PHILADELPHIA — Cam Atkinson scored twice and Sean Walker added his first goal with Philadelphia as the Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night.

Atkinson, who missed all of last season with a neck injury, has played a role in the Flyers’ 3-1 start. He scored his first goal of the game early in the second period when netted a tap-in in front of Edmonton goalie Jack Campbell. Owen Tippett made a nice spin move along the boards and fired a pass that Atkinson converted.

Atkinson scored his third goal of the season, also on a pass from Tippett, on a shot from the slot early in the third period.

Walker scored his first goal since February, ending a 25-game drought, by firing a wrist shot past Campbell on a short-handed rush with 1:31 remaining in the second.

Joel Farabee opened the scoring in the first period for Philadelphia. Carter Hart made 22 saves.

Zach Hyman scored for Edmonton, his second of the season, on a play started by Conor McDavid.

Considered a Stanley Cup contender, the Oilers have gotten off to a slow start this season, dropping three of their first four games.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, JETS 3: Jack Eichel broke a tie on a power play with 4:36 left and Stanley Cup champion Vegas won at Winnipeg for its fifth straight victory to open the season.

KINGS 7, WILD 3: Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice within 12 seconds in the first period, and Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots as visiting Los Angeles beat Minnesota.

PANTHERS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1: Kevin Stenlund and Oliver Ekman-Larsson got their first Florida goals, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots and the Panthers won their home opener.

Stenlund scored with 2:52 left in the first, Ekman-Larsson made it 2-0 with seven seconds left in the opening period and that was enough for Bobrovsky. Sam Reinhart added a short-handed empty-net goal as time expired.

COYOTES 6, BLUES 2: Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz each had a goal and an assist, sparking visiting Arizona over St. Louis.

PREDATORS 4, RANGERS 1: Cole Smith scored twice in the first period, and visiting Nashville beat New York.

Ryan O’Reilly and Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville, and Juuse Saros, starting for fifth time in five games this season, finished with 23 saves.

Adam Fox scored for the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin, starting for the fourth time in four games, was pulled in the second period after giving up four goals on 18 shots. Jonathan Quick, signed to be the backup in the offseason, stopped all nine shots he faced in his season debut.

LIGHTNING 4, CANUCKS 3: Nikita Kucherov scored twice and Tampa Bay beat visiting Vancouver to end a three-game losing streak.

Nicholas Paul and Michael Eyssimont also scored, and Jonas Johansson made 26 saves for the Lightning. Steven Stamkos had an assist after missing the previous two games because of an undisclosed lower-body injury.

FLAMES 4, SABRES 3: Adam Ruzicka scored the go-ahead goal on a bad-angle shot 4:35 into the third period, and visiting Calgary never trailed in beating Buffalo.

Jonathan Huberdeau, Blake Coleman and Walker Duehr also scored. Dan Vladar stopped 24 shots in his season debut in net.

Tage Thompson, JJ Peterka and Erik Johnson scored for the Sabres.

NOTES

LIGHTNING: Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy remains on target to be back in late November or early December.

Vasilevskiy had a microdiscectomy to address a lumbar disk herniation three weeks ago.

FLAMES: Prospect Topi Ronni informed his Finnish Elite League team that he is under investigation for a rape allegation that occurred two years ago in his native Finland.

In an announcement posted on its website, Tappara Tampere said Ronni is stepping away from team activities after receiving a court summons. The 19-year-old center was a minor at the time of the alleged rape.

In a statement translated from Finnish, Ronni said: “The last two or so years have been hard waiting for the matter to progress. I trust that the related course of events will be clarified in connection with the trial.”

Details of the alleged rape are unknown because the case documents are sealed, and a court hearing date has not been scheduled.

Ronni was selected in the second round of the 2022 NHL draft by Calgary, and is in his third season playing for Tampere. He appeared in five games for Finland at the 2023 world junior championship.

The Flames issued a statement saying they became aware of a potential legal issue involving Ronni after the draft. “We take this matter seriously and will let the legal process follow its due course,” the Flames said.

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