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Oct 4 2013
SCORES
OTT - 4 BUF - 1 LW Milan Michalek scored twice and G Craig Anderson turned away 27 of 28 shots as the Senators easily disposed of the Sabres.
CGY - 1 CLB - 5 RW Cam Atkinson scored twice and the Blue Jackets also tallied three PP markers as they swept aside the Flames.
NYI - 4 NJD - 3 RW Kyle Okposo netted his second goal of the game with 1:33 left in the third lifting his Islanders to the season opening win in Newark. Devils C Adam Henrique also scored twice and his second goal tied the game early in the third period before Okposo closed the scoring out.
LAK - 4 WPG -2 C Anze Kopitar scored once and had two helpers to lead the Kings, who shook off last nights tough loss in Minnesota by making the MTS Centre look like a shooting gallery, firing 41 shots and burying the puck 4 times behind G Ondrej Pavelec.
DET - 2 CAR - 1 The Red Wings G Jimmy Howard ruined the Hurricanes home opener by turning away 37 of 38 shots in the win. Henrik Zetterberg paced the offense with a PP goal and PP assist.
NSH - 2 COL - 5 Five different players all scored ES goals to pace the Av's to their second straight win. G Semyon Varlamov allowed 2 goals on 34 shots.
Other News -
MTL - RW Tomas Plekanec did not dress or practice today and the Montreal coach said he was experiencing some back soreness and had the day off. It's unknown if this is an injury or just a smokescreen, as the Montreal organization rarely releases injury information.
TOR - C Tyler Bozak left practice early holding a towel to his neck after colliding and tumbling to the ice with fellow C Nikolai Kulemin. No report was forthcoming from the Leaf's front office about any possible injury.
CHI - D Niklas Hjalmarsson was the subject of injury talk today and the Blackhawks front office didn't deny or confirm the the rumors, just Hjalmarsson will be out for an extended time. No questions of any roster moves were answered
NJD - C Jacob Josefson was placed on IR today with the mysterious "Upper Body Injury" Devils exec's were tight lipped about the injury and no updated roster information was shared.
* Late breaking news * The Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils have just filed paperwork with the league office for a trade and reports are saying that 35 y/o C Shawn Horcoff (6.5a/6.5a) is headed to NJ for 23 y/o C Andrei Loktionov (6.5d/7.0d) Expert analysts are baffled as the Devils just lost backup C Josefson to injury, and Loktionov was considered to have a bright future in Newark...But time will tell just how this trade works out.
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