LOS ANGELES - Rickard Rakell had a goal and two assists in his season debut, and John Gibson stopped 30 shots to earn his seventh career shutout in the Anaheim Ducks' 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.

Antoine Vermette and Ryan Kesler scored power-play goals 31 seconds apart in the second period before Joseph Cramarossa scored his first NHL goal for the Ducks, who emphatically won the first Freeway Faceoff rivalry game of the season.

Vermette and Kesler scored two points apiece, and Corey Perry added two assists. The Ducks have earned points in five of six after an 0-3-1 start to the season.

The Kings have been shut out in three straight games for the first time since 1968-69, their second NHL season.

Los Angeles is on its second three-game skid of the season, with a four-game winning streak sandwiched between them.

Peter Budaj made 12 saves in his seventh straight start for Los Angeles before Jack Campbell replaced him in the third period.

The Kings and Ducks have been Stanley Cup contenders for the past half-decade in a golden age of Southern California hockey. Both veteran-laden clubs showed signs of age during slow starts to this season, but the Ducks appear to be hitting their stride.

Anaheim went ahead late in the first period when Kesler won a faceoff to Rakell, who alertly shot the puck through the legs of two Kings. The Swede missed training camp and the first nine regular-season games while holding out for a new contract and recovering from surgery related to appendicitis. He agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal on Oct. 14.

The Ducks added two more shortly after Jake Muzzin took a double minor for high-sticking. Vermette got his first goal for his new team on a setup from Rakell, and Kesler tipped home a pass from captain Ryan Getzlaf.

Cramarossa scored on a wraparound that deflected off two Kings midway through the period. The 24-year-old former third-round pick got his first goal in his fifth NHL game.

Campbell made five saves in his second career NHL appearance. He was the No. 11 pick in the 2010 draft by Dallas.

The rivals had a prolonged brawl midway through the third after Getzlaf held the stick of Jordan Nolan, who responded with a punch. Three players from each team got major penalties for fighting.

NOTES: Rakell's three points were more than he scored in his first 10 games last season (2). ... Kings D Drew Doughty doesn't turn 27 until next month, but the Norris Trophy winner pulled even with Mark Hardy for the 10th-most games played in Los Angeles franchise history with his 616th appearance. ... Anaheim LW Nick Ritchie went to the dressing room in the second period after a big hit from Los Angeles D Tom Gilbert. Ritchie spent the third being evaluated for an undisclosed injury.

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Auston Matthews took Round 1.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' star rookie was held pointless in his fourth straight game Tuesday, a 3-2 overtime win against the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid, but his team got two points, and that's all that matters. It helped that McDavid didn't record a point, either.

Matthews played a season-high - and now a career-high - 19:28, and had numerous chances to score, finishing with six shots. And while he's officially slumping for the first time in his young NHL career, he's feeling good about what he's doing with his linemates.

"I think as a line this was one of our best games of the year," Matthews said, according to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun. "We were definitely in possession of the puck a lot, creating a lot of opportunities. They just didn't go in, but I think it's really positive here heading into our next game."

The advanced statistics back up Matthews' claim. He finished with a team-high 58.97 Corsi For rating, according to Corsica Hockey, while his linemates Zach Hyman (56.41) and William Nylander (55.26) ranked second and fourth on the team, on a night Toronto was badly outpossessed (56.9 to 43.1) and outshot (46-31).

Matthews and the Maple Leafs are in Buffalo on Thursday to face the Sabres.

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Tyler Motte is showing glimpses of The Russian Rocket.

The Chicago Blackhawks forward scored a highlight-reel goal Tuesday night, fighting off Calgary Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie, before kicking the puck to his stick for a fantastic finish.

Motte didn't have quite the same finesse that Pavel Bure showed when he pulled off a similar move in 1996, but it was still pretty nonetheless.

Nice move kid.

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The result wasn't what Connor McDavid wanted, and he remains scoreless after his first game in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre, but he relished the experience, regardless.

"I grew up watching games in this building, so it was cool to play here," McDavid said after the Edmonton Oilers fell 3-2 to the Maple Leafs in overtime.

