Oct. 1: NHL Preseason Roundup

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen left after the first period of the Buffalo Sabres’ 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old goalie stopped 11 of 12 shots before reaggravating the lower-body injury that sidelined him for the first week of training camp. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Luukkonen was taken out as a precaution and they’ll see where he's at on Thursday.

Josh Norris scored twice, and Rasmus Dahlin had a goal for the Sabres (3-2-0). Alexandar Georgiev had 10 saves in relief. Peyton Krebs had two assists.

Mathew Dumba and Filip Hallander each had a goal and an assist, and Avery Hayes and Ville Koivunen also scored for the Penguins (4-1-1). Arturs Silovs allowed three goals on 31 shots. Philip Tomasino and Robby Fabbri each had two assists.

Tristan Broz put the Penguins up 1-0 on the power play at 17:32 of the first period, sliding a loose puck under Luukkonen during a net-mouth scramble.

Norris tied it 1-1 just 10 seconds later at 17:42 on a delayed penalty when he slid a backhander under the left pad of Silovs.

Dumba gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead at 5:52 of the second period, scoring on a one-timer off a pass from Ben Kindel.

Hayes extended the lead to 3-1 with a power-play goal when he lifted a loose puck over the left pad of Georgiev from in front at 19:54.

Norris scored his second goal at 4:29 of the third period. Tage Thompson sent a pass from behind the net to Norris, who beat Silovs with a snap shot from in tight to cut it to 3-2.

Koivinen pushed the lead to 4-2 at 10:01 when he got behind the defense and beat Georgiev with a wrist shot.

Dahlin made it 4-3 at 11:42 after going coast-to-coast while on the power play.

Hallander scored an empty-net goal at 17:57 to secure the 5-3 final.

Buffalo defenseman Michael Kesselring left the game late in the second period. Ruff said he's day to day.

Golden Knights 2, Avalanche 1: William Karlsson scored the go-ahead goal for the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period of their win against the Colorado Avalanche at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Brett Howden also scored for the Golden Knights (3-3-0) and Akira Schmid made 21 saves.

Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche (4-1-0) and Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves.

Landeskog gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 18:07 of the first period, going short side with a wrist shot from the right face-off dot.

Vegas tied the game 1-1 at 5:30 of the third period when Brayden McNabb's point shot deflected in off Howden's knee.

Karlsson extended for a backhand to knock in the rebound of his own blocked shot to give Vegas a 2-1 lead at 14:40.

Canucks 8, Flames 1: Quinn Hughes had a goal and two assists for the Vancouver Canucks in their win against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

Max Sasson scored twice, and Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks (3-2-0). Tyler Myers, Derek Forbort, and Aatu Raty also scored, and Conor Garland and Arshdeep Bains each had two assists. Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves.

Joel Farabee scored for the Flames (3-4-0), and Ivan Prosvetov allowed five goals on 19 shots. Devin Cooley, who replaced Prosvetov midway through the second period, stopped four of seven shots.

Boeser gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead at 6:59 of the first period. He beat Prosvetov with a wrist shot on a breakaway after Hughes sent a stretch pass from the defensive zone.

Vancouver then scored three goals in a 1:18 span.

Petterson extended the lead to 2-0 at 15:39, burying a one-timer on the power play from the right face-off circle.

Myers had a slap shot deflect in off the stick of Flames forward Nazem Kadri to make it 3-0 at 16:01. Forbort pushed it to 4-0 just 56 seconds later at 16:57 on a short-handed rush.

Farabee scored just 30 seconds into the second period to cut it to 4-1, tapping in a loose puck after Lankinen lost an edge and fell in the crease.

Sasson increased the lead to 5-1 when he buried a pass from Jake DeBrusk at 4:10.

Raty beat Cooley short side with a power-play goal, bringing the lead to 6-1 at 13:51.

Hughes took a pass from Boeser as he drove the net and slipped a backhander five-hole to push it to 7-1 at 8:26 of the third period.

Sasson scored his second goal when he converted on a 2-on-1 short-handed rush with Bains at 19:02 for the 8-1 final.

Calgary forward Martin Pospisil left the game midway through the second period and Calgary forward Jonathan Huberdeau left the game late in the third period after colliding with Lankinen and the left post.

Kraken 4, Oilers 2: Joey Daccord made 32 saves, and Ryan Winterton scored twice for the Seattle Kraken in their win against the Edmonton Oilers at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

Eeli Tolvanen and Josh Mahura also scored for the Kraken (3-2-1).

Darnell Nurse and Matt Savoie scored, and Adam Henrique and Isaac Howard each had two assists for the Oilers (4-2-1). Calvin Pickard allowed four goals on 17 shots.

Mahura scored on the power play to give Seattle a 1-0 lead at 6:47 of the first period with a one-timer from the point off a pass from Shane Wright.

Winterton’s short-handed goal extended it to 2-0 at 12:03 after he intercepted Pickard’s clearing attempt behind the net and scored on a wraparound.

Tolvanen made it 3-0 at 14:58 during a 5-on-3 power play with a one-timer from the top of the slot.

Nurse scored on the power play to cut it to 3-1 at 17:35 with a wrist shot from the right point.

Savoie’s goal from the left post 28 seconds into the second period made it 3-2. He redirected Henrique’s pass from the right circle past a sprawling Daccord.

Winterton’s second goal of the game extended it to 4-2 at 2:26 of the third period when he beat Pickard glove side off an assist from Frederick Gaudreau.

Ducks 5, Sharks 2: Calle Clang made 26 saves for the Anaheim Ducks (4-2-0) in their win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose.

Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves for the Sharks (1-3-0).

Beckett Sennecke gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 1:09 of the second period with a wrist shot from the slot.

Sam Colangelo made it 2-0 at 6:38, scoring on a 2-on-1 rush started off a Sharks turnover.

Cutter Gauthier scored on a breakaway to make it 3-0 at 7:55.

The Sharks scored just 50 seconds into the third period on the power play to make it 3-1. Tyler Toffoli lost control of the puck in front, but it went off the skate of Ducks defenseman Tyson Hinds and William Eklund slammed it home.

Jeff Skinner pulled the Sharks within 3-2 at 5:22, one-timing a pass from Philipp Kurashev past Clang.

Yegor Sidorov scored an empty-net goal at 18:29. Frank Vatrano scored another empty-net goal at 19:43 for the 5-2 final.