Sept. 24: NHL Preseason Roundup

Alex Lyon left late in the first period and did not return for the Buffalo Sabres in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Thursday.

Lyon exited with two minutes remaining in the first period. After diving forward and corralling a loose puck, he flexed his left arm and immediately skated toward the bench. Colten Ellis then replaced Lyon, who stopped seven of eight shots.

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Alex DeBrincat won it for the Red Wings 33 seconds into overtime, finishing a one-timer from the left circle off a feed from Lucas Raymond during a power play.

Axel Sandin-Pellikka and Sheldon Dries also scored for the Red Wings (2-0-1). Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves.

Jiri Kulich and Trevor Kuntar scored for the Sabres (1-1-1). Ellis made 16 saves.

Kuntar gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead at 10:48 of the first period, roofing a shot after retrieving a failed clearing attempt by Tarasov.

Sandin-Pellikka tied it 1-1 at 16:11 with a power-play goal, a one-timer from the right circle off a feed from Anton Johansson.

Kulich scored 33 seconds into the second period to put Buffalo back ahead 2-1 after his shot on the rush trickled through Tarasov’s five-hole.

Dries tied it 2-2 at 7:13 of the third period, redirecting Jacob Bryson’s shot from the blue line in the left circle.

Sharks 10, Ducks 0: Ivar Stenberg scored a hat trick and had an assist for the San Jose Sharks, who cruised to victory against the Anaheim Ducks at SAP Center in San Jose.

Stenberg, who was the No. 2 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, also had an assist in his preseason debut, a 2-1 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.

Michael Misa had a goal and three assists, Igor Chernyshov had two goals and an assist, Mason Marchment scored twice, and Brett Leason and Filip Bystedt each had a goal and an assist for the Sharks (1-1-1). Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves.

Ville Husso allowed six goals on 19 shots for the Ducks (1-2-0) before being replaced midway through the second period by Laurent Brossoit, who made four saves on eight shots.

Marchment made it 1-0 on a breakaway at 3:55 of the first period.

Stenberg made it 2-0 at 5:29. He positioned himself near the right post and tipped in Misa's shot from below the left circle.

Chernyshov pushed it to 3-0 at 9:29, and Misa made it 4-0 at 11:33 after receiving a pass from Stenberg.

Chernyshov scored his second of the period on a wrist shot from the left face-off dot to make it 5-0 at 15:45.

Stenberg scored his second of the game at 3:04 of the second period to make it 6-0.

Marchment put a wrist shot past Brossoit to extend the lead to 7-0 at 12:57, and Leason scored on the power play at 7:54 of the third period to make it 8-0.

Stenberg completed the hat trick with a power-play goal at 16:57. He took a cross-ice feed from Leason and scored with a wrist shot from the left dot to make it 9-0.

Bystedt scored at 17:23 for the 10-0 final.

Blues 1, Blackhawks 0: Patrick Kane made his preseason debut for the Chicago Blackhawks in their loss to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

Kane is entering his second stint with Chicago after signing a two-year, $16 million contract ($8 million average annual value) July 23. Selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NHL Draft, he helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup three times (2010, 2013, 2015) during his 16 seasons with them (2007-23).

Calle Rosen scored the lone goal, and Jordan Binnington made 16 saves for the Blues (1-2-0).

Arvid Soderblom made 35 saves for the Blackhawks (1-1-1).

After two scoreless periods, Rosen broke through at 3:39 of the third with a slap shot off a feed from Connor McMichael to put the Blues ahead 1-0.

Oilers 2, Canucks 1: Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the Edmonton Oilers in their win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

Isaac Howard had a goal and an assist, and Quinn Hutson scored for the Oilers (3-0-0).

Linus Karlsson scored for the Canucks (0-3-0). Nikita Tolopilo made 12 saves before being replaced by Chris Driedger, who stopped all six shots he faced in the third.

Vancouver forward Filip Chytil left the game at 14:54 of the first period after he clipped skates with a referee and collided into the end boards.

“It's never good to see a guy leave the game,” coach Manny Malhotra said. “We're having his shoulder looked at and we'll know more tomorrow after the imaging.”

