#Nikolay Bobrovsky

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Once in Workshop

by Nikolay Bobrovsky

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Fruits, par Nikolay Bobrovsky

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Nikolay Bobrovsky

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Reading Anna Akhmatova

Ph. Nikolay Bobrovsky

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find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

thank you for the tag my beloved @mikathemad !!

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

(I used a different color for teams I actually root for.)

Anaheim Ducks -Jansen Harkins

Boston Bruins -Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Jeremy Swayman

Buffalo Sabres - Bo Byram

Calgary Flames - Nazem Kadri, Ryan Lomberg, Devin Cooley

Carolina Hurricanes - Freddie Andersen, Tyson Jost

Chicago Hockey Team - Pat Maroon

Colorado Avalanche - Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Alexandar Georgiev, Gabe Landeskog, Nikolai Kovalenko

Columbus Blue Jackets - Elvis Merzlikins

Dallas Stars - Wyatt Johnston, Logan Stankoven, Tyler Seguin, Magnus Hellberg, Jake Oettinger

Detroit Red Wings - J.T. Compher

Edmonton Oilers - Leon Draisaitl, Stuart Skinner, Connor McDavid

Florida Panthers - Matthew Tkachuk, Sergei Bobrovsky, the rest of the Panthers roster

Los Angeles Kings - Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild - Marc-André Fleury, Jake Middleton, Kirill Kaprizov

Montreal Canadiens - Nick Suzuki

Nashville Predators - Scott Wedgewood, Brady Skjei

New Jersey Devils - Kurtis MacDermid, Jacob Markstrom

New York Islanders - Anthony Duclair

New York Rangers - Mika Zibanejad, Igor Shesterkin

Ottawa Senators - Linus Ullmark, Claude Giroux

Philadelphia Flyers - Travis Konecny, Ivan Fedotov, Erik Johnson

Pittsburgh Penguins - the whole damn team next question

San Jose Sharks - Ty Dellandrea, Macklin Celebrini

Seattle Kraken - Brandon Montour, Philipp Grubauer

St. Louis Blues - Mathieu Joseph, P.O. Joseph

Tampa Bay Lightning - Jake Guentzel, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Toronto Maple Leafs - William Nylander, Anthony Stolarz, Mitch Marner, Joseph Woll

Utah Hockey Club - Alex Kerfoot

Vancouver Canucks - Teddy Blueger, Thatcher Demko

Vegas Golden Knights - Ilya Samsonov, Tanner Pearson

Washington Capitals - Brandon Duhaime, Logan Thompson

Winnipeg Jets - Adam Lowry

tagging: @psyduc @marcfleurys @ullybug @thebrood1979 @sidsthekid and anyone else who wants to play!!

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2024-25 Transaction Register

December 20 Squid signs Arvid Soderblom G CHC and waives Josh Doan F ARZ.

December 11 New York signs Jesse Kiiskinen F DET and waives Fabian Lysell F BOS.

December 11 Quebec signs Scott Wedgewood G COL and waives Carter Hart G F/A.

December 7 Buffalo signs Trent Miner G COL and waives Jack Campbell G DET.

December 7 Buffalo signs Artur Akhtyamov G TOR and waives Lukas Rousek F BUF.

December 7 Squid signs Caden Price D SEA and waives Tristan Bertucci D DAL.

December 7 Squid sign Pius Suter F VAN and waives Tommy Novak F NSH.

December 1 Squid sign Ivan Ivan C COL and waive Oliver Ekman Larsson D TOR.

December 1 New York signs Jaxson Stauber G UTH and waives Clay Stevenson G WSH.

November 30 Squid sign Emil Andrae D PHI and waive Paul Cotter C NJ.

November 23 Squid sign Drew Helleson D ANA and waives Vladislav Gavrikov D LAK.

November 23 Squid sign Elias Salomonsson D WPG and waives Adam Boqvist D FLA.

November 23 Squid sign Carl Lindbom G VEG and waives Jett Greaves G CBJ.

November 22 New York signs Mikael Granlund F SJ and waives Jeff Skinner F EDM.

November 15 New York signs Ivan Barbashev W VEG and waives Linus Eriksson F FLA.

November 15 New York signs Stefan Noesen C NJ and waives Aatos Koivu C MTL.

November 8 Squid sign Aliaksei Protas F WSH and waives Charlie Strammel F MIN.

October 28 Squid acquire James Reimer G ANA from Buffalo in exchange for Mackenzie Blackwood G SJ.

October 19 Squid sign Mark Stone F VEG and waives Nicolas Roy F VEG.

