Nikita Kucherov scored a third-period hat trick to help the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Friday night’s season opener for both teams.

Kucherov beat Hurricanes goaltender Frederick Andersen for the go-ahead power-play goal 11:06 into the third with a low slap shot on the glove side. The Lightning winger then iced the game with empty-net goals at 17:52 and 19:44. Brayden Point also scored a power-play goal for the Lightning to open the scoring.

Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 20 saves.

Captain Jordan Staal scored a first-period goal for Carolina by tapping in an around-the-net feed from William Carrier, but the Hurricanes were unable to beat Vasilevskiy again.

Andersen finished with 19 saves for Carolina.

JETS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1, OT >> Mark Scheifele scored the tying goal with 1:04 left in regulation and scored the winner 38 seconds into overtime to lift host Winnipeg to a win over Chicago.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots to help the Jets improve to 2-0-0 on the season.

Ryan Donato scored late in the second period for Chicago, and Arvid Soderblom finished with 34 saves. The Blackhawks are 0-1-1.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, BLUES 3 >> Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Shea Theodore each had a goal and an assist as host Vegas held off St. Louis.

Robert Thomas was able to pull the Blues within a goal at 4-3 at 15:04 of the third period, but they could not get the tying goal.

The Golden Knights have started the season with two victories, both coming at home.

St. Louis has opened with three away games, winning the first two.