Following a successful first road trip of the season, which included a victory at Montreal, the Minnesota Wild will look to string together some wins at home.

The Wild can start while trying for a ninth consecutive home victory over the Canadiens, who will aim for a third straight road win, on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

Minnesota overcame a one-goal, third-period deficit on Matt Boldy’s second goal of the night, then won 4-3 at Chicago in a shootout on Sunday. That capped a 3-1-1 trip for the Wild, who have seen five of their nine games decided by a goal.

“This is an extremely special group here,” Minnesota’s Mason Shaw, who recorded a goal and assist for his first career points Sunday, told the NHL’s official website.

“To cap off a great road trip. I’m glad I could be a part of it.”

Now, the Wild play two games at home, where they opened with three straight losses before winning 4-3 over Vancouver in overtime on Oct. 20 before heading on the road. Based on history, it would seem Minnesota has a good chance to post back-to-back home wins.

The Wild have outscored the Canadiens 40-15 during an eight-game home winning streak, dating to an 8-1 loss there in March 2011. Boldy, who already has five goals and three assists on the season, had one of each during last season’s 8-2 home victory over Montreal, which has lost four straight and 13 of its past 14 overall to Minnesota after falling 3-1 at home on Oct. 25.

However, since that loss to the Wild, the Canadiens scored 10 goals in back-to-back road victories at Buffalo and St. Louis. Christian Dvorak recorded his first NHL hat trick, while Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki combined for three goals and three assists during Saturday’s 7-4 victory over the Blues. Montreal has won five of its first nine games this season.

The Canadiens also hope they’ve figured things out on the power play, which was 1-for-24 in the eight games before converting on two of three chances at St. Louis. One of Caufield’s two goals came with the man-advantage, and he has a team-leading seven, plus 10 points, on the season.

“I know he’s over there somewhere,” Suzuki, who also has 10 points, told the Montreal Gazette, about Caufield. “He’s always ready to shoot. His shot radius is pretty big for how big he is. Just get it over to his side.”

Caufield scored Montreal’s lone goal against the Wild last week, while teammate Jake Allen (3-3-0, 2.85 goals-against average) made 28 of 30 saves. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots in that contest.

Beginning with that result, Fleury has a 1.95 goals-against average and .927 save percentage during his current three-start winning streak. Teammate Mats Zuccarello did not register a point against the Canadiens last week or Sunday at Chicago, but posted eight (four goals, four assists) of his team-leading 12 points in Minnesota’s four home contests.

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The visiting Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins come into their meeting Tuesday in opposite moods.

Coach Jim Montgomery gave the Bruins a full weekend off following back-to-back wins Thursday and Friday against the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-1 and 4-0, respectively, with the latter coming on the road.

That left Boston with one loss in its first nine games, the best start through that many games in franchise history. In seven of the nine games, the Bruins never trailed.

“You’ve got to enjoy it a little bit,” Bruins forward Charlie Coyle said. “We (were given days) to rest and have a good Halloween weekend — and we deserve it right now.”

Veteran feisty winger Brad Marchand, who had surgery on both hips during the offseason, returned for Boston about a month earlier than originally expected when he played against Detroit and had two goals and an assist. He was held out against Columbus as a precaution but is expected to be available against Pittsburgh.

“It’s amazing how he comes up with pucks,” Montgomery said. “Like the puck’s in between two bodies and he’s like a little Tasmanian devil — he’s twirling all around and the puck just seems to follow him. It’s amazing. He tracks it. He fights for it. He’ll bite your leg off for it.”

However, Boston center David Krejci left Thursday’s game and missed Friday’s game because of an upper-body injury, and his status remains unclear. Top defenseman Charlie McAvoy has yet to play because of offseason shoulder surgery.

Given some of the injuries and questions, Montgomery is as flabbergasted as he is thrilled with the Bruins’ October showing.

“If you had told me we’d be 8-1, I would have been, like, ‘I’ve got some swampland I want to sell you,'” he said.

Quips like that are hard to come by around Pittsburgh right now.

After starting 4-0-1 with six goals in each of those wins, the Penguins headed west and went 0-4 through Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle, netting just one goal in each of the final three games.

