PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby scored in his season debut as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.Crosby, who scored on a power play, missed the teams first six games with a concussion. Carl Hagelin and Eric Fehr also scored for the Penguins, who extended a seven-game unbeaten streak against the Panthers.Marc-Andre Fleury, who has started the first seven games of the season for Pittsburgh, stopped 20 shots. Matt Murray, who backstopped the Penguins to a Stanley Cup in June, served as the backup to Fleury after missing the first six games with a broken hand.Reilly Smith scored a power-play goal and Mark Pysyk also scored for the Panthers, who have lost 11 of 12 against the Penguins in Pittsburgh.James Reimer made 19 saves in his second start of the season.WILD 5, BRUINS 0BOSTON -- Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves, Charlie Coyle and Chris Stewart scored 12 seconds apart and the Wild used four second-period goals to beat the Bruins.Ryan Suter and Jason Zucker each had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, and rookie Joel Eriksson Ek got his first three NHL assists.Jason Pominville scored in the third period, and Dubnyk got his 20th career shutout and the first for Minnesota this season.Boston was missing its top two goalies and the Wild capitalized after a lackluster first period.Malcolm Subban started in net but was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots in the first 30:36. Zane McIntyre then made his NHL debut and stopped 15 of 17 shots.DEVILS 5, COYOTES 3NEWARK, N.J. -- Travis Zajac scored twice in the final 2:01 to lead the Devils over the Coyotes.Taylor Hall scored twice and Adam Henrique also had a goal for New Jersey, which is 3-0-0 at home and 0-2-1 on the road.Hall, acquired by the Devils in a trade with Edmonton in June, has scored all five of his goals this season at Prudential Center.Cory Schneider made 28 saves to help New Jersey win its third straight against Arizona dating to last season, and its fifth in seven games against the Coyotes overall.Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored twice in the third period for Arizona to tie it before Zajacs two goals. Jordan Martinook also scored for the Coyotes, and Justin Peters stopped 30 shots.LIGHTNING 7, MAPLE LEAFS 3TORONTO -- Steven Stamkos matched a career-high with four points -- two goals and two assists -- and the Lightning beat the Maple Leafs.Frederik Andersen gave up seven goals on only 24 shots, the third time in five starts he has allowed at least five goals and fourth time hes allowed four or more. The 27-year-old has an .851 save percentage so far this season.Alex Killorn, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov and Jonathan Drouin added goals for Tampa Bay, while Ben Bishop made 40 saves.William Nylander, James van Riemsdyk and Auston Matthews scored for the Maple Leafs, who outshot the Lightning 43-24.RED WINGS 4, HURRICANES 2DETROIT -- Dylan Larkin scored two goals to lead the Red Wings to their fifth consecutive win, a decision over the Hurricanes.Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist and Thomas Vanek scored for Detroit (5-2-0). Petr Mrazek made 28 saves for the Red Wings, whose last five-game winning streak was Jan. 13-27, 2015.Jordan Staal and Victor Rask scored for Carolina while Cam Ward stopped 21 shots.An apparent goal by the Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen with 3:03 left was waved off because he deflected a shot in with a high stick.Athanasiou gave Detroit a 4-2 lead with 2:56 left in the second period on a wrist shot from the right circle. It was Athanasious second goal of the season.That was after Carolina scored twice in the second to pull within a goal.FLAMES 4, BLUES 1ST. LOUIS -- Brian Elliott stopped 23 shots in his return to St. Louis, Johnny Gaudreau and Sam Bennett each had a goal and an assist and the Flames beat the Blues.Elliott was traded from St. Louis to Calgary in June, and the 17,337 in attendance serenaded Elliott with chants of Moose, his nickname, on his first couple of saves. Elliotts best save came late in the second when he slid his right pad across the crease to rob Nail Yakupov on a rebound attempt.Dennis Wideman and Deryk Engelland also scored to help the Flames snap a seven-game losing streak at St. Louis.Kevin Shattenkirk scored for the Blues on a two-man advantage in the third, and Carter Hutton made 26 saves. After winning their first three games, the Blues are 1-2-1 in their last four.FLYERS 4, SABRES 3, SOPHILADELPHIA -- Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek scored shootout goals to cap a fantastic Flyers rally in a win over the Sabres.Trailing 3-1, Brayden Schenn and Mark Streit scored the tying power-play goals with 3:05 left in regulation.Buffalos Dmitry Kulikov was whistled for charging when he wiped out Jake Voracek late in the game to start a scrum between the two teams. Schenn quickly followed with a power-play goal with 3:05 left to make it 3-2. 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Despite the issues, Nigeria won that game 5-4, and then beat Sweden 1-0 on Sunday to become the first team into the quarterfinals.Sports minister Solomon Dalung took responsibility for what he called the unfortunate incident and said in a statement that he went into the teams dressing room after the Sweden game to apologize to players. He didnt give details on how the mess-up occurred.I want to assure you that we appreciate your efforts, and I want to say that its when a man faces challenges that his true ability is tested, Dalung said.ddddddddddddI am sure we all have learnt our lessons and will take the lessons to heart going forward.Delta said a communications mix-up had grounded an earlier flight the team was meant to take, but there were reports that the problem was because the Nigerian government hadnt paid for the original charter.Nigerias soccer team is regularly beset by problems, often involving money.A dispute over bonus payments for players at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil led to them refusing to attend a training session and almost caused the Nigerian team to go on strike midway through the tournament. The team also arrived late for the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil -- a World Cup warmup tournament -- after problems over player payments.Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel recently denied reports that he gave $30,000 of his own money to some of his teammates on the Olympic team as an incentive. ' ' '
