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No. 9-ranked Michigan improved to 4-0 with a 3-1 victory over No. 7 Providence College on Saturday at Schnedier Arena in Providence, Rhode Island.
Josh Eernisse scored two goals, including the game-winner, Malcolm Spence had a shorthanded goal and freshman goalie Jack Ivankovic stopped 24-of-25 shots.
The Wolverines return home to host Robert Morris for a two-game series at Yost Ice Arena on Friday and Saturday. Puck drop for both nights is 7 p.m.
Grand Rapids 3, Texas 2
Grand Rapids center Amadeus Lombardi assisted on all three goals in the Griffins’ 3-2 victory over the Texas Stars on Saturday in Frisco, Texas.
Dominik Shine, John Leonard and Austin Watson scored goals, Justin Holl and Erik Gustafsson had assists and goalie Michael Postava stopped 27-of-29 shots.
Saturday’s NHL
(At) Winnipeg 3, L.A. Kings 2: Mark Scheifele broke a tie with 8:13 left with his second goal of the game, Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Saturday.
Alex Iafallo had a power-play goal for the Jets in the first period to help the Jets rebound from a season-opening home loss to Dallas on Thursday night.
Adrian Kempe and Mikey Anderson scored for Los Angeles, with Darcy Kuemper stopping 24 shots. The Kings played their third game, following an opening home loss to Colorado and a shootout victory at Vegas.
St. Louis 4, (at) Calgay 2: Jake Neighbours scored two goals, Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist and ex-Red Wing Pius Suter also scored for the Blues.
St. Louis went with goalie Joel Hofer over Jordan Binnington in net after the latter allowed five goals on 21 shots in their season opener, a 5-0 loss to Minnesota. Hofer made 27 saves.
Matt Coronato scored twice for Calgary, which had won three straight home openers. Dustin Wolf stopped 24 shots.
(At) Florida 6, Ottawa 2: Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad and Anton Lundell all finished with a goal and an assist, and Florida stayed unbeaten by topping Ottawa.
Mackie Samoskevich (Michigan), Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues also scored for the Panthers, who got two assists from Seth Jones. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots for Florida, which has trailed for a total of 63 seconds in its first three games.
Shane Pinto scored both goals for Ottawa, which is now 0-6-1 in its last seven games at Florida. Linus Ullmark stopped 21 shots for the Senators.
(At) Boston 3, Buffalo 1: Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves, Pavel Zacha, Mark Kastelic and Sean Kuraly scored and Boston beat Buffalo to run their season-opening winning streak to three.
Jason Zucker scored for Buffalo. Ex-Red Wing Alex Lyon made 28 saves in his second straight loss to start the season.
Playing without top-line center Josh Norris (Oxford), who is out indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury during Buffalo’s opener, the Sabres managed just one shot on Swayman during the first period.
Montreal 3, (at) Chicago 2: Kaiden Guhle scored with 15.7 seconds left, and Montreal spoiled Chicago’s home opener with.
Cole Caufield and Zach Bolduc each had a goal and an assist for Montreal in its second straight win. Nick Suzuki had three assists, and Sam Montembeault made 20 saves.
Connor Bedard and Sam Rinzel scored for Chicago, and Spencer Knight made 25 saves. Frank Nazar (Mt. Clemens) and Teuvo Teravainen each had two assists.
N.Y. Rangers 6, (at) Pittsburgh 1: Adam Fox scored twice and added an assist as New York beat the Penguins to give new coach Mike Sullivan a victory in his return to Pittsburgh.
Mika Zibanejad scored a short-handed goal, his 251st goal with the Rangers, surpassing Mark Messier for the eighth-most in franchise history.
Will Cuylle added a power-play goal, and Matt Rempe and Taylor Raddysh also scored for New York, which announced on Saturday that center Vincent Trocheck is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
New Jersey 5, (at) Tampa 3: Connor Brown scored twice, Nico Hischier and Timo Meier each had a goal and two an assist, and New Jersey beat the Tampa Bay for their first win of the season.
Jesper Bratt also scored, and rookie Arseny Gritsyuk and Luke Hughes each had two assists for the Devils. Jacob Markstrom finished with 14 saves.
Darren Raddysh, Yanni Gourde and Ryan McDonagh scored for Tampa Bay, which has started 0-2 for the first time under coach Jon Cooper and the first time since 2008-09. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves.
Washington 4, (at) N.Y. Islanders 2: Aliaksei Protas had two goals and an assist, and Washington beat New York, spoiling the Islanders’ home opener.
Martin Fehervary and Ryan Leonard also scored for Washington. Defenseman Jakob Chychrun had two assists and Alex Ovechkin added one, and goalie Logan Thompson finished with 34 saves.