“Our guys are discouraged,” said coach Mike Sullivan, who tied Eddie Johnston on Saturday and on Tuesday will become the all-time franchise leader in Penguins games coached with 517.

Not that the last handful have been all that memorable for him or the players.

“As you know, they’re proud guys,” Sullivan said of his team. “They care about winning. And when you go through times like this, everybody feels it because they care. We all do.”

Pittsburgh defenseman Marcus Pettersson suggested the team has been playing a style a little too open and risky.

“I think it gets the opponent some chances,” Pettersson said. “We’ve got to dig in. We know we have it in this (locker) room.”

The Penguins certainly did in their first five games, but that might seem like long ago at this point after they were outscored 18-6 during the four-game losing skid.

“We’ve just got to make sure that we turn our discouragement into determination and make sure that we continue to work at finding the solution,” Sullivan said.

Veteran Pittsburgh forward Jeff Carter left in the first period of Saturday’s 3-1 loss at Seattle because of a lower-body injury. His status remains unclear.

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The New York Rangers will look to win their third straight game after dropping four in a row when they host the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.

The Rangers are coming off a 3-2 win at Arizona on Sunday, achieved when Mika Zibanejad’s power-play goal off assists from Chris Kreider and Artemi Panarin with 7:04 left proved to be the difference. The Flyers are looking for a bounce-back win after falling in overtime to the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday for their second loss in their past three games.

The Rangers got a much-needed off day on Monday after beating Arizona, which came after a 6-3 win at Dallas a day earlier. The Rangers also played back-to-back games earlier in the week, when it followed a 3-2 loss to the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday with a 3-0 setback at the New York Islanders on Wednesday.

“It’s never easy. Back-to-back games, this is the third one already in 10 games, but you know they found a way,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said Sunday. “I thought they (Rangers) played a great first period, we really played a lot in their zone and then, after that, they took it to us a little bit but overall I thought we played a good, solid game from everybody.”

After finishing in last place in the Metropolitan Division in 2021-22, the Flyers have gotten off to a 5-2-1 start, thanks to their strong goaltending. While their 24 goals scored rank last in the division, they’ve allowed a division-low 21.

The Flyers are second in the league in save percentage at .927. Carter Hart (5-0-1), who will start on Tuesday, has a .938 save percentage and allows an average of 2.31 goals per game. Backup Felix Sandstrom (0-2-0) has a .900 save percentage.

Hart gave up a season-high four goals against the Hurricanes on Saturday. Carolina scored twice in the first period before Martin Necas’ goal with a little over two minutes left sent the game into overtime tied 3-3. Brent Burns’ one-timer ended it with 54 seconds left in the extra session.

“We can play with anybody,” Hart said. “Tonight, they get one early, kind of a fluky bounce. Down two again in the first, but we come back and we score three unanswered goals. That just shows how resilient we are and we’re never out of the fight.

“Obviously disappointing to be on the losing end in overtime, but I thought it was a good effort for us.”

Hart should be tested by the Rangers. Panarin entered the week tied for third in the league with 16 points (five goals, 11 assists), while Zibanejad’s six goals were tied for eighth-most in the NHL. Adam Fox’s nine points (two goals, seven assists) were tied for third among defensemen.

Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin (5-0-2) has a .913 save percentage and allows an average of 2.55 goals per game. He’ll likely be challenged by the Flyers’ Kevin Hayes, who has a goal and nine assists, while fellow forward Travis Konecny has four goals and five assists.

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After his club’s 5-3 loss in Florida on Saturday, Ottawa coach D.J. Smith hopes the worst is behind the Senators.

After watching eight October games that Ottawa managed to split, Smith said the first 20 minutes against the Panthers wasn’t indicative of his side’s abilities.

“The first period is, well, it’s our worst period of the year for sure,” Smith said. “Just weren’t ready when the game started. We battled back and we gave up a goal at the end of the second period, and then we give up a goal with three minutes to go. I mean, we kept battling but we’ve got to be better than that.”

Following that defeat, Ottawa heads up the Gulf Coast to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday in the first of three matchups on the season. The Senators are seeking their first road win of the season after three losses.

