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NHL Three Stars: Marchand's five-spot; Scheifele, Barkov OT heroes

BUFFALO, NY - OCTOBER 13: Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan (right) watches the NHL game between the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens at the KeyBank Center with his brother and assistant head coach Rob on October 13, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Stephanie Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY – OCTOBER 13: Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan (right) watches the NHL game between the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens at the KeyBank Center with his brother and assistant head coach Rob on October 13, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Stephanie Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)

No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins

Marchand and his linemates, David Backes and David Pastrnak, starred in Boston’s 6-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Marchand scored twice and assisted on three others, while Pastrnak picked up four points and Backes added three.

No. 2 Star: Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets

Down 4-1 in the third period the Jets roared back with three goals in 13 minutes before Scheifele ended things in overtime to give Winnipeg a 5-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Blake Wheeler scored and added two helpers, including one on Scheifele’s winner.

No. 3 Star: Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers

Barkov was the overtime hero for the Panthers as they defeated the New Jersey Devils 2-1. After assisting on Jonathan Marchessault’s opening goal, Barkov put home the winner to help give Florida the two points in their opener:

Honorable Mention: The Panthers honored late Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez before the game by wearing jerseys with his name and No. 16 on them. The team also announced a $35,000 donation to Fernandez’s foundation … Brendan Gallagher scored twice and Al Montoya made 30 saves as the Montreal Canadiens upended the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 … The New York Rangers got five goals from five different players, including Michael Grabner, who was facing his old team, in their 5-3 win over the New York Islanders. Mika Zibanejad recorded a pair of assists in his Rangers debut … The Tampa Bay Lightning scored three times in the opening 16:50 of the third period to help down the Detroit Red Wings 6-4. Tyler Johnson and Alex Killorn each scored key power play goals in the final period during their comeback. Thomas Vanek scored twice in his Red Wings debut … Patrik Laine scored his first NHL goal in the Winnipeg victory:

Phil Kessel’s goal in the fourth round of the shootout was the deciding factor as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2. Marc-Andre Fleury made 39 saves. Prior to the game the Penguins raised a fourth Stanley Cup banner … Magnus Paajarvi and Nail Yakupov scored their first goals of the season to help the St. Louis Blues edge the Minnesota Wild 3-2. Patrik Berglund recorded a pair of assists … Goals from Antoine Roussel and Adam Cracknell eight minutes apart in the third period helped snap a 2-2 tie and give the Dallas Stars a 4-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks … Stars players wore helmet decals representing the badges of five Dallas police officers who were killed over the summer. Family members of two of the officers participated in a pregame ceremonial puck drop.

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Dishonorable Mention: Will Andrew Shaw receive supplemental discipline for this game-ending slew-foot on Johan Larsson? … The Sabres lost Evander Kane to an upper-body injury after he slammed into the end boards … Columbus had a 3-1 lead 6:44 into the second period before their collapse … Ben Bishop would probably like another crack at this fluky Danny DeKeyser goal … Jaroslav Halak’s personal eight-game winning streak against Henrik Lundqvist was snapped.