Slavin lifts ’Canes to victory in OT

Jaccob Slavin scored at 1:53 of overtime to give the Hurricanes a 4-3 victory over the Lightning on Sunday in Raleigh, N.C.

The Hurricanes improved to 3-0, overcoming third-period deficits and winning after regulation in each. They won their opener over Montreal in a shootout Thursday night, then beat the Capitals in OT on Saturday night.

Dougie Hamilton, Brett Pesce and Erik Haula also scored in the victory.

The Hurricanes held the Lightning to just two shots in the final two periods. Petr Mrazek made 10 saves for the win.

Tyler Johnson, Kevin Shattenkirk and Steven Stamkos scored in the first period for the Lightning, and former Hurricanes goalie Curtis McElhinney made 40 saves.

Hamilton tied it on a power play with 7:12 left in the third period.

Haula’s power-play goal, off Hamilton rebound, cut it to 3-2 with 6:11 left in the second.

Malkin suffers injury: Former league MVP Evgeni Malkin left in the second period of the Penguins’ 7-2 rout of the Blue Jackets on Saturday night in Pittsburgh and didn’t return with an undisclosed injury.

Malkin ran into defenseman Kris Letang near center ice and awkwardly fell into the boards.

There was no update yet on the severity of the injury.

Rangers ride hat trick: Mika Zibanejad had his third career hat trick and added an assist to help the Rangers beat the host Senators 4-1 on Saturday night.

Zibanejad is only the second player in Rangers history to record eight points in the first two games of the season.