Letang, Penguins beat Caps in overtime

Kris Letang scored his second power-play goal 1:20 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 7-6 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night in Pittsburgh.

Letang beat goalie Braden Holtby with a slap shot from the point. Letang finished with three points, tying Hall of Famer Paul Coffey for the most by a defenseman in team history with 440.

Jake Guentzel also scored twice, Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists, and Derick Brassard and Jamie Oleksiak added goals in Pittsburgh’s opener. Matt Murray made 30 saves.

T.J. Oshie scored twice for Stanley Cup champion Washington, coming off a 7-0 home victory over Boston on Wednesday night in the Capitals’ opener.

Alex Ovechkin had his second of the season and 609th overall, passing Dino Ciccarelli for 18th on the NHL list. Brooks Orpik scored his Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel, center, celebrates his goal during Thursday’s win against Washington.

first goal in 182 regularseason games. Jakub Vrana and John Carlson also scored.

Malkin scored 2:45 into the third period, putting Pittsburgh ahead by two, but Oshie tied it at 6 with goals 21 seconds apart.

ISLANDERS 2, HURRICANES 1, OT: Josh Bailey scored a powerplay goal 43 seconds into

overtime, and New York beat Carolina. Valtteri Filppula also scored as the Islanders gave Barry Trotz a victory in his debut with the team and spoiling Rod Brind’Amour’s first game behind the Carolina bench. Trotz took over shortly after leading Washington to its first Stanley Cup, taking over after Doug Weight was fired. Brind’Amour, the captain of Carolina’s Cup-winning

team in 2006, replaced Bill Peters after he left for Calgary. BRUINS 4, SABRES 0: Jaroslav Halak stopped 32 shots and Boston rebounded from a seasonopening shutout with a win over Buffalo. Brad Marchand set up all four goals, scored by captain Zdeno Chara, rookie Ryan Donato, David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron on an empty-netter.