CAPITALS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2

Alex Ovechkin assisted on goals by Tom Wilson and Aliaksei Protas, Logan Thompson made 24 saves against his former team and the Washington Capitals ended the Vegas Golden Knights’ season-opening winning streak at three with a victory.

Ovechkin, who is chasing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, became the 60th player in league history to record 700 assists.

HURRICANES 4, DEVILS 2

Rookie Jackson Blake scored his first NHL goal and Pyotr Kochetkov made 23 saves in his season debut as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils.

Seth Jarvis, Shayne Gostisbehere and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes, who played their second game of the season after an opening loss to Tampa Bay on Friday.

LIGHTNING 4, CANUCKS 1

Nikita Kucherov scored his fourth goal of the season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Vancouver Canucks in their hurricane-delayed home opener.

Kucherov had a hat trick the last time the Lightning took the ice, and he was the one to open the scoring against the Canucks off of a feed from Darren Raddysh 3:55 into the game.

PANTHERS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3

Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists, Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist, Spencer Knight made 35 stops and the Florida Panthers beat Columbus, spoiling a Blue Jackets’ home opener steeped in tributes to Johnny Gaudreau.

Dmitry Kulikov and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for the Panthers (3-2-0), who won their second straight.

WILD 4, BLUES 1

Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves and scored an empty net goal as the Minnesota Wild snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over the St. Louis Blues.

KRAKEN 7, PREDATORS 3

Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jaden Schwartz, Jared McCann and Adam Larsson each had a goal and an assist to lead Seattle Kraken to a victory over the Nashville Predators.

STARS 3, SHARKS 2, SO

Wyatt Johnston made Dallas’ third consecutive shot in a shootout, and the Stars remained undefeated with a win over the San Jose Sharks.