PHILADELPHIA — Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored in the shootout, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the winless Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday night.
Parenteau was the fourth Canadien to go in the shootout against Ray Emery and the first to score.
The Canadiens really won this game with a dominant third when they scored three times to send it to OT. Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec and Alex Galchenyuk all had goals to keep the Canadiens (3-0) perfect this season.
The Flyers are winless through three games for the third straight season. They fired coach Peter Laviolette after three games last season and replaced him with Craig Berube. Berube certainly wasn’t on the hot seat this season, though the Flyers held a team meeting on their off day Friday.
Wayne Simmonds scored twice and Mark Raffl had a goal for the Flyers.
BLUE JACKETS 5, RANGERS 2: Cam Atkinson scored twice while Marko Dano and Nick Foligno each had a goal and an assist to lead Columbus to a win at home.
Artem Anisimov, like Atkinson, scored for the second game in a row for the Blue Jackets, who moved to 2-0 for the first time in five years.
Dano had his first NHL goal and points, and Scott Hartnell and Ryan Johansen, who joined the Blue Jackets on Wednesday after a contract holdout, had two assists apiece.
DUCKS 3, RED WINGS 2: Ryan Getzlaf scored two goals, including the unassisted winner with 24 seconds remaining, to give Anaheim a victory at Detroit.
Matt Beleskey also scored and Frederick Andersen stopped 27 shots to help the Ducks get their first win of the season.
Gustav Nyquist and Luke Glendening scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard had 23 saves.
On the winning goal, Getzlaf skated away from Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall in the corner and backhanded a shot past Howard.
Nyquist scored less than two minutes into the third period to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead, but Beleskey answered shortly afterward when he knocked in Ryan Kesler’s backhand pass.
DEVILS 5, PANTHERS 1: Damon Severson scored his first NHL goal to cap a four-goal opening period by New Jersey, and the Devils chased Roberto Luongo early to beat host Florida, which drew only 11,419 to its home opener.
ISLANDERS 4, HURRICANES 3: John Tavares and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist, and New York began its final home schedule at Nassau Coliseum with a victory over Carolina.
BLUES 4, FLAMES 1: Joakim Lindstrom and David Backes scored in the first period, Brian Elliott stopped 23 shots, and St. Louis won at home against Calgary.
SENATORS 3, LIGHTNING 2: Mika Zibanejad scored the deciding goal in the shootout and Ottawa won at Tampa Bay.
Zibanejad’s score made it 2-1 in the third round of the shootout and Steven Stamkos was unable to beat Ottawa goalie Robin Lehner.
PENGUINS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, all on the power play, for his second straight three-point game, and Pittsburgh won at Toronto.
PREDATORS 4, STARS 1: Eric Nystrom had a goal and two assists to lead host Nashville over Dallas.
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