Goaltender Roberto Luongo (L) of the Vancouver Canucks makes a save as Dustin Brown (C) of the Los Angeles Kings takes a stick to the face from Christopher Tanev of the Vancouver Canucks in Los Angeles, California, Monday. — AFP

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Kings proved to be Vancouver’s nemesis once again Monday when the defending Stanley Cup champions reopened old wounds from last season’s playoffs with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Canucks.



Vancouver held a 2-1 lead and was just 44 seconds from securing the road win when Russian defenseman Slava Voynov scored to send the game into overtime.



Following a scoreless extra period, Jeff Carter netted the only goal of the shootout, after also scoring in regulation, to propel the Kings to an improbable win.



Los Angeles also stunned the Canucks (2-2-2) in the 2012 post-season where the eighth-ranked Kings eliminated the Western Conference top seeds 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs.



In the regular season rematch, Zack Kassian and Alex Burrows helped the visiting Canucks forge a 2-0 lead early in the second period but the home team rallied to wipe out the deficit. Carter halved the deficit at 15:21 of the second period and Los Angeles plugged away until they tied the game in the final minute.



The win was the second in a row for the Kings (2-2-1), who opened the lockout-reduced season with three consecutive defeats.



Bruins 5, Hurricanes 3: David Krejci scored a tiebreaking goal with 1:50 left and the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes.



Zdeno Chara had a goal and two assists, Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist, Tyler Seguin had an empty-net goal and an assist and Brad Marchand scored a short-handed goal for the Bruins.



The Northeast Division leaders remained unbeaten in regulation and opened the season by earning points in five straight games for the first time since 1990-91.



Eric Staal had a goal and an assist, and he and Jeff Skinner scored 50 seconds apart late in the second period to help the Hurricanes erase a two-goal deficit.



Jamie McBain added a goal and Cam Ward made 33 saves for the Hurricanes, who had their two-game winning streak ended. Anton Khudobin stopped 29 shots in his first start of the season for the Bruins.



Krejci’s winner came after Horton rang the post. Rookie defenseman Dougie Hamilton’s cross-ice pass found Krejci in the left circle and he snapped the puck past Ward for his first goal of the season.



In other games: Coyotes 4, Predators 0; Oilers 4, Avalanche 1; Blue Jackets 2, Stars 1. — Agencies