During their first four-game losing streak under coach Gerard Gallant, the New York Rangers had little to show for an abundance of shots on goal, though they vowed the goals would eventually appear.

On Saturday, the Rangers finally produced the goals they were seeking and hope to continue their production Sunday night when they visit the Arizona Coyotes in their new, temporary arena in Tempe, Ariz.

In the prior four games, New York had taken two home defeats — one in overtime, one in a shootout — along with a 5-1 loss to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets and a 3-0 loss to the host New York Islanders on Wednesday. During those games, the Rangers averaged 35.2 shots on goal, and produced 46 and 41 respectively in the final two games of the skid.

On Saturday afternoon, New York finished with 27 shots in a 6-3 victory at Dallas. In a game in which they produced their second-lowest amount of shots on the season, the Rangers scored two power-play goals and three in a span of 2:07 in the third period.

“We were in a little bit of a slide there,” New York’s Vincent Trocheck said. “Anytime you go into a little bit of a rut, it hurts your confidence a little bit. To come in here and get a win and see our team score six, it definitely boosts your confidence.”

Zac Jones scored the first goal of his career while Trocheck scored twice and produced a three-point showing. Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider and Julien Gauthier also scored for the Rangers, who posted at least six goals for the third time this season.

“We started seeing them go in,” Trocheck said. “Our power play was good tonight. We were getting a little bit tight, gripping our sticks a little too tight, just from a couple games not scoring. But we’ve been getting chances, and tonight we were able to capitalize on a couple.”

After going 2-4-0 on a season-opening six-game road trip, the Coyotes are playing their second game in the 5,000-seat Mullett Arena at Arizona State University. They are hoping to build a modest home-ice advantage after 4,600 fans attended their 3-2 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.

“We’re going to pack it out, and have that kind of crowd buzzing, and hopefully put on some good games against some good teams that are coming here,” Arizona forward Christian Fischer said. “It’s going to be our home for three years here, maybe even four. I think the more we embrace it, it’s a tough place to play.”

Fischer scored the first Arizona goals in its new facility but the Coyotes were outshot 35-21 and failed to get the extra point when Blake Wheeler finished off a two-on-none 32 seconds into overtime for Winnipeg.

“We kind of got away from what made us successful in the third,” Arizona’s Clayton Keller said. “We played like we had the lead instead of pressuring them. We just started backing up, and then they’re flying through the neutral zone.”

The Rangers won both meetings between the clubs last season and are 11-1-2 in the past 14 meetings.

–Field Level Media

The Anaheim Ducks hope a return home to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday leads to an end of their seven-game winless streak.

The Ducks have an 0-6-1 record during that stretch following their 5-4 victory over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Oct. 12 in the season opener.

Anaheim has played only one other home game this season, a 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday.

The Ducks followed that up with a 4-0 setback versus the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.

The Maple Leafs lost 4-2 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday to fall to 1-2-1 on their five-game road trip.

In their loss to Vegas, the Ducks lost defenseman Jamie Drysdale to an upper-body injury in the second period.

“As a young guy, he’s starting to play well, getting on the power play,” Ducks defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said of the 20-year-old Drysdale. “We have to make sure we keep his spirits up. It’s just on the rest of us to fill in.”

The Ducks are trying to stay positive.

“All you’ve got to do is live in the present,” Ducks forward Max Jones said. “Learn from the mistakes. Stay up. Stay positive. You don’t want to start getting into the negative. As soon as that happens, it’ll spiral.”

“I’m not sure the mood’s bad,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. “I think everyone just assumes that. It’s not like we’re in here baking cakes and having a party.

“… Yeah, we should feel some pain when you’re not winning. That’s a good thing to do. The ‘but’ is that streaks for me are for stats people and, don’t take this the wrong way, media. In the end, streaks don’t mean anything.”

The Maple Leafs posted a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets in the opener of their trek west on Oct. 22 before falling short in three straight games (0-2-1).

“We lost confidence a little bit the last three games,” said Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov, who made 25 saves Saturday.

“We need to (get it) back. Hard to say (why), but whenever you’ve lost three games in a row, for sure your confidence will be lowered. We don’t have smiles.”

Pierre Engvall and captain John Tavares each scored a goal for Toronto on Saturday.

“We don’t lack confidence as a team, we just have to execute,” Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. “You encourage your team to be good in each moment, because you never know if that’s going to be the one that makes the difference in the game.

“You’ve got to give some credit to the opposition. For the most part, we’re getting the other team’s best version of themselves. L.A. was coming off a loss and we knew they’d be dialing up defensively after giving up six.”

