Lemieux, Morozov Lift Penguins in Rout

Mario Lemieux scored his first two goals since late January, Aleksey Morozov had two goals in the opening six minutes, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rebounded from their worst opening game loss ever, beating the New York Rangers, 6-0, Saturday night at Pittsburgh.

Defenseman Dick Tarnstrom, scratched from the Penguins’ 6-0 loss to Toronto on Thursday, had a goal and two assists to help Pittsburgh open a 4-0 lead with 6:30 left in the first period.

“We worked well together and moved the puck well,” Lemieux said. “Especially after the last game, it was important to get off a quick start and get the crowd into it and get some confidence.”

Jean-Sebastien Aubin, replacing opening-game starter Johan Hedberg, stopped 30 shots for his first shutout since Feb. 14, 2000.

New York played without Eric Lindros and Pavel Bure. Lindros was suspended for one game by the league for high sticking Montreal defenseman Stephane Quintal on Friday. Bure had strep throat.

Vancouver 5, San Jose 3 -- Trent Klatt scored his second goal of the game with 4:37 left to help the Canucks win their home opener.

San Jose rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to tie the score, 3-3.

Buffalo 6, Montreal 1 -- Taylor Pyatt scored twice and Martin Biron made 19 saves to spoil the Canadiens’ home opener.

The Sabres scored all the goals against Jose Theodore, the league’s most valuable player last season.

Washington 2, New York Islanders 1 -- Jaromir Jagr scored a power-play goal with 4:36 left at Uniondale, N.Y., and the Capitals won despite taking only 14 shots.

Florida 5, Atlanta 4 -- Olli Jokinen scored off a rebound with 10.2 seconds left in overtime at Atlanta and the Panthers overcame a hat trick by Shawn McEachern.

The teams skated three on three after penalties five seconds apart in the extra period.

Ottawa 2, Toronto 1 -- Petr Schastlivy’s power-play goal with 22 seconds left put a damper on the Maple Leafs’ home opener.

Patrick Lalime made 22 saves for the Senators. Trevor Kidd started in place of Ed Belfour and made 33 saves for Toronto. Belfour sat out because of an infected right index finger.

New Jersey 3, Columbus 2 -- Patrik Elias scored the winning goal with 7:40 remaining at East Rutherford, N.J.

Sergei Brylin and Mike Danton also scored for New Jersey, which opened the season with consecutive victories for the first time since 1995.

Edmonton 3, Nashville 2 -- Mike Comrie scored midway through the third period to lift the Oilers. The Predators failed to win their first home game for a fifth consecutive season.

Minnesota 2, St. Louis 2 -- Andrew Brunette scored with 15.4 seconds left in the third period to give the Wild a tie at St. Louis.

Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 1 -- Ruslan Fedotenko had two goals and Nikolai Khabibulin made 21 saves at Tampa, Fla.

Dallas 5, Phoenix 2 -- Pierre Turgeon scored the go-ahead goal with 7:54 left at Phoenix. He has 48 points in 41 games against the Coyotes.

Philadelphia 5, Calgary 4 -- Mark Recchi had three goals and assisted on Jeremy Roenick’s winner with 1:10 left at Calgary, where the Flyers scored three times in the final six minutes.