Joe Pavelski leads Sharks' 5-1 rout of Kings in season opener

LOS ANGELES - Captain Joe Pavelski had a goal and two assists, and Joonas Donskoi scored in his NHL debut in the San Jose Sharks’ 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night in both clubs’ season opener.

Joe Thornton and Brent Burns had a goal and an assist apiece, and Tomas Hertl also scored as the Sharks thoroughly dominated their California rivals in coach Peter DeBoer’s successful debut.

Pavelski was outstanding in his first game since being named the permanent captain of the Sharks, who won a season opener at Staples Center for the second straight year.

Martin Jones made 19 saves in his own debut for the Sharks against his former team, stopping everything after the Kings’ first shot. Nick Shore scored 1:49 into the first period.

Jones came up through the Kings’ system and spent the past two years as Jonathan Quick’s backup before leaving last summer in a trade with Boston, which flipped him to San Jose.

Quick stopped 27 shots for the Kings, who lost their season opener for the third time in four seasons under coach Darryl Sutter.

San Jose routed the Kings 4-0 and chased Quick from last year’s season opener, spoiling Los Angeles’ banner-raising ceremony for its second Stanley Cup title in three years. Both California clubs then missed the postseason, but returned last month with renewed optimism after an unusually long summer for two regular playoff teams.

Shore set off an early celebration in the sellout crowd with his tipped goal in the opening minutes, but Thornton evened it with a clean shot past Quick before Pavelski put the Sharks ahead with a power-play goal moments later.

Los Angeles had trouble implementing its famed puck possession, while the Sharks’ speed and passing overwhelmed the Kings’ rebuilt defense. Burns’ goal appeared to ramp off a Los Angeles stick, and Hertl turned it into a blowout when he tipped home Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s shot on a power play.

Jones had little work to do while the Kings managed just eight shots in a 36-minute stretch, but he came up with an excellent stop on a point-blank chance for Tyler Toffoli late in the period.

Donskoi, a Finnish free agent who won a roster spot out of training camp, scored in the third period. The 23-year-old former Florida draft pick had spent his entire pro career in Finland.

Kings captain Dustin Brown blasted Logan Couture with an aggressive, open-ice check during the first period, but Couture stayed in the game. Los Angeles defenseman Matt Greene then leveled Barclay Goodrow with a debatable check in the third period, setting off two fights.

New Kings forward Milan Lucic then punctuated his debut with a match penalty by clobbering Logan Couture into the Sharks’ bench, setting off a major scuffle. Couture had upended Lucic with a low check moments earlier.

NOTES: Los Angeles went 0 for 6 on the power play, including 90 seconds of 5-on-3 play. ... Shore’s goal was the second-fastest in Kings home opener history, topped only by Pat Conacher’s goal 30 seconds into the 1995 opener against Colorado. ... Dodgers RF Andre Ethier watched the game on the glass.