Toronto allowed two power-play goals in the second period against Los Angeles.

“They made it hard for us on the wall, yet at 5-on-5 it’s pretty even. The difference was special teams,” Keefe said. “And we give them gifts for goals.”

Tavares moved within five goals of 400 for his career after scoring on a power play at 10:45 of the first period. He has three goals and two assists on his four-game point streak.

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Late leads haven’t been kind to the Chicago Blackhawks lately.

On Saturday, the team squandered a two-goal advantage in the third period at Buffalo before dropping a 4-3 decision in overtime. Two nights earlier, a one-goal lead in the third didn’t stand up in an eventual 6-5 home loss to Edmonton.

The Blackhawks will aim to reverse the trend Sunday when they host a Minnesota Wild club trying to end its five-game road trip with a winning record.

Minnesota is coming off a 2-1 loss in Detroit on Saturday that snapped a two-game winning streak as well as a four-game point streak (3-0-1). The Wild outshot the Red Wings 31-25 but struggled to solve Detroit goaltender Ville Husso after Kirill Kaprizov scored at 1:28 of the first period.

“I think we probably hurt ourselves by starting so well,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “We had four good chances right away, and we thought we could continue that all night. We shifted into playing as a skill team, when what we’re about is skill and grit.”

Filip Gustavsson made 23 saves for Minnesota, which is likely to turn to Marc-Andre Fleury against his former team. A midseason acquisition for the Wild last season, Fleury has started six of the club’s first eight games.

Arvid Soderblom made his first start of the season in goal for Chicago on Saturday. He looked sharp from the jump and stopped 41 shots overall.

With the Blackhawks completing a back-to-back Sunday, Chicago is expected to start Alex Stalock in net. Stalock is 3-2-0 with a 3.00 goals-against average in the early season as he competes at the lowest weight of his career, a development that has boosted the veteran’s conditioning and confidence.

“As anybody knows, when you’re not doing anything, you can’t get your heart rate up, (and) stuff adds up,” Stalock said. “All of a sudden, (when) you get thrown back into the mix, you’re not where you want to be physically.

“They gave me an opportunity here, (and I) wanted to come in and give myself the best chance. I got into the best shape I could, and obviously it’s paying off. I feel great at 35 years old.”

Shaky special teams have doomed the Blackhawks during their losing streak. Chicago has yielded five power-play goals on 10 chances over the past two contests.

On Saturday, Victor Olofsson scored on the man-advantage 36 seconds into overtime to complete the Sabres’ comeback.

“We were trying to protect the lead instead of just keep playing and playing smartly,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. “Those are lessons. The other night, we gave away two points, and tonight we gave away one point. … We gave them their opportunities in the third period, which is disappointing.”

Chicago forward Boris Katchouk made his season debut Saturday after recovering from a sprained ankle. He registered two shots on goal and logged 9:40 of ice time against Buffalo.

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Christian Dvorak scored a third-period hat trick as the visiting Montreal Canadiens rallied past the St. Louis Blues 7-4 on Saturday night.

Cole Caufield scored twice, Nick Suzuki added a goal and two assists and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens, who erased a 3-1 deficit while winning for the fourth time in six games.

Winning goaltender Jake Allen made 26 saves and earned an assist.

Jordan Kyrou scored twice for the Blues, who lost their fourth straight game. Noel Acciari and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored, and Brayden Schenn and Justin Faulk had two assists each.

Lightning 4, Sharks 3

Nikita Kucherov chipped in the tiebreaking goal just inside the final minute as Tampa Bay wrapped up its three-game California road trip with a win over host San Jose.

Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, and Victor Hedman and Ross Colton scored. Brayden Point and Hagel had two assists apiece. Andrei Vasilevskiy moved to 3-3-0 with 24 saves as the Lightning went 2-1-0 on their trip.

San Jose’s Erik Karlsson tallied at even strength and on the power play, and Nico Sturm scored. Tomas Hertl had two assists, while James Reimer made 22 saves.

Rangers 6, Stars 3

Zac Jones scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period to help New York notch a victory over host Dallas.

Vincent Trocheck scored twice and added an assist for the Rangers, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad (two assists) and Julien Gauthier also had goals for New York. Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves for the Rangers.

Mason Marchment, Roope Hintz and Jason Robertson lit the lamp for the Stars, who have dropped three of their last four games. Jake Oettinger gave up two goals on 10 shots before exiting with a lower-body injury. Scott Wedgewood allowed four goals on 17 shots.

