PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek scored to help the Philadelphia Flyers win their first game of the season, 2-1 over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
The Flyers not only avoided their first 0-4 start in team history, they beat the Rangers for the first time in two seasons. The Rangers defeated the Flyers all six games last season.
Taylor Pyatt scored his third of the season for New York.
Both teams are last in the Atlantic Division at 1-3.
The Rangers lost one night after earning their first win of the season, a 4-3 overtime victory at home against Boston.
BLACKHAWKS 3, STARS 2, OT
DALLAS (AP) - Marian Hossa scored his NHL-leading fifth goal on a power play 1:41 into overtime to give Chicago a comeback victory over Dallas.
With Stars captain Brenden Morrow in the penalty box for interference, Hossa fired a one-timer from the slot past goalie Kari Lehtonen after receiving a nifty, behind-the-back pass from Patrick Kane.
Patrick Sharp had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who improved to 4-0 and matched the franchise's best start set during the 1972-73 season. Corey Crawford made 21 saves and stopped Ryan Garbutt on a penalty shot.
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews tied it at 2 with 5:53 left in regulation. All of Chicago's goals came on the power play.
Ray Whitney and Loui Eriksson scored for the Stars. Lehtonen made 38 saves.
OILERS 2, KINGS 1, OT
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Sam Gagner scored a power-play goal 3:01 into overtime and Edmonton rallied past Los Angeles to leave the defending Stanley Cup champions winless in three games this season.
Nail Yakupov tied it for the Oilers with 4.7 seconds left in the third period. His exuberant celebration took him to center ice, where he dropped to his knees and slid into Edmonton's defensive zone.
Gagner then snuck in from the point to score the game-winner after the Kings were caught with too many men on the ice. Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves for the win.
Jeff Carter scored for Los Angeles (0-2-1), winless after three games for the first time since the 1985-86 season.
CANADIENS 4, CAPITALS 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Andrei Markov's resurgence continued with a goal and an assist, and Montreal cruised past Washington, which is 0-3 for the first time in nearly two decades.
Finally healthy after twice tearing the ACL in his right knee, Markov was part of a second-period spree in which the Canadiens scored in all sorts of ways against a Capitals team that is out of sorts.
Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta and Josh Gorges scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price made 30 saves.
The Capitals have been outscored 14-6 through three games, with seven of the opponents' goals coming on power plays.
Joey Crabb's goal with 2:23 to play was the lone goal for the Capitals, and two-time NHL MVP Alex Ovechkin remains without a goal on the season.
HURRICANES 6, SABRES 3
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Eric Staal scored three goals, Jeff Skinner added two and Carolina earned its first victory of the season by handing Buffalo its first loss.
Skinner and Staal scored 9 seconds apart during Carolina's four-goal second period that also included a short-handed score by Justin Faulk.
Jordan Staal, Joni Pitkanen and Zac Dalpe each had two assists, and Cam Ward made 30 saves for the Hurricanes, who were one of five winless teams and had two total goals in their first two games.
Jason Pominville's second goal made it 4-3 with 13:54 left. Eric Staal restored Carolina's two-goal lead by firing the puck past Jhonas Enroth at 10:34.
He then polished off his 13th career hat trick with an empty-netter with 1:28 left.
Cody Hodgson also scored and Thomas Vanek had two assists for the Sabres.
ISLANDERS 7, MAPLE LEAFS 4
TORONTO (AP) - Matt Moulson and Michael Grabner scored two goals each, and the New York Islanders rallied for a win over Toronto.
Moulson had one of four third-period goals for the Islanders (2-1), who overcame a 3-1 first-period deficit. Grabner had two goals, and Keith Aucoin also scored in the third for New York.
Toronto (2-2) fell to 0-2 at home after a solid 5-2 win in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. Frustrated fans chanted "Let's go Blue Jays" with 2:40 remaining.
The Islanders, playing for the first time since beating Tampa Bay 4-3 at home on Monday, opened a five-game, eight-day trip.
Matt Frattin scored at 17:47 to bring the Maple Leafs within 6-4. Frattin also had two assists just hours after he was recalled from the AHL's Toronto Marlies.
Mark Streit and Brad Boyes also scored for the Islanders.
Carl Gunnarsson, Nazem Kadri and Mikhail Grabovski had goals for Toronto.
SENATORS 3, PANTHERS 1
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Erik Karlsson scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period and Ottawa won its third straight game to start the season, beating Florida.
Chris Phillips also scored for Ottawa, and Craig Anderson made 25 saves. Jason Spezza added an empty-net goal with 1:16 remaining.
Tomas Fleischmann scored and Jose Theodore stopped 34 shots for Florida. The defending Southeast Division champions fell to 1-3.
Ottawa has won 11 of the last 12 meetings between the teams.
Theodore stopped Guillaume Latendresse on a penalty shot with 9:11 left in the third period. Brian Campbell was called for hooking Latendresse as the Senators player skated in on goal.
BLUES 3, PREDATORS 0
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Patrik Berglund scored on a penalty shot and goalie Jaroslav Halak bounced back from a poor game to lead St. Louis over Nashville.
The Blues have won three of four this season, including a 4-3 shootout win at Nashville on Monday. Halak has two shutouts this season and 24 in his NHL career.
Vladimir Tarasenko and T.J. Oshie also scored for St. Louis, which has at least one point in 11 of 13 meetings with its Central Division rival.
The Predators lost for the first time in regulation this season. They began the campaign with shootout losses to Columbus and St. Louis.
Halak, who made 13 saves, was pulled three days earlier after allowing three goals on 11 shots in Nashville.
AVALANCHE 4, BLUE JACKETS 0
DENVER (AP) - Matt Duchene scored two goals and set up another, Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves and Colorado blanked Columbus.
Varlamov preserved his ninth career shutout and first of the season when he used his chest to block a shot from in close by Ryan Johansen early in the third period. Varlamov also got an assist from the Avalanche's penalty-killing unit, which shut down all six power plays by the Blue Jackets.
Since allowing two power-play goals in a season-opening loss at Minnesota last Saturday, the Avalanche have killed 16 consecutive power-play opportunities by the opposition.
John Mitchell and P.A. Parenteau also beat Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
SHARKS 5, COYOTES 3
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Patrick Marleau scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:53 remaining for his third straight two-goal game, helping the San Jose Sharks rally from a two-goal deficit to beat Phoenix in their home opener.
Logan Couture and Marty Havlat also scored and Joe Thornton had three assists and an empty-net goal for the Sharks, who have opened the season with three straight wins for the first time since 2008-09. Antti Niemi made 32 saves.
Steve Sullivan, Antoine Vermette and Lauri Korpikoski scored for the Coyotes, unable to hold a 3-1 lead in the third period on the back end of a back-to-back.
Marleau started San Jose's comeback with a goal midway through the third and then beat Jason LaBarbera for the game-winner. Thornton started the play with a sharp up-ice pass to Joe Pavelski, who fed Marleau for the wrist shot.