NHL ROUNDUP Wednesday's games
Bruins 3, Devils 3
BOSTON -- Jeff Jillson scored twice in his Bruins debut, the second to tie the game with 3 minutes, 58 seconds remaining. The Bruins rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second period only to fall behind on Scott Niedermayer's second goal of the game. Felix Potvin, signed by Boston in the off-season, made 32 saves. Joe Thornton also scored for the Bruins, who got new coach Mike Sullivan a point in his debut as an NHL coach. Martin Brodeur stopped 28 shots for New Jersey. Brian Rafalski had two assists, and Jeff Friesen also scored for the Devils.
Stars 4, Mighty Ducks 1
DALLAS -- Jean-Sebastien Giguere wasn't able to carry his postseason magic into the new season. Giguere allowed goals on the second and third shots against him, then gave up another in each of the final two periods. Sergei Zubov and Stu Barnes beat him on shots 30 seconds apart in the game's opening minutes, then Zubov made a superb pass to set up Barnes for the third goal, which Giguere had little chance to stop. Bill Guerin flipped in the final goal on a breakaway midway through the third period. Giguere finished with 18 saves in his first game since winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP. Marty Turco, who set a modern-day record for goals-against average last season, made 20 saves. Rob Niedermayer scored the lone goal for Anaheim.
Blackhawks 1, Wild 0
CHICAGO -- Jocelyn Thibault stopped 33 shots, and Tyler Arnason scored early in the second period for Chicago. Thibault teamed with the Blackhawks' penalty killers to stop all seven Minnesota power-play chances. He had eight shutouts last season, second best in the NHL, and beat Buffalo 3-0 in the Blackhawks' home opener a year ago. With the Chicago Cubs hosting Game 2 of the National League championship series, only 13,903 were in attendance to see the Blackhawks, who have missed the playoffs five of the past six seasons. Minnesota's Dwayne Roloson stopped 21 shots.
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