With the additions of Claude Giroux and Alex DeBrincat, the Senators are aiming to become a contender in the Atlantic Division, which is off to a strong start. None of the eight teams has a losing record, leaving Ottawa and its eight points in last place.

Against the Panthers, Ottawa found itself chasing the puck most of the time. Florida put up a team-record 58 shots against Senators goalie Anton Forsberg.

Smith shuffled his team’s lines in Sunday’s practice at Florida’s rink. He moved Shane Pinto up into the top six to center the trio featuring DeBrincat and Giroux. Pinto replaces veteran Derick Brassard, who may be scratched in Tampa.

Pinto, 21, is excited to be the pivot between Giroux and DeBrincat.

“These two are unbelievable players,” Pinto said. “I’ve just got to put my work boots on, move my feet and do the best I can. But I’m not going to change my game. I’m just going to continue to do what I do. Hopefully, we get some chemistry and get things going.”

The line composed of center Tim Stutzle, captain Brady Tkachuk and winger Drake Batherson remained intact Sunday.

The match with the Lightning will conclude Ottawa’s brief two-game road trip. They return home to play three against the Vegas Golden Knights, Philadelphia Flyers and Vancouver Canucks beginning Thursday.

In their first game back from a three-game California road trip, the Lightning will look to extend their run of winning play against Ottawa.

Across their last 11 meetings dating back to the 2018-19 campaign, the Lightning are 8-3-0, including a pair of 4-3 wins in overtime.

But coach Jon Cooper also altered his lines, too, opting to put Alex Killorn with Steven Stamkos and Nicholas Paul. That resulted in Killorn notching his second goal to put the visitors up 3-2 in San Jose in the eventual 4-3 win over the Sharks on Saturday.

In his 11th season with Tampa Bay, Killorn is thrilled to be on his new line that features some new and old.

“It’s been good. I’ve played a ton with Stammer, but I haven’t played too much with Paulie. But he’s really good at protecting pucks and works really hard,” Killorn said. “We want to be good in the offensive zone. And I think we can be better. You want to be hard to play against.”

Tampa Bay is opening a four-game homestand that also has games against the Carolina Hurricanes, Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers.

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The Nashville Predators placed defenseman Mark Borowiecki on injured reserve Monday with an upper-body injury.

The team recalled defenseman Jordan Gross from the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals in a corresponding move.

Borowiecki has been out since leaving Nashville’s Oct. 22 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on a stretcher. He was in an awkward position when he was checked into the boards by Flyers forward Morgan Frost in a routine play, with no penalty called.

Borowiecki, 33, has no points and 12 penalty minutes in four games this season, his third with Nashville and 12th in the NHL. He has 56 career points (15 goals, 41 assists) and 848 penalty minutes in 458 games with the Ottawa Senators and Predators.

Gross, 27, has four assists in 10 career games with the Arizona Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche. He tallied one goal and six assists in six games with Milwaukee this season.

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Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie is sidelined indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team said Monday.

Defenseman John Carlson is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury and will not play Monday night at Carolina.

Both players were injured during the first period of Saturday’s 3-0 victory at Nashville.

Oshie, 35, has two goals and three assists in five games this season, his eighth with Washington and 15th in the NHL.

Carlson, 32, has two goals and four assists through nine games this season, his 14th with the Capitals.

The Capitals are already playing without forwards Tom Wilson (knee), Nicklas Backstrom (hip) and Connor Brown (lower body), who are all on injured reserve. Forward Carl Hagelin (hip) is also out indefinitely.

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Trevor Zegras scored his second goal of the game at 2:15 of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks came back to defeat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Sunday.

Zegras finished a rush with a shot from the left circle for his sixth goal of the season, ending Anaheim’s seven-game losing streak. The Ducks trailed 3-1 less than a minute into the third period.

Jakob Silfverberg and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for Anaheim. John Gibson made 33 saves.

Auston Matthews, Denis Malgin and Calle Jarnkrok scored for the Maple Leafs, who completed a five-game road trip 1-2-2. William Nylander added two assists, and Erik Kallgren stopped 35 shots for Toronto.

Devils 7, Blue Jackets 1

Seven different players scored a goal for New Jersey, which rolled to a win over Columbus in Newark, N.J.