October 18 New York signs Alex Laferriere F LAK and releases John Mustard F CHC.

October 18 Squid sign Marcus Gidlof G NYI and waive Kaapo Kahkonen G COL.

October 17 Squid sign Bobby McMann C TOR and waive Tye Kartye F SEA.

October 17 Squid sign Jusso Valimaki D UTH and waive Timothy Liljegren D TOR.

October 16 Squid sign Adam Boqvist D FLA and waive Ville Heinola D WPG (LTIR).

October 16 Squid sign Oliver Ekman-Larsson D TOR and waive Kaedan Korczak D VEG.

October 16 Squid sign Georgi Merkulov F BOS and waive Arthur Kaliyev F LAK.

October 16 Squid sign Paul Cotter F NJ and waive Ryan Greene F CHC.

October 12 Winged Wheel acquire Sergei Bobrovsky G FLA from the New York Steam in exchange for the 2025 Wheel 2nd rder and Frank Nazar C/RW CHC.

Sept 15 Seattle acquires Berkly Catton F SEA from New York in exchange for Cayden Lindstrom F CBJ.

Sept 7 Quebec acquires Nikolai Kovalenko F COL and a bag of Wegmans Organic Buttery popcorn in exchange for Berkly Catton C SEA.

Sept 7 Seattle acquires the Seattle 2024 3rd (pick 11) and the New York 2025 3rd from New York in exchange for the Winged Wheel 2nd 2024 (pick #7).

August 31 Winged Wheel acquire Kirill Kaprizov F MIN and the New York Steam 12th 2024 (pick 60) in exchange for the Winged Wheel 1st 2024 (pick 2 overall) and John Gibson G ANA.

August 25 Seattle acquires Mike Matheson D MTL and the New York 6th (pick 30) in exchange for the Seattle 6th (pick 26).

August 17 Seattle acquires Joel Hofer G STL from the New York Steam in exchange for the Seattle 4th 2024 (pick #16)

July 14 Winged Wheel acquire Vladimir Tarasenko RW DET from New York in exchange for Rutger McGroarty F WPG.

July 2 Seattle acquires Jakob Chycrun D WSH from New York in exchange for the Seattle 2024 3rd (pick #11).

June 19 Quebec acquires Jacob Markstrom G NJ from the New York Steam in exchange for William Smith C SJ.

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Morning Chill

by Nikolay Bobrovsky

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Learn a little bit more about me part 1: Favorites and Least Favorites

Anaheim Ducks

Favorite: Cam Fowler

Least: Ryan Getzlaf 

Arizona Coyotes 

Favorite: lol no one??? just kidding, Luke Schenn bc im in love with Bray

Least: Shane Doan -

Boston Bruins

Favorite: Tuukka Rask

Least: Adam McQuaid

Buffalo Sabres

Favorite: Kyle Okposo

Least: Evander Kane

Calgary Flames

Favorite: Johnny Gaudreau 

Least: Man idk i literally dont have one.

Carolina Hurricanes

Favorite: Jeff Skinner

Least: Again, don’t have one.

Chicago Blackhawks

Favorite: Ryan Hartman

Least: p Kane

Colorado Avalanche 

Favorite: Matt Nieto, Nathan McKinnon 

Least: Matt Duchene 

Columbus Blue Jackets

Favorite: Sergei Bobrovsky, Cam Atkinson 

Least: Brandon Saad

Dallas Stars

Favorite: Tyler Seguin, Antti Niemi

Least: Jason Spezza

Detroit Red Wings

Favorite: Dylan Larkin ig???

Least: none, i dont know, i had to look up their roster.

Edmonton Oilers

Favorite: My baby Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 

Least: none idk they’re all cool

Florida Panthers

Favorite: James Reimer

Least: Again, idk?? I’m bad at this.

Los Angeles Kings

Favorite: Ben Bishop

Least: Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty 

Minnesota Wild

Favorite: Devan Dubnyk

Least: // 

Montreal Canadiens

Favorite: Brendan Gallagher

Least: Andrew Shaw

 Nashville Predators

Favorite: PK Suban

Least: /

New Jersey Devils

Favorite: Idk Beau Bennett?

Least: /

New York Islanders

Favorite: Thomas Greiss, Josh Ho-Sang

Least: Andrew Laad

New York Rangers

Favorite: Henrik Lundqvist 

Least: Rick Nash

Ottawa Senators

Favorites: Tommy Wingels

Least: Erik Karlsson

Philadelphia Flyers

Favorite: Brayden Schenn, Jordan Weal, Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny

Least: NONE I LOVE THEM ALL OK GOODNIGHT

Pittsburgh Penguins

Favorite: Evgeni Malkin ig

Least: honestly am not a Sidney Crosby fan. have nothing against him personally, just a Flyers fan so i really am not a pens fan sorry.

