UNDATED (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning have continued their perfect start to the season.
Brayden Point scored 1:56 into overtime to complete the Lightning’s 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets.
Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead on goals by Blake Coleman and Mathieu Joseph 1:23 apart late in the second period. Columbus picked up a point courtesy of Nick Foligno’s power-play goal 47 seconds into the third.
Andre Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots for the Lightning, who have outscored their opponents 13-5 win winning their first three games.
Joonas Korpisalo handled 34 shots for the Jackets.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Bruins scored four times in the third period before Jake DeBrusk delivered the lone shootout goal to give Boston a 5-4 triumph over the Flyers. The B’s didn’t take their first lead of the night until Nick Ritchie and Brandon Carlo scored in a 1:56 span late in regulation. James van Riemsdyk provided two goals for Philadelphia, including the tying tally.
— Jordan Eberle scored twice and Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots as the Islanders won for the third time in four games, 4-1 over the Devils. Varlamov hadn’t allowed a goal in seven periods this season until Nathan Bastian beat him 2:10 in the second. Mathew Barzal had a goal and two assists for New York, and Brock Nelson capped the scoring with a power-play goal.
— Adrian Kempe’s goal with 3:50 remaining was the winner as the Kings rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Avalanche, 4-2. Drew Doughty and Gabriel Vilardi also scored against Hunter Miska, who was making his first NHL start. Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and an assist for Colorado.
— The Canadiens rolled to a 7-3 win at Vancouver to become the first team in 46 years to collect at least one point in its first five road games. Joel Armia had two goals and two assists to back Jake Allen, who needed to stop 14 shots in his 150th career victory. Tyler Toffoli had two more goals and an assist just a day after recording a hat trick against the Canucks.
— The Jets are 3-1 after Nikolaj Ehlers and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 verdict over the Senators. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 shots and blanked Ottawa before Chris Tierney tallied with 2:57 remaining. Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler also scored for Winnipeg.