Fabian Zetterlund scored in the first period and Nico Hischier and Ryan Graves scored 33 seconds apart early in the second to jump-start the rout for the Devils, who have won three straight and six of seven. John Marino scored in the final minute of the second period before Jonas Siegenthaler, Jesper Bratt and Miles Wood each added a goal in the third period for the Devils.

Yegor Chinakhov scored in the second period for the Blue Jackets, who have lost three straight and four of five. Goalie Elvis Merzlikins recorded 46 saves. A Devils turnover led to Chinakhov’s goal at the 6:39 mark of the third. But New Jersey began pouring it on with 22 seconds left, when Marino picked off Andrew Peeke’s pass intended for Johnny Gaudreau deep in the Blue Jackets’ zone and scored from the right faceoff circle.

Wild 4, Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Matt Boldy scored twice and Kirill Kaprizov and Frederick Gaudreau converted chances in a shootout to lift visiting Minnesota to a conquest of Chicago.

Mason Shaw added a goal and an assist for the Wild, who produced three victories during their five-game road trip. Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 of 26 shots in regulation and overtime as he faced his former team for the first time since arriving in Minnesota via trade in March.

The Blackhawks’ Andreas Athanasiou and Boldy scored 17 seconds apart in the third period. Chicago held leads of 1-0 and 3-2, but managed the advantages for a collective 39 seconds.

Golden Knights 2, Jets 1 (OT)

Jack Eichel scored with seven seconds remaining in overtime as Vegas edged Winnipeg in Las Vegas.

Eichel broke down the left wing and then cut in front of the crease with Mark Scheifele shadowing him and tucked the puck inside the right post past Connor Hellebuyck for his fourth goal of the season.

Mark Stone also scored for Vegas, which won its fourth straight game. Adin Hill finished with 23 saves. Hellebuyck made a season-high 46 saves and Adam Lowry scored for Winnipeg, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Rangers 3, Coyotes 2

Mika Zibanejad continued his hot start by scoring the tiebreaking power-play goal with 7:04 remaining in the third period as New York beat Arizona in Tempe, Ariz.

Zibanejad scored his sixth goal of the season, and fifth on the power play, 27 seconds into New York’s second man advantage. The Rangers quickly moved the puck and Zibanejad ended the sequence by getting it from Chris Kreider and lifting a wrist shot from the left side below the faceoff circle over goaltender Connor Ingram.

Lawson Crouse and Nick Bjugstad scored for Arizona, which dropped its second straight at Arizona State University’s 5,000-seat Mullett Arena. Rookie Dylan Guenther collected two assists but also committed the hooking penalty that led to Zibanejad’s game-winning goal.

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Jack Eichel scored with seven seconds remaining in overtime to give the host Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

Eichel broke down the left wing and then cut in front of the crease with Mark Scheifele shadowing him and tucked the puck inside the right post past Connor Hellebuyck for his fourth goal of the season.

Mark Stone also scored for Vegas, which won its fourth straight game. Adin Hill finished with 23 saves.

Hellebuyck made a season-high 46 saves and Adam Lowry scored for Winnipeg, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Vegas held Winnipeg to just four shots on goal in both the first and second periods while outshooting the Jets 33-8, but couldn’t get a shot past Hellebuyck.

The Golden Knights dominated the first period with an 18-4 edge in shots on goal, but Hellebuyck, the 2020 Vezina Trophy winner, made a number of top-tier saves, including a highlight-reel special on Nicolas Hague’s shot at a wide-open left side of the net. Hellebuyck, situated by the right post, made the save by reaching behind and extending his stick out, deflecting the shot away with the shaft of the stick.

Hellebuyck got some help from the goalpost later in the period on a two-on-one that saw Brett Howden fire a close-in shot off the left post.

Vegas was also denied midway through the second period when Jonathan Marchessault’s backdoor shot from the left side of the goal clanged off the far post and slid across the front of the goal line.

Lowry then gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead just 13 seconds into the third period, backhanding a rebound of Neal Pionk’s blast from the right point inside the right post for his second goal of the season.

Stone tied things seven minutes later when he batted in his own mid-air rebound from the right side of the net for his third goal of the season.

Hellebuyck kept it tied at 1-1 with 28 seconds left in regulation when he stopped Nicolas Roy, who broke in alone and attempted a backhand try.

