PITTSBURGH (AP) — NHL MVP Sidney Crosby scored twice and added an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.

Pascal Dupuis added a goal and three assists in his return from knee surgery for the Penguins, who rolled to victory in new coach Mike Johnston’s debut. Patrick Hornqvist, Blake Comeau and Brandon Sutter also scored for Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves.

Corey Perry had a hat trick for the Ducks, who collapsed after erasing an early three-goal deficit. Ryan Kesler added a goal in his debut with Anaheim. John Gibson struggled while making his first start in his hometown, stopping 33 of 39 shots.

Rangers 3, Blues 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Nash had two goals and an assist, including the tiebreaking score late in the third period, and New York beat St. Louis in the first game of the season for both teams.

Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist for the Eastern Conference champions, and Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves.

Jaden Schwartz led the Blues with a goal and an assist. Paul Stastny also scored, and Brian Elliott stopped 22 shots.

B-Hawks 3, Stars 2

DALLAS (AP) — Patrick Sharp scored the tying goal in the third period, and Patrick Kane had the only goal in the shootout to lift Chicago over Dallas.

The Stars had turned away several good scoring chances for the high-scoring duo of Kane and Jonathan Toews before Sharp, who had 10 points in five games against Dallas last season, beat Kari Lehtonen 11:10 into the third.

Wild 5, Avalanche 0

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zach Parise scored one of Minnesota’s four goals in the second period and assisted on two others, helping the Wild overwhelm Semyon Varlamov and Colorado in the season opener.

Jason Pominville scored in the first period on one of Mikael Granlund’s two assists and helped set up a goal by Jared Spurgeon in the second. Nino Niederreiter and Ryan Suter scored, too.

Varlamov, who gave up five goals on 38 shots, was replaced by Reto Berra for the third period.

Devils 6, Flyers 4

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dainus Zubrus scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Michael Cammalleri had two goals to lead New Jersey over Philadelphia.

Michael Ryder, Adam Henrique and Patrick Elias also scored for the Devils.

Claude Giroux had a goal and Wayne Simmonds scored twice to help the Flyers rally from a three-goal deficit.

Predators 3, Senators 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Craig Smith, Shea Weber and Eric Nystrom all scored in the third period, and Nashville beat Ottawa to give coach Peter Laviolette a win in his Predators debut.

Smith tied it at 1 with his goal 1:36 into the third. Weber, a three-time Norris Trophy finalist, skated around the net before flipping a backhander over a diving Craig Anderson for the lead. Nystrom scored at 10:20.

B-Jackets 3, Sabres 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Cam Atkinson scored the tiebreaking goal on a thirdperiod power play, and Columbus beat Buffalo in the season opener for both teams.

Habs 2, Capitals 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tomas Plekanec scored his third goal of the young season, and Montreal recovered from a slow start for a 2-1 shootout win over Washington and new coach Barry Trotz.

Brendan Gallagher scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of the shootout, which did not feature Capitals star and three-time NHL MVP Alex Ovechkin until the fourth round.

Lightning 3, Panthers 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Victor Hedman scored a powerplay goal 1:11 into overtime and Tampa Bay beat Florida in their season opener.

Hedman took a pass from goalie Ben Bishop at the offensive blue line, skated in and beat Roberto Luongo from the left circle.

Jets 6, Coyotes 2

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Blake Wheeler scored twice in 15 seconds, Bryan Little also had two goals and Winnipeg spoiled the season opener at home for the newly named Arizona Coyotes.

Wheeler keyed a four-goal first period for the Jets, who were in control almost from the start as Arizona goalie Mike Smith struggled early.

Flames 5, Oilers 2

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Mason Raymond scored three goals for his third career hat trick and Calgary ruined the season opener for its provincial rival by beating Edmonton.

Jiri Hudler and T.J. Brodie also scored for the Flames, who lost at home to Vancouver in their first game Wednesday night.