Saturday hockey: Harbaugh, football players sing fight song at UM hockey game
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh sat out Saturday afternoon's 24-15 victory against Penn State, but was in attendance and sang the fight song with his football team Saturday night during UM's 3-2 shootout hockey victory over Minnesota at Yost Arena.
Harbaugh was suspended by the Big Ten Friday for the remainder of the regular season amid an ongoing NCAA investigation into allegations that Michigan deployed illegal in-game scouting to steal opponents’ signs.
Seamus Casey scored the shootout-winning goal, Frank Nazar and Nick Moldenhauer had goals in regulation and Jake Carczewski stopped 37 shots for the No. 8-ranked Wolverines (5-5-1), who will face Penn State on Friday and Saturday in Ann Arbor.
Michigan State 5, Penn State 3
No. 11 Michigan State improved to 8-3-1 with a 5-3 victory against Penn State on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing.
Gavin O'Connell had two goals, Artyom Levshunov and Tanner Kelly had a goal and an assist and Trey Augustine made 34 saves for the Spartans, who will play at home against Wisconsin on Friday and Saturday.
Toronto 4, Grand Rapids 0
The Grand Rapids Griffins were shut out for the second time in five games in a 4-0 loss against the Toronto Marlies on Saturday at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
Elmer Soderblom, Jonatan Berggren and Marco Kasper were minus-2 for the Griffins, who are 3-5-1 and in fifth place in the Central Division.
Canada White 2, United States 1
Team USA finished in second place after a 2-1 loss against Canada White at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge on Saturday in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
Charlie Trethewey scored the only goal and Patrick Quinlan made 25 saves for the U.S.
U.S. 6, Switzerland 1
Goalie Nick Kempf made 22 saves for the United States National Team Under-18 team in a 6-1 victory against Switzerland at the world U18 championship in Hameenlinna, Finland.
Livonia's Lucas Van Vliet scored a goal and top NHL prospect Cole Eiserman had his first goal in three games for the U.S.
Saturday's NHL games
Carolina 4, (at) Tampa Bay 0: Sebastian Aho and Brent Burns each had a goal and an assist and Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 23 shots for his fifth career shutout.
Teuvo Teravainen and Stefan Noesen also scored as Carolina won for the sixth time in eight games.
Jonas Johansson, who shut out the Hurricanes in their first meeting, made 28 saves for the Lightning.
Tampa Bay played without forward Nikita Kucherov, who entered the game second in the NHL with 23 points, because of illness.
(At) Montreal 3, Boston 2 (OT): Kaiden Guhle scored 2:13 into overtime to lift Montreal past Boston.
Nick Suzuki and Brendan Gallagher also had goals for Montreal, which beat Boston for the first time since the 2019-2020 season. Sam Montembeault had 26 saves.
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist, Pavel Zacha also scored and Charlie McAvoy had two assists for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman had 24 saves.
St. Louis 8, (at) Colorado 2: Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored three goals and St. Louis cruised past Colorado.
Alexey Toropchenko and Torey Krug also scored for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington stopped 36 shots as St. Louis evened a loss to Colorado earlier this month.
Schenn got his fourth career hat trick – first since 2017 – and Buchnevich got his third.
Mikko Rantanen and Jack Johnson scored for Colorado, which lost its second straight at home after opening the season 4-0 at Ball Arena. Alexandar Georgiev gave up six goals on 28 shots before being pulled early in the third period. Ivan Prosvetov came on and finished with 12 saves.
Washington 4, (at) N.Y. Islanders 1: Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Hunter Shepard got his second career NHL victory as Washington won for the third time in four games.
Nic Dowd and Aliaksei Protas also scored for the Capitals, and the 28-year-old Shepard finished with 36 saves in his second NHL start.
Alex Romanov scored and Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves as the Islanders lost their fourth straight (0-3-1).
Ovechkin now has 826 goals for second all-time on the NHL goal-scoring list – 68 shy of Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894.
Dallas 3, (at) Winnipeg 2: Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist as Dallas beat Winnipeg.
Thomas Harley and Matt Duchene also scored for the Stars, and Scott Wedgewood made 31 saves.
Cole Perfetti and Brenden Dillon had goals Winnipeg, which snapped a three-game winning streak. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26 shots.
(At) Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 0: Erik Karlsson had two goals, Evgeni Malkin also scored and Tristan Jarry stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the season to lead Pittsburgh.
