Sharks remain perfect with 5-3 victory over sluggish Maple Leafs

TORONTO (AP) – Logan Couture had two goals and an assist, and Adin Hill made 30 saves in San Jose …

TORONTO (AP) -Logan Couture had two goals and an assist, and Adin Hill made 30 saves in San Jose’s 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night, keeping the Sharks perfect in the young season.

Timo Meier, Jonathan Dahlen and Erik Karlsson provided the rest of the offense for San Jose (4-0-0), who played for the third time in four nights, including a 2-1 victory Thursday over the Ottawa Senators.

Jason Spezza, Ondrej Kase and John Tavares scored for Toronto (2-2-1).

Michael Hutchinson stopped 26 shots for the Leafs, who have scored just 11 times in the first five games.

The Leafs’ Auston Matthews, who returned from offseason wrist surgery in Monday’s 2-1 overtime loss to the New York Rangers, is without points through two outings.

STARS 3, KINGS 2, OT

DALLAS (AP) – Denis Gurianov scored on an urgent backhander with 45 seconds left in overtime, leading to Dallas to a victory in his home port of Los Angeles.

Braden Holtby kept Dallas in the game by stopping 43 shots. Of the Stars’ three wins, two were in overtime and one in a shootout.

For the Kings, Anze Kopitar scored his sixth goal in the first four games of the season, and Gabriel Valardi scored on a five-minute penalty kick.

Valardi’s first goal of the season came from the right circle with just under 3 minutes left of the second period, and right after veteran Kings defender Drew Doughty was helped off the ice with a knee injury and did not return. Stars rookie defender Jani Hakanpaa got the major to kneel and for a game.

Jonathan Quick made 19 saves for the Kings.

BRUINS 4, SABERS 1

BOSTON (AP) – Charlie Coyle had a goal and and two assists and Linus Ullmark made 35 saves against his former team when Boston beat Buffalo.

Taylor Hall added a goal and an assist, and Brad Marchand counted two assists to help the Bruins save a split on his first road trip of the season. David Pastrnak and Thomas Nosek also scored for Boston.

The Sabers got a goal from Victor Oloffson in their first home loss in four games to start the season. Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots.

OLIERE 5, GOLDEN RIDDER 3

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Zack Kassian scored a draw in the third period, and Edmonton beat Vegas to extend its season-opening victory to five games.

Vegas (1-3-0) lost its third in a row.

Zach Hyman scored twice and Leon Draisaitl added a goal for the Oilers. Mikko Koskinen made 36 saves.

Nic Roy, Nolan Patrick and Nic Hague scored for the Golden Knights. Robin Lehner made 28 saves.

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