UNDATED (AP) — The Florida Panthers continue to win, no matter who’s behind their bench.
The Panthers are an NHL-best 8-0 after Aleksander Barkov’s second goal of the night gave them a 3-2 overtime win against the Red Wings. Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves to help the Panthers move within two of the NHL record for consecutive victories to start a season.
Andrew Brunette ran the Panthers a day after Joel Quenneville resigned as head coach. Quenneville was among those implicated for not responding swiftly to allegations by former Chicago player Kyle Beach of being sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Hurricanes improved their team-record start to 7-0 scoring four goals in the first period in a 6-3 victory over the winless Blackhawks. Antti Raanta made 23 saves in his Carolina debut. Tony DeAngelo had a goal and two assists for the Canes.
— The Coyotes dropped to 0-7-1 despite outshooting the Capitals, 32-16 in a 2-0 loss to Washington. John Carlson scored a power-play goal and Alex Ovechkin added an empty-netter as the Caps moved to 5-0-3. Ilya Samsonov stopped all 16 shots he faced to pick up the fourth career shutout.
— Chris Kreider scored two power-play goals and Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 shots in the Rangers’ first home win of the season, 4-1 versus the Blue Jackets. Ryan Strome and Alexis Lafrenière also scored, and Adam Fox and Artemi Panarin each had three assists to help New York get its fifth win in six games. Shesterkin is 4-1-1 with a 1.81 goals-against average after posting his third career shutout.
— Nic Roy and Evgenii Dadonov scored in the shootout to send the Golden Knights past the Ducks, 5-4. Nicolas Hague and Chandler Stephenson each had a goal and an assist in regulation. Vegas led 4-1 until Troy Terry, Isac Lundestrom, and Adam Henrique scored unanswered goals in about a five-minute span to tie the game with 3:31 left in the third.
— Josh Norris scored twice and the Senators snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Stars. Brady Tkachuk and Connor Brown provided Ottawa’s other goals, and Filip Gustavsson made 35 saves. Joe Pavelski scored in the second period for Dallas.
