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Around the NHL

Saturday’s other games

Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2

COLUMBUS

Mikkel Boedker and Joel Ward scored for an early lead and Patrick Marleau had a power-play goal for San Jose. Martin Jones made 26 saves for San Jose, which beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in its season opener Wednesday. Zach Werenski and Josh Anderson each got his first goal for Columbus, which has lost its first two games this season. Boedker scored 9:22 into the first period when a dump-in play by Logan Couture led to a tricky rebound off goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. The puck was deflected to Boedker, who buried it over Bobrovsky’s left shoulder.

Blues 3, Rangers 2

ST. LOUIS

Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist, Carter Hutton stopped 33 shots for St. Louis. Tarasenko has three goals in three games for the undefeated Blues after netting 40 last season. St. Louis has begun the season with three straight wins for the fourth time. St. Louis also started 3-0-0 in 1969-70, 1993-94 and 2013-14. Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers. Paul Statsny and Alex Pietrangelo also had goals for St. Louis.

Senators 4, Canadiens 3, SO

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Erik Karlsson scored the winner in the shootout to lift Ottawa. Tom Pyatt, Ryan Dzingel and Zack Smith scored in regulation for the Senators, who have won two straight to open the season. Craig Anderson made 21 saves. Jeff Petry scored twice and Artturi Lehkonen got his first NHL goal for the Canadiens. Al Montoya stopped 35 shots.

Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 1

TORONTO

Rookies Mitch Marner and Connor Brown scored, helping Toronto roll over Boston. James van Riemsdyk and Milan Michalek also scored for the Maple Leafs, while Frederik Andersen made 24 saves for his first win with Toronto. Anton Khudobin allowed four goals on 20 shots for Boston. David Pastrnak scored his third goal in two games this season.

Wild 4, Jets 3

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Eric Staal and Chris Stewart each got their first goal with Minnesota since being acquired in the offseason, helping the Wild overcome a two-goal deficit. Stewart scored to start the comeback and assisted on Matt Dumba’s power-play goal that tied it, then Staal made it 3-2 as the Wild erased the 2-0 deficit with a three-goal second period. Devan Dubnyk made 14 saves for Minnesota, which is now 14-0-2 in its home openers at the Xcel Energy Center. Jonas Brodin added a goal for the Wild. Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler and Mark Schiefele scored for Winnipeg. Michael Hutchinson stopped 27 shots for the Jets.

Panthers 4, Red Wings 1

SUNRISE, FLA.

Colton Sceviour scored his first goal for Florida and Aleksander Barkov added his second goal of the season. Sceviour signed with the Panthers as a free agent in July. Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Marchessault also scored goals for Florida and Marchessault recorded two assists. Jaromir Jagr also had an assist.

Barkov’s goal made it 3-1 with 2:22 left and Marchessault added an empty-netter about a minute later. The Panthers won their second straight and the Red Wings fall to 0-2. Darren Helm scored for Detroit while Petr Mrazek stopped 34 shots for the Red Wings. Roberto Luongo had 21 saves for the Panthers.

Lightning 3, Devils 2

TAMPA, FLA.

Valtteri Filppula scored the go-ahead goal on a nifty redirection early in the third period. Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning, who have opened the season with two comeback wins after trailing by two early on in both games. The Devils got goals from Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac. New Jersey lost its season opener 2-1 in overtime Thursday night at Florida. Filppula was positioned in the slot and had his thigh-high deflection of Jason Garrison’s shot elude Cory Schneider at 5:43. Rookie Brayden Point also assisted on the goal to get his first NHL point.

Capitals 2, Islanders 1

WASHINGTON

Fourth-line grinder Daniel Winnik scored two goals and Vezina Trophy winner Braden Holtby made 21 saves for Washington. Winnik’s fifth career multi-goal game helped the defending Presidents’ Trophy winners bounce back from a season-opening loss at Pittsburgh and earn their first victory. Two of those have come with the Capitals, a good sign as they hope to get more depth scoring. Ryan Strome scored a power-play goal for the Islanders, who have no points through two games after losing to the New York Rangers on Thursday. Backup goaltender Thomas Greiss stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced in his first start.

Associated Press