NEW FACES POWER TEAMS TO VICTORIES
A pair of new faces led their clubs to Thursday wins:

* Nicklas Grossmann scored twice, including the game-winning goal, to power the Coyotes to their third victory in their past five outings. Grossmann, who was acquired in an offseason trade, notched his first goals in a Coyotes uniform (12 GP) as well as his first career multi-goal game (543 GP). He has seven goals over the past two seasons (80 GP) after totaling five in his first 463 NHL appearances.

* Gregory Campbell recorded what proved to be the game-winning goal, his first tally in a Columbus uniform (14 GP), to lift the Blue Jackets to their fourth victory in their last six contests following a 0-8-0 start to the season. Campbell, who signed with the club during the offseason, picked up his ninth career game-winning goal in 735 NHL appearances.

AROUND THE RINKS
* Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves, including 20 in the second period, to guide the Lightning to their seventh consecutive victory over the Sabres dating to Dec. 4, 2014 (BUF: 0-7-0), including a 3-0-0 record this season. Vasilevskiy, who recently returned from offseason surgery to remove a blood clot, improved to 9-5-1 in 18 NHL appearances (2.32 GAA, .921 SV%, 1 SO) and 3-0-0 in three career starts vs. BUF (0.67 GAA, .971 SV%, 1 SO).

* Mikael Backlund found the back of the net 35 seconds into overtime to lift the Flames to their second win in their past three starts following a string of four consecutive losses (0-3-1). Backlund (1-1—2) registered his third career overtime goal, also Feb. 1, 2014 vs. MIN and Oct. 15, 2014 at CHI. He also scored the overtime winner in Game 3 of the team’s Second Round series vs. ANA in the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

* Alex Stalock stopped 31 shots, including all 11 he faced in the final period, to pick up his first win of the season (4 GP) and propel the Sharks to their second victory in their last three outings. Stalock improved to 22-16-5 in 53 NHL appearances (2.31 GAA, .914 SV%, 4 SO) – that includes an 11-5-2 record in 22 games at SAP Center, where he has a 1.76 goals-against average, .932 save percentage and three shutouts.

* Two nights after scoring the winning goal in overtime, Kyle Turris potted the decisive marker in the shootout to power the Senators to their fourth victory in their past five games. Turris, who saw his four-game goal streak (in regulation/overtime) come to an end, leads the Senators with 8-5—13 through the team’s opening 13 contests, including a pair of game-winning goals (also Oct. 8 at BUF).

MILESTONES & BENCHMARKS
* Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin recorded his 482nd NHL goal to move within one of tying Sergei Fedorov (483) for the most goals by a Russian-born player in League history.

* Sharks forward Patrick Marleau scored to move within three points of 1,000 in his NHL career (460-537—997 in 1,342 GP).

* Capitals defenseman John Carlson registered 1-1—2 to eclipse 200 NHL points (48-153—201 in 410 GP).

TEAM CANADA ANNOUNCES COACHES FOR WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY
Team Canada announced that Mike Babcock (TOR), who guided the country to gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Winter Games, will serve as its head coach for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, which will be held Sept. 17 – Oct. 1 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Joining Babcock on Team Canada’s coaching staff will be Claude Julien (BOS), Bill Peters (CAR), Joel Quenneville (CHI) and Barry Trotz (WSH).

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* Click here for up-to-date listings of coaches and executives for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

REMINDER: REGISTRATION OPEN FOR TRY HOCKEY FOR FREE DAY
USA Hockey announced that participant registration is open for Try Hockey for Free Day, presented by Kraft Heinz. Nearly 500 sites, representing 48 of the 50 states, will host Try Hockey for Free Day clinics tomorrow, Nov. 7, as part of the fifth annual Come Play Hockey Month.

Click here for complete details.

LOOSE PUCKS
MUST-SEE: Sabres forward Jack Eichel, the second overall selection in the 2015 NHL Draft, scored a highlight-reel goal. He shares second among rookies with five goals this season, one behind Rangers forward Oscar Lindberg . . . Four players – Johnny Gaudreau (CGY), Martin Hanzal (ARI), Erik Karlsson (OTT) and P.K. Subban (MTL) – collected their 12th assists of the season to move into a share of the League lead . . . Sharks captain Joe Pavelski saw his five-game goal streak come to an end, but extended his point streak to seven contests (6-2—8) . . . Wild forward Jason Zucker (3-5—8) and Canadiens forward Dale Weise (5-1—6) stretched their career-high point streaks to seven and four games, respectively . . . Bruins defenseman Colin Miller, who was scoreless in his first six NHL outings, extended his point streak to five games (1-5—6) . . . The Kings did not allow a shot on goal in the second period, their first such stanza since April 5, 1978 vs. STL (also second period).

SNEAK PEEK AT FRIDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Detroit @ Toronto, 7:00 p.m., TVAS, FS-D, TSN4
Chicago @ New Jersey, 7:00 p.m., CSN-CH, MSG+
Dallas @ Carolina, 7:00 p.m., FS-SW, FS-CR
NY Rangers @ Colorado, 9:00 p.m., MSG 2, ALT2
Pittsburgh @ Edmonton, 9:00 p.m., SN, ROOT
Columbus @ Anaheim, 10:00 p.m., FS-O, PRIME, FS-SD
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MAPLE LEAFS FACE RED WINGS IN HOCKEY HALL OF FAME GAME
The Hockey Hall of Fame Game pits Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock against his former team, the Red Wings, for the second time – and first time at Air Canada Centre. In Babcock’s homecoming to Detroit on Oct. 9, the Red Wings defeated the Maple Leafs, 4-0, behind 22 saves from Jimmy Howard and a hat trick by Justin Abdelkader. These teams won’t meet again until the last month of the season, March 13 at DET and April 2 at TOR.

The Hockey Hall of Fame Game marks the first event of a weekend-long celebration in advance of Monday’s Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. This year’s inductees include: Sergei Fedorov, Phil Housley, Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Pronger and Angela Ruggiero (Player category); Bill Hay and Peter Karmanos Jr. (Builder category); andBob McKenzie and Nick Nickson (Media honorees).

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