Pittsburgh fans came to see Sidney Crosby's first career goal, and they got it. The added bonus: Mario Lemieux's first two-goal game in 2 1/2 seasons. The downside: somehow, the Penguins lost.
Glen Murray's second goal, a one-timer just as a Pittsburgh penalty was expiring 1:23 into overtime, rallied the Boston Bruins from a two-goal deficit and a 7-6 victory Saturday night that spoiled Crosby's first career goal and Lemieux's first two-goal game since February 2003.
The Bruins, putting 41 shots on a harried Sebastien Caron in an unexpected start for the backup goalie, won for the first time in three games and dropped the much-improved Penguins -- the NHL's worst team in 2003-2004 -- to 0-3.
Murray had two goals and two assists as the Bruins won despite trailing 1-0, 2-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-4 and 6-4.
Crosby, already living up to all expectations at age 18 only three games into his career, had his first multipoint game by adding two assists, giving him five points in three games, and the Penguins -- with Lemieux playing again like he was 18 instead of 40 -- built a two-goal lead they couldn't hold.
Ziggy Palffy, Ric Jackman and Brooks Orpik also scored for Pittsburgh.
Patrice Bergeron, Pat Leahy, Travis Green, Brad Boyes and Sergei Samsonov added goals for the Bruins.
Lightning 2, Panthers 1
At Tampa, Florida, John Grahame made 28 saves for Tampa Bay and Fredrik Modin ended Florida goalie Roberto Luongo's season-opening shutout streak.
Luongo allowed his first goal of the season on Modin's breakaway 55 seconds into the second period that gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead.
Modin had just completed serving a minor penalty when he picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated in on Luongo alone.
Luongo, who hadn't allowed a goal in 148 minutes, 21 seconds dating back to the 2003-2004 season, posted 2-0 shutouts over Atlanta and the Lightning in his two previous games this year.
Martin St. Louis put the Lightning ahead 2-0 during a five-on-three power play with 8:09 left in the third.
Florida got a power-play goal from Joe Nieuwendyk with 51.8 seconds to play.
Islanders 3, Hurricanes 2
At Uiondale, New York, Miroslav Satan finally scored his first goal in an Islanders jersey and Rick DiPietro made 42 saves, leading New York past Carolina.
It wasn't the most glamorous of goals for Satan, who scored 259 before signing with the Islanders in the offseason. In fact, it was Carolina defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky who knocked it past goalie Cam Ward.
Jason Blake and Shawn Bates added goals for New York.
Eric Staal scored twice for Carolina, including a goal with 1:01 remaining that made it 3-2. He has four on the season and has scored in all three Hurricanes games.
Senators 5, Sabres 0
At Ottawa, Dominik Hasek stopped 35 shots for his 64th career shutout, and Wade Redden had a goal and two assists to lead the Senators over the Sabres.
Dany Heatley was credited with a pair of power-play goals, and Jason Spezza and Martin Havlat also scored for the Senators, who improved to 2-0-0 after recording the NHL's first shootout victory Wednesday night with a season-opening 3-2 win in Toronto.
Making his Ottawa debut before a Corel Centre-record crowd of 19,661, Hasek registered his first shutout since Nov. 10, 2003, for Detroit to win his second straight start with the Senators.
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 4
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