MacKinnon and Makar left in the second period of the Avalanche’s 4-3 overtime loss in Ottawa on Thursday night.
Ryan Hartman and Danila Yurov each scored two goals, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 6-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
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Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki is out 2-4 weeks with what the team called an upper-body injury, ending his ironman run of 546 regular-season games that was the second-longest active streak in the NHL.
Ron Duguay, whose long, wavy hair made him stick out on the ice during an era when helmets were not mandatory in hockey and who played nearly 1,000 games in the NHL from the late 1970s through the ’80s, has died of cancer.
A regular-season game in October wouldn’t normally attract much attention for the Ottawa Senators. But this one was different.
Ben Kindel had a vasovagal episode, which is marked by a sharp drop in heart rate and blood pressure, according to general manager Kyle Dubas.
Anthony Cirelli scored twice, Nikita Kucherov had three points to tie Tampa Bay’s career scoring record, and the Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2.
Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored twice and had an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat Vancouver 6-3 on Tuesday night to take the NHL points lead and hand the Canucks their eighth straight loss.
Through their first six games, the Los Angeles Kings had scored a league-worst 12 goals. As a result, they were the NHL’s sole winless team entering Tuesday night.
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist in his 700th NHL game, and the Toronto Maple Leafs scored four straight goals in the second period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 for their second road win of the year.
Cole Knuble made his NHL debut with the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night against Colorado. The youngest son of retired forward Mike Knuble grew up rooting for the Flyers, who his dad played five seasons with during separate stints.
Philadelphia (1-6-3) opened with nine consecutive losses, a franchise record.
