PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins gained a measure of revenge against a rival that ended their season last spring.Kris Letang scored his second goal 1:20 into overtime and the Penguins opened theseason with a 7-6 victory over the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Thursday night.“I think we wanted to respond to last season Womens Kris Russell Jersey ,” Letang said. “I don’t think it mattered if it was (Washington) or another team.”Letang beat goalie Braden Holtby with a slap shot from the point on a power play. Letang finished with three points, tying Hall of Famer Paul Coffey for the most by a defenseman in team history with 440.“I always looked up to him,” Letang said. “It’s pretty cool to have your name next to his.”Penguins coach Mike Sullivan believes the three-point opener will give Letang confidence moving forward.“I thought he had a really solid night,” Sullivan said. “He plays big minutes and in all of the situations for us. I’m happy for him because I know how hard he works.”Jake Guentzel also scored twice, Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists, and Derick Brassard and Jamie Oleksiak added goals in Pittsburgh’s opener. Matt Murray made 30 saves.T.J. Oshie scored twice for Stanley Cup champion Washington, coming off a 7-0 home victory over Boston on Wednesday night in the Capitals’ opener.Alex Ovechkin had his second of the season and 609th overall, passing Dino Ciccarelli for 18th on the NHL list. Brooks Orpik scored his first goal in 182 regular-season games. Jakub Vrana and John Carlson also scored. Holtby made 34 saves.The Capitals met the Penguins for the first time since eliminating Pittsburgh in six games during the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The winner of Pittsburgh and Washington’s second- round series the past three playoffs has gone on to win the Stanley Cup, including the Capitals’ first-ever championship last season. During the previous three seasons, the Penguins and Capitals met 32 times in the regular season and playoffs with 16 of those 32 games decided by one goal.The Capitals return 20 of 22 players who won the Stanley Cup, while Pittsburgh seeks its third championship in four seasons with a lineup largely unchanged from last season.“Both of these teams have so much firepower throughout the whole lineup,” Oshie said. “When you get a sloppy game, guys making misreads defensively, turning the puck over at the wrong time, each team is going to make you pay.”Malkin scored 2:45 into the third period, putting Pittsburgh ahead by two, but Oshie tied it at 6 with goals 21 seconds apart.“It was not a pretty game Leon Draisaitl Jersey ,” Letang said. “It was ugly. It was that type of game.”Five of the first seven shots were goals as the Capitals held a 3-2 lead eight minutes into the game.Both teams scored in the first four minutes of the second, but Pittsburgh closed the period with goals from Guentzel and Brassard scored less than two minutes apart, giving the Penguins a one-goal lead going into the third.“It was hard to get momentum in this game,” Letang said. “The first one is never pretty. We got it out of the way and obviously it’s good that we got the two points.”NOTES: This is the second time in the past three years Pittsburgh opened its season with Washington. Pittsburgh is 6-0 against Washington in season openers. … D Jack Johnson played his first game for Pittsburgh after signing as a free agent for five years and $16.25 million on July 1. .. Ovechkin is one goal behind Bobby Hull for 17th. … Orpik’s last regular-season goal came Feb. 26, 2016, against Minnesota.UP NEXTCapitals: Host Vegas on Wednesday night.Penguins: Host Montreal on Saturday night. The Seattle Mariners will find themselves peaking at the scoreboard and hoping the New York Yankees can take care of the Oakland Athletics. They hope that scenario takes place while hoping they can beat the worst team in baseball. The Mariners head into the opener of a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles facing a 5 1/2-game deficit for the second wild-card spot with 25 games remaining. They settled for a split in Oakland after taking an 8-2 loss and are returning after going 4-5 on a nine-game trip. Article continues below ...“We have an uphill climb ahead of us,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “We have to go home and take care of business there and rattle off a good string of wins. We have to win five, six in a row and see what happens from there. There’s still plenty of baseball to play, but it has to happen real quick for us. We need to have a real good homestand.” After facing the Orioles, the Mariners face the New York Yankees for three games and then go back on the road for nine games. Seattle won four games in Baltimore on June 25-28 to go to 51-31, but since then the Mariners are an inconsistent 25-30 while the A’s have soared through the standings to get the second wild card. Baltimore, meanwhile, heads to Seattle at 40-97 after getting swept in a three-game series in Kansas City in a matchup of the two worst teams in the majors. The Orioles were outscored 23-6 and committed three errors in Sunday’s 9-1 loss. Before this weekend, Baltimore swept three games from Toronto, including the major league debut of Josh Rogers, who makes his second start Monday. “I can’t even lie. I woke up sick,” the left-hander told MLB.com last Tuesday of his pregame jitters before facing Toronto. “I was pretty nervous all day and then I got to go to lunch with my family and my grandparents and my dad Nick Foligno Jersey , mom, sister, girlfriend — so it was really good to just kind of get away from it a little bit, stop thinking about it.“It was good to do that and just get away from the game for a minute. Really, when I started playing catch in the outfield, it was like everything kind of settled in. It didn’t feel like another night, but I was just trying to throw strikes.” Rogers, the first left-hander to start for the Orioles this season, went five innings in a 12-5 win and allowed three runs and seven hits with a walk and two strikeouts. He said he had about 30 friends and family members in attendance for his debut. “I didn’t want to take him out of the game, especially after seeing his mom and dad here,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of trying to get Rogers through five innings for the victory. “I planned coming into the game to take him to five, maybe the sixth tops. But we weren’t really good in the bullpen for length. I don’t know if relief is the word. I’m just proud how much that meant to him.” Rogers will get his first road start Monday night in Seattle against right-hander Erasmo Ramirez (1-3, 6.28).Rogers, 24, was acquired by the Orioles from the New York Yankees as part of the deal for reliever Zach Britton. Ramirez will be making his 18th career appearance against the Orioles, including seven starts. He’s 2-4 with a 2.98 ERA against them. Ramirez last started Wednesday in San Diego when he was rocked for seven runs and nine hits in three innings.