BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored two goals and added an assist to help lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center on Saturday.
Lucas Raymond had a short-handed goal, the first of his career, and an assist for the Red Wings in the loss.
Rasmus Dahlin had three assists for the Sabres, who have won three straight games for the first time this season. Buffalo didn’t win three games in a row last season for the first time until Feb. 21-25.
Dahlin recorded his 40th career multi-point game, moving him to second in Sabres franchise history for defensemen and breaking a tie with Doug Bodger. He trails only Phil Housley with 77.
FLYERS 7, WILD 5
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Couturier had a hat trick, assisted on the game-winner by Rasmus Ristolainen and Philadelphia snapped a six-game losing streak with a win over Minnesota.
The loss was the first in regulation for Minnesota and snapped its seven-game point streak to start the season.
Ristolainen, who is usually a stay-at-home defenseman, crashed the net and jammed home the rebound of Couturier’s shot for his first goal of the season at 17:36 of the third period.
Couturier, who entered the game with a 32-game goal drought, scored the first one of the game a little more than a minute in, added a second goal on a scrum in front of the net in the third period, and finished off the hat trick with an empty net goal.
Couturier’s first goal was his 500th point in his NHL career.
KINGS 3, UTAH 2
LOS ANGELES (AP0 — Joel Edmundson scored twice and Brandt Clarke had a goal and an assist, helping Los Angeles beat Utah.
Signed in free agency to provide more physicality on the blue line, Edmundson showed good offensive skill in his first career multigoal game. He got to the front of the crease to put Anze Kopitar’s pass into an open goal to make it 2-0 in the second period. He sent a shot from the blue line through traffic for a 3-1 lead early in the third.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots for the win. It was his first start in nearly two weeks after missing time because of a lower-body injury.
Clayton Keller and Logan Cooley scored for Utah in its third straight loss.
The Associated Press
