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Quick hits: Crosby stays hot, Sabres win, Oilers coach questions hockey gods

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There are a ton of games this Tuesday, so let’s not shortchange anyone. Here are some quick summaries of tonight’s other games. Click here for the Leafs win against the Wild and Vancouver topping Philadelphia. This post will be updated later on with various strays, too.

Buffalo 4, NY Islanders 3 (SO)

Huzzah, the Sabres finally won their first game of the season. A ton of people will decry the fact that they needed to win it via a “skills competition,” but Buffalo probably won’t. Somehow Ryan Miller wasn’t listed as one of the game’s three stars despite stopping 41 out of 44 shots and two of the Islanders’ three shootout attempts. Let’s chalk that up to the universe being geared to make Miller strangely miserable.

Pittsburgh 3, Edmonton 2

Sidney Crosby assisted on all three of the Penguins’ goals on Tuesday, giving him a ridiculous seven points (three goals, four assists) in the past two games. Ales Hemsky and Jordan Eberle were Edmonton’s goal scorers while Jason LaBarbera curiously played back-to-back games.

Dallas Eakins cried out to hockey’s Mount Olympus after the game.

“The hockey gods aren’t lined up with us right now,” Eakins said.

Chicago 3, Carolina 2 (SO)

The Chicago Blackhawks won their first game in Carolina since 1998 (!). New father Patrick Sharp provided an interesting bit of analysis to the Chicago Tribune’s Chris Kuc.

#Blackhawks’ Patrick Sharp on another game-winner after birth of a child: “It looks like we’ve got to have more kids.”

— Chris Kuc (@ChrisKuc) October 16, 2013


Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 1

Jonathan Quick’s up-and-down start to the 2013-14 season continued on Tuesday, as he was pulled after allowing four goals on 17 shots. New Bolts captain Martin St. Louis had two goals and an assist while Ben Bishop made 31 out of 32 saves.

Nashville 4, Florida 3

The Predators won and Shea Weber might finally be awake (two points on Tuesday after collecting one in his first five contests). Still, it’s not the best sign when Mike Fisher just pulled ahead in your team’s goal-scoring category with his second tally.

Detroit 2, Columbus 1

The two relocated division “rivals” produced the usual Red Wings win. Daniel Alfredsson finally got a goal for the Red Wings tonight.

Ottawa 4, Phoenix 3 (OT)

The Phoenix Coyotes took a 2-0 lead very early in the game, but Jason Spezza made his presence/former absence felt by scoring three unanswered goals. Mike Ribeiro finally found the net for his first Coyotes goal, but the Senators won it in OT on Cory Conacher’s wrister.

Montreal 3, Winnipeg 0

All kinds of good things for the Canadiens: Carey Price got a shutout (36 saves), P.K. Subban continues to have a great/probably going to be really expensive year and even slow-starter Danny Briere scored tonight. As the Winnipeg Free Sun’s Ken Wiebe points out, Evander Kane’s Tuesday wasn’t so hot.

#NHLJets LW Evander Kane makes it a hat trick of penalties, that is, taking a hooking minor in offensive zone 24 seconds into 3rd. #Habs PP

— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) October 16, 2013

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