DAHLIN NETS FIRST NHL GOAL IN SHUTOUT WIN

Skating in his fifth career game, Rasmus Dahlin (18 years, 183 days) scored his first NHL goal - the eventual game-winner - just 2:45 after the opening face-off to become the youngest defenseman in franchise history to score a goal. The only Sabres player younger than Dahlin at the time of his first career goal was Pierre Turgeon, who scored his first two tallies on Oct. 21, 1987 at 18 years, 54 days.

* Dahlin became the youngest defenseman in 23 years to score an NHL goal. His goal came exactly 34 years after Doug Bodger (18 years, 117 days) became the youngest defenseman in the expansion era (since 1967-68) to score his first NHL goal, on Oct. 13, 1984 with the Penguins. Ross Johnstone (17 years, 207 days) holds the NHL record for youngest goal by a defenseman (Oct. 31, 1943 w/ TOR).

* Dahlin also joined his head coach, Phil Housley (2x), as one of 11 defensemen in NHL history to score a game-winning goal before his 19th birthday. Prior to Dahlin, the last blueliner to achieve the feat was Florida’s Aaron Ekblad (2x) in 2014-15.

SURGING PLAYERS EXTEND SEASON-OPENING STREAKS

Fifteen players extended their season-opening point streaks to at least four games on Saturday, including a trio of players who also kept their goal streaks alive: Toronto’s Auston Matthews (10-4—14 in 6 GP), Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon (6-1—7 in 5 GP) and Dallas’ Alexander Radulov (4-5—9 in 4 GP).

* Led by multi-point efforts from Radulov (1-1—2), Jamie Benn (1-1—2), John Klingberg (1-1—2) and Tyler Seguin (0-2—2), the Stars scoredtwice in a span of nine seconds en route to overcoming a three-goal deficit to win a game for the first time since Nov. 28, 2015 (4-3 OT W at MIN). Radulov became the fourth player in franchise history to record a season-opening goal streak of at least four games.

* Matthews (1-1—2) helped the Maple Leafs improve to 5-1-0 while becoming the sixth player in NHL history to record multiple points in each of his team’s first six games of a season. Matthews, who has points in each of his past 16 regular-season appearances since Feb. 22, also became the 15th skater in NHL history - and fifth in the League’s modern era (since 1943-44) - to score 10 or more goals through his club’s opening six contests in a campaign.

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* Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly collected an assist to boost his totals to (3-10—13) in 2018-19 (6 GP). He became the third defenseman in NHL history to record at least 13 points through his team’s opening six games in a season.

* MacKinnon opened the scoring just 11 seconds into the first period to extend his goal streak to five games (6-1—7 in 5 GP), matching Mats Sundin (1992-93: 5-2—7 in 5 GP) for the longest such run to begin a season in Avalanche/Nordiques franchise history. Teammate Mikko Rantanen extended his season-opening assist streak to five games (1-7—8), the third-longest such run in franchise history.

* With defenseman Duncan Keith skating in his 1,000th career NHL game, Alex DeBrincat (2-0—2) scored the tying goal with 6:54 remaining in regulation and the overtime winner as the Blackhawks extended their season-opening point streak to five games – all of which have required overtime. DeBrincat (6-3—9), Jonathan Toews (5-4—9) and Patrick Kane (5-3—8) each have at least one point in all five Blackhawks games this season.

* Canucks forward Elias Pettersson, who made his NHL debut on Oct. 3, scored to extend his season-opening point streak to five contests (5-3—8), becoming the second player in franchise history to record at least one point in each of his first five career NHL games (all w/ VAN). Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin is the only NHL player to record more points through his first five career games since 1997-98.

* Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho (2-2—4) matched a single-game career high with four points to extend his season-opening point streak to five contests (4-6—10). The Hurricanes/Whalers franchise record for the longest such run is 11 games, a mark set by Ron Francis in 1984-85 (6-8—14).

* Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot (0-2—2) and forward Chris Tierney (1-0—1) extended their season-opening point streaks to five games. Chabot (2-6—8 in 5 GP) established a franchise record for points by a defenseman through the team’s first five games of a season, besting the previous mark set by Filip Kuba in 2008-09 and matched by ErikKarlsson in 2015-16 and 2016-17. Kuba is the only defenseman in franchise history with a season-opening point streak longer than five games (2008-09: 0-11—11 in 8 GP).

McDAVID FACTORS ON FIFTH STRAIGHT OILERS GOAL

Oilers captain Connor McDavid collected 1-1—2 on Saturday and has factored on all five Edmonton goals in 2018-19 (2-3—5). Only four players in NHL history have factored on more than five consecutive team goals to begin a season.

HURRICANES MATCH FRANCHISE RECORD WITH THRILLING OT WIN

Hurricanes captain Justin Williams (1-2—3) tied the game with 1:09 remaining in regulation and assisted on the overtime winner as Carolina outlasted Minnesota in a game that saw both teams score two tying goals. Williams, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner and three-time Stanley Cup champion, recorded his second three-point game of 2018-19 (0-3—3 on Oct. 7 vs. NYR).

* The Hurricanes (4-0-1) matched a franchise record for longest point streak to begin a season, equaling a mark set by the Hartford Whalers in 1995-96 (4-0-1).

* The Hurricanes recorded 57 shots on goal, tied for the third-highest single-game total in franchise history. The club record of 65 shots was set by the Whalers on March 15, 1984 vs. TOR.

BRUINS, LIGHTNING ERUPT FOR EIGHT GOALS EACH

The Bruins and Lightning each erupted for eight goals on Saturday, marking the third and fourth instances of a team scoring eight goals in a game in 2018-19 - a feat achieved 15 times by clubs last season.

* David Pastrnak (3-0—3) scored the second regular-season hat trick of his NHL career (and second by a Bruins player this season) to eclipse the 100-career-goal mark and guide the Bruins to their fourth straight win. Since being shut out in its season opener, Boston has scored a combined 22 goals across its four-game run (5.50 G/GP).

* Brayden Point (2-1—3) and J.T. Miller (1-2—3) led all skaters with three points apiece to power the Lightning to their second win of the season. Tampa Bay paced the League with a franchise-record 296 goals in 2017-18, 19 more than the next-closest clubs.

FLEURY INCHES CLOSER TO HALL ON ALL-TIME WINS LIST

Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside all 26 shots he faced – including several highlight-reel saves throughout the contest – to backstop the Golden Knights past the Flyers. Fleury earned the 406th win of his NHL career to move within one of tying Glenn Hall (407) for 10th place on theLeague’s all-time list among goaltenders.

* The Golden Knights (88 GP; 53-28-7) surpassed the Maple Leafs (52-48-0) and tied the Canadiens (53-47-0) for the second-most wins by a team within its first 100 regular season games. Only the original Ottawa Senators (63-37-0) had more wins within their first 100 games. Vegas plays its 100th regular season game on Nov. 11 in Boston.

QUICK CLICKS

● Roberto Luongo honored, showered with gifts by Panthers for playing 1,000th game

● Blackhawks don Duncan Keith jerseys in warmups before his 1,000th NHL game

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