Wild 5, Kings 3: Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist and Kaapo Kahkonen made 32 saves as host Minnesota ended a two-game slide.
Los Angeles lost two defensemen to scary-looking injuries, as Matt Roy left after going headfirst into the boards and Sean Walker was hit in the face by a slap shot.
Capitals 6, Islanders 3: Zdeno Chara scored for the first time with his new team to cap a five-goal second period and host Washington rallied to beat New York.
Conor Sheary scored his first two with the Capitals, Garnet Hathaway tied it and John Carlson gave them the lead on the power play.
Flyers 3, Devils 1: Carter Hart made 33 saves and Michael Raffl scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period for visiting Philadelphia.
Martin Necas beat Andrei Vasilevskiy at 1:12 of overtime as host Carolina topped the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Thursday in the Hurricanes’ return from a pause due to COVID-19 concerns.
- Necas Lifts Returning Hurricanes Past Lightning 1-0 in OTU.S. News & World Report
- Hurricanes return from Covid-19 layoff to topple Lightning in OTYahoo Sports
- The Buzzer: Very different first goals for Rangers' Lafreniere, Capitals' CharaYahoo Sports
- Live updates: Carolina Hurricanes host Tampa Bay LightningCharlotte Observer
- NHL roundup: Overtime goal helps Carolina down Tampa BayBig News Network
- On a night the Hurricanes needed Petr Mrazek to be at his best, he was perfectRaleigh News & Observer
- Necas scores in OT to lift 'Canes to win over Tampa Bay in home openerCBS17.com
- Lightning's Stamkos, Hurricanes' Lorentz are former commercial co-starsNHL.com
- Welcome to the NHL, Steven Lorentz: 'You root for guys like that'The Athletic