Howard gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead at 3:58 of the first period. He scored from the left circle after Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek failed to clear the puck up the boards.

Hutson made it 2-0 at 4:28 of the second period, tapping in a rebound in the crease.

Karlsson cut it to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 6:01.

Hurricanes 6, Predators 5: Logan Stankoven scored twice for the Carolina Hurricanes, who rallied from four goals down to defeat the Nashville Predators at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist, and Taylor Hall had two assists for the Hurricanes (2-1-0). Pyotr Kochetkov made 23 saves.

Vitali Pinchuk had a goal and an assist, Jack Drury and Jonathan Marchessault also scored, and Tanner Molendyk had two assists for the Predators (1-2-0). Justus Annunen made 25 saves.

Kotkaniemi got the Hurricanes to within 5-2 at 13:38 of the second period, and Juha Jaaska cut it to 5-3 at 16:19.

Juuso Valimaki made it 5-4 with a power-play goal at 8:26 of the third period. He buried a one-timer in the low slot off a pass from Hall.

Stankoven tied it 5-5 with 1:24 remaining in regulation before Felix Unger Sorum completed the comeback by scoring the game-winning goal with three seconds left. Unger Sorum skated into the right circle and beat Annunen with a wrist shot under his glove.

Pinchuk gave Nashville a 1-0 lead at 1:48 of the first period. He collected Molendyk's shot from the point and slid the puck under the glove of Kochetkov.

Cole O'Hara made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 7:09, and Marchessault extended it to 3-0 on a breakaway at 15:24.

Stankoven made it 3-1 at 1:19 of the second period, tapping in a pass from Hall after his initial attempt went wide of the net.

Adam Edstrom made it 4-1 at 3:20, and Drury pushed it to 5-1 at 8:24 with a backhand on a partial breakaway.

Panthers 5, Lightning 3: Cole Reinhardt scored his third goal of the preaseason and also had an assist for the Florida Panthers, who defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa.

Kai Schwindt also had a goal and an assist, and Cooper Black got the start and made 14 saves for the Panthers (2-0-1). Kirill Gerasimyuk made 11 saves in the third period.

Jansen Harkins had two goals, Conor Geekie scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for the Lightning (1-1-1).

Bokondji Imama put the Panthers on the board first at 19:44 of the first period, deflecting Donovan Sebrango's shot from the blue line past Vasilevskiy in front.

Schwindt made it 2-0 at 2:29 of the second period after the puck was pulled into the net by the right pad of Vasilevskiy.

Harkins cut it to 2-1 at 3:14, taking a feed from Ilya Mikheyev and scoring with a snap shot.

Geekie tied it 2-2 at 13:09 off a 2-on-0 rush with Sam O'Reilly.

Hunter St. Martin put the Panthers ahead 3-2 at 4:21, but Harkins scored his second of the game at 5:29 to tie it 3-3.

However, Reinhardt put the Panthers back in front just six seconds later. He stole the puck from Tampa Bay defenseman Ryan McDonagh in front and snapped it past Vasilevskiy to make it 4-3.

Sandis Vilmanis scored into an empty net at 19:36 for the 5-3 final.

Flyers 2, Bruins 0: Joseph Woll made 28 saves for the Philadelphia Flyers, who shut out the Boston Bruins at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.

Matvei Michkov and Cole Knuble scored for the Flyers (1-2-0).

Michael DiPietro made 26 saves for the Bruins (2-1-0).

Michkov gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead at 4:02 of the first period. He knocked a loose puck into the open net after Helge Grans' initial shot hit Porter Martone in front.

Knuble made it 2-0 at 2:57 of the third period, jamming in a rebound in the crease.

Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 0: Valeri Nichushkin scored in his debut for the Columbus Blue Jackets in their win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

The 31-year-old forward was acquired from the Colorado Avalanche on June 25 for a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.

Zach Werenski, Kirill Marchenko and Danton Heinen also scored, and Dmitri Voronkov had two assists for the Blue Jackets (2-1-0). Cam Talbot made 15 saves for the shutout.

