BOSTON (AP) — Fraser Minten had a goal and two assists, Pavel Zacha scored his first goal of the season and the Boston Bruins beat the struggling Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Saturday.
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Bruins → have → Saturday
Mason Lohrei, Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt also scored for Boston (4-2), which won its second straight game.
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which → score → game
Starting for the fifth time in the Bruins’ first six games, Jeremy Swayman faced just three shots in the opening 30 minutes and finished with 14 saves.
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Swayman → start → saves
His bid for his second shutout of the season was spoiled when Porter Martone scored a power-play goal 6:32 into the final period.
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Martone → spoil → period
Swayman won his 136th game, tying Andy Moog for eighth on Boston’s all-time list.
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Swayman → win → list
Dan Vladar made 27 saves for the Flyers (0-4-2), who are the Eastern Conference’s only winless team.
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who → make → Flyers
Elsewhere in the NHL on Saturday:
DEVILS 4 CANUCKS 1
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Hischier scored two goals and added an assist while Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist in New Jersey’s 4-1 win over Vancouver.
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Bratt → score → Vancouver
Jack Hughes contributed two assists and Jake Allen, playing in his 500th career game, made 20 saves.
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Allen → contribute → saves
Linus Karlsson scored for Vancouver, who have lost three straight games while getting outscored 14-5.
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who → score → games
Leevi Merilainen made 31 saves.
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Merilainen → make → saves
Hischier’s first goal was his 200th for New Jersey in 613 games, becoming the fifth Swiss player to reach that mark and the second fastest among that group.
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goal → become → group
His linemate, Timo Meier, scored 200 goals in 569 games.
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linemate → score → games
Bratt and Hischier each scored power-play goals in the second period to put the Devils ahead 4-1.
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Bratt → score → Devils
Connor McDavid recorded his 13th point of the season and 10th assist as Edmonton beat San Jose for their fourth straight win.
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Edmonton → record → win
Vasily Podkolzin scored his fifth goal while Mattias Ekholm and Alex Formenton also scored for Edmonton.
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Ekholm → score → Edmonton
Tristan Jarry stopped 19 shots.
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Jarry → stop → shots
Macklin Celebrini returned to the lineup for San Jose after missing two games with a lower-body injury.
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Celebrini → return → injury
The Sharks captain scored his first goal of the season midway through the third period.
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captain → score → period
Ekholm opened the scoring at 12:37 of the first period.
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Ekholm → open → period
Podkolzin extended Edmonton’s lead 3:13 into the third, with McDavid recording the assist.
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McDavid → extend → assist
He moved ahead of Jack Eichel for the league lead in points and assists.
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He → move → points
Formenton made it 3-0 on a backhand shot about two minutes later.
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Formenton → make → shot
Celebrini got San Jose on the board midway through the third period, but the Sharks could not complete the comeback.
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Yaroslav Askarov made 17 saves for San Jose.
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Askarov → make → Jose
WILD 4 PANTHERS 1
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov had three goals and an assist, Matt Boldy scored his first goal of the season in the game’s first minute, and Minnesota spoiled Florida’s home opener by beating the Panthers 4-1.
Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt continued his hot start, stopping 29 shots.
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Wallstedt → have → shots
Wallstedt has been in net for all five of Minnesota’s games so far, going 3-1-1 with a .936 save percentage and a stingy goals-against average of just 1.78.
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Wallstedt → go → 1.78
Boldy gave the Wild the lead 53 seconds into the game.
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Boldy → give → game
Kaprizov made it 2-0 with 13:42 left in the opening period, added his second 5 minutes into the middle frame, and finished his hat trick on an empty-netter with 1:04 left.
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Kaprizov → make → 1:04
John Marino, Anders Lee and Kailer Yamamoto each had a goal and an assist to help Utah beat Buffalo 4-1.
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Utah → have → Buffalo
Nick Schmaltz also scored, and Barrett Hayton had two assists.
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Hayton → score → assists
Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves as the Mammoth bounced back from a 6-1 loss in Boston on Thursday night to win for the third time on a five-game trip.
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Mammoth → make → trip
Tage Thompson had a goal for the Sabres in their second straight loss at home.
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Thompson → have → home
Colten Ellis stopped 26 shots.
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Ellis → stop → shots
Schmaltz and Lee scored 2:01 apart late in the second period to give the Mammoth a two-goal lead.
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Schmaltz → score → lead
Yamamoto, making his season debut, tied it just past the midway point of the first period.
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Yamamoto → make → period
Yamamoto entered the lineup in place of forward Michael Carcone, who is listed as week to week with an upper-body injury.
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who → enter → injury
CANADIENS 1 RED WINGS 0 (SO)
MONTREAL (AP) — Zachary Bolduc scored in the sixth round of a shootout, Jacob Fowler made 30 saves and Montreal beat Detroit 1-0.
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Montreal → score → Detroit
After Bolduc beat Daniil Tarasov through the pads for the first score in the tiebreaker, Fowler stopped Nate Danielson.
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Fowler → beat → Danielson
Montreal ended a three-game losing streak to improve to 2-2-1.
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Montreal → end → 2
It won for first time on home ice in three outings this season.
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It → win → outings
…and 46 more, not listed.