NHL roundup: Pens outlast Rangers 1-0 in triple overtime

Evgeni Malkin scored 5:58 into the third overtime as the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins outlasted the New York Rangers 4-3 on Tuesday night in the opener of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.

In a game that had a combined 151 shots on goal, Malkin capped the four-hour, 38-minute marathon by scoring on a deflection. The winning play started when Kasperi Kapanen pressured New York's Filip Chytil into a turnover behind the net. Kapanen moved the puck from behind the net and found John Marino, whose wrist shot from the right point was tipped in over Igor Shesterkin's left shoulder.

Malkin's dramatic goal capped the 54th game in Stanley Cup Playoffs history to require at least three overtimes. It also was Pittsburgh's first triple-overtime playoff game since Game 5 of the 2010 first round against the Ottawa Senators.

Adam Fox and Andrew Copp scored in the opening 23-plus minutes for the Rangers, who held a 2-0 lead early in the second. Chris Kreider netted a short-handed goal that gave the Rangers a short-lived 3-2 lead late in the second.

Flames 1, Stars 0

Elias Lindholm's goal early in the first period held up for the game-winner because of Jacob Markstrom's shutout performance as host Calgary beat Dallas in the opener of their Western Conference first-round series.

Markstrom made 16 saves to earn his second career playoff shutout. He collected nine shutouts in the regular season. Markstrom also had some good luck, as Miro Heiskanen's shot late in the second period rang off the post, about as close as the Stars came to beating him.

In his first NHL playoff start, goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots for Dallas, which had claimed the first Western Conference wild-card spot.

Capitals 4, Panthers 2

T.J. Oshie scored