Tyler Seguin’s two goals and two assists lift Stars over Jets

The centre's scoring spree gave Dallas a 4-1 win over Winnipeg on Friday.

Tyler Seguin, center, scored twice on Friday as the Dallas Stars improved to 2-1. Marianne Helm / Getty Images / AFP

Stars 4, Jets 1

Dallas centre Tyler Seguin scored two goals and added two assists as the Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1.

The Stars showed no signs of rust after five days off, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes and cruising to victory in their first road game of the season.

Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists for the Stars, and rookie forward Alex Chiasson added his third goal of the season and had an assist.

Kings 2, Hurricanes 1 (SO)

Jeff Carter scored and Jonathan Quick improved his career record to 32-18 in shootouts as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1.

The Kings began a four-game road swing through the Southeast with a victory as Carter beat Cam Ward on a backhander as the second Kings shooter. Quick stopped Jeff Skinner, Alexander Semin and Nathan Gerbe in the shootout.

Carolina (2-2-1) has yet to score more than three goals in any of its first five games.

Coyotes 2, Flyers 1

Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a power-play goal late in the second period to break a tie, Thomas Greiss made 36 saves and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1.

Rob Klinkhammer also scored a goal for the Coyotes (3-2), who won their second road game in two nights.

Max Talbot had the lone goal for the Flyers, who have only six goals this season, a big reason why the team is 1-4.

Panthers 6, Penguins 3

The Florida Panthers, playing their home opener and celebrating their 20th NHL season, hammered the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3.

The Panthers scored twice in the second period to break at 2-2 tie and added a goal in the third to beat the previously undefeated Penguins.

Both teams used their backup goalies. The Penguins’ Jeff Zatkoff made his NHL debut, starting in place of Marc Andre-Fleury. For the Panthers, Jacob Markstrom replaced injured Panthers’ goalie Tim Thomas.

The Panthers improved to 2-3. The Penguins fell to 3-1.

Blackhawks 3, Islanders 2

Michal Handzus tapped in a rebound of Duncan Keith’s second period slap shot for the winning goal as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the New York Islanders 3-2.

Keith’s shot came from just inside the blueline. Standing right in front of Islanders goalie Kevin Poulin, Handzus flicked the loose puck into the net at 6:45 of the middle period, a goal that would hold up the rest of the way as Chicago improved to 2-1-1.

New York (also 2-1-1) suffered their first loss of the young season.

Flames 3, Devils 2

Sean Monahan’s 19th birthday present came one day early as the sixth-overall selection in the 2013 draft scored for his fourth consecutive game and netted the biggest tally of them all so far, the third-period winner in Calgary’s 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

Monahan, who has points in five consecutive games to start his NHL career, quietly worked his way behind a pair of Devils defenders when fellow rookie Sven Baertschi spied him and fired a beautiful cross-ice pass for him to convert past Devils goalie Martin Brodeur.

It capped a see-saw game for a Flames team that opened the season with a 3-0-2 record after being pegged by most as a bottom feeder.