruins 3, Rangers 0: Brandon Bussi made 29 saves for the Boston Bruins, who shut out the New York Rangers at TD Garden in Boston.

Jake DeBrusk, Matthew Poitras and John Beecher scored for Boston, which was playing its preseason opener.

Jonathan Quick, who signed a one-year contract as a free agent on July 1, allowed three goals on 14 shots for New York, which was also playing its preseason opener. Louis Domingue made eight saves in relief.

Poitras gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 7:20 of the first period with a power-play goal.

DeBrusk made it 2-0 at 3:04 of the second period, and Beecher, who was selected in the first round (No. 30) of the 2019 NHL Draft, extended the lead to 3-0 at 8:07.

Jets 2, Oilers 1 (SO): Collin Delia made 36 saves and stopped all three shootout attempts for the Winnipeg Jets in their shootout win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Dominic Toninato scored for Winnipeg, which was playing its first game of the preseason.

Zach Hyman scored, and Olivier Rodrigue made 25 saves for Edmonton, which was also playing its preseason opener.

Toninato gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead on a breakaway at 7:55 of the first period. He tipped a clearing pass from Brenden Dillon past Oilers defenseman Ben Gleason at the Jets blue line, won the race to the puck, and slid it five-hole on Rodrigue.

Hyman tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 14:20, scoring on a rebound in front.

Hyman almost put the Oilers ahead with 40 seconds left in the third period, but he hit the crossbar from the right face-off circle.

Stars 7, Coyotes 0: Logan Stankoven scored two goals for the Dallas Stars in their win against the Arizona Coyotes at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas.

Antonio Stranges had a goal and an assist, and Mavrik Bourque, Gavin Bayreuther and Matej Blumel each had two assists for Dallas, which was playing its preseason opener. Christopher Gibson made 11 saves.

Ivan Prosvetov made 22 saves for Arizona before being replaced by Matt Villalta, who allowed three goals on 24 shots.

Stankoven gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at 16:11 of the first period.

Curtis McKenzie made it 2-0 at 2:37 of the second period. The 32-year-old has played the past five seasons in the American Hockey League since last playing in the NHL for the Stars during the 2017-18 season.

Sam Steel, who signed a one-year contract as a free agent on July 1, made it 3-0 at 4:05. 

Thomas Harley extended the lead to 4-0 at 8:45, and Stranges scored on the first shot Villalta faced to make it 5-0 at 13:15. 

Scott Reedy made it 6-0 at 13:14 of the third period, and Stankoven scored on a power play at 19:47 for the 7-0 final.

Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3 (OT): Adam Fantilli, the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, had two assists in his debut for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

Jordan Dumais won it at 2:45 of overtime for the Blue Jackets.

Carson Meyer had two goals, and Alexandre Texier also scored for Columbus, which lost 3-2 in a shootout in its other split-squad game earlier in the day in Pittsburgh. Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves, and Pavel Cajan stopped all eight shots he faced in relief.

Sam Poulin, Jonathan Gruden and Austin Wagner scored for the Penguins. Magnus Hellberg allowed three goals on 19 shots before being replaced by Taylor Gauthier, who made 16 saves.

Texier scored at 4:37 of the first period to give Columbus a 1-0 lead.

Gruden tied it 1-1 at 15:15, but Meyer put the Blue Jackets back in front 2-1 at 16:19.

Poulin then tied it 2-2 at 19:34, but Meyer scored short-handed to give Columbus a 3-2 lead at 11:01 of the second period.

Wagner tied it 3-3 at 13:24.

Flames 10, Canucks 0: Jonathan Huberdeau scored two goals, and Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists for the Calgary Flames in a win against the Vancouver Canucks at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

Matt Coronato had a hat trick and an assist, Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists, and Dillon Dube and Adam Ruzicka each had three assists for Calgary, which was playing its first preseason game. Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves before being replaced at the start of the third period by Oscar Dansk, who made four saves.

Arturs Silovs allowed seven goals on 18 shots for Vancouver, which was also playing its first preseason game. Zach Sawchenko made five saves.

Jordan Oesterle gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 2:25 of the first period, and Coronato made it 2-0 at 5:25.

Huberdeau scored a power-play goal to make it 3-0 at 8:43 before Kadri pushed it to 4-0 at 13:48.

Huberdeau scored his second to make it 5-0 at 9:39 of the second period. Coronato then scored his second of the game to extend the lead to 6-0 at 10:30.

Hanifin made it 7-0 at 11:42.

Connor Zary scored a power-play goal at 1:25 of the third period to make it 8-0, and Ben Jones scored at 4:22 to make it 9-0.

Coronato completed the hat trick at 12:23 for the 10-0 final.

Sharks 5, Golden Knights 2: Henry Thrun had two goals and an assist for the San Jose Sharks in a win against the Vegas Golden Knights at SAP Center in San Jose.

Tomas Hertl had a goal and two assists, and Kyle Burroughs had a goal and an assist for San Jose, which was playing in its first preseason game. Kaapo Kahkonen made 32 saves.

Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden scored, and Jiri Patera made 13 saves for Vegas, which was also playing its first preseason game. Jesper Vikman made three saves in relief.

Thrun gave San Jose a 1-0 lead 24 seconds into the first period.

Hertl made it 2-0 at 9:03, and Nathan Todd scored 46 seconds later to extend the lead to 3-0.

Barbashev cut it to 3-1 at 16:43, but Thrun made it 4-1 at 19:20 with a power-play goal.

Burroughs extended the lead to 5-1 at 7:12 of the second period.

Howden cut it to 5-2 at 15:41.

Ducks 3, Kings 2 (OT): Jackson LaCombe scored two goals, including the winner 33 seconds into overtime for the Anaheim Ducks against the Los Angeles Kings at Honda Center in Anaheim.

Leo Carlsson, the No. 2 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, made his Ducks debut.

Sam Carrick scored for Anaheim, which was playing its first preseason game. Tomas Suchanek made 12 saves.

Alex Laferriere and Sean Tschigerl scored for the Kings. Jacob Ingham made 28 saves.

Carrick gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 15:51 of the first period.

Tschigerl tied it 1-1 at 17:24 of the second period.

Laferriere gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 6:05 of the third period, but LaCombe tied it 2-2 at 9:48.