Matthew Schaefer, the top overall pick in this year’s NHL Draft, got his first career goal for the Islanders, and Anthony Duclair also scored. Ilya Sorokin had 25 saves as New York fell to 0-2.
(At) Carolina 4, Philadelphia 3 (OT): Seth Jarvis scored with 16.7 seconds left in overtime to lift Carolina Hurricanes to a win over Philadelphia.
Logan Stankoven, Taylor Hall and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes. Frederik Andersen made 20 saves.
Bobby Brink had a goal and an assist and Owen Tippett and Travis Sanheim also scored for the Flyers.
Oxford’s Norris to miss ‘significant amount of time’
Boston – Buffalo Sabres top-line center Josh Norris (Oxford/University of Michigan) is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, coach Lindy Ruff announced Saturday.
Ruff said Norris will miss “a significant amount of time” when providing the update before Buffalo’s game at Boston, and two days after the center was injured in a 4-0 season-opening loss to the New York Rangers. Ruff previously said the injury is a new one, but similar to a torn oblique that led to Norris missing the final month of last season.
Norris was hurt with about five minutes left when he fell forward and crumpled to the ice after losing a faceoff to Mika Zibanejad in front of the Sabres bench.
It’s the latest setback for the 26-year-old Norris, who had three operations to correct a shoulder issue dating to his college career at Michigan. And it’s a major blow to the Sabres, who acquired Norris in a trade that sent center Dylan Cozens and defenseman Dennis Gilbert to Ottawa in March.
Norris has topped 20 goals three times, including 35 in 2021-22. But he’s yet to play a full season because of injuries over his five-year career.
October schedules
Thursday
▶ Canadiens 5, Red Wings 1
▶ Ferris State 3, Western Michigan 2
▶ New Hampshire 4, Michigan State 3
▶ University of Wisconsin 6, NTDP U18 0
Friday
▶ Grand Rapids 4, Texas 3
▶ Michigan State 2, New Hampshire 0
▶ Michigan 5, Providence 1
▶ Western Michigan 6, Ferris State 4
▶ Ohio State 5, Northern Michigan 2
▶ NTDP U17 4, Muskegon 3
Saturday
▶ Red Wings 6, Maple Leafs 3
▶ Grand Rapids 3, Texas 2
▶ Michigan 3, Providence 1
▶ Ohio State 3, Northern Michigan 1
Monday, Oct. 13
▶ Red Wings at Maple Leafs, 2*
*Time switched because of ALCS in Toronto
Wednesday, Oct. 15
▶ Panthers at Red Wings, 7
Thursday, Oct. 16
▶ Robert Morris at Michigan, 7
▶ Green Bay at NTDP U17, 7
Friday, Oct. 17
▶ Lightning at Red Wings, 7
▶ Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Michigan State at Boston University, 6:30
▶ Robert Morris at Michigan, 7
▶ Western Michigan at Massuchusetts Lowell, 7:15
▶ Michigan Tech at Alaska, 11 p.m.
▶ Colorado College at Northern Michigan, 7
▶ Lake Superior State at NTDP U18, 7
▶ NTDP U17 at Youngston, 7
Saturday, Oct. 18
▶ Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Michigan State at Boston University, 7
▶ Western Michigan at Massachusetts Lowell, 6
▶ Michigan Tech at Alaska, 11 p.m.
▶ Colorado College at Northern Michigan, 6
▶ Ferris State at NTDP U18, 7
Sunday, Oct. 19
▶ Oilers at Red Wings, 3
Wednesday, Oct. 22
▶ Red Wings at Sabres, 7:30
Thursday, Oct. 23
▶ Red Wings at Islanders, 7
▶ Western Michigan at Michigan, 7
Friday, Oct. 24
▶ Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 7
▶ Michigan State at Northern Michigan, 7
▶ Western Michigan at Michigan, 7
▶ Michigan Tech at Ferris State, 6
▶ NTDP U18 at Niagara University, 6
▶ NTDP U17 at Des Moines, 8
Saturday, Oct. 25
▶ Blues at Red Wings, 7
▶ Michigan State at Northern Michigan, 6
▶ Michigan Tech at Ferris State, 6
▶ NTDP U18 at Cornell, 7
▶ NTDP U17 at Des Moines, 8
Tuesday, Oct. 28
▶ Red Wings at Blues, 8:15
▶ Grand Rapids at Iowa, 8
Thursday, Oct. 30
▶ Red Wings at L.A. Kings, 10:30
▶ Muskegon at NTDP U18, 7
Friday, Oct. 31
▶ Red Wings at Ducks, 10
▶ Michigan at Notre Dame, TBD
▶ Michigan Tech at Clarkson, 7
▶ Northern Michigan at Augustana, 8
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