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Trevor Zegras scored his second goal of the game at 2:15 of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks came back to defeat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Sunday.

Zegras finished a rush with a shot from the left circle for his sixth goal of the season, ending Anaheim’s seven-game losing streak. The Ducks trailed 3-1 less than a minute into the third period.

Jakob Silfverberg and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for Anaheim. John Gibson made 33 saves.

Auston Matthews, Denis Malgin and Calle Jarnkrok scored for the Maple Leafs, who completed a five-game road trip 1-2-2. William Nylander added two assists, and Erik Kallgren stopped 35 shots for Toronto.

Matthews scored his third goal of the season from the slot on a power play at 4:23 of the first period on a pass from Nylander. Mitchell Marner also had an assist. Adam Henrique was off for hooking.

Silfverberg tied the game with his third goal of the season at 11:23 of the first following a Toronto turnover behind the net. Derek Grant and Isac Lundestrom picked up assists.

Malgin scored his second goal of the season with a backhand on a breakaway at 17:50 of the first after Nylander’s pass put him in the clear. Nicholas Robertson also earned an assist.

Anaheim’s Troy Terry hit the crossbar with a shot at 11:22 of the second period.

Kallgren stopped Grant on a breakaway with six seconds left in the second period. Matthews was called for slashing on the play, and the Ducks started the third period with the man advantage.

Jarnkrok scored his second goal of the season 45 seconds into the third period, a short-handed goal set up by Alexander Kerfoot after an outlet pass from TJ Brodie.

Kerfoot was stopped on a penalty shot at 6:25 of the third.

Zegras brought the Ducks to within 3-2 with his fifth goal this season at 7:24 of the third after Marner’s turnover. Terry earned an assist.

Kulikov scored his first of the season on a wraparound at 13:01 of the third, with Frank Vatrano and Kevin Shattenkirk assisting.

The Ducks put the puck in the net at 15:08 of the third, but it was waved off because of goaltender interference.

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Mika Zibanejad continued his hot start by scoring the tiebreaking power-play goal with 7:04 remaining in the third period as the New York Rangers beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Sunday night in Tempe, Ariz.

Zibanejad scored his sixth goal of the season, and fifth on the power play, 27 seconds into New York’s second man advantage.

The Rangers quickly moved the puck and Zibanejad ended the sequence by getting it from Chris Kreider and lifting a wrist shot from the left side below the faceoff circle over goaltender Connor Ingram, who couldn’t fully get over to stop the shot.

New York star Artemi Panarin celebrated his 31st birthday by collecting a goal and two assists to increase his total to 16 points.

Alexis Lafreniere also scored for the Rangers, who won their second straight following a four-game losing streak and improved to 12-1-2 in the past 15 meetings with Arizona.

Lawson Crouse and Nick Bjugstad scored for Arizona, which dropped its second straight at Arizona State University’s 5,000-seat Mullett Arena. Rookie Dylan Guenther collected two assists but also committed the hooking penalty that led to Zibanejad’s game-winning goal.

New York goalie Igor Shesterkin made 18 saves, including a diving stop on Crouse shortly after Zibanejad scored.

Ingram made a career-high 36 saves in his sixth career start, including eight stops on Vincent Trocheck.

Panarin set up New York’s first goal by sliding the puck from the left side under defenseman Josh Brown to Lafreniere. As he warded off a check by Shayne Gostisbehere, Lafreniere crashed the net and deflected the pass into the vacated right side of the net for a 1-0 lead 91 seconds into the second.

A little over five minutes later, Guenther spotted Crouse and fed him the puck behind the net for a one-timer over Shesterkin.

Arizona then took a 2-1 lead with 8:33 remaining in the second on a fluky play.

Ryan Lindgren appeared to gain control of Bjugstad’s rebound but could not maintain possession. The puck hopped over the New York defenseman’s stick and caromed off his left skate. Bjugstad gained possession before lifting a backhander from the doorstep over Shesterkin.

New York tied it with 1:53 left in the second when Panarin leaned into Gostisbehere and released a wrist shot from the lower edge of the left faceoff circle. The shot hit the goalpost and Ingram’s arm before going in.

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