It was only the second time in NHL history that two teams with records of at least 5-0 had faced off. The other occurred Oct. 23, 1986, when the 7-0 Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the 5-0 Flyers in Philadelphia.
Marcus Johansson , Joel Ward and Nicklas Backstrom also scored for Washington, which is a team-best 7-0. Alex Ovechkin and Matt Hendricks had two assists each.
Niklas Kronwall had the lone goal for Detroit, which was trying to open 6-0 for the first time since the 1972-73 season. Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom had an assist as he played in his 1,500th career game. He is the 14th NHL player to reach that milestone.
In Boston, Joe Thornton returned to Boston in his 1,001st NHL game for a video tribute and an early assist as San Jose beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins.
Benn Ferriero broke a third-period tie with 11:12 left, and Anti Niemi stopped 37 shots for the Sharks, who have won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Milan Lucic scored for Boston, then assisted on Tyler Seguin’s game-tying goal just 29 seconds later as the Bruins rallied to tie it in the third period. But Ferriero, a Boston native who played at Boston College and in the minors in nearby Worcester, slammed in a rebound for the game-winner.
In Pittsburgh, Jordan Staal scored twice to give him 100 NHL goals, James Neal added his league-leading eighth of the season, and Pittsburgh won its third consecutive game by topping New Jersey.
Staal scored for the fourth and fifth times this season to give him 100 goals less than six weeks after his 23rd birthday. His second of the game came 70 seconds after Pittsburgh’s Chris Kunitz broke a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal early in the third period.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves for the Penguins, who were again without Evgeni Malkin (knee) but welcomed back Kris Letang .
In Philadelphia, Kent Huskins and T.J Oshie scored early goals and Brian Elliott was strong in net to lead St. Louis over Philadelphia.
The Blues won their second game in two nights, after beating Carolina in overtime at home on Friday. They didn’t arrive in their Philadelphia hotel until after 3 a.m. and skipped the morning skate.
Carlo Colaiacovo scored his first of the season in the second period and Matt D’Agostini pushed the lead to 4-2 in the third for the Blues, who hardly looked fatigued after OT and a long night of travel. They pounced on the Flyers, and Huskins scored only 1:48 into the game.
In Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick became the first Los Angeles goalie to record three consecutive shutouts and defenseman Jack Johnson scored with 4:58 left in a victory over Dallas.
Quick, who had three shutouts last December, joined Felix Potvin as the only Kings goalies with three shutouts in two months.
Coming off victories against St. Louis and Phoenix, Quick made 28 saves to help extend the Kings’ winning streak to four and end Dallas’ at five. The closest the Stars came to scoring was when Michael Ryder hit the crossbar with a wrist shot over Quick’s left shoulder with 15:03 remaining.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 19 shots in his 44th NHL shutout, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as Edmonton beat the road-weary New York Rangers.
Corey Potter also scored for the Oilers, who snapped a two-game skid and improved to 3-2-2 after late collapses cost them the two previous games.
The Rangers (2-2-2) lost for the first time on their four-game swing to Western Canada. New York is playing its first seven games of the season on the road.
In Chicago, Joakim Lindstrom scored the only goal in the shootout and Colorado won its sixth straight road game by beating Chicago.
Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves through overtime, then stopped Viktor Stalberg , Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane in the shootout to help Colorado (6-2) extend its record streak of road wins from the start of a season.
Avalanche rookie Gabriel Landeskog’s second goal of the game with 1:48 left in the third period tied it at 4 and forced overtime. Paul Stastny and David Jones also scored in regulation for the Avalanche, who couldn’t hold a two-goal lead after two periods.
