NHL roundup Saturday’s other games

Capitals 3, Predators 2

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored twice and added the deciding goal in a shootout. Ovechkin, the second Capitals shooter, beat Predators goalie Dan Ellis. He was the lone Capitals’ shooter to score in the shootout. None of the three Nashville shooters scored off Washington goalie Semyon Varlamov.

Avalanche 4, Red Wings 3, SO

DETROIT — Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk scored shootout goals to give Colorado the win. Colorado, which has won four straight, rallied from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits in the third period. Cody McCleod had two goals, and Matt Duchene also scored for Colorado. Ryan O’Reilly recorded two assists and Craig Anderson stopped 29 shots. Justin Abdelkader, Todd Bertuzzi and Valtteri Filppula scored for Detroit. Chris Osgood made 25 saves. McLeod’s second goal made it 3-3 with 2:32 left in regulation. He beat Osgood from the bottom of the left circle after taking a pass from Ryan O’Reilly.

Filppula had given the Red Wings a 3-2 lead with 6:33 left. The Avalanche scored twice in a 2:37 span in the middle of the third to tie it at 2.

Devils 2, Hurricanes 0

NEWARK, N.J. — Clinging to a one-goal lead in the closing minutes against the Carolina Hurricanes, Martin Brodeur wasn’t thinking about career shutout No. 102. Brodeur was thinking about last year and the Canes’ miraculous comeback in final 80 seconds of Game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. Remember? Carolina scored twice and sent the New Jersey Devils packing. “You don’t forget these things. You try to learn from it,” Brodeur said after making 26 saves to move within one shutout of tying Terry Sawchuk’s NHL career record. Jamie Langenbrunner broke the scoreless duel between Brodeur and Cam Ward early in the third period with a goal off his shoulder.

Thrashers 4 Sabres 2

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice, and Johan Hedberg made 40 saves and added an assist in his first start of the season to help send Atlanta to its best start in franchise history. Todd White and Maxim Afinogenov also scored for the Thrashers, whose 4-1-0 start is the best beginning to a season since the team’s inception in 1999. Hedberg continued his mastery of the Sabres by improving to 11-2-1 lifetime against Buffalo, and helped hand the Sabres (4-1-1) their first regulation loss of the season.

Rangers 4, Maple Leafs 1

TORONTO — Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and an assist, and the New York Rangers earned their seventh straight win. Marc Staal, Michael Del Zotto and Enver Lisin also had goals for the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers (7-1). Marian Gaborik added two assists to give him points in all eight games he has played since joining New York during the summer.

Sharks 4, Islanders 1

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Joe Thornton had a power-play goal and two assists to lead San Jose. San Jose’s Evgeni Nabokov made 31 saves in his 500th NHL game and Ryan Vesce’s first NHL goal broke a 1-all tie as the Sharks (4-3-1) snapped a two-game losing streak. Thornton assisted on San Jose’s first two goals to extend his league-leading total to 11. Vesce and Patrick Marleau started the stretch of four unanswered goals with second-period scores. The Islanders are still looking for their first victory of the season (0-3-3).

Senators 3, Canadiens 1

MONTREAL — Alex Kovalev had a goal and an assist in his first game against Montreal, leading the Ottawa over struggling Montreal. Kovalev beat former teammate Carey Price with a shot from the slot 11:28 into the third period after he set up Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson’s power-play goal during a two-man advantage in the second. Chris Neil also scored and Pascal Leclaire made 27 saves as the Senators (5-2-0) won for the fifth time in six games. Mike Cammalleri scored his first goal in seven games with Montreal, which has lost five straight since winning its first two games of the season in overtime. Canadiens goalie Carey Price stopped 18 shots.

Associated Press