Crosby Has a Goal, but Bruins Win

Sidney Crosby played like a mature 40-year-old rather than an 18-year-old and Mario Lemieux looked as if he were 18 rather than 40, but the Pittsburgh Penguins forgot that no lead is safe in this new-look NHL.

Glen Murray’s second goal, a one-timer as a Pittsburgh penalty was expiring 1:23 into overtime, rallied the Boston Bruins from a two-goal deficit and to a 7-6 victory Saturday night that spoiled rookie Crosby’s first goal and Lemieux’s first multigoal game since February 2003.

Crosby delighted the standing-room crowd of 17,132 in his home debut with his first goal and two assists for his first multipoint game.

“It’s something you dream about, scoring in the NHL,” Crosby said. “There’s a lot of emotion that comes out of that. But it would have been nice if we had finished it off.”

Phoenix 2, Minnesota 1 -- Shane Doan redirected a slap shot by Sean O’Donnell into the net with 4:42 left at Glendale, Ariz., giving Wayne Gretzky his first win as a coach.

The Coyotes were winless in two road games before Gretzky’s long-awaited debut at home.

Tampa Bay 2, Florida 1 -- John Grahame had 28 saves at Tampa, Fla., and Fredrik Modin ended Panther goalie Roberto Luongo’s season-opening shutout streak.

Modin had just completed serving a penalty when he picked up a loose puck and skated in on Luongo alone 55 seconds into the second period.

Luongo hadn’t given up a goal in 148 minutes 21 seconds dating to the 2003-04 season.

New York Islanders 3, Carolina 2 -- Miroslav Satan scored his first goal for the Islanders and Rick DiPietro made 42 saves at Uniondale, N.Y.

It wasn’t the most glamorous of goals for Satan, who scored 259 before signing with the Islanders in the off-season. In fact, it was defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky who knocked it past goalie Cam Ward.

Ottawa 5, Buffalo 0 -- Dominik Hasek stopped 35 shots for his 64th shutout -- and first since Nov. 10, 2003, with Detroit -- and Wade Redden had a goal and two assists in front of 19,661, a record for the Corel Centre in Ottawa.

New Jersey 3, New York Rangers 2 -- Brian Rafalski scored the winner at 3:17 of overtime at East Rutherford, N.J., where the Devils’ Alexander Mogilny tied the score, 2-2, with a power-play goal at 2:14 of the third period against Henrik Lundqvist, who made 25 saves in his NHL debut.

Colorado 3, Dallas 2 -- Marek Svatos scored on a power-play rebound with 1:57 left to lift the Avalanche at Dallas. Svatos scored his first goal on a scramble in front of the net with 2:09 left on a seven-minute power-play after penalties were assessed on the Stars following a brawl.

San Jose 7, St. Louis 6 -- Jonathan Cheechoo scored with 1:54 left at St. Louis to cap a rally by the Sharks, who trailed, 5-3, but tied the score on goals by Tom Preissing and Nicholas Dimitrakos in a 27-second span early in the third period.

Edmonton 4, Vancouver 3 -- Raffi Torres and Ales Hemsky scored in a shootout to lift the host Oilers after Torres had forced the overtime with his second goal of the game, beating Dan Cloutier on a power play with 23 seconds left in regulation.

Atlanta 8, Washington 1 -- Peter Bondra got the best of his former team for the second consecutive night, scoring twice and assisting on a goal in the Thrashers’ home opener.

Montreal 5, Toronto 4 -- Mike Ribeiro scored with 4:27 left to help the Canadiens earn their third consecutive road victory and their first 3-0-0 start in 27 years.