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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 6, 2007

ISLANDERS 6, SABRES 4: Mike Comrie scored twice and had two assists in his New York debut. Ruslan Fedotenko had a goal and two assists, including the 100th of his career, and Bill Guerin added three assists, while Comrie's four-point game matched a career high.

HURRICANES 4, PENGUINS 1: Eric Staal scored two first-period goals as Carolina spoiled Pittsburgh's season opener. Cam Ward stopped 33 shots and took a shutout into the final minutes, Jeff Hamilton had a goal and two assists, and Andrew Ladd also scored for the Hurricanes.

CAPITALS 3, THRASHERS 1: Michael Nylander and John Erskine scored two goals in a 2-minute span in the first period and Viktor Kozlov added a goal in the third as Washington won the season opener for both teams. Brent Johnson stopped 28 shots for the Capitals, who outshot the Thrashers 40-29.

BLUE JACKETS 4, DUCKS 0: Rick Nash had two goals and a career-best four points and Pascal Leclaire stopped 28 shots for Columbus. Sergei Fedorov and Ron Hainsey each added a power-play goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets.

STARS 4, BRUINS 1: Brenden Morrow scored off an assist from Mike Modano and Marty Turco allowed only a power-play goal as Dallas won another home opener. Modano got career point No. 1,227, five shy of matching Phil Housley for the most by an American-born player.

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