Panthers 5, Senators 3

Brandon Montour, Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk each had a goal and two assists in Florida’s win over visiting Ottawa.

Carter Verhaeghe scored the other two goals, and Spencer Knight made 23 saves for the Panthers, who ended a two-game losing streak.

Nick Holden had a goal and an assist, and Shane Pinto and Brady Tkachuk also scored for the Senators, who have lost two in a row following a four-game win streak. Anton Forsberg made a career-high 53 saves.

Kings 4, Maple Leafs 2

Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles in a win against visiting Toronto.

Adrian Kempe, Viktor Arvidsson and Gabriel Vilardi also scored, Anze Kopitar had two assists, and Cal Petersen made 26 saves for the Kings.

John Tavares and Pierre Engvall scored, and Ilya Samsonov made 25 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have lost three in a row.

Red Wings 2, Wild 1

Lucas Raymond scored his first two goals of the season and host Detroit downed the Wild.

Raymond was one of the league’s top rookies last season, when he collected 23 goals and 57 points. He was mired in a scoring slump in the early going this season but broke through with the aid of Dylan Larkin, who assisted on both goals.

Minnesota was limited to Kirill Kaprizov’s sixth goal this season. The Wild were playing their fourth game during a five-game road trip and had notched five of a possible six points prior to Saturday’s outing.

Hurricanes 4, Flyers 3 (OT)

Brent Burns scored with 53.1 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Carolina past host Philadelphia.

Jordan Staal and Martin Necas each added one goal and one assist for the Hurricanes. Jordan Martinook also scored.

Carolina goaltender Antti Raanta made 26 saves. Wade Allison and Nic Deslauriers each had one goal and one assist for the Flyers.Owen Tippett contributed one goal, and Lukas Sedlak chipped in with two assists.

Sabres 4, Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Victor Olofsson capped a two-goal performance by scoring 36 seconds into overtime to propel host Buffalo to a victory over Chicago.

Tage Thompson scored twice in the third period before picking up an assist on Olofsson’s winner. Olofsson converted a pass from defenseman Rasmus Dahlin past Arvid Soderblom (41 saves) as Buffalo snapped a modest two-game losing streak.

Chicago’s Jason Dickinson scored a power-play goal in the first period and Sam Lafferty and Taylor Raddysh tallied in the second for the Blackhawks. Buffalo native Patrick Kane played in his 1,115th career game to move into third place all-time in franchise history.

Islanders 5, Avalanche 4

Scott Mayfield and Anthony Beauvillier scored the tying and go-ahead goals in a 17-second span just beyond the midway point of the third period for host New York, which overcame a three-goal deficit to stun Colorado in Elmont, N.Y.

The Islanders peppered Alexandar Georgiev before Mathew Barzal’s shot into the crease glanced off Mayfield’s stick for the tying goal with 9:21 left. Anders Lee forced a turnover in the neutral zone and dished to Beauvillier, who beat Georgiev on a semi-breakaway.

Noah Dobson scored in the second, Zach Parise scored early in the third and Brock Nelson added an empty-netter that proved to be the game-winner with 1:21 left for the Islanders, who have won three straight, all against teams that qualified for the postseason in 2021-22.

Capitals 3, Predators 0

Darcy Kuemper made 34 saves for his first shutout of the season and visiting Washington defeated Nashville.

Beck Malenstyn and Aliaksei Protas scored for Washington, which was coming off a 2-0 shutout loss at Dallas on Thursday. Alex Ovechkin added his 49th career empty-net tally, and Kuemper earned his 26th career shutout.

Juuse Saros made 32 saves for the Predators, who were blanked for the first time this season after scoring six goals in a Thursday win against the St. Louis Blues.

Kraken 3, Penguins 1

Jordan Eberle and Martin Jones delivered as Seattle defeated visiting Pittsburgh.

Eberle scored his first goal of the season and Jones made 32 saves — one day after their wives gave birth to baby boys. Morgan Geekie scored what proved to be the winner and Jaden Schwartz added an empty-netter with 59.9 seconds left for Seattle, which went 2-1-0 on a three-game homestand. Vince Dunn had one assist.

Jake Guentzel tallied, and goaltender Casey DeSmith stopped 27 of 29 shots for the Penguins, who suffered their fourth consecutive defeat — all by multiple goals. The Kraken had two apparent goals waved off in a three-minute span midway through the second period after challenges by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan.

Oilers 3, Flames 2

Zach Hyman scored two goals, including the game-winner with 7:36 to go, and Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists as visiting Edmonton rallied for a victory over Calgary in the Battle of Alberta.

