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PITTSBURGH, April 13, (AP): Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots in a surprise start in place of injured Matt Murray and the Pittsburgh Penguins opened their Stanley Cup title defense with a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.

Murray was scheduled to get the nod in the playoff opener but was a late scratch after suffering a lower-body injury during warm-ups. Fleury withstood an early push by Columbus, and the Penguins responded by pulling away from the untested Blue Jackets.

Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh. Nick Bonino and Bryan Rust also scored, and Evgeni Malkin assisted on Rust and Kessel’s goals in his first game back after missing the final three weeks of the regular season because of an upper-body injury.

Matt Calvert scored for Columbus in the third period, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves. Game 2 is Friday in Pittsburgh.

Rangers 2, Canadiens 0 In Montreal, Tanner Glass scored in the first period and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves to help New York beat Montreal in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Friday night at Bell Centre.

Michael Grabner added an emptynet goal with 1:10 left.

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Ryan Suter #20 of the Minnesota Wild checks Patrik Berglund #21 of the St Louis Blues into the boards during the first period in Game One of the Western Conference First Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Xcel Energy Center on April 12, in St Paul, Minnesota. (AFP)

Munich’s Juan Bernat (left), and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (right), challenge for the ball during the Champions League quarter-final first leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and

Real Madrid, in Munich, Germany on April 12. Real won 2-1. (AP) — See Page 42