NHL roundup: Sabres top Flames behind Alex Tuch's hat trick

Alex Tuch produced his first career hat trick to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres earn a 6-3 win against the Calgary Flames on Thursday.

Dylan Cozens and Casey Mittelstadt each added a goal and an assist while Rasmus Dahlin also scored for the Sabres. Buffalo's Vinnie Hinostroza had three assists, and Owen Power and Jacob Bryson had two assists apiece. Eric Comrie made 40 saves for the victory.

Andrew Mangiapane, Trevor Lewis and Nikita Zadorov scored for Calgary. Jacob Markstrom allowed three goals on 12 shots before being replaced by Dan Vladar after the first period. Vladar made 17 saves in relief.

Tuch extended his goal streak to three games 46 seconds into the second period. Dahlin has scored in each of the Sabres' first four games, the longest season-opening goal streak by a blue-liner in NHL history.

Oilers 6, Hurricanes 4

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid each had a goal and three assists as host Edmonton handed Carolina its first loss of the season, despite Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov's hat trick.

Zach Hyman, Ryan McLeod, Evander Kane and Leon Draisaitl scored the other Edmonton goals. McDavid's goal was an empty-net tally with 10 seconds to play. Hyman and Draisaitl each contributed an assist, and Jack Campbell made 36 saves for the win.

Martin Necas scored Carolina's fourth goal to go with an earlier assist. Sebastian Aho logged three assists for the Hurricanes, and Brent Burns had two. The Hurricanes fell in their fourth game of the campaign. Last season, they won their first nine games.

Penguins 6, Kings 1

Jeff Petry had a goal and two assists as Pittsburgh smacked visiting Los Angeles to improve to 3-0-0 at home.

Jan Rutta, Jake Guentzel, Rickard Rakell, Jeff Carter and Ryan Poehling also scored for the