Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael each had a goal and an assist for the Washington Capitals in a 4-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Tuesday.
Logan Thompson made 34 saves for the Capitals (4-0-0).
Boone Jenner scored twice on the power play for the Blue Jackets (2-4-0). Jet Greaves made 19 saves.
McMichael gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead at 8:25 of the first period when he deflected David Gucciardi’s point shot into the net.
Andrew Cristall made it 2-0 Washington at 17:25, tapping in a loose puck in front on the power play.
Jenner made it 2-1 at 7:52 of the second period on the power play, banking in a rebound off Thompson’s back.
Ilya Protas scored on a 2-on-1 to make it 3-1 Capitals at 10:10.
Jenner pulled Columbus to within 3-2 at 10:56, redirecting Zach Werenski’s shot into the net just four seconds into a power play.
Wilson poke-checked a clearing attempt past Greaves to give Washington a 4-2 lead at 13:36.
Mathieu Olivier buried a rebound in front at 12:23 of the third period for the 4-3 final.
Lightning 3, Panthers 2: The Tampa Bay Lightning remained undefeated during the preseason with their win against the Florida Panthers at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida.
Oliver Bjorkstrand, Conor Geekie and Jakob Pelletier scored for the Lightning (5-0-0). Jonas Johansson made 17 saves.
MacKenzie Entwistle and Ryan McAllister scored, and Wilmer Skoog had two assists for the Panthers (2-3-0). Brandon Bussi made 26 saves.
Bjorkstrand gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead at 10:29 of the first period with a redirection of Darren Raddysh’s shot during a 5-on-3 power play.
Entwistle tied it 1-1 at 14:45 when his centering pass for Skoog deflected in off Lightning forward Gage Goncalves.
Geekie put the Lightning back in front 2-1 at 11:00 of the second period, and Pelletier scored 28 seconds later to push the lead to 3-1.
McAllister cut it to 3-2 at 2:30 of the third period, scoring short side from the bottom of the right circle.
Canadiens 5, Senators 0: Jakub Dobes made 16 saves, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Ottawa Senators at Videotron Centre in Quebec City.
Kirby Dach and Lane Hutson each had a goal and an assist, and Brendan Gallagher had three assists for the Canadiens (4-1-0). Ivan Demidov and Alex Newhook each had two assists.
Leevi Merilainen made 18 saves for the Senators (2-2-0).
Oliver Kapanen gave Montreal a 1-0 lead at 4:48 of the first period, scoring on a one-timer in front off a quick pass by Newhook from below the goal line.
Patrik Laine made it 2-0 on the power play at 6:14 of the second period. He one-timed a Demidov cross-ice pass at the top of the left face-off circle.
Alexandre Carrier then extended the lead to 3-0 at 8:53. After Gallagher fed him with a cross-ice pass, Carrier walked into the left circle and beat Merilainen with a wrist shot to the far side.
Hutson pushed it to 4-0 on the man-advantage at 4:27 of the third period. Dach won a face-off in the right circle, and Hutson carried the puck to the point before scoring with a wrist shot to the glove side.
Dach increased it to 5-0 with another power-play goal at 9:21, batting in a centering pass from Gallagher to finish a give-and-go.
Dobes preserved the shutout when he stopped Jake Sanderson’s hard wrist shot from low in the left circle at 11:20.