Alex Tuch scored twice in his first game for Washington, Alex Ovechkin opened his 22nd NHL season with an assist and the Capitals beat the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night.
asserted
Capitals → score → night
Tuch joined the Capitals in an offseason trade after five seasons with Buffalo.
asserted
Tuch → join → Buffalo
The 41-year-old Ovechkin assisted on Tuch’s opening goal in Washington’s three-goal first period.
asserted
Ovechkin → assist → period
Cole Hutson, Jakob Chychrun and Ryan Leonard also scored for the Capitals, and Logan Thompson made 31 saves.
asserted
Thompson → score → saves
Sebastian Aho and Logan Stankoven scored for Carolina, and Brandon Bussi stopped 22 shots.
asserted
Bussi → score → shots
The Hurricanes opened Tuesday night at home with a 1-0 overtime loss to Florida.
asserted
Hurricanes → open → Florida
Tuch opened the scoring at 6:33 of the first period, beating Busso with a wrist shot.
asserted
Tuch → open → shot
Hutson scored on a snap shot with 8:27 left in the period, and Tuch connected on a backhander with 5:37 to go.
asserted
Tuch → score → 5:37
Jakob Chychrun made it 4-0 on a power play at 1:36 of second.
asserted
it → make → second
Aho got one back for Carolina on a power play with 3:10 left in the second, and Leonard made it 5-1 eight seconds later.
asserted
it → get → second
Stankoven scored midway through the third.
asserted
Stankoven → score → third
Dylan Garand made 22 saves for his first career shutout and New York spoiled Detroit’s opener with a victory.
asserted
York → make → victory
Garand was making his first start after going 2-0-1 in three appearances with the Rangers last season.
asserted
Garand → make → Rangers
Sean Durzi scored on a first-period power play and Eeli Tolvanen added an empty-netter.
asserted
Tolvanen → score → netter
New York was already playing its third game of the season and second of a back-to-back.
asserted
York → play → back
The Rangers were coming off a 5-1 home win over Tampa Bay on Thursday that featured a goal by goaltender Igor Shesterkin.
asserted
that → come → Shesterkin
The Red Wings began the season without two prominent players.
asserted
Wings → begin → players
Former captain Dylan Larkin, who has requested a trade, has an upper-body injury and was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Aug. 15.
asserted
who → request → Aug.
Restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson, one of Detroit’s top defensemen, remains unsigned amid stalled negotiations.
asserted
Edvinsson → remain → negotiations
Larkin, wearing street clothes, was booed during pregame introductions.
asserted
Larkin → wear → introductions
Some disenchanted fans chanted “Sell the team!” after Durzi’s goal, directing their venom at owner Chris Ilitch.
asserted
fans → chant → Ilitch
The fans became more supportive once the home team put some pressure on Garand and Wings forward Marco Kasper fought Durzi midway through the second period.
asserted
Kasper → become → period
John Gibson made 19 saves for Detroit.
asserted
Gibson → make → Detroit
Elias Lindholm tied it on a tip with 1:38 left in regulation and JJ Peterka scored at 3:21 of overtime to give Boston a victory over Winnipeg.
asserted
Peterka → tie → Winnipeg
David Pastrnak set up both late goals, with goalie Jeremy Swayman off for an extra attacker on Lindholm’s goal.
Peterka also had the winner Tuesday night against the New York Rangers in the Bruins’ opener.
asserted
Peterka → set → opener
Hampus Lindholm and James Hagens also scored, and Swayman made 30 saves.
asserted
Swayman → score → saves
Dylan DeMelo, Kyle Connor and Mario Ferraro scored for Winnipeg in the Jets opener.
asserted
DeMelo → score → opener
Stuart Skinner stopped 26 shots.
asserted
Skinner → stop → shots
Connor and Ferraro scored in the second period to give the Jets a 3-2 lead.
asserted
Connor → score → lead
Mason McTavish scored only 94 seconds into his first game with the Blues to put them ahead to stay, Joel Hofer stopped 25 shots for his ninth career shutout and St. Louis won at Dallas in the season opener for both teams.
asserted
Louis → score → teams
Dalibor Dvorsky scored in the second period for the Blues before they got empty-netters from Jimmy Snuggerud and Pius Suter in the game’s final 2 1/2 minutes.
asserted
they → score → minutes
The 21-year-old Dvorsky had his open shot at the net when goalie Jake Oettinger fell down after getting clipped by teammate Roope Hintz.
asserted
Oettinger → have → Hintz
Oettinger stopped 20 shots.
asserted
Oettinger → stop → shots
Dallas lost a season opener for the first time since 2019, ending a six-game winning streak that had been the NHL’s longest active streak.
asserted
that → lose → streak
The Stars were also shut out in a home opener for the first time since moving to Dallas before the 1993-94 season.
asserted
Stars → shut → season
Dallas and St. Louis were among seven teams to play their first game Friday, three nights after the NHL season began.
asserted
season → play → game
DUCKS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist, Lukas Dostal made 27 saves and Anaheim opened the season by holding off Vegas.
asserted
Anaheim → have → Vegas
The teams met last season in the second round of the playoffs, with Vegas winning in six games and going on to win the Western Conference.
asserted
Vegas → meet → Conference
The Golden Knights opened Tuesday night at home with a 5-2 victory over Chicago.
asserted
Knights → open → Chicago
Carlson set up Beckett Sennecke’s goal with eight seconds left in the first period, then scored at 7:03 of the second to cap a three-goal burst for a 4-0 lead.
asserted
Carlson → set → lead
…and 4 more, not listed.
The Aporia