Stuart Skinner finished with 40 saves for the Oilers, who extended their winning streak to four games. McDavid scored his league-leading ninth goal of the season in the third period to tie it, 2-2, while Hyman extended his goal-scoring streak to four games with his 15th career multi-goal performance.

Mikael Backlund scored a short-handed goal, and Brett Ritchie also scored for Calgary, which had a two-game winning streak snapped. Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves for the Flames.

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Zach Hyman scored two goals, including the game-winner with 7:36 to go, and Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists as the visiting Edmonton Oilers rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames in the Battle of Alberta on Saturday night.

Stuart Skinner finished with 40 saves for the Oilers, who extended their winning streak to four games.

McDavid scored his league-leading ninth goal of the season in the third period to tie it, 2-2, while Hyman extended his goal-scoring streak to four games with his 15th career multi-goal performance.

Mikael Backlund scored a short-handed goal, and Brett Ritchie also scored for Calgary, which had a two-game winning streak snapped. Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves for the Flames.

With Blake Coleman in the penalty box for high-sticking, Calgary took a 1-0 lead at the 4:29 mark of the second period on Backlund’s tally. The puck squirted past Edmonton defenseman Tyson Barrie along the left boards to Backlund, who then rushed in from the right wing and ripped a wrist shot through Skinner’s pads for his third goal of the season.

Edmonton tied it just 33 seconds later on Hyman’s power-play goal. Hyman was attempting to hit Leon Draisaitl with a crossing pass from the right circle, but the puck deflected in off the stick of diving Flames defenseman Noah Hanifin through Markstrom’s pads.

Calgary regained the lead at the 16:06 mark on Ritchie’s third goal of the season, matching his total for the 2021-22 season, when he played 41 games. Milan Lucic set up the score with a backhanded pass from the boards behind the net past the stick of McDavid. Ritchie then buried a wrist shot off the left post past Skinner’s blocker side.

McDavid tied it midway through the third period when he snapped a sharp-angle wrist shot from along the left boards inside the near post past Markstrom’s stick side.

Hyman then gave the Oilers their first lead at the 12:24 mark of the third with his sixth goal of the season. McDavid set up the score when he picked up a loose puck in the slot and then backhanded a pass toward Hyman stationed near the left corner of the crease. The puck then caromed in off Hyman’s skate past Markstrom.

Hyman had two chances at a hat trick in the final minute but fired wide of the empty net both times.

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Jordan Eberle and Martin Jones delivered as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Saturday night.

Eberle scored his first goal of the season and Jones made 32 saves — one day after their wives gave birth to baby boys.

Morgan Geekie scored what proved to be the winner and Jaden Schwartz added an empty-netter with 59.9 seconds left for Seattle, which went 2-1-0 on a three-game homestand. Vince Dunn had one assist.

Jake Guentzel tallied, and goaltender Casey DeSmith stopped 27 of 29 shots for the Penguins, who suffered their fourth consecutive defeat — all by multiple goals.

Seattle took the lead on a two-on-one break at 18:33 of the second period after Dunn stole a pass at center ice. He fed Geekie, who worked his way down the right wing before sending a pass to Daniel Sprong in the slot for a shot that DeSmith saved. Geekie pounced on the rebound near the post and lifted a shot over the goalie’s leg pad and into the roof of the net.

The Penguins opened the scoring at 10:05 of the second.

Guentzel, who missed the previous four games with an upper-body injury, stole a pass from Seattle defenseman Jamie Oleksiak at the far blue line, split two defenders to break away and slipped a forehander under Jones’ pads from between the faceoff circles.

The Kraken tied it at 11:20 after Schwartz stole the puck from defenseman Jan Rutta behind the Pittsburgh net. Schwartz fed rookie Matty Beniers in the slot and Beniers deked his way around a defender before sending a backhanded pass to Eberle, and he tapped the puck into an open net.

The Kraken had two apparent goals waved off in a three-minute span midway through the second period after challenges by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan.

Ryan Donato appeared to break a scoreless tie at 8:09, converting a pass from Eberle on a two-on-one breakaway. But a video review determined Seattle was offside.

After the Penguins took the lead, the Kraken seemed to tie it at 11:09 on a tap-in by Andre Burakovsky. The play started with Sidney Crosby’s backhanded clearance from deep in his own zone being intercepted. A review determined Seattle’s Alex Wennberg knocked down Crosby’s pass with a high stick.

–Field Level Media