Boston Bruins beat Carolina Hurricanes in thriller

Zdeno Chara had a goal and two assists, Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist, Tyler Seguin had an empty-net goal and an assist and Brad Marchand scored a short-handed goal for the Bruins.

The Northeast Division leaders remained unbeaten in regulation and opened the season by earning points in five straight games for the first time since 1990-91.

Eric Staal had a goal and an assist, and he and Jeff Skinner scored 50 seconds apart late in the second period to help the Hurricanes erase a two-goal deficit.

Jamie McBain added a goal and Cam Ward made 33 saves for the Hurricanes, who had their two-game winning streak ended.

Anton Khudobin stopped 29 shots in his first start of the season for the Bruins.

Krejci's winner came after Horton rang the post. Rookie defenseman Dougie Hamilton's cross-ice pass found Krejci in the left circle and he snapped the puck past Ward for his first goal of the season.

Kings 3, Canucks 2, SO In Los Angeles, Jeff Carter scored Los Angeles' first power-play goal of the season and added the only score in the shootout, leading the Kings past Vancouver.

Defenseman Slava Voynov tied it with 43.2 seconds left in regulation for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who have won two straight after an 0-2-1 start. Jonathan Quick stopped 21 shots for the Kings, including all three Vancouver attempts in the shootout.

Roberto Luongo made 26 saves for Vancouver, which went 1-1-1 on a three-game California road trip. Zack Kassian scored his fourth goal of the season, and Alex Burrows also scored in a rematch of the clubs' stunning playoff series last spring.

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