OTTAWA, Ontario — Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist in his season debut as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Ryan O’Reilly scored twice for Buffalo (8-9-5), and Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart also scored. Robin Lehner started and gave up one goal on six shots before leaving late in the first period. Anders Nilsson replaced him and stopped 26 shots.

Mike Hoffman had three goals and an assist for the Senators.

Eichel had missed the first 21 games after spraining his left ankle before the Sabres’ season opener.

RANGERS 3, HURRICANES 2: Jimmy Vesey scored a tie-breaking power-play goal with 5:12 remaining to lift New York over visiting Carolina.

Rick Nash had a goal and an assist, Nick Holden also scored and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 19 shots to help the Rangers snap a four-game skid at home.

BLUE JACKETS 5, LIGHTNING 1: Josh Anderson had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots and Columbus won at home.

The Blue Jackets are 8-1-1 in their last 10 home games.

JETS 3, DEVILS 2: Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine each scored his 13th goal of the season to help Winnipeg win at home.

RED WINGS 3, STARS 1: Anthony Mantha scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period as Detroit beat visiting Dallas.

BLACKHAWKS 2, PANTHERS 1: Richard Panik and Artemi Panarin scored in a shootout, and Chicago beat visiting Florida in the Panthers’ first game since Tom Rowe took over as interim coach.

Panik also scored in regulation and Corey Crawford made 38 saves.

Florida returned to the ice for the first time since Coach Gerard Gallant was fired after a 3-2 loss at Carolina on Sunday night.

NOTES

STARS: Left wing Travis Moen has retired at age 34 after 12 NHL seasons.

Moen helped the Anaheim Ducks win the Stanley Cup in 2007. He also played for Chicago, San Jose and Montreal.

He reached the playoffs with the Stars in his final season. Moen was bothered by a broken wrist and lower-body injuries last season.

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