Oliver Ekman-Larsson had three assists in his Florida Panthers debut, a 5-0 win against the Nashville Predators at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Monday.
Mackie Samoskevich had two goals and an assist, and Eetu Luostarinen had two goals for the Panthers. Spencer Knight started and made 13 saves before being replaced by Ludovic Waeber (10 saves).
Kevin Lankinen made 19 saves on 21 shots for the Predators before being replaced by Troy Grosenick, who made 14 saves.
It was the first preseason game for each team.
William Lockwoodscored a power-play goal to give Florida a 1-0 lead at 5:56 of the first period.
Ekman-Larsson, who signed a one-year contract with the Panthers on July 1 after his contract was bought out by the Vancouver Canucks on June 16, assisted on the next three goals.
Luostarinen made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 7:00 on a stretch pass from Ekman-Larsson. He scored another power-play goal at 19:13 of the second period for a 3-0 lead.
Samoskevich scored twice in the third period, making it 4-0 at 2:53, and 5-0 with a power-play goal at 17:08.
Florida was 4-for-9 on the power play; Nashville was 0-for-5.
Panthers 5, Predators 2: Sam Bennett had a goal and two assists for Florida, which scored four goals in the first period against Nashville at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.
Dmitry Kulikov had two goals and an assist, Nick Cousins had two assists, and Matthew Tkachuk had an assist for the Panthers, who also defeated the Predators 5-0 in their other split-squad game earlier in the day. Sergei Bobrovsky allowed one goal on 15 shots before being replaced in the second period by Mack Guzda, who made 13 saves.
Juuse Saros allowed four goals on 24 shots for Nashville before being replaced in the second period by Yaroslav Askarov, who made nine saves.
Kevin Stenlund gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 8:25 of the first.
Bennett made it 2-0 at 9:52, and Niko Mikkola pushed it to 3-0 at 14:38.
Kulikov, who signed a one-year contract with Florida as a free agent July 1, made it 4-0 at 18:28 when his centering pass from below the goal line deflected in off Predators forward Austin Roest.
Jake Livingstone scored for Nashville to make it 4-1 at 8:36 of the second period, and Tye Felhaber cut it to 4-2 at 17:40 of the third period.
Kulikov shot into an empty net at 18:49 for the 5-2 final.
Devils 6, Flyers 0: Sean Couturier played his first game in more than 20 months when the Flyers opened their preseason with a loss to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The forward was minus-1 and won 10 of 18 face-offs in 18:05 of ice time in his first game since Dec. 18, 2021. He's had back surgery twice since then.
Jesper Bratt had three assists for the Devils, who opened the preseason Monday with split-squad games against the Flyers and at the Montreal Canadiens. Vitek Vanecek made 11 saves in two periods; Erik Kallgren made 10 saves in relief.
Cal Petersen allowed five goals on 24 shots in two periods for the Flyers. Felix Sandstrom made nine saves in the third.
Ondrej Palat gave New Jersey a 1-0 lead 1:08 into the first period on a 2-on-1 with Bratt, and Erik Haula made it 2-0 at 3:14.
Tyce Thompson gave the Devils a 3-0 lead at 4:24, and Alexander Holtz made it 4-0 after a steal by Timo Meier.
Meier made it 5-0 with a power-play goal 2:01 into the second period, and Michael McLeod scored on a breakaway at 10:51 of the third for the 6-0 final.
Devils 4, Canadiens 2: Jack Hughes had a goal and two assists for New Jersey in its win at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Hughes, who led New Jersey with 99 points (43 goals, 56 assists) last season, assisted on power-play goals in the second period by Simon Nemec and Dawson Mercer, then scored on the man-advantage in the third.
Akira Schmid started in goal for the Devils and allowed two goals on 18 shots. Keith Kinkaid made seven saves in the third before leaving the game following a collision with Canadiens forward Joshua Roy.
Roy and Josh Anderson each scored for Montreal. Sam Montembeault allowed two goals on 18 shots in 31:40, and Jakub Dobes made 11 saves in relief.
Roy gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead at 4:01 of the first period before Joseph Gambardella tied it 1-1 at 9:55.
Nemec scored a power-play goal at 3:32 of the second period to give New Jersey a 2-1 lead, and Mercer made it 3-1 on the man-advantage at 12:42.
Anderson cut it to 3-2 with a short-handed goal at 14:08.
Hughes restored the Devils’ two-goal lead with a power-play goal at 5:10 of the third period for the 4-2 final.
Tyler Toffoli had three shots on goal in his debut with New Jersey; he was acquired in a trade with the Calgary Flames on June 27.
Senators 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT): Jakob Chychrun scored his second goal at 3:48 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators the win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Chychrun scored into an open net off the rebound of Ridly Greig’s shot on a 2-on-1. His goal came after Mitch Marner scored a power-play goal with six seconds remaining in regulation to tie it 3-3.
Dominik Kubalik, who was acquired in a trade with the Detroit Red Wings for Alex DeBrincat on July 9, had a goal and an assist in his Senators debut. Mads Sogaard made 37 saves.
Tyler Bertuzzi, who signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract July 2, had an assist in his Maple Leafs debut. Joseph Woll allowed three goals on 22 shots before being replaced midway through the second period by Martin Jones, who made 16 saves.
Roby Jarventie gave the Senators a 1-0 lead at 1:16 of the first period, finishing a return pass from Kubalik in the right circle.
Shortly after Sogaard stopped Easton Cowan on a penalty shot, Kubalik made it 2-0 at 6:37.
Cowan scored a power-play goal to cut it to 2-1 at 10:08.
Chychrun scored his own power-play goal to make it 3-1 at 16:22, but Joseph Blandisi scored 27 seconds later at 16:49 to cut it to 3-2.