San Jose Sharks (Y’all should know this by now)

Favorite: Melker Karlsson, Chris Tierney, Michael Haley, Brenden Dillon, Patrick Marleau, Tomas Hertl, Joel Ward, everyone else.

Least: Justin Braun did me real dirty once upon a time and i’ve never forgiven him

St Louis Blues

Favorite: No one?

Least: Tarasenko bc Pavs belongs on the cover of NHL 17

Tampa Bay Lightning

Favorite: Steven Stamkos 

Least: Peter Budaj 

Toronto Maple Leafs

Favorite: Mitch Marner, William Nylander

Least: unpopular opinion im not specifically an Auston Matthews super fan but i still love him along with the rest of the leafs.

Vancouver Canucks

Favorite: Nikolay Goldobin

Least: Ryan Sutter

Washington Capitals

Favorite: T.J. Oshie

Least: John Carlson 

Winnipeg Jets

Favorite: Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler

Least: Dustin Byfuglien 

So many people are going to hate me for these but oh well. There honestly is only like 5 people in the NHL who I genuinely don’t like (most of them on the Kings whoops) so even the people who are my least favorite i probably still like. 

:)

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Recap: Islanders Stifle Blue Jackets, 4-2

The New York Islanders played one of their best games of the season and downed the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 at Barclays Center Tuesday night. Brock Nelson netted the game-winner early in the third period while John Tavares added two assists. Goalie Thomas Greiss made 21 saves to earn the...

Via: http://thehockeywriters.com/recap-islanders-stifle-blue-jackets-4-2/

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Ramblings: Matthews Signs, Ovechkin Makes History, Rask, Kane, & Klefbom (Feb 6)

  The big news of the day saw the Leafs lock up Auston Matthews to a five-year deal that will pay him 11.634 million per season. 93 percent of that is coming in the form of lockout-proof signing bonuses. With the cap projected to move to 83 million dollars next season, Matthews new cap hit will account for 14 percent of the total space available.

  Here’s a look at some of the other big-time centres who have signed monster deals and their percentage-based hit against the cap.

  Connor McDavid 12.5 million 16.67%

John Tavares 11 million 13.83%

Jonathan Toews 10.5 million 15.2%

Anze Kopitar 10 million 14%

Jack Eichel 10 million 13.3%

Evgeni Malkin 9.5 million 14.8%

Sidney Crosby 8.7 million 13.5%

  Looking at those comparables, Matthews eating up 14 percent of the cap seems quite the reasonable – and it is. However, those other deals were for the max years available and bought up multiple UFA seasons. The Leafs only grabbed one year of UFA-eligibility from Matthews.

  Crosby and Malkin both signed five-year deals coming out of their ELCs for 8.7 million per. They both represented 17.3 percent of the cap for their respective signing years. The Pens were able to extend them for 12 and eight more years after that at 8.7 and 9.5 million respectively – all of which were UFA seasons.

  Going shorter term on Matthews saved the Leafs on the overall cap hit now, but it means they’ll be negotiating with a soon-to-be 26-year-old UFA when this contract concludes.

  Those pinched pennies today will be stretched thin. With a projected cap of 83 million for 2019-20, the Leafs will have 16.3 million free with just 14 players under contract. That includes RFA deals needed for Mitch Marner, Kasperi Kapanen, and Andreas Johnsson.

  I’m no mathematician (although I do teach high-school math to students who mostly despise it), but there’s a scenario here where those three RFA’s eat up nearly all of that cap space.

  Something will have to give.

  **

Malkin missed his third straight contest and the Penguins definitely missed him as the Hurricanes blanked them 4-0 on Tuesday evening. Curtis McElhinney made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season. It was his first start in three weeks. 

  For those wondering, Justin Faulk continued to skate on the team's top power play, while Dougie Hamilton worked the second unit. 

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Patrice Bergeron skated in career game 1000 on Tuesday and had a typical Bergeron evening. Two goals, four shots while playing a key role on special teams. He continues to click at a triple-digit pace. 

  Brad Marchand added two helpers and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 of 29 to keep his heater rolling. He's 8-0-2 with a 0.945 save percentage stretching back to December 29th. 

  That concussion we were worried about last week appears fully in the rearview.

  **

San Jose defeated the Jets 3-2 in overtime as Joe Pavelski scored the shorthanded winner in the extra frame. That's eight points in the last four games for Little Joe. 

