By Field Level Media
Oct 06 (Field Level Media) - Jamie Benn and Jason Robertson recorded a goal and an assist apiece for the host Dallas Stars, who unloaded on the short-handed San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Monday to earn their first victory of the season.
Moments before the opening faceoff, the Sharks announced captain Macklin Celebrini was a late scratch with a lower-body injury. The move happened after the 20-year-old star center, who produced five assists as San Jose won its first two games, participated
in pregame warmups.
Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger faced just 13 shots but stopped them all for his 17th career shutout. Miro Heiskanen scored his second of the season for the Stars, who managed just one goal total in their first two games. Joel Kiviranta and Mikko Rantanen also scored, and Roope Hintz notched two assists.
Yaroslav Askarov made 21 saves as he and the Sharks saw their two-game winning streaks to start the season end.
Lightning 3, Flyers 2
Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist as Tampa Bay won for the second straight time on its three-game homestand, handling winless Philadelphia.
With the Lightning leading 2-1 and the Flyers pushing for the tying goal, Mikheyev skated behind the Philadelphia goal and backhanded in his first tally of the season with three minutes left. Brandon Hagel added an empty-net goal for the final margin with seven seconds left.
Tampa Bay's Pontus Holmberg (assist) and Brayden Point netted their first goals this season, while Nikita Kucherov had two helpers and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 13 saves. Opening a three-game road trip, Philadelphia got a goal from Tyson Foerster and 32 saves from Dan Vladar but remained without a win in four matches.
Senators 4, Bruins 1
Tim Stutzle scored two first-period goals within a 1:43 span and added an assist, leading visiting Ottawa to a win over Boston..
Michael Amadio netted a goal and an assist, and Drake Batherson also scored. Linus Ullmark stopped all 10 shots he faced against his former team, but collided with Boston's J.J. Peterka near the end of the second period and sat out the final period. Samuel Ersson entered in relief for an eight-save third.
James Hagens scored his second goal of the season, and Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves for the Bruins, who have split their first four games following back-to- back losses.
Jets 3, Penguins 2
Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist in Winnipeg's three-goal third period as the Jets prevailed at Pittsburgh.
Adam Lowry and Cole Perfetti also scored goals for Winnipeg. Clay Stevenson, claimed off waivers from the Washington Capitals on Sept. 28, made 30 saves in his Jets debut.
Ben Kindel and Declan Carlile each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins, which had scored 13 goals while winning its first two games of the season. Sergei Murashov made 31 saves.
(--Field Level Media)
