DEVILS START HOT, CHASE LUONGO TO DEFEAT PANTHERS

sunrise, fla. Damon Severson scored his first NHL goal to cap a four-goal opening period by New Jersey and the Devils chased Roberto Luongo early to beat the Panthers 5-1 on Saturday night.

Ryane Clowe, Marek Zidlicky, Martin Havlat and Eric Gelinas scored goals for the Devils, and Cory Schneider stopped 28 shots.

Luongo gave up five goals on 14 shots before leaving the game 2:59 into the second. AlMontoya, the NHL’s first Cuban-American — which gives him enormous popularity in South Florida— finished with 10 saves in relief for Florida, which drew only 11,419 to its home opener.

The Panthers, whose special teams were dreadful a year ago, have already allowed five powerplay goals this season— including all three in their 3-2 overtime loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday. Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, all on the power play, for his second straight threepoint game and the Penguins beat the Maple Leafs 5-2. … Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored in the shootout, and the

rallied from a threegoal deficit to beat the winless Flyers 4-3. Parenteau was the fourth Canadien to go in the shootout against Ray Emery and the first to score. The Canadiens gave themselves a chance with a dominant third, when they scored three times to send it to OT. Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec and Alex Galchenyuk all had goals for the Canadiens. … A native of St. Louis, former Avalanche Paul Stastny has four points in his first two games with his hometown team after picking up three assists in the Blues’ 4-1 win over the Flames. … Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp scored in Chicago’s fourgoal third period as the Black

beat the Sabres 6-2. … Mika Zibanejad scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Senators beat the Lightning 3-2. … Cam Atkinson scored twice and Marko Dano and Nick Foligno each had a goal and an assist to lead the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 win over the Rangers. … John Tavares and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist, and the Islanders began their final home schedule at Nassau Coliseum with a 4-3 victory over the

… Eric Nystrom had a goal and two assists to lead the

to a 4-1 win over the … Ryan Getzlaf scored two goals, including the unassisted game-winner with 24 seconds left, to give the Ducks a 3-2 victory over the RedWings. … Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, and Washington coach Barry Trotz earn his first win with the Capi

4-0 over the Bruins.