Preseason roundup: Bedard has 3 points in Blackhawks win

Connor Bedard scored his first goal with the Chicago Blackhawks and had two assists in their 4-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings at United Center on Tuesday.

Bedard, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, has five points (one goal, four assists) in three preseason games. He set up Corey Perry’s power-play goal at 9:59 of the third period to give Chicago a 3-2 lead, then scored into an empty net with 1:09 remaining for the 4-2 final.

Perry scored twice, and Taylor Hall had three assists for the Blackhawks. Petr Mrazek made 17 saves and had an assist on Bedard’s goal.

Joe Veleno scored twice for the Red Wings. Ville Husso stopped 13 of 14 shots before being replaced midway through the second period by Michael Hutchinson, who made 17 saves.

Perry gave Chicago a 1-0 lead at 2:09 of the first period.

Veleno tied it 1-1 just 1:00 into the second period, but Connor Murphy put the Blackhawks back in front 2-1 at 15:30 off a feed from Bedard.

Veleno tied it again 2-2 at 4:49 of the third.

Lightning 2, Panthers 0: Jonas Johansson got his second shutout of the preseason when he made 25 saves in the Tampa Bay Lightning's win against the Florida Panthers at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.

It was the first of three straight preseason games between the teams.

Johansson made 42 saves in his debut with Tampa Bay, a 4-0 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sept. 29.

Tanner Jeannot and Nicholas Paul scored for the Lightning.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves for the Panthers.

Jeannot gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 5:24 of the first period, redirecting Tyler Motte's shot past Bobrovsky.

Paul scored during a 5-on-3 power play at 10:46 of the third period for the 2-0 final.

Stars 3, Avalanche 1: Jason Robertson scored his third goal of the preseason for the Dallas Stars in their win against the Colorado Avalanche at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Joe Pavelski scored the go-ahead goal in the third period for the Stars. Jake Oettinger stopped nine of 10 shots before being replaced at the start of the third by Scott Wedgewood, who made nine saves.

Ondrej Pavel scored, and Justus Annunen made 27 saves for the Avalanche.

Pavel scored a short-handed goal at 2:05 of the second period to give Colorado a 1-0 lead.

Robertson tied it 1-1 at 18:17.

Pavelski put the Stars in front 2-1 with a power-play goal at 13:20 of the third, and Craig Smith scored into an empty net with three seconds left for the 3-1 final.

Capitals 5, Bruins 4 (OT): John Carlson had a goal and two assists, and Matthew Phillips scored at 4:04 of overtime to give the Washington Capitals a win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston.

Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist, and Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dylan Strome each had two assists for the Capitals. Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves.

Milan Lucic had a goal and an assist, and Linus Ullmark made 36 saves for the Bruins.

Connor McMichael scored 26 seconds into the first period to give Washington a 1-0 lead.

James van Riemsdyk scored 27 seconds later at :53 to tie it 1-1, and Mason Lohrei put Boston in front 2-1 at 2:42.

Wilson responded with a power-play goal to tie it 2-2 at 7:51 before Sonny Milano gave the Capitals a 3-2 lead at 15:57.

Lucic tied it 3-3 at 8:23 of the second period.

Carlson put Washington back in front 4-3 with a power-play goal 43 seconds into the third period, but Matthew Poitras tied it 4-4 at 4:57.

Sharks 2, Golden Knights 0: Kaapo Kahkonen stopped all 18 shots he faced for the San Jose Sharks in their win against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Thomas Bordeleau and Jacob MacDonald scored for the Sharks.

Adin Hill stopped 14 of 15 shots for the Golden Knights before being replaced midway through the second period by Logan Thompson, who made 13 saves.

Bordeleau put San Jose ahead 1-0 at 6:51 of the second period, finishing a spinning pass from William Eklund from below the goal line.

MacDonald made it 2-0 with a one-timer on the power play at 12:09.

San Jose went 1-for-4 with the man-advantage. Vegas was 0-for-5.

Kings 4, Ducks 1: Adrian Kempe scored his fourth goal of the preseason for the Los Angeles Kings in their win against the Anaheim Ducks at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Carl Grundstrom had a goal and an assist, and Trevor Lewis had two assists for the Kings. Cam Talbot made 15 saves.

Brett Leason scored his third goal of the preseason, and John Gibson made 36 saves for the Ducks.

Kevin Fiala scored on a wraparound at 4:09 of the first period to give the Kings a 1-0 lead.

Kempe made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 11:10, and Grundstrom scored 25 seconds later to push it to 3-0.

Leason cut it to 3-1 at 9:50 of the second period. His initial shot was saved by Talbot, but the rebound deflected in off the skate of Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson.

Blake Lizotte swatted in a rebound in the crease at 8:29 of the third period for the 4-1 final.