St. Paul, Minn.
Dmitry Orlov had his first two goals of the season and an assist, Andre Burakovsky and T.J. Oshie also scored and Pheonix Copley made 26 saves for the Capitals, whose four-game road trip was jump-started in the morning by an arbitrator’s reduction of Wilson’s 20-game ban by six games to make him immediately eligible again.
Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise had goals for the Wild, who played at home for the first time in 17 days after a 5-2 finish on their franchise-record seven-game road swing. They fell to 5-1-2 at Xcel Energy Center, becoming the last team in the NHL to lose at home in regulation this season.
The Wild have given up the first goal in 13 of their 18 games, but they entered the night tied for the best record in the league in those situations at 8-3-1. When Orlov’s snap shot scraped the crossbar and found the back of the upper right corner just 6:33 into the game, there was no reason for the Wild to worry.
Then Orlov, who was recently split up with usual blue-line partner Matt Niskanen in an attempt by first-year coach Todd Reirden to seek a spark amid a sluggish start by the defending Stanley Cup champions, set up Wilson in his season debut. Orlov maneuvered around Matt Dumba on a rush up the left wing and fed Wilson for a one-timer with 27.4 seconds left before the first intermission.
Ryan Suter was chasing Wilson, who was caught between the defenseman and Devan Dubnyk in a collision that knocked the Wild goalie to the ice and left him down and dazed for a moment. Wilson picked up a goaltender interference penalty while scoring a goal, a rare combination.
Eric Staal thought he had a goal for the Wild early in the second period, but that was waved off because he kicked the puck. Instead, Burakovsky scored soon after for a commanding 3-0 lead. Suter and Dumba, the Wild’s first blue-line pair, were on the ice for each of the first three goals.
Panthers 2, Flyers 1
Philadelphia
Jakub Voracek had the lone goal for the Flyers, who had won three straight and five of six.
Both teams have rebounded nicely after struggling early in the season. The Panthers are 7-5-3, while the Flyers are 9-8-1.
Islanders 5, Canucks 2
New York
Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist and Josh Bailey also scored to help the Islanders end a three-game skid. Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had two assists and Thomas Greiss stopped 22 shots as New York improved to 5-0-2 in the last seven meetings against Vancouver.
Brendan Leipsic had a goal and an assist, and Jake Virtanen also scored for the Canucks, who have lost two straight after a 4-0-2 stretch. Jacob Markstrom, starting for the ninth straight game with Anders Nilsson injured, finished with 29 saves.
Devils 4, Penguins 2
Newark, n.j.
Hall also had two assists, and Travis Zajac and Damon Severson each had a goal and an assist as the Devils snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Penguins for the second time in just over a week. Keith Kinkaid had 29 saves for New Jersey, which was returning home after a 1-6 trip.
Phil Kessel and Jake Guentzel scored for the Penguins, who have one win in seven games (1-5-1). Casey DeSmith had 31 saves in his third straight start.
Sabres 2, Lightning 1
Buffalo, n.y.
Jeff Skinner scored his team-leading 13th goal and Kyle Okposo also scored for Buffalo. Defenseman Nathan Beaulieu had two assists, and the Sabres improved to 10-6-2 for their best start since opening 11-7 in 2011-12.
Red Wings 6, Coyotes 1
Detroit
Andreas Athanasiou added a goal and an assist for the third straight game, and Anthony Mantha, defenseman Dennis Cholowski, Michael Rasmussen and Luke Glendening also scored for Detroit, which has won seven of its last eight to get back to .500 (8-8-2) after a 1-7-2 start.
Jimmy Howard made 24 saves.
The six goals are a season best for the Red Wings.
Lawson Crouse scored for Arizona. Darcy Kuemper stopped 12 shots and rookie Hunter Miska made eight saves in his NHL debut.
Detroit charged to a 3-0 in the first period.
Mantha opened the scoring with 9:47 left in the opening period, netting a wrist shot from the left circle off the rush. It was Mantha’s sixth goal and third in two games.
Cholowski made it 2-0 2:11 later on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle. Arizona challenged that Kuemper was interfered with by the Red Wings Justin Abdelkader at the edge of the crease, but the goal was upheld. It was Cholowski’s third goal.
Rasmussen made it 3-0 with a 5-on-3 power-play goal with 2:38 remaining in the first. While on his knees in the crease, Rasmussen tipped in Dylan Larkin’s pass out of the right corner. It was Rasmussen’s third goal.
Glendening made it 4-0 with 8:28 left in the second period on a breakaway. It was Glendening’s second goal.
Arizona had an apparent goal 1:38 into the second period by Christian Fischer reversed. Detroit challenged that the play was offside going into the Red Wings zone, and replays showed that it was.
Athanasiou scored on a breakaway 1:44 into the third period when he picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone just after he came out of the penalty box. It was Athanasiou’s seventh goal.
That goal also sent Kuemper to the bench in favor of Miska.
Green got his first goal of the season 7:10 into the third.
Crouse spoiled Howard’s shutout bid with 8:39 left.
NOTES: Arizona D Jakob Chychrun made his season debut. He had not played since having knee surgery after being injuring against the Calgary Flames on April 3. . Detroit was without D Jonathan Ericsson (lower body), F Thomas Vanek (lower body) and C Jacob de la Rose (upper body). . It was the Red Wings annual Hockey Fights Cancer Night to help support cancer awareness.
UP NEXT:
Arizona: Hosts Nashville on Thursday.
Detroit: Visits Ottawa on Thursday.
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