NHL SCOREBOARD…
BUFFALO 5 – Montreal 1… Kyle Okposo and Zemgus Girgensons got the Sabres going with first-period goals before Victor Olofsson and Anders Bjork scored 2:01 apart in the second.
OTTAWA 3 – Toronto 2… The Senators scored all three goals in the first period and held off the Maple Leafs. Goalie Anton Forsberg made a career-high 46 saves. Tyler Ennis had a goal and an assist.
FLORIDA 5 – Pittsburgh 4 (OT)… Defenseman Aaron Ekblad scored twice late in the third period to force the extra period and Carter Verhaeghe’s second goal of the game 1:37 into overtime won it for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 43 shots at goal for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists.
Dallas 3 – N.Y. RANGERS 2 (OT)… Miro Heiskanen found the net 1:38 into overtime to send the Stars past the Rangers. Heiskanen also had an assist.
CAROLINA 6 – N.Y. Islanders 3… Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals and assisted on another as the Hurricanes doubled up on the Islanders. Teuvo Teravainen added a goal and an assist.
COLUMBUS 8 – Arizona 2… Oliver Bjorkstrand netted two goals and had two assists to lead the Blue Jackets in their romp over the Coyotes., Max Domi added a goal and two assists. 13 Columbus players earned points. Goalie Elvis Merzlikins stopped 36 shots.
Tampa Bay 7 – DETROIT 6 (OT)… The Lightning outlasted the Red Wings after erasing three three-goal deficits. Ondrej Palat scored the game-winner with 2:17 left in overtime. Ross Colton, Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn scored consecutive goals late in the third period to force the extra period.
Seattle 4 – NASHVILLE 3… The Kraken topped the Predators to record the new franchise’s first victory in its second game. Brandon Tanev scored his second goal into an empty net with 1:21 left. Alex Wennberg and Jared McCann each had a goal and an assist.
LOS ANGELES 6 – Vegas 2… Anze Kopitar scored three goals and set up two others as the Kings skated past the Golden Knights. Drew Doughty had a goal and three assists.