National Hockey

Florida Panthers (2-0-0, second in the Central Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (2-1-0, fourth in the Central Division) Raleigh, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m.

New Jersey Devils (2-0-1, third in the East Division) vs. New York Islanders (2-1-0, fourth in the East Division) Uniondale, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning (2-0-0, first in the Central Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (1-2-1, sixth in the Central Division) Columbus, Ohio; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Central Division foes Columbus and Tampa Bay take the ice.

Winnipeg Jets (2-1-0, fourth in the North Division) vs. Ottawa Senators (1-1-1, fifth in the North Division) Ottawa, Ontario; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators host Winnipeg after the Jets beat Ottawa 4-3 in overtime.

Colorado Avalanche (2-1-0, second in the West Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (0-1-2, eighth in the West Division) Los Angeles; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles comes into the matchup with Colorado as losers of three straight games.

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby scored 1:11 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 5-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES — Nathan MacKinnon became the first member of the 2013 NHL draft class to reach 500 points, Devon Toews and Mikko Rantanen scored power-play goals and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — Nikolaj Ehlers and the Winnipeg Jets have yet to lead a contest in regulation and yet they've won two of their three games to start the NHL season.

NEW YORK — Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist in New Jersey’s three-goal second period, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 47 shots and the Devils beat the New York Rangers 4-3 Tuesday night.

DETROIT — Tyler Bertuzzi scored 15 seconds into overtime and Bobby Ryan became the first player to score four times in his first three games with Detroit, leading the Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.