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Conor Geekie had two goals and an assist, including the game-winner on the power play with two seconds left in the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied with three late goals to defeat the Florida Panthers 8-7 at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday.

Trailing 7-5, Tampa Bay scored three times in the final 5:21. Maxim Groshev cut it to 7-6 at 14:39, and Dylan Duke tied it 7-7 at 17:13.

Darren Raddysh had two goals and two assists, Duke had a goal and an assist, and Jayden Dureau had two assists for the Lightning.

Jesper Boqvist had a goal and two assists, Ryan McAllister and Sandis Vilmanis each had a goal and an assist, and Adam Boqvist and Patrick Giles each had two assists for the Panthers. Each Boqvist brother was making his Florida debut.

Zac Dalpe gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 3:40 of the first period, and A.J. Greer made it 2-0 at 4:35.

Raddysh made it 2-1 at 7:14 before Tobie Paquette-Bisson tied it 2-2 at 19:37.

Raddysh’s power-play goal put Tampa Bay in front 3-2 at 9:50 of the second period, but Vilmanis tied it 3-3 on the power play at 11:57.

Geekie scored a short-handed goal 5:06 into the third period for a 4-3 Tampa Bay lead before Jesper Boqvist tied it 4-4 at 5:34 with a rebound on the power play.

Niko Huuhtanen put the Lightning back in front 5-4 at 7:01. Wilmer Skoog answered to tie it 5-5 at 8:17, scoring with a high backhand from low in the right face-off circle.

Tobias Bjornfot gave the Panthers a 6-5 lead at 9:41, and McAllister pushed it to 7-5 at 12:37 with a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle.

Capitals 5, Devils 3: The Washington Capitals scored three goals in the final 5:32 of the second period in a win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Dylan Strome and Brandon Duhaime each had two goals and John Carlson had a goal and an assist for the Capitals (1-2-0). Nic Dowd had two assists. Logan Thompson made 25 saves.

Carlson was making his preseason debut for the Capitals, as were Alex Ovechkin and offseason acquisition Jakob Chychrun.

Brenden Dillon, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes scored for New Jersey (0-3-0). Jacob Markstrom had 22 saves.

Hughes made his preseason debut for New Jersey after shoulder surgery ended his 2023-24 season with four games remaining.

Dillon gave New Jersey a 1-0 lead at 14:37 of the first period with a slap shot from just inside the blue line.

Carlson tied the game at 14:28 of the second period, slicing toward the net to take a return pass from Jakub Vrana and make it a 1-1 game.

Strome’s breakaway goal gave Washington the lead at 18:33 and Duhaime scored 37 seconds later to put the Capitals up 3-1. Strome’s second goal of the game made it 4-1 at 13:47 of the third period.

Hischier scored on a redirect of a Dillon shot at 15:00 to cut it to 4-2 and Hughes followed at 17:03 to get New Jersey within a goal.

Duhaime’s empty net goal finished the scoring at 19:20.

Blue Jackets 3, Blues 0: Denton Mateychuk scored for the Columbus Blue Jackets in their win against the St. Louis Blues at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The No. 12 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, Mateychuk gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead at 18:59 of the first period on a wrist shot from the right circle.

Kent Johnson had a goal and an assist, Kirill Marchenko scored, and Sean Kuraly had two assists for Columbus (1-1-0). Elvis Merzlikins made 19 saves in two periods before being replaced by Zach Sawchenko, who made 12 saves.

Joel Hofer started and stopped 26 of 28 shots in two periods for the Blues (0-3-0). Colten Ellis made 12 saves in relief.

Marchenko extended it to 2-0 at 15:59 of the second period, burying a rebound near the right post.

Johnson scored into an empty net with 40 seconds remaining for the 3-0 final.

James van Riemsdyk had four shots on goal in 15:26 of ice time in his Blue Jackets debut. The 35-year-old signed a one-year, $900,000 contract with Columbus on Sept. 15.