Leafs’ 2 late goals keep Blue Jackets winless

Leo Komarov scored two late goals, and visiting Toronto beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Friday night to give Mike Babcock his first victory as coach of the Maple Leafs.

Joffrey Lupul had a goal and an assist, and Jake Gardiner, James van Riemsdyk and Nazem Kadri also scored to help Toronto improve to 1-2-1. Daniel Winnik added three assists, Morgan Rielly had two, and James Reimer finished with 24 saves. The Maple Leafs played for the first time in six days.

“All in all, we had a good night,” Babcock said. “I thought we scored some good goals. Full marks to the guys for the win.”

Scott Hartnell had a goal and an assist to reach 600 career points, and Boone Jenner and Nick Foligno also scored for Columbus. The Blue Jackets are 0-5-0, extending the worst start in franchise history.

Kings 2, Wild 1: Anze Kopitar scored at 2:19 of overtime, Tyler Toffoli connected on a power play in the second period, and host Los Angeles beat Minnesota for its first victory. The Kings, who last season became the eighth team in NHL history to miss the playoffs a year after winning the Stanley Cup, were in danger of starting a season 0-4 for the first time. Kopitar scored on a 25-foot wrist shot in the first overtime game for either team in the new 3-on-3 format. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 25 shots.

Hurricanes 5, Red Wings 3: Eric Staal and Kris Versteeg each had a goal and two assists, and Carolina handed host Detroit its first loss of the season. Brock McGinn, playing on the line with Staal and Versteeg, added a goal and an assist in his NHL debut. Cam Ward only needed to make 17 saves to help Carolina to its first victory. Justin Faulk and Chris Terry also scored for Carolina. Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan and Teemu Pulkkinen scored for Detroit.

Jets 3, Flames, 1: Dustin Byfuglien broke a tie with 1:28 remaining as host Winnipeg defeated Calgary. Byfuglien forced a turnover, took a pass and went around Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman and beat Karri Ramo with a sharp-angle, low shot. Calgary coach Bob Hartley challenged the goal to see if Byfuglien was offside, but the goal stood. Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal with 53 seconds left, the 150th of his career, and leads the Jets with seven points. Bryan Little also had a goal and assist for Winnipeg (4-1-0). Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary (1-3-0).

Avalanche 2, Ducks 0: Reto Berra made 35 saves for his second career shutout, and Nathan MacKinnon scored in the opening minute of visiting Colorado’s victory over winless Anaheim. Jack Skille also scored for the Avalanche, who dominated their road opener against the threetime defending Pacific Division champions. The Ducks fell to 0-3-1 with just one goal all season.

Blues 4, Canucks 3: Alexander Steen had a goal and an assist, and visiting St. Louis held off Vancouver. Jori Lehtera, Robert Bortuzzo and Kyle Brodziak also scored for St. Louis (4-1-0), which has won three straight. Jake Allen stopped 31 shots to get the victory, and Vladimir Tarasenko and Carl Gunnarsson chipped in with two assists each. Brandon Sutter, Jared McCann and Daniel Sedin scored for Vancouver (3-1-1), which has dropped its only two home games of the young season.