UNDATED: career shutout

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UNDATED: career shutout

Red Wings 6, Sharks 3

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Kirk Maltby scored two short-handed goals in the first 7:05, and Curtis Joseph made 23 saves to win his first game for Stanley Cup champion Detroit.

Sergei Fedorov also scored two goals as the Red Wings rolled to an easy victory for Dave Lewis, the longtime assistant coach who got Detroit's top job last summer when Scotty Bowman retired.

Tomas Holmstrom and Nicklas Lidstrom also scored for the Red Wings. San Jose's Vincent Damphousse had two goals and an assist. Mike Rathje also scored for the Sharks.

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UNDATED: the Panthers.

Flyers 2, Oilers 2

EDMONTON, Alberta - John LeClair scored twice, but Edmonton rallied with two goals late in the third period to tie Philadelphia.

Anson Carter evened the score with a power-play goal at 16:23 of the final period. He wristed Janne Niinimaa's rebound behind Flyers goalie Roman Cechmanek after the Oilers failed to score on their first eight power plays.

Georges Laraque put Edmonton on the board at 12:43 of the third, chipping Todd Marchant's rebound past Cechmanek to make it 2-1.

LeClair opened the scoring at 16:35 of the second period and made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 11:12 of the third.

Canucks 3, Flames 0

CALGARY, Alberta - Dan Cloutier made 19 saves as Vancouver beat Calgary to open the season.

Brendan Morrison, Bryan Allen and Markus Naslund scored first-period goals for the Canucks.

Morrison opened the scoring at 11:28, speeding down the left wing and snapping a shot through goalie Roman Turek's legs. That was all Cloutier needed en route to his ninth career shutout.

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Thursday's NHL Capsules

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Thursday's NHL Capsules

By The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH - Alexander Mogilny and Mats Sundin scored twice each on Toronto's newly formed top line, and Ed Belfour had a shutout in his first start for the Maple Leafs, a 6-0 victory Thursday night over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

It was the worst opening-game loss in the Penguins' 35-year history.

Darcy Tucker set up the first four goals, and both Mogilny and Sundin had four-point games as the new first line - already under considerable media scrutiny after not scoring a goal in the preseason - had a big opening night.

The same can't be said for the Penguins despite the return of owner-star Mario Lemieux, who played for the first time since Feb. 27 after missing the final six weeks of last season with a hip injury.

Lemieux made a couple of remarkable passes early in the game, including a behind-the-back feed from along the boards that floated perfectly to a teammate's stick. But he went scoreless as the Penguins picked up where they left off at the end of last season, when they went 0-8-1-1 to finish their worst campaign since Lemieux's rookie year in 1984-85.

Pittsburgh had plenty of chances, with seven power plays in the first two periods, including a two-man advantage lasting 1:21 in the second. But the Penguins managed only one shot on that power play, and finished 0-for-9 overall with the man advantage.

Blue Jackets 2, Blackhawks 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rick Nash, the first player selected in the NHL draft, scored on his second shot as Columbus beat Chicago.

Mike Sillinger added a goal and an assist, and Marc Denis stopped 31 shots, including several in the final 2 minutes while the Blackhawks applied steady pressure on the power play.

After pulling goalie Jocelyn Thibault, Chicago had a two-man advantage for the final 34 seconds but did not have a solid scoring chance.

Sillinger scored on a backhander - from a long rebound surrendered by Thibault - at 17:03 of the second period to give Columbus the lead for good. Sergei Berezin scored for the Blackhawks early in the second period, but Nash tied the game less than a minute later, and the Blue Jackets went on the win their first opener in three seasons in the NHL.

Devils 2, Senators 1

OTTAWA - John Madden scored twice, and Martin Brodeur came within 1:14 of a shutout as New Jersey beat Ottawa in the opener.

Madden needed a video review to confirm his first goal 2:28 into the second period, but there was no mistaking his second of the game, a short-handed effort with 1:21 left in the period.

Brodeur made 33 saves, losing his shutout on Ottawa's 32nd shot, when Daniel Alfredsson tipped in Petr Schastlivy's shot.

Schastlivy had another chance moments later, but Brodeur stopped him as New Jersey held on to win in coach Pat Burns' debut.

Sabres 5, Islanders 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Chris Gratton and J.P. Dumont had a goal and an assist each as Buffalo beat New York.

The Islanders jumped on Buffalo early when Dave Scatchard scored a power-play goal on the game's first shot. He banged a loose puck between the pads of Sabres goaltender Martin Biron at 1:01.

Buffalo responded minutes later, when Stu Barnes completed a great passing play by redirecting a feed from Dumont past a sprawling Chris Osgood.

Gratton, with the third opening-night goal of his career, and newcomer Jochen Hecht scored 1:31 apart late in the period to put Buffalo ahead 3-1.

Tim Connolly and Dumont rounded out the scoring for Buffalo.

Biron turned aside 22 shots. Osgood, who won 32 games for New York last season, gave up Buffalo's five goals on 20 shots in just two periods. He was replaced by Garth Snow in the third.

Mighty Ducks 4, Blues 3

ST. LOUIS - Alexei Smirnov and Stanislav Chistov scored in their NHL debuts, and Andy McDonald had a goal and three assists as Anaheim opened the season by beating St. Louis.

The Blues are 0-4-2 in their last six season openers. Anaheim, after losing its first seven openers, improved to 2-8.

Smirnov tapped in a loose puck in front of the net, snapping a 2-2 tie at 1:33 of the third period. After the initial save of a shot by McDonald, Blues goalie Fred Brathwaite went down and Smirnov pushed it by him.

Mike Leclerc hit a one-timer from the left faceoff circle at 17:05, giving Anaheim a 4-2 lead.

St. Louis scored with three seconds left, when rookie Tom Kovisto connected on a slap shot from the point. Al MacInnis and Cory Stillman also scored for the Blues.

Lightning 4, Panthers 3, OT

SUNRISE, Fla. - Vaclav Prospal pounced on a loose puck and stuffed it past goalie Roberto Luongo at 3:34 of overtime to lift Tampa Bay past Florida.

Brad Richards, Brad Lukowich and Vincent Lecavlier also scored for the Lightning, with Lecavlier tying it at 3 with 2:55 left in the third period of the season-opener for both.

Florida defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh had two power-play goals, and Niklas Hagman also scored for the Panthers.

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