5 Canadian teams begin NHL pre-season action

Five Canadian NHL teams began their pre-season exhibition games on Monday.

Here's how they fared:

Senators double up on Leafs in Halifax

​Phil Varone had two goals and two assists to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 6-3 pre-season victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.

Logan Brown, Thomas Chabot, Matt Puempel and Casey Bailey, a former Leafs prospect, also scored for Ottawa.

Andrew Nielsen, Frank Corrado and Jake Gardiner replied for the Maple Leafs. Mitch Marner, Toronto's first-round pick in 2015 (fourth overall) and reigning CHL player of the year, had two assists.

Varone scored his first goal just 50 seconds into the game when the Senators centre capitalized on a juicy rebound that Antoine Bibeau kicked out into the slot.

A minute later, Ottawa made it 2-0 when Brown, the Senators' first-round pick in the June draft, banged home a loose puck from a goalmouth scramble.

Halifax fans gave Marner a standing ovation midway through the second after he made a rush to create a scoring chance for Brooks Laich. Later on in the same shift, Marner made a great pass to set up Kadri at the doorstep.

Henrique's 2 goals lead Devils past Canadiens

Adam Henrique scored two power-play goals as the New Jersey Devils downed the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in pre-season action on Monday night.

Michael McLeod also scored for New Jersey (2-0-0).

Goalie Scott Wedgewood, who made four NHL starts last season, made 26 saves for the Devils through two periods. Mackenzie Blackwood came into the game at the start of the third and stopped 13-of-14 shots.

Markus Eisenschmid and Zach Redmond scored for Montreal (0-1-0).

Mike Condon stopped eight of 10 shots he faced before coming off midway through the second period. His replacement, Charlie Lindgren, made 16 saves.

Henrique scored his first of the game at 11:19 of the first. Playing with the man advantage, the Devils forward jumped on a loose puck in the crease after Condon gave up a big rebound off a point shot.

Henrique scored his second at 10:52 of the second period to give New Jersey a 2-1 lead. With Brendan Gallagher serving Montreal's too-many-men penalty, Henrique scored on a snap shot from the left face-off circle after a decisive zone entry by Taylor Hall.

Defenceman Yohann Auvitu assisted on both of Henrique's goals.

Hall, playing his first game with the Devils since being traded in the off-season, was left off the score sheet. The Edmonton Oilers traded Hall for Adam Larsson this summer.

The 2010 first-overall draft pick played on a line with Henrique and former Canadien Devante Smith-Pelly.​

Oilers open new arena with win over Flames

Tyler Pitlick had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their pre-season debut at the new Rogers Place Arena, coming away with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Calgary Flames in a split-squad game on Monday.

Iiro Pakarinen, Ryan Vesce and Kris Versteeg also scored for the Oilers.

Kenney Morrison and Freddie Hamilton replied with the goals for the Flames.

Edmonton got the first goal in its new building, as Pakarinen banked home a rebound during a scramble in front of Flames starting goalie Jon Gilles.

Eetu Laurikainen came in to replace Talbot in the Edmonton net for the third period.

The Flames and Oilers also played a split-squad game at the same time in Calgary, which Edmonton won 2-1.