No. 97 played a lot, 22:46, and was often double-shifted, but he and his teammates couldn't crack Frederik Andersen, who had his best game in blue and white.

McDavid was beaten by Nazem Kadri in the extra frame, and thought Kadri got away with a hold before he beat Cam Talbot for the winner.

Related: Watch: Kadri fights off McDavid to score OT winner for Maple Leafs

"I have an opinion on it," McDavid said of the play, according to The Canadian Press' Jonas Siegel. "I don't really want to share it too much. The ref saw what he saw. Kadri made a good play."

Kadri was all over McDavid all night.

"He's a good player," McDavid added, according to TSN's Tony Ambrogio. "He played me hard. Good for him."

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock thought all of McDavid's ice time caught up to him, especially after playing over eight minutes in the first period.

The rematch between the two clubs is later this month, Nov. 29, in Edmonton.

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NEW YORK - Nikita Kucherov had two goals and two assists, Ben Bishop made 26 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 6-1 Tuesday night.

Steven Stamkos, Brian Boyle, J.T. Brown, and Valtteri Filppula also scored, and Victor Hedman and Slater Koekkoek each had two assists to help the Lightning snap a three-game skid and finish a 3-3-0 road trip.

Dennis Seidenberg scored for the Islanders, giving them goals by defensemen in six straight games. Thomas Greiss started in goal and gave up three goals on 11 shots in the first 13:34. He was replaced by Jaroslav Halak, who finished with 22 saves on 25 shots the rest of the way.

It was the teams' first meeting since the Lightning beat the Islanders in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals last spring.

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Kyle Turris' wrist shot is a thing to behold.

Turris showed it off with less than two minutes remaining in overtime, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

It was his fifth goal and seventh point in nine games.

The goal was eerily reminiscent of his overtime winner in Game 4 of the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinal against the New York Rangers.

Craig Anderson stopped 32-of-33 shots Tuesday, earning his second win since Senators general manager Pierre Dorion revealed that Anderson's wife, Nicholle, was diagnosed with cancer.

(VIdeo courtesy: NHL.com)

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Nazem Kadri was apparently sick and tired of hearing about Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews.

On the night Toronto Maple Leafs super rookie Matthews and Edmonton Oilers phenom McDavid played each other for the first time, Kadri stole the show. He helped keep No. 97 off the scoresheet and scored twice, including the game-winner on an impressive solo effort.

McDavid was buzzing all night, and played a game-high 22:46 among all forwards. Kadri was all over him from puck drop in the first period, employed in a shut-down role by head coach Mike Babcock.

Matthews played 19:48 and had a few high-quality scoring chances, but was turned away each time by Cam Talbot.

Frederik Andersen had his best game as a Maple Leaf, stopping 44 of 46 shots - a noteable 18 in the first period and 12 in the third - to earn the win.

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NEW YORK - Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 35 saves for his 60th career shutout to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Jimmy Vesey had a goal and two assists, and Dan Girardi, Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes also scored for New York, which has won seven of its first 10 games.

Jake Allen started in goal for St. Louis and allowed four goals on 19 shots until he was replaced by Carter Hutton after Zuccarello made it 4-0 with 7:05 remaining in the second. Hutton stopped eight of the nine shots he faced.

Giradi opened the scoring 9:37 in with a 4-on-4 goal at 9;37 as his shot ricocheted off the skate of the Blues' Valdimir Tarasenko and bounced off the ice and past Allen's glove side. Vesey doubled the lead 1:34 later on the power play with his sixth of the season.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets were able to steal two points from the Dallas Stars they might not have deserved Tuesday night.

The club rallied late thanks to a goal with just 15 seconds remaining in regulation by Sam Gagner followed by a point-shot wrister by defenseman Seth Jones to cap off the overtime win.

The Stars outshot the Blue Jackets 38-28 through regulation and with the loss failed to pick up their fourth win of the season.

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Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin left Tuesday night's game with an injury after colliding with New York Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan.

The Lightning didn't reveal the nature or extent of the injury, but it's clear De Haan's elbow caught Drouin's head.

De Haan received two major penalties on the play - one for interference and one for fighting. He may be hearing from the NHL's Department of Player Safety.

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