UNDATED (AP) — The Florida Panthers remain one of the more pleasant surprises from the early part of the NHL season.
The Panthers remain one of two teams without a regulation loss, improving to 5-0-1 with a 3-2 victory over the Red Wings. Patric Hornqvist, Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe scored to back Chris Driedger, who finished with 32 saves.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Brayden Schenn scored twice and Ville Husso got his first NHL win as the Blues downed the Ducks, 4-1. Schenn is one of the league’s hottest players with six goals and 10 points in his last seven games.
— Kevin Hayes scored 4:22 into overtime to allow the Flyers to beat the Islanders for the second straight night, 4-3. Joel Farabee had a hat trick to give Philadelphia a 3-1 lead, but third-period goals from Josh Bailey and Mat Barzal tied it before New York fell to 0-3-2 in its last five games.
— Kevin Lankinen made 32 saves and the short-handed Blackhawks jumped on two costly mistakes by Elvis Merzlikins in the third period to beat the Blue Jackets, 3-1. Patrick Kane and Philipp Kurashev each had a goal and an assist in Chicago’s first win in four games.
— Nino Niederreiter provided the tying goal with 2:35 left in regulation before Vinvent Trocheck netted the deciding shootout tally in the Hurricanes’ 4-3 win over the Stars. Jordan Staal and Brock McGinn also scored as Carolina beat Dallas for the second consecutive day.
— Jonas Brodin scored 18 seconds into overtime to give the Wild a 4-3 victory over the Avalanche. Victor Rask scored his second goal of the game for Minnesota to tie it with 7:26 left in regulation.
— Michael McLeod and Miles Wood each scored twice to lead the Devils over the Sabres, 5-3. McLeod put the Devils ahead for good with his second goal at 10:40 of the third period.
— The Oilers were 8-5 winners over the Senators behind Connor McDavid’s goal and four assists. Leon Draisaitl had six assists to fall one shy of the NHL’s all-time record shared by Billy Taylor Sr. and Wayne Gretzky.
