Tonight’s games in two sentences each:

Zurich 5, Minsk 1 – The first period of Zurich’s home opener belonged to the visiting Minsk Hussars, who scored its only goal. But the Lions really roared in the next two periods, beating Carey Price 5 times and outshooting Minsk 32-14.

Paris 4, London 3 (shootout) – Evgeny Malkin scored twice for Paris, but it came down to David Perron, who was the only one of six skaters who could score a goal in a shootout that featured a rare Jeff Skinner miss. Rookie goalie Martin Jones made 46 saves in his debut and London managed to get a point in the standings thanks to third-period goals by Daniel Sedin and Brandon Saad.

St. Petersburg 3, Madrid 1 – Erik Johnson, Brent Burns and Brad Richards had two points each and rookie Jan Kovar scored in his debut as the visitors took two points out of Spain. Chris Stewart, playing on the top line with Gabriel Landeskog and Derek Stepan, scored for Madrid to break up Antti Niemi’s shutout bid. St. Petersburg’s Dmitri Kalinin didn’t get a point but he had 9 hits and 3 blocked shots.

Helsinki 2, Copenhagen 1 – Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 Copenhagen shots to earn the win for Helsinki, which was outshot 37-28. Eliezer Sherbatov scored the only even-strength goal and it was the game-winner in a contest that saw the rough and tumble Jokerit out-hit the Tridents 30-16.

Moscow 4, Stockholm 2 – Spartak looked dominant in their home opener, outshooting the Eagles 46-15 and building a 3-0 before Stockholm got on the board halfway through the second period. Off-season acquisition Ryan Suter had an assist and 5 shots on goal for Moscow, while teammates Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown and Andrew Ladd combined for 19 shots.

Bratislava 4, Athens 1 – Bratislava’s new goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, won a lot of fans in the Eagles’ home opener, limiting powerful Athens to one goal. Marian Hossa scored twice for Bratislava (one into an empty net), while Tyler Ennis and Luke Adams got the other Eagles goals and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Greeks.