"Capitals Defeat Stars for First Loss in NHL Recap"

Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome and Taylor Raddysh each scored in a three-goal second period for the host Washington Capitals, who defeated the previously unbeaten Dallas Stars 3-2 on Thursday.

After defeating the 3-0-0 Vegas on Tuesday for their first win, the Capitals were trailing 1-0 entering the second period on Thursday before making a comeback. Wilson led the surge in the second period with his third goal in three games. Charlie Lindgren, who was solid during the final stretch as Dallas pressured, made 22 saves for Washington, which has won two of its first three games.

Colin Blackwell and Jason Robertson scored for Dallas, who had outscored their opponents 12-5 while starting the season 4-0-0. However, the Stars did not provide much support for netminder Casey Smith (23 saves), who could not overcome turnovers and poor defensive play in front.

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The Stars also failed to score on all four of their power-play attempts and are now 1-for-17 this season.

Lightning 4, Knights 3

Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game with 55 seconds remaining to lift Tampa Bay over visiting Vegas.

Janis Moser had a goal and two assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves for the Lightning, who improved to 3-0-0.

Brayden McNabb, Pavel Dorofeyev and Ivan Barbashev scored, while Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore had two assists each and Adin Hill made 21 saves for the Golden Knights.

Blackhawks 4, Sharks 2

Taylor Hall, Tyler Bertuzzi, Nick Foligno and Jason Dickinson scored, while Petr Mrazek stopped 20 shots as Chicago defeated visiting San Jose.

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Chicago outshot San Jose 27-22 to win their home opener and prevail for the second time in the past three games. Connor Bedard and Teuvo Teravainen contributed two assists each. Teravainen has seven points in five games since returning to Chicago, including five points on the power play.

Tyler Toffoli and Fabian Zetterlund scored for San Jose, while Mikael Granlund and William Eklund recorded two assists each. Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves as the Sharks slipped to 0-2-2.

Oilers 4, Predators 2

Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and Brett Kulak scored twice, leading Edmonton over host Nashville.

Jeff Skinner also scored for the Oilers, who have won back-to-back games after losing their first three. Calvin Pickard made 25 saves for his first win of the season and first career win against the Predators. Edmonton has now won 12 out of their last 15 meetings against Nashville, including going 6-0-2 in eight trips to Nashville.

Filip Forsberg and Jonathan Marchessault scored for Nashville, while Juuse Saros stopped 32 shots. The Predators have now lost four straight to start the season.

Rangers 5, Red Wings 2

Artemi Panarin continued his impressive start by recording a hat trick as part of a four-point performance, leading visiting New York to a victory over Detroit.

Panarin scored two goals in the first period and added his second power-play goal of the game in the second, giving him five goals in the Rangers' first four games. He recorded his eighth career hat trick and also became the first player in team history to have four straight multi-point games to start a season.

Vincent Trocheck set up all three of Panarin's goals, while rookie Victor Mancini scored his first career goal and Adam Fox collected three assists for the Rangers, who are off to a 3-0-1 start and have scored 20 goals so far. Moritz Seider and J.T. Compher scored for the Red Wings, who have now lost three out of their first four games to start the season.

Devils 3, Senators 1

Erik Haula and Nathan Bastian scored their first goals of the season to push New