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Kraken earn first NHL victory

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brandon Tanev scored his second goal into an empty net with 1:21 left and the Seattle Kraken beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Thursday night for the first victory in the expansion franchise’s second game.

The Kraken became the latest expansion franchise to win its first game with the Predators, improving that mark to 3-1-1.

They joined Columbus (Nov. 16, 2000) and Vegas (Dec. 8, 2017) in that group.

LIGHTNING 7, RED WINGS 6, OT

DETROIT (AP) — Ondrej Palat scored at 2:43 of overtime, lifting Tampa Bay past Detroit.

STARS 3, RANGERS 2, OT

NEW YORK (AP) — Miro Heiskanen scored 1:38 into overtime and Dallas beat New York to spoil coach Gerard Gallant’s home debut.

SABRES 5, CANADIENS 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Victor Olofsson and Anders Bjork scored 2:01 apart in the second period and Buffalo beat injury-depleted Montreal.

HURRICANES 6, ISLANDERS 3

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov had two goals and an assist to help Carolina beat New York in the opener for both teams.

SENATORS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Anton Forsberg made a career-high 46 saves and Ottawa scored three times in the first period in a season-opening victory over Toronto.

The teams meet again Saturday night.

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