PITTSBURGH

Phil Kessel beat Braden Holtby in the fourth round of a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins began the defense of their Stanley Cup with a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

Kessel’s wrist shot over Holtby’s glove was initially ruled no goal but was overturned on replay. Marc- Andre Fleury then stuffed Alex Ovechkin from in close to help the Penguins improve to 5-0 against Washington in season openers.

Andre Burakovsky scored twice for Washington. Holtby made 28 stops, but allowed three goals in the shootout.

Rangers 5, Islanders 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 25 shots in the New York Rangers’ victory over the New York Islanders.

Michael Grabner, Mats Zuccarello, Brandon Pirri and J.T. Miller also scored for the Rangers at Madison Square Garden in the opener for both teams.

Lundqvist beat goalie Jaroslav Halak for the first time since Jan. 17, 2010, ending Halak’s eight-game winning streak in the matchup — including the last five since joining the Islanders.

Nick Leddy, Cal Clutterbuck and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders.

Islanders captain John Tavares briefly left the game after getting whacked on his left hand in the opening minute of the third.

Panthers 2, Devils 1 (OT)

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov scored at 2:48 of overtime to lift Florida past New Jersey.

Barkov took a pass from Michael Matheson and one-timed the winner past Cory Schneider. Matheson knocked Damon Severson off the puck behind the net, then found Barkov unmarked in the right circle.

Roberto Luongo stopped 23 shots for Florida, including two huge saves in the final minutes of regulation.

Stars 4, Ducks 2

DALLAS (AP) — Antoine Roussel scored the tiebreaking goal for Dallas against Anaheim.

Roussel scored on a pass from Adam Cracknell 1:23 into the third period, 22 seconds after Andrew Cogliano’s second goal for the Ducks tied it at 2. Cracknell later added a goal.

Lightning 6, Red Wings 4

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Johnson scored the go-ahead power-play goal off a nifty pass from Steven Stamkos midway through the third period and Tampa Bay beat Detroit.

Johnson was positioned at the right circle and redirected Stamkos’ feed past Petr Mrazek at 8:34 to put the Lightning up 4-3, just 5 seconds after Detroit was called for too many men on the ice.

Habs 4, Sabres 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brendan Gallagher scored twice, including a tip-in on Shea Weber’s shot, in new look Montreal’s victory over injury-depleted Buffalo.

Al Montoya made 30 saves in place of starter Carey Price, who was sidelined by the flu. Andrew Shaw, who was acquired in a trade with Chicago in June, and Torrey Mitchell also scored for Montreal.

Injuries continued to mount for Buffalo after Evander Kane was taken to the hospital for evaluation after he slammed heavily into the end boards late in the second period. The Sabres were already playing without second-year star center Jack Eichel, who is out indefinitely with a sprained left ankle.

Jets 5, Hurricanes 4 (OT)

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored at 2:41 of overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in the opener for both teams.

After the Jets overcame a 4-1 deficit in the third period, Scheifele took a pass from captain Blake Wheeler and beat goalie Cam Ward.

Blues 3, Wild 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nail Yakupov had a goal and an assist and Jake Allen made several big stops and finished with 18 saves to help St. Louis beat Minnesota.