NHL scores: Kyle Connor has hand in all 3 goals in narrow win over Red Wings

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Kyle Connor led the Winnipeg Jets to a narrow 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday by scoring two goals and assisting on another. Cole Perfetti also contributed with a goal and two assists, while goaltender Stuart Skinner made 33 saves for the win. Key players Dylan Larkin of Detroit and Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck were both sidelined due to injury and trade requests respectively.
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On Sunday, Kyle Connor scored two power-play goals and assisted on another as the Winnipeg Jets narrowly defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2. Cole Perfetti also contributed with one goal and two assists while Stuart Skinner made 33 saves for Winnipeg. For Detroit, Viktor Arvidsson and Emmitt Finnie scored, but John Gibson could only stop 24 of 27 shots. Notably, prominent Olympic gold medalists Dylan Larkin (injured) and Connor Hellebuyck (suspended/inactive) did not play. The Jets had lost to Boston in their season opener on Friday, while the Red Wings were shut out by New York Rangers two days earlier.

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📰 Kyle Connor Scores Key Goals
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DETROIT JETS RANGERS Utah Winnipeg

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JETS ORG · 4× SEATTLE GPE · 4× DETROIT GPE · 3× DUCKS ORG · 3× Granlund PERSON · 3× RANGERS ORG · 3× Samoskevich PERSON · 3× Utah ORG · 3× Vejmelka PERSON · 3× Winnipeg ORG · 3×

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Gauthier delivered his 12th career multi-goal performance and added an assist on Granlund’s winner in his first home game since he signed a six-year, $81 million contract extension last month coming off his 41-goal breakout season.
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🔮 Three nights after becoming the first Rangers goalie to score, Shesterkin got his fourth career assist when he made a long pass to Will Cuylle before Tolvanen scored for the third straight game.

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Kyle Connor scored two of Winnipeg’s three power-play goals and added an assist on the third as the Jets held off the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Sunday. asserted
Jets → score → Sunday
Cole Perfetti scored the Jets’ other goal and had two assists, while Josh Morrissey also had two assists. asserted
Morrissey → score → assists
Stuart Skinner made 33 saves in Winnipeg’s first victory. asserted
Skinner → make → victory
The Jets lost to Boston in overtime in their season opener on Friday. asserted
Jets → lose → Friday
Viktor Arvidsson and Emmitt Finnie scored for the Red Wings and John Gibson stopped 24 saves. asserted
Gibson → score → saves
Detroit was blanked 2-0 by the New York Rangers in its opener on Friday. asserted
Detroit → blank → Friday
Detroit center Dylan Larkin was sidelined with an upper-body injury, while Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck remained on the suspended/inactive list. asserted
Hellebuyck → sideline → list
Both players have requested trades from their teams. asserted
players → request → teams
Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves and had an assist on Eeli Tolvanen’s empty-net goal with 1:15 remaining and New York beat Utah. asserted
York → make → Utah
Three nights after becoming the first Rangers goalie to score, Shesterkin got his fourth career assist when he made a long pass to Will Cuylle before Tolvanen scored for the third straight game. asserted
Tolvanen → become → game
Gabe Perreault scored the tiebreaking goal 3:15 into the third and J.T. Miller scored with 7:13 remaining as the retooled Rangers won their third straight after opening with a loss. asserted
Rangers → score → loss
Perreault snapped a 1-1 tie by pouncing on a loose puck after goalie Karel Vejmelka made a pad save on Alexis Lafreniere. asserted
Vejmelka → snap → Lafreniere
Vejmelka did not control the rebound and Perreault’s shot from slightly inside the left circle sailed into the open net. asserted
shot → control → net
Miller scored when he deflected Vladislav Gavrikov’s shot by Vejmelka for a 3-1 lead. asserted
he → score → lead
Gavrikov scored late on a shot from the point late in the first period before setting up Miller. asserted
Gavrikov → score → Miller
Nick Schmaltz backhanded a rebound off Clayton Keller’s shot in the second for the Mammoth, who were trying to open 3-0-0 for the second time in three seasons in Utah. asserted
who → backhand → Utah
Andrew Peeke scored with 5:03 remaining for Utah. asserted
Peeke → score → Utah
Vejmelka made 18 saves, including a pair on Lafreniere on breakaways. asserted
Vejmelka → make → breakaways
Cutter Gauthier scored two power-play goals and captain Mikael Granlund had a power-play goal 4:14 into overtime, sending Anaheim to a victory over Florida in their 11th consecutive win in home openers. asserted
Granlund → score → openers
Leo Carlsson had three assists for the Ducks, including the setup for Granlund’s winner in front of Jacob Markstrom. asserted
Carlsson → have → Markstrom
Lukas Dostal made 29 saves for the Ducks, who have won their first two games following last season’s successful run to the second round of the playoffs, ending a seven-year postseason drought. asserted
who → make → drought
Gauthier delivered his 12th career multi-goal performance and added an assist on Granlund’s winner in his first home game since he signed a six-year, $81 million contract extension last month coming off his 41-goal breakout season. asserted
he → deliver → season
Brad Marchand tied it with 1:50 left in regulation in his season debut for the Panthers, who lost their second straight. asserted
who → tie → straight
Carter Verhaeghe scored an early goal and Markstrom stopped 18 shots. asserted
Markstrom → score → shots
Beckett Sennecke drew a tripping penalty on Gustav Forsling midway through overtime, but Florida nearly killed the penalty before Carlsson found Granlund in front for his first goal. asserted
Carlsson → draw → goal
Carlsson has five points in his first two games after getting his own $90 million extension. asserted
Carlsson → have → extension
KRAKEN 6, FLAMES 1 SEATTLE (AP) — Berkly Catton, Mackie Samoskevich and Bobby McMann scored within the first eight minutes of the game and Seattle cruised to a win over Calgary. asserted
Seattle → score → Calgary
Samoskevich added another goal late in the second period and Joey Daccord made 32 saves. asserted
Daccord → add → saves
Shane Wright and Jordan Eberle also scored in Seattle’s home opener. asserted
Wright → score → opener
Morgan Frost scored on the power play and Dustin Wolf stopped 21 shots for the Flames, who remain winless. asserted
who → score → Flames
Catton opened the scoring 2:22 into the first period and Samoskevich scored at 4:40. asserted
Samoskevich → open → 4:40
It was Samoskevich’s first goal with Seattle after being acquired from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a 2026 first-round pick and a 2027 conditional second-round pick in June. asserted
It → acquire → June
McMann gave the Kraken a three-goal lead 7:40 into the first, and Wright added another goal with 8:02 remaining in the second. asserted
Wright → give → second
Frost spoiled Daccord’s shutout bid by scoring with 5:35 left in the game. asserted
Frost → spoil → game
It was the first power-play goal conceded by the Kraken this season. asserted
It → concede → Kraken
Eberle scored 39 seconds later. asserted
Eberle → score → ?
Marc Gatcomb scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Las Vegas downed Vancouver. asserted
Vegas → score → Vancouver
Mitch Marner scored his first goal of the season and Victor Olofsson added a power-play score for the Golden Knights. asserted
Olofsson → score → Knights
Adin Hill stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced, including a key save midway through the third when he slid well out of his crease to deny Liam Ohgren on a short-handed breakaway. asserted
he → stop → breakaway
Canucks winger Paul Cotter opened the scoring with a power-play goal late in the first period, extending his season-opening point streak to four games with four goals and two assists across that stretch. asserted
Cotter → open → stretch
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