Both of Karlsson’s goals came in the third period – on the power play early and a late empty netter – to extend a five-game point streak. Malkin scored his eighth goal of the season and added an assist. Drew O’Connor scored his first and Sidney Crosby extended an eight-game point streak for the Penguins, who have won four straight.
Jarry, returning from an injury, got his 16th career shutout.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 36 shots for Buffalo, which lost for the third time in five games.
Philadelphia 4, (at) L.A. Kings 2: Morgan Frost scored twice, Cal Petersen made 35 saves and Philadelphia beat Los Angeles.
Owen Tippett and Cam Atkinson each had a goal, Sean Walker had two assists, and the Flyers completed a successful two-game swing through Southern California one night after beating Anaheim.
Carl Grundstrom and Adrian Kempe each scored, Cam Talbot allowed four goals on 26 shots, and the Kings lost in regulation for the first time in nine games.
(At) Ottawa 4, Calgary 1: Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist as Ottawa beat Calgary to snap a five-game home losing streak.
Mathieu Joseph, Rourke Chartier and Travis Hamonic also scored, and Tim Stützle had two assists for the Senators. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 24 shots.
Blake Coleman scored for Calgary, and Dustin Wolf had 34 saves in his season debut.
(At) Toronto 5, Vancouver 2: Noah Gregor had a goal and an assist, William Nylander scored to extend his franchise-record season-opening point streak to 15 games and Toronto beat Vancouver.
Matthew Knies, Nick Robertson and David Kampf also scored for the Maple Leafs, and Tyler Bertuzzi, Max Domi and Bobby McMann each added two assists. Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves.
J.T. Miller and Pius Suter had goals for Vancouver, which snapped a five-game winning streak and fell to 8-1-1 in its last 10 games. Thatcher Demko stopped 17 shots.
Arizona 7, (at) Nashville 5: Michael Carcone scored twice to rally Arizona past Nashville.
Clayton Keller had a goal and two assists. Sean Durzi had a goal and an assist, and Troy Stecher, Alex Kerfoot and Nick Bjugstad also scored for Arizona. Logan Cooley had three assists, J.J. Moser had two and Connor Ingram made 36 saves.
Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist, and Dante Fabbro had a goal and assist, and Kiefer Sherwood and Ryan O'Reilly also scored for Nashville, which has lost three in a row and five of six. Tommy Novak and Gustav Nyquist each had two assists, and Juuse Saros made 19 saves.
Edmonton 4, (at) Seattle 1: Zach Hyman (Michigan) scored three goals in the first period and Edmonton snapped a four-game losing streak.
Dylan Holloway also scored a first-period goal for the Oilers, and Stuart Skinner had 17 saves. Hyman had his first multigoal game of the season and the second career hat trick.
It was the 10th time in Oilers franchise history that a player scored three goals in an opening period. Hyman became the second Oilers player with a natural hat trick in the first period, joining Wayne Gretzky who did it on Dec. 17, 1986.
Jaden Schwartz scored a power-play goal for the Kraken at 2:24 of the third period. Schwartz has scored in four straight games and extended his career-best point streak to nine games.
Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer was pulled after allowing four goals on 17 shots in the first period. Joey Daccord came on for the final two periods and had nine saves.
Local hockey this week
Saturday's games
▶ Red Wings 5, Columbus 4
▶ Toronto 4, Grand Rapids 0
▶ Michigan 3, Minnesota 2 (SO)
▶ Michigan State 5, Penn State 3
▶ St. Cloud State 3, Western Michigan 0
▶ Bermidji State 6, Michigan Tech 4
▶ Northern Michigan 4, Lake Superior State 3 (OT)
▶ Minnesota State 3, Ferris State 2 (OT)
Monday game
Canada White 3, United States 2 (SO) in World U17 Challenge
Tuesday games
▶ N.Y. Rangers 5, Red Wings 3
▶ Canada Red 4, United States 3 (OT)
Thursday game
▶ Montreal 3, Red Wings 2 (OT)
Friday's games
▶ Toronto 7, Grand Rapids 3
▶ Minnesota 4, Michigan 3
▶ Penn State 4, Michigan State 3 (SO)
▶ St. Cloud State 3, Western Michigan 2
▶ Michigan Tech 4, Bermidji State 2
▶ Northern Michigan 6, Lake Superior State 4
▶ Minnesota State 6, Ferris State 2