National Hockey

WASHINGTON — Auston Matthews' scoring has helped carry the Toronto Maple Leafs early this season. The Leafs' defence and depth were the difference Saturday against Washington.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning found their offence , and in a big way. Victor Hedman, Cedric Paquette and Yanni Gourde had first-period goals, and the Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-2 Saturday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In their first year under new coach Rod Brind'Amour, the Carolina Hurricanes are using their youth and speed to wear out opponents. They started by outshooting Minnesota 20-5 in the first period Saturday.

BOSTON — David Pastrnak got to the 100-goal mark and moved right past it. Pastrnak scored three times Saturday, giving him 101 goals for his career, and the Boston Bruins kept Detroit winless with an 8-2 victory over the Red Wings.

NASHVILLE — Austin Watson's girlfriend is taking blame for the incident that led the NHL to suspend the Nashville Predators' forward for 27 games, a punishment reduced to 18 games by an arbitrator on appeal.

OTTAWA — There was a time when Chris Wideman wondered if he would ever score another goal in the NHL. He scored twice Saturday to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

NEW YORK — Cam Talbot had every reason to celebrate as the buzzer sounded and the Edmonton Oilers cemented their first win of the season.

PHILADELPHIA — Marc-Andre Fleury put a stop to Vegas' early sophomore slump.

BROSSARD, Que. — The Montreal Canadiens recalled goaltender Charlie Lindgren on an emergency basis Saturday with regular starter Carey Price out due to flu-like symptoms.

NEW YORK — The NHL is criticizing an arbitrator's decision to reduce the suspension of Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson, who pleaded no contest in July to a domestic assault charge.