GameThread for St. Louis Blues at Edmonton Oilers, October 15, 2015

The Blues had built a 3-1 lead on a power-play goal by Paul Stastny with 15 minutes, 40 seconds left in regulation, but Edmonton trimmed its deficit to 3-2 with a goal from Taylor Hall with 13:23 to play.

The game turned after Lethtonen, who made his first start of the season, made a heads-up save a quarter way through the final frame.

The Stars took 52 shots, their most since February 3, 1990, in a 7-6 loss to Philadelphia.

The Stars look to get back on track when they host top overall draft pick Connor McDavid and the winless Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. He redirected a long shot by Andrej Sekera past Lehtonen midway through the period. Lehtonen stopped 26 out of 28 shots fired his way.

The quick scoring burst ended a 90-minute home scoreless streak to start the season for the Stars, who got a shutout from Niemi in the season opener. Unfortunately, Edmonton is still looking for their first win of the season.

Predators 3, Devils 1: NEWARK, N.J.

Matt Nieto and Chris Tierney each had a goal and an assist, while Joe Thornton, Mike Brown and Tomas Hertl added goals.

Struggling Los Angeles has been outscored 11-2 while losing three straight home games to open the season.

Ovechkin missed the game because of personal reasons.

The last of Tuesday’s action saw Adam Cracknell, Alexander Edler and Derek Dorsett aid the Vancouver Canucks in smashing the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on the road.

They lost again on opening night in front of all those fans in all those McDavid jerseys, 4-2 to the St. Louis Blues. “He’s trying to adapt to that and he’s doing a very good job of it personally and collectively I think our team has done a good job around him”. “Now that all the peaks are kinda gone – first game, first home game, they’re kinda all out of the way – it should just be normal here”, said McDavid. It’s irrational given the ability of this team to score, but I get it. Colton Sceviour drew two penalties tonight, by the way.

Dallas was lifted by a late first period goal by Spezza after he squeaked the puck in between the left post and Edmonton goalie Anders Nilsson’s skate.

Florida’s Connor Brickley scored his first National Hockey League goal and Alexsander Barkov gave the Panthers a two-goal lead 50 seconds later in the third period to seal a 4-1 win against Carolina.

The Winnipeg Jets made it three wins from four, with Brian Little netting twice in a 4-1 success against the New York Rangers.

He’s been great. Sure, he’s 0-2, and at the end of the day, that’s the big stat, but he has a 2.05 GAA and a. 929 save percentage.

Red Wings 3, Lightning 1: DETROIT – Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and an assist, and Jimmy Howard made 20 saves to lead Detroit. “We’re going to have to find a way to beat the St. Louis’ and the L.A.’s”, said Hall, who scored his first of the season.

For all the talk of the Stars’ misfortune, you do need your power play to make up for a few bad bounces, and that didn’t happen. But after the Blues erased both penalties, Steen scored and the visitors held on, albeit with a much harder effort than they’ve needed in the past.