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GOTHENBURG Alan Quine Jersey Womens , Sweden (AP) — Kyle Palmieri, Travis Zajac and the New Jersey Devils left the Edmonton Oilers behind in their season-opener, showing the form that helped them return to the playoffs last season.Palmieri and Zajac scored two goals each to lead the Devils to a 5-2 victory Saturday night in the NHL Global Series game at Scandinavium.“We feel like we have a good group, we have a strong culture,” New Jersey coach John Hynes said. “We have an identity of how we want to play, the types of players we want, how we want to be off the ice. Those are really the things that matter. We want be a tough team to play against.”Stefan Noesen also scored, Miles Wood had two assists, and Keith Kinkaid made 17 saves.“We played a pretty good hockey game from the start,” Zajac said. “Not too many lapses, in our play throughout the game, our speed eventually kind of took over. We played the right way Petr Mrazek Jersey Womens , especially with the lead. It’s early in the season and it’s a good sign.”Milan Lucic and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers.In the new season, Palmieri didn’t waste time.He picked up the puck near the boards in the offensive zone, moved unchecked toward the net from the left and beat Cam Talbot inside the far post on the first shot on goal in the opening minute.The Oilers came back on a power play, with captain Connor McDavid setting it up. The star center used his speed to carry the puck up ice from his own zone and skated around the goal to feed Lucic in front for a one-timer to tie it at 4:01.New Jersey took control early in the middle period with goals from Palmieri and Zajac in a 1:09 span. Palmieri scored on a power play for his second, and Zajac doubled the advantage after Talbot lost the puck behind the goal. The Devils dominated, outshooting the Oilers 10-4 in the period.“Obviously, we weren’t good enough, they were good,” McDavid said. “We did some good stuff, we did some bad stuff, too.”Zajac added his second in the third period after a defensive blunder by defenseman Matt Benning, and before Draisaitl reduced the deficit to 4-2. Noesen finished it off with an empty-netter.“Give them credit Jordan Schroeder Jersey Womens , they pressured us in areas that give us a lot of headaches and we weren’t able to do the same for them,” Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said. “We had a tough night, it was evident. Our puck movement, our puck support, our ability to play fast and clean was not very good.”It was the 23rd NHL regular-season game played in Europe, the 11th in Sweden and the first in Gothenburg.Prior to Saturday, the Devils completed a training camp in Switzerland where they played SC Bern in an exhibition game, while the Oilers came from practice in Germany, where they faced Cologne in an exhibition.The NHL will return to Europe next month. On Nov. 1-2, the Florida Panthers and the Winnipeg Jets will play two regular-season games in the Finnish capital of Helsinki.NOTES: It was only the second time in NHL history that the last two Hart Trophy winners faced each other in a season-opening game. It was also only the third time that the reigning Art Ross Trophy winner (McDavid) and reigning Hart Memorial Trophy winner (Taylor) played against each other in a season opener.UP NEXTOilers: At Boston on Thursday night.Devils: Host Stanley Cup champion Washington on Thursday night. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Missing three regular defensemen, the San Jose Sharks got a complete team effort and handed the Tampa Bay Lightning their first regulation loss in 5 1/2 weeks.Evander Kane scored two goals to reach 200 for his career as the Sharks beat Tampa Bay 5-2 on Saturday night Matt Calvert Jersey Womens , snapping the NHL-leading Lightning’s 16-game point streak.Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski and Lukas Radil also scored for San Jose. Brent Burns had three assists, Erik Karlsson added two to extend his assists streak to 12 games, and Martin Jones stopped 19 shots.“It’s hard to take three guys out of your lineup and survive it,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. “That’s as dangerous a group as there is in the league up front, particularly their top two lines. … We knew coming in that we would need everyone’s best effort in order to have a chance to win tonight, and we got that from everybody.”The Sharks were without defensemen Justin Braun (knee), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (wrist) andRadim Simek (concussion). Braun was placed on injured reserve.“We’re fortunate, not a lot of teams have that type of depth where you can have three guys step in and play with a whole new set of pairings,” Kane said. “Credit to them, I thought we did a good job staying tight in our zone and not giving them too many Grade A looks.”Couture and Pavelski scored 34 seconds apart midway through the first period to set the tone for San Jose.Victor Hedman and Mikhail Sergachev scored for the Lightning, who had won seven straight and were 15-0-1 since a 3-1 loss to Anaheim on Nov. 27. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 28 saves.“I felt we deserved a little better fate Cale Makar Jersey Womens , we hit the post three times,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “Tonight was just not our night. For 16 or 17 games it was our night. Give them credit, they skated well. Hitting three posts, when you’re on a streak, those probably go in. Tonight they didn’t. This is still a great group of guys to coach.”Couture scored his 16th goal at 9:27 of the first period and Pavelski punched in his team-leading 25th just past the midpoint of the period to give the Sharks a 2-0 lead.Hedman got his fifth with 3:47 left in the opening period to make it a 2-1 game.Kane scored on a power play at 4:23 of the second period to give the Sharks a two-goal lead again. However, Sergachev got his first of the season in his 40th game just 30 seconds later to pull Tampa Bay within one.Kane restored the Sharks’ two-goal lead with his 14th at 5:18 of the third, and Radil got his sixth with 7:40 left to cap the scoring.The Lightning were 0 for 2 on power plays.“We feel like we’re going to win every game,” Sergachev said. “It was a hell of a ride. We had some chances, but they played a heck of a game. They had their best game in the (penalty kill).”NOTES:… D Jacob Middleton made his NHL debut for San Jose. … The Sharks scored two goals on four shots in the first period. … San Jose reserve goalie Aaron Dell came in for Jones briefly after Sergachev’s goal in the second period. Dell played 1:09 and had one save. … Stamkos had an assist on Hedman’s goal. He has 21 points (13 goals, eight assists) in his last 12 games. … The Lightings’ Nikita Kucherov and Braydon Point had point streaks of 12 and eight games snapped.UP NEXTLightning: Host Columbus on Tuesday night.Sharks: Host Los Angeles on Monday night.