NHL NEWS OCT 13 – FLEURY GUIDES PENGUINS ON BANNER NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH

After the Penguins raised their fourth Stanley Cup banner to the rafters at PPG Paints Arena, Marc-Andre Fleury made 39 saves through overtime and added two stops in the shootout to help Pittsburgh defeat Washington in their first meeting since Game 6 of the Second Round last spring.

Captain Sidney Crosby, who missed the game due to injury, was on the ice with the Stanley Cup as part of the banner-raising ceremony.

Fleury, who missed the final five games of the 2015-16 season due to injury and made only two appearances in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, improved to 9-1-0 in his last 10 regular-season contests dating to March 11 at CBJ.

VETERAN NETMINDERS CLIMB ALL-TIME WINS LIST
Goaltenders Roberto Luongo and Henrik Lundqvist each moved up the NHL’s all-time wins list after posting victories in their club’s season-opener.

Luongo made 23 saves in Florida’s overtime victory to earn his 437th career win and move into a tie with Jacques Plante for sixth place all-time, on a night when the Panthers raised their Atlantic Division championship banner to the rafters.

Lundqvist (25 SV) earned his 375th career NHL win (all w/ NYR) to move past John Vanbiesbrouck (374) into sole possession of 14th place all-time and help the Rangers begin their 90th NHL season with a victory.

MOST CAREER WINS
1. Martin Brodeur: 691
2. Patrick Roy: 551
3. Ed Belfour: 484
4. Curtis Joseph: 454
5. Terry Sawchuk: 447
t-6. Jacques Plante: 437
t-6. Roberto Luongo: 437
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13. Mike Vernon: 385
14. Henrik Lundqvist: 375

NHL MUSINGS

• David Pastrnak (20 years, 141 days) registered 2-2—4 to become the youngest player to record four points for the Bruins since Oct. 25, 2008 when Milan Lucic (20 years, 140 days) posted 3-1—4 vs. ATL
• Bruins offseason acquisition David Backescontributed 2-1—3 in his team debut
• Blues forward Nail Yakupov (1-1—2), acquired via trade on Oct. 7, collected his first points with the team to help them move to 2-0-0 this season
• Mikhail Sergachev (18 years, 110 days), the ninth overall selection in the 2016 NHL Draft, became the youngest defenseman (and fourth youngest player) to play a regular season game for the Canadiens
• The Strumbellas and Sum 41 will headline the entertainment for the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic
• The Maple Leafs unveiled statues honoring Dave Keon, Turk Broda and Tim Horton outside Air Canada Centre
• The Stars wore special helmet decals to honor the police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty on July 7, 2016 in downtown Dallas
• The Panthers honored late Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez during their home opener
• Defenseman P.K. Subban, who was acquired in June in exchange for former Predators captain Shea Weber, will make his much anticipated regular-season debut in Nashville

THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
NY RANGERS 5, NY Islanders 3
Boston 6, COLUMBUS 3
Montreal 4, BUFFALO 1
FLORIDA 2, New Jersey 1 (OT)
TAMPA BAY 6, Detroit 4
WINNIPEG 5, Carolina 4 (OT)
ST. LOUIS 3, Minnesota 2
PITTSBURGH 3, Washington 2 (SO)
DALLAS 4, Anaheim 2

SNEAK PEEK AT FRIDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Chicago @ Nashville, 8 p.m.
Edmonton @ Calgary, 9 p.m.
Philadelphia @ Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.