Penguins 5, Rangers 4 (OT)

Timely goals by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin extended New York’s slow start to the season.

Crosby tied the score with less than a minute remaining in regulation, Evgeni Malkin put in the winner 58 seconds into overtime and Pittsburgh beat the struggling Rangers on Tuesday night.

"We kind of had some ups and downs in the game," Crosby said. "Started off good, lose the lead, give it up there late and then climb our way back. Those games don't happen every night but it's a good test when they happen and we responded the right way."

Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel and ex-Ranger Carl Hagelin also scored for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, who handed New York (1-5-1) its fourth consecutive loss.

Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh turned the puck over in overtime and Phil Kessel set up Malkin for the game-winning goal. Just before that, the Rangers iced the puck, leading to a faceoff in their zone.

Michael Grabner put New York ahead 4-3 when he and David Desharnais completed a nifty give-and-go at the 8-minute mark of the third period.

Desharnais, Pavel Buchnevich and J.T. Miller scored in a span of 2:30 as the Rangers got three straight goals early in the second to take a 3-2 lead.

"We gave ourselves a chance going into the third period all tied up," defenseman Marc Staal said. "We got the goal we needed, we just weren't able to close it out. It's not easy for us to get a win."

Penguins goalie Matt Murray and counterpart Henrik Lundqvist each made 28 saves in the first of four meetings this season between the division rivals.

Crosby scored with 56 seconds left in the third period when he put a puck between Lundqvist's pads. It was Crosby's fifth consecutive game at Madison Square Garden with a goal.

Kessel scored on the game's first shot just 43 seconds in. Hagelin made it 2-0 when his wrist shot sailed over Lundqvist's glove. Olli Maata extended his point streak to six games (one goal, five assists) with an assist on the second goal.

In the second period, Desharnais snapped a shot past Murray to cut the margin in half. It was Desharnais' first goal for the Rangers since signing a one-year contract this summer.

Shortly after that, Crosby took a double-minor for high-sticking Jimmy Vesey. The Rangers took full advantage of the opportunity as they scored on both chances.

Buchnevich got his first of the season and then a minute later, Miller launched a snap shot past Murray to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead. Miller also had two assists in his first three-point game of the season.

"We've got to do a better job of reeling our guys in and making sure that we maintain an element of discipline so that we don't get in that chance-for-chance game," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.

Hornqvist tied it late in the second period on a power play with Rangers forward Chris Kreider in the box. Kreider was penalized for cross-checking, which abruptly ended a two-man advantage for New York.

"They really had a chance to capitalize and we had some big blocks there," Hornqvist said, referring to the 5-on-3 situation. "We'll take every point we can right now, but we still need to be a little better than that."

Malkin went to the dressing room with 14:17 remaining in the third period. Shortly before that, he scrapped with Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk. They were given matching two-minute roughing penalties.

Flyers 5, Panthers 1

Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux and Dale Weise all scored in the second period to lead Philadelphia to a win over Florida.

The Flyers followed an 8-2 win against Washington with another dominant offensive effort, capped by the four-goal second.

Wayne Simmonds stole the show after the fourth goal when he dropped agitated Panthers center Michael Haley with a left-handed punch. Simmonds waved his arms toward the crowd and exhorted them to get louder as he skated toward the locker room to serve his major penalty. He high-fived fans and the orange-and-black faithful went wild for a period on the short list of the best in three years under coach Dave Hakstol.

Michal Neuvirth made the lead stand with 40 saves in his first win of the season. Valtteri Filppula scored an empty-netter for the Flyers.

Devils 5, Lightning 4 (SO)

Kyle Palmieri scored the lone goal in a shootout, lifting the Devils to a win over the Lightning.

Drew Stafford scored twice in regulation as New Jersey improved to 5-1-0. Palmieri and Brian Gibbons each had a goal in the first period, and Cory Schneider made 33 saves.

Vladimir Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos scored for Tampa Bay, which had its four-game winning streak snapped and fell to 5-1-1.

Kucherov's goal was his eighth in seven games. He has scored at least once in every game this season, and the 24-year-old right wing became the sixth player in modern NHL history to score at least one goal in the first seven games of a season.

Mario Lemieux, Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky, Ken Hodge and Tony Tanti are the others. Lemieux holds the record with at least one goal in the first 12 games of the 1992-93 season.

Peter Budaj made his first start of the season for the Lightning and had 30 saves.

Maple Leafs 2, Capitals 0

Connor Brown scored the game-winning goal in the third period and Frederik Andersen stopped all 30 shots he faced for the shutout as the Maple Leafs continued their tremendous start by beating the Capitals.

Toronto has won five of its first six games. Washington has now lost two in a row since top defenseman Matt Niskanen went out with a long-term upper-body injury.

After getting a promotion to the third line, Brown picked up his second goal of the season and broke a 0-0 tie with 14:07 left in the third. Brown corralled a rebound of Morgan Rielly's point shot and poked the puck between Braden Holtby's legs.

Holtby made 28 saves but couldn't help as the Capitals' offense couldn't cash in on limited high-quality chances. Nazem Kadri scored an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Canucks 3, Senators 0

Brock Boeser and Alexander Burmistrov had a goal and an assist each in the Canucks' win over the Senators.

Thomas Vanek also scored for the Canucks (2-2-1), while Anders Nilsson made 32 saves for a shutout in his first start of the season.

Craig Anderson turned aside 21 of 24 in net for Ottawa (3-1-2).

The win snapped a three-game losing skid for the Canucks that started with a 3-2 shootout loss to Ottawa in Vancouver one week ago.

That game also started the Senators on a three-game winning streak that came to an end Tuesday as captain Erik Karlsson made his regular-season debut following off-season foot surgery.

Predators 4, Avalanche 1

Viktor Arvidsson and Roman Josi each scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Predators to a win over the Avalanche.

Colton Sissons and Austin Watson also scored for Nashville, which has won three of their last four.

Filip Forsberg and Alexei Emelin each had two assists and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves to earn his third victory of the season.

Nathan MacKinnon had the lone goal for Colorado, losers of two straight.

Hurricanes 5, Oilers 3

Teuvo Teravainen had a pair of goals and Jordan Staal a goal and three assists to help the Hurricanes beat the Oilers.

Elias Lindholm and Jaccob Slavin also scored for the Hurricanes (2-1-1), who snapped a two-game losing skid.

Mark Letestu, Ryan Strome and Milan Lucic tallied for the Oilers (1-4-0), who have now lost four in a row.

Blue Jackets 5, Jets 2

Jack Johnson's goal 13:54 into the second period was the eventual winner as the Blue Jackets extended their winning streak to four with a commanding victory over the Jets.

Cam Atkinson broke open a scoreless game just 36 seconds into the second period for the Blue Jackets (5-1-0), powering ahead of Winnipeg defenseman Jacob Trouba and muscling the puck past Winnipeg goalie Steve Mason.

Nick Foligno, Lukas Sedlak and Zach Werenski had the other goals for Columbus, while Jonas Korpisalo made 24 saves for the win.

Mason returned as starter Tuesday after Connor Hellebuyck backstopped the Jets (3-3-0) to three straight wins. Mason stopped 34 shots.