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Gord's Notebook: Hellebuyck sits out Winnipeg, Chicago shops Florida's first
The Devils blamed win probability, the Blackhawks put two borrowed first-round picks in play, and Detroit's staring contest with Larkin drifts toward Utah.
nhlIce Breaker: McDavid hits 18 straight, Necas lights up Detroit
A 12-game Saturday: Florida falls in Washington before a 1 p.m. date in Boston, Colorado blanks Detroit and Sorokin stops 45 in a loss.
nhlHot Sauce: Montreal blew 4-0, and Kucherov says it's not about money
Winnipeg scored four in 2:06, Quinn Hughes played half the game, and Podkolzin set a land-speed record for penalty minutes.
nhlIce Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
nhlThe Blackhawks are minus-27, and Blashill picked 'urgency' from the thesaurus
Chicago lost 5-3 in Sunrise, Bedard defended his coach, and the road trip to Tampa and Carolina now reads like a job review.
panthersLars Eller hit 1,200 games on the minimum, and his minutes keep climbing
The first Dane to 1,200 NHL games is playing 17 minutes a night on Florida's third line, up from under 13 in the first week.