Sergei Murashov made 13 saves for the Penguins (1-2-0).

Werenski gave Columbus a 1-0 lead at 11:48 of the first period by burying a point shot through traffic.

Nichushkin extended it to 2-0 at 14:42 of the second period, scoring with a backhand on the rush.

Heinen stretched the lead to 3-0 at 19:45, tapping in his own rebound following a pass from Charlie Coyle.

Marchenko scored into an empty net at 17:28 for the 4-0 final.

Rangers 4, Devils 3 (SO): Will Cuylle had a goal and an assist and scored the deciding goal in the shootout for the New York Rangers in their win against the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Anton Blidh and Scott Morrow scored, and Gabe Perreault had two assists for the Rangers (1-2-0). Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout.

Stefan Noesen, Ethan Edwards and Amadeus Lombardi scored, Matyas Melovsky had two assists, and Nico Daws made 20 saves for the Devils (2-0-1).

Noesen put the Devils in front 1-0 at 8:51 of the first period with a power-play goal. He deflected Seamus Casey's shot from the point up and over Korpisalo.

Edwards pushed it to 2-0 at 12:09 of the second period, scoring with a snap shot from the left dot.

Cuylle cut it to 2-1 at 3:10 of the third period. Perrault's shot toward the net hit Matthew Robertson in front before deflecting in off of Cuylle.

During a delayed penalty, Blidh put Glenn Gawdin's feed past a prone Daws to tie it 2-2 at 5:21.

Morrow gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead at 10:03, finishing a cross-crease pass from Cuylle.

Lombardi tied it 3-3 at 18:21, getting the puck out of a scrum along the left boards and snapping a shot through Korpisalo's pads.

Golden Knights 5, Mammoth 4 (OT): Jack Eichel scored 39 seconds into overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a come-from-behind win against the Utah Mammoth at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Eichel also had two assists, Mark Stone had a goal and an assist, and Shea Theodore had three assists for Vegas (3-0-0). Adin Hill made 17 saves.

Zac Jones had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Stenlund had three assists for Utah (1-1-1). Sebastian Cossa made 30 saves.

Victor Olofsson gave Vegas a 1-0 lead at 9:38 of the first period. He buried a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle off a pass from Theodore.

Jones tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 18:21, and Liam O'Brien scored 40 seconds later to put the Mammoth in front 2-1.

Artem Duda pushed the lead to 3-1 at 14:06 of the second period, scoring through a screen from the top of the left circle.

Jeremy Lauzon cut it to 3-2 at 5:19 of the third period, and Stone tied it with a power-play goal at 13:06.

Tomas Lavoie put Utah back in front 4-3 with 1:31 remaining.

However, Tomas Hertl tied it 4-4 with 28 seconds remaining, tapping in a cross-crease pass from Mitch Marner with Hill pulled for the extra skater.

Kraken 4, Flames 3 (SO): Brandon Montour and Ryker Evans scored early in the third period, and the Seattle Kraken rallied for a shootout win against the Calgary Flames at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

Bobby McMann also scored for the Kraken (3-0-0). Matty Beniers had two assists, and Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves.

Jonathan Castagna, Aydar Suniev and Rory Kerins scored for the Flames (1-1-1). Brennan Othmann had two assists, and Devin Cooley made 23 saves.

Montour cut Calgary’s lead to 3-2 at 1:26 of the third, scoring top shelf from the right circle. Evans then tied it 3-3 at 7:31 after skating down the left side and beating Cooley to the right post.

Castagna gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 10:02 of the first period, knocking in Othmann’s centering pass from the goal line.

McMann tied it 1-1 at 15:34 when he roofed a snap shot from the edge of the right circle.

Kerins put Calgary back ahead 2-1 at 1:38 of the second period, and Suniev scored a power-play goal to extend it to 3-1 at 6:05.

Mackie Samoskevich had two shots on goal in 18:30 of ice time in his debut for Seattle. The 23-year-old forward was acquired from the Florida Panthers on June 21 for a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and a conditional second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft before signing a three-year, $11.55 million contract ($3.85 million average annual value) with Seattle on July 1.