NEW YORK: Centre and captain John Tavares scored less than four minutes into the game and the New York Islanders never trailed in beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in an emotional final home opener at Nassau Coliseum, yesterday.
The Islanders swept a home-and-home with the Hurricanes to get their last season on Long Island off to a rollicking start. The Islanders, who are 2-0-0 for the first time since 2007, begin playing in Brooklyn next October after 43 seasons at the Coliseum.
Arizona defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on a power play with 14 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Coyotes to victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.
Left winger Tanner Pearson and centre Jeff Carter scored for the Kings (0-1-1), who squandered a 2-0 lead 13 minutes into the game.
Right winger PA Parenteau scored the only goal in a shootout and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the third period to beat the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Canadiens are off to a 3-0 start to the season, while the Flyers (0-2-1) earned their first point of the campaign.
Alex Ovechkin scored his first two goals and Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots for his 12th career shutout as the Washington Capitals presented new coach Barry Trotz with his first win, a road victory over Boston Bruins.
Ovechkin, coming off his fifth 50-goal season, scored on a power play and at even strength to give his team a two-goal lead in the first period.
The New Jersey Devils scored four first-period goals to beat the Florida Panthers. It is the first time the Devils (2-0-0) have ever started a season with two straight road wins, and they have done it mostly with offense, running up an 11-goal tally.REUTERS
