Sedins help Canucks stay perfect with 3rd straight OT win

The Sedin twins are up to their old tricks.

Daniel Sedin and brother Henrik teamed up for the overtime winner against St. Louis on Tuesday, finishing off a 2-1 comeback victory for the Vancouver Canucks.

Following Henrik's goal, the Canucks have now won all three games played this season - all in overtime.

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Watch: Monahan gets away with questionable hit, scores OT winner

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Sean Monahan played the part of the hero by scoring an overtime goal against Buffalo on Tuesday, but the Sabres took exception to the apparent cross-check levied on Sam Reinhart that led to the winning play.

The goal was Monahan's second of the year, and gave the Calgary Flames their first win of the young season.

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Watch: Stamkos scores seemingly impossible late, game-tying goal

From that angle, the puck really had no right to find the inside of the net.

But this is Steven Stamkos we're talking about, and he can do things the average hockey player can't.

The goal, Stamkos' second of the season, tied the game with six seconds remaining in the third.

Overtime solved nothing, but the Tampa Bay Lightning overcame giving up a controversial shootout goal to prevail over the Florida Panthers.

All as a result of a tying goal that seemed impossible to score.

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Watch: Flames top pick Tkachuk scores 1st career goal

Welcome to the NHL, Matthew Tkachuk.

The 18-year-old first-round pick of the Calgary Flames scored his first career goal during Tuesday's game against Buffalo, tying the game in the early half of the final frame.

Matt Stajan drew the assist, as the Flames remind us Tkachuk has one of the best Twitter handles in the game.

Tkachuk was drafted sixth overall by the Flames this past June.

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Montoya blanks Penguins in Canadiens’ home opener

MONTREAL - David Desharnais scored twice and Al Montoya made 36 saves as the Montreal Canadiens won their home opener, 4-0 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Off-season signing Alexander Radulov got his first goal as a Canadien - with Montoya picking up an assist - while Max Pacioretty also scored for Montreal, which has started the season 2-0-1. Montoya, signed from the Florida Panthers this summer, picked up his sixth career shutout.

The Penguins, coming off an overtime loss at home Monday night, played their first road game of the season.

While the ailing Carey Price got a huge ovation from the Bell Centre crowd in pre-game introductions, his replacement Montoya was spectacular in goal as Pittsburgh outshot the Canadiens 36-32. Of note were saves a minute apart in the first period on close range attempts by Justin Schultz and Matt Cullen.

There were 30 shots taken in the first - 17-13 for Pittsburgh - but was on only the second of the period that Pacioretty opened the scoring at 23 seconds as he took a feed in the slot from Jeff Petry and beat Marc-Andre Fleury with a wrist shot.

Desharnais was parked alone in front of Fleury when he slammed in Pacioretty's blind, backhand pass from the corner 12:07 into the second.

Radulov scored 4:31 into the third as he burst down the right wing and cut in front. The Penguins challenged, claiming goaltender interference by Brendan Gallagher, but the goal stood.

Desharnais was alone at the side of the net to tap in a cross-ice pass from Jeff Petry at 13:44 after sustained pressure in the Pittsburgh zone.

NOTES: The Canadiens made one lineup change, sending in Brian Flynn for Daniel Carr. ... Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby (concussion) did not play. ... The Penguins went with Fleury in goal for a second consecutive night rather than use backup Mike Condon, who they claimed off waivers from Montreal two weeks ago. Condon lost the backup job in camp to Montoya. ... In pre-game introductions, former coach Jacques Demers, recovering from a stroke, brought out a torch in his wheelchair to pass to Pacioretty. Shea Weber, obtained in the deal for P.K. Subban, got the loudest applause of the players on the ice.

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Karlsson sets Senators’ career record for goals by a defenseman

Ho-Hum, another two-point night for Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson.

Tuesday's multi-point effort versus the Arizona Coyotes - a 7-4 win - marked extra significance, though, as the 26-year-old set the franchise record for goals by a defenseman with his 102nd career tally.

Karlsson surpassed Wade Redden, who was with the club for 11 seasons.

It's safe to assume Karlsson will increase the margin rather substantially over the course of his career.

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Senators outrun Coyotes in front of sparse home crowd

OTTAWA, Ontario - Tom Pyatt, Mark Stone, and Chris Kelly had a goal and an assist each as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Arizona Coyotes 7-4 on Tuesday night in front of a sparse crowd of 11,061 at Canadian Tire Centre.

Bobby Ryan, Zack Smith, Kyle Turris, and Erik Karlsson, into an empty net, also scored for the Senators, who have won three of four. Mike Hoffman had three assists and Craig Anderson made 31 saves.

Jordan Martincook scored twice, including his second at 18:43 just 30 seconds after Turris gave the Senators a 6-3 lead.

Tobias Rieder and Oliver Ekman-Larsson had the other goals for the Coyotes

Arizona lost the services of starting goalie Mike Smith seven minutes into the third period when he suffered an injury to his left leg during a scramble in front of the net.

Smith, who had stopped 27 of 30 shots before getting hurt, was replaced in the goal by Louis Domingue, who surrendered two goals on the first three shots he faced less than a minute after entering the game.

Kelly capitalized on a giveaway and beat Domingue from in close at 7:30 and then Stone scored on a rebound at 8:11, giving the Senators a 5-2 lead.

Domingue finished with eight saves.

Martincook pulled the Coyotes within two at 10:07.

Ekman-Larsson had cut the Senators' lead to 3-2 with a power-play goal just 61 seconds into the third period.

Zack Smith scored a shorthanded goal to give the Senators a 3-1 lead.

On his goal Smith got a great backhand pass from Pyatt and scored with a quick shot at 13:04. It was Smith's second goal of the season as he works to try and duplicate his career-high 25 goals from last season.

The Coyotes had opened the scoring in the first period when Rieder beat Anderson on a rebound from the slot.

The Senators are 3-0-0 at home this season and will host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday before heading out on a three-game Western swing.

The Coyotes continue their season-long six-game road trip in Montreal on Thursday.

NOTES: Senators scratches were Matt Puempel and Phil Varone while Jacob Chychrun, Jamie McGinn, and Christian Dvorak were scratches for the Coyotes. ... The Senators' first goal Tuesday snapped an 0-for-9 start to their power play this season. ... Along with Strome, Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot was also making his NHL debut Tuesday night.

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Watch: Ref attempts to appease Canucks fans following no-goal call

Give the referee credit for trying to ease the pain.

After an apparent goal by Luca Sbisa was called back after it was deemed he'd used a distinct kicking motion, the official made it clear there was good news to come for Vancouver Canucks fans, as a penalty was called on the visiting St. Louis Blues.

Greatest "however" in hockey history? Maybe.

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