Buchnevich, Panarin lead Rangers

NEW YORK » Pavel Buchnevich and Artemi Panarin each scored twice and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 23 shots for his fifth career shutout, leading the New York Rangers to a 5-0 win over the Islanders on Saturday night.

Kaapo Kakko also scored as the Rangers bounced back for their first victory two nights after being blanked 4-0 by the Islanders in the season opener.

Rookie Ilya Sorokin had 27 saves in his NHL debut for the Islanders, getting the start after Semyon Varlamov was hit near the throat by a shot from Cal Clutterbuck in warmups. Cory Schneider, who signed a oneyear contract with the Islanders this month, dressed as the backup.

The Islanders went 0-4 on the power play and Mathew Barzal was called for three minor penalties. COYOTES 5, SHARKS 3 » Phil Kessel scored two goals, Antti Raanta stopped 31 shots and Arizona bounced back from an opening loss to beat San Jose.

Kessel, who struggled with injuries in his first season in the desert, scored the tying goal in the closing seconds of the opener and had goals in each of the first two periods Saturday. DEVILS 2, BRUINS 1 » Egor Sharangovich scored his first NHL goal in the final seconds of overtime to lift New Jersey past Boston

for coach Lindy Ruff’s first victory with the Devils.

Damon Severson made a backhand pass at the edge of the offensive zone to set up the 22-year-old Sharangovich with 1.7 seconds remaining in overtime. CANADIENS 5, OILERS 1 » Jeff Petry and Tomas Tatar each scored twice, Carey Price made 34 saves and Montreal beat Edmonton. RED WINGS 4, HURRICANES 2 » Robby Fabbri scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:42 left in the third period, Dylan Larkin got his second goal into an empty net and Detroit beat Carolina. MAPLE LEAFS 3, SENATORS 2 » Joe Thornton scored his first goal for Toronto, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner also connected for the first time this season, and the Maple Leafs beat Ottawa.

Jets scrap practice over possible virus exposure

The Winnipeg Jets canceled practice because of potential exposure to COVID-19.

The NHL team did not provide details and said information regarding plans for Sunday will come later. The Jets are to play at Toronto on Monday.

Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers was held out of practice Wednesday while in COVID-19 protocol but played in Winnipeg’s season opener.