Canes beat Bolts in OT
UNDATED (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have set a team record for the fewest games to reach 10 wins.
The Canes are 10-1-1 after Martin Necas scored 3:26 into overtime to complete a 2-1 win over the Lightning. Carolina also got a goal from Teuvo Teravainen and Frederik Andersen stopped 17 shots.
Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy turned back 29 shots for the Lightning, who are 4-0-2 in their last six games.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Devils blew out the Panthers, 7-3 as Mackenzie Blackwood made 34 saves and Andreas Johnsson scored twice. P.K. Subban had the go-ahead goal to help New Jersey hand Florida its second straight regulation loss since a 10-0-1 start.
— Patrice Bergeron scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period before the Bruins held off the Senators. 3-2. Brad Marchand and Derek Forbort also scored for Boston, while David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy each had two assists in the Bruins’ 20th win under coach Bruce Cassidy.
— Marc-Andre Fleury made 42 saves and then two more stops in the shootout against his original team, guiding the Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory against the Penguins. Seth Jones and Jujhar Khaira scored in regulation for Chicago, which is 2-0 under interim coach Derek King.
— Ryan O’Reilly was the only scorer in a four-round shootout that gave the Blues a 3-2 victory over the Jets. Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and assist for the winners.
— The Kings’ winning streak is up to six games after Adrian Kempe scored at 3:39 of overtime to end their 3-2 verdict over the Canadiens. Brendan Lemieux and Alex Iafallo also scored and Cal Petersen made 33 saves for Los Angeles.
— Logan Couture’s third-period goal proved to be the winner as the Sharks dumped the Flames, 4-1. Adin Hill turned back 37 shots and helped San Jose end Calgaru’s 10-game point streak.
— The Ducks pulled out a 3-2 win over the Canucks on Troy Terry’s goal 3:52 into OT. Cam Fowler and Isac Lundestrom scored in regulation as Anaheim earned its fifth win in a row.
— Shea Theodore and Reilly Smith scored 46 seconds apart early in the third period to lift the Golden Knights over the Kraken, 4-2. Alex Pietrangelo and Evgeni Dadanov also scored as Vegas won for the sixth time in eight games since a 1-4 start.
— Vladislav Namestnikov scored in each of the first two periods to help the Detroit Red Wings take a three-goal lead in a 4-2 downing of the Oilers. Detroit won its third in a row and sent Edmonton to just its second loss in 11 games.
Price says substance abuse led him to assistance program
UNDATED (AP) — Canadiens goaltender Carey Price says he voluntarily entered the NHL’s player assistance program more than a month ago due to substance use.
Price says he had let himself get to a very dark place and he didn’t have the tools to cope with the struggle.
Price rejoined the Canadiens on Sunday, but has not begun to practice. Instead, he has met with the team’s athletic trainers to come up with a plan to get back into shape after having knee surgery on July 22, after leading Montreal to the Stanley Cup final.
In other NHL news:
— The Ducks have placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on leave amid an ongoing investigation into his conduct. The Ducks said in a statement they recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct against Murray, who is the third-longest-tenured general manager in the NHL. The team did not specify the behavior he is accused of, adding that assistant GM Jeff Solomon will assume Murray’s duties on an interim basis.
In other NHL news:
— The Penguins have settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former minor league assistant coach and his wife. Jarrod and Erin Skalde alleged the team’s former top minor league coach sexually assaulted and harassed Erin Skalde in 2018. Their lawsuit also said team officials sought to keep the matter quiet while terminating the coach in 2019, but the Pens said in a statement they took prompt action when informed of the allegations.