  Erik Karlsson missed his fifth consecutive game – not even making the trip to Winnipeg. This isn't a great look for the Sharks. EK was already dealing with the injury before the All-Star break but decided to suit up for the event with it happening in San Jose. 

  Here's hoping this doesn't linger too much longer. 

**

  Rasmus Dahlin tallied a power play goal and skated 25:25 as the Sabres beat the Wild 5-4 in a shootout. The 18-year-old defender has recorded two goals and nine points while averaging over 22 minutes in 11 games over the past month. 

  Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel each had two points in this one despite the Sabres shuffling their lines. 

  {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Sabres' lineup:<br><br>Sheary-Eichel-Okposo<br>Skinner-Mittelstadt-Pominville<br>Smith-Rodrigues-Reinhart<br>Girgensons-Sobotka-Thompson<br><br>Dahlin-Ristolainen<br>Pilut-Bogosian<br>Scandella-McCabe<br><br>Ullmark <a href="https://t.co/dEGxHTPwgU">https://t.co/dEGxHTPwgU</a></p>— John Vogl (@BuffaloVogl) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1092930494923243520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>{/source}

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Ryan Suter recorded two assists and skated 30:10 in the defeat. The 34-year-old is on pace for career-high 56 points. 

  He's remains a monster.

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Some injury news and notes out of Arizona:

  Jakob Chychrun was placed on the IR. That means the Coyotes dressed Kevin Connaughton, Jordan Oesterle, Kyle Capobianco and Ilya Lyubushkin – not exactly a who’s who of proven assets.

  Darcy Kuemper suffered an upper-body injury and is also out. Calvin Pickard took the reins Tuesday and Adin Hill was recalled from the farm. Pickard was good in the game against the Predators making 42 saves, but he didn't get much help. 

  Roman Josi produced a goal and two helpers as the Preds defeated the Yotes 5-2. Josi has seven points in his last six games and has broken the 40-point barrier for the sixth consecutive season. 

  Pekka Rinne made 24 stops to record just his third quality start in the past 11 games. A welcome sight for owners who were beginning to feel the heat from Juuse Saros. 

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After a scary incident last night, Alex Edler somehow escaped without any broken bones. He suffered some deep lacerations, a few broken teeth and has been sent back to Vancouver with a concussion. Even with a diagnosed concussion, the result could’ve been much worse.

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The Canucks took on the reigning Cup Champs on Tuesday evening on the tail end of a back-to-back on the road.

  With Thatcher Demko suddenly on a plane back to Vancouver to have an MRI on his knee, the Canucks used an Emergency Recall on 19-year-old, Michael DiPietro.

  In the last nine months, DiPietro has suited up for the Windsor Spitfires and Ottawa 67s of the OHL. He was the third netminder for Canada at the 2018 World Championships, as well as the starter for the Canadians at the recent World Junior Championships. Now the back-up gig for an NHL contest.

  You know he’s had a massive smile on his face for all of it.

  **

The Canucks shook up their lines ahead of this one with Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser being split up. Pettersson skated alongside Josh Leivo and Antoine Roussel. While Boeser lined up with Bo Horvat and Nikolay Goldobin. 

  Caps held the play In the first half of this one but were outshot and outplayed in the final 30 minutes. They managed to hold on for a 3-2 victory after Pettersson tallied with six seconds left to cut the deficit to one. 

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Alex Ovechkin assisted on the game's first marker to move ahead of Sergei Fedorov for the most points by a Russian-born player. 

    For my money, there's no true debate regarding the best Russian of all-time. Hell, I'm fully convinced that Ovi is the greatest goal-scorer of all-time too. But if we're looking at players from the Motherland on a per-game basis from their primes, Pavel Bure is the only guy who can make a case. 

  Here are the aggregate totals from Bure and Ovechkin's best four seasons: 

Pavel Bure: 229 goals, 172 assists and 401 points in 314 games

Alex Ovechkin: 223 goals, 206 assists and 429 points in 314 games

  During their peak seasons, Bure outscored Ovechkin on a per game basis, while trailing by a decent margin in assists. Of course, staying healthy is almost as important as what you do while you're on the ice, and that's one area where Ovechkin absolutely dominates the Russian Rocket. 

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Over in the college ranks, the state of Massachusetts is buzzing with the annual Beanpot tournament. This pits the top NCAA schools from the region against one another for the prestigious 65-year-old trophy.

  Monday saw Boston University and Northeastern square off and Canucks’ prospect, Tyler Madden was the hero in overtime as he converted on a breakaway.

  I’m not sure which is better, his on-ice skills or his celebratory game.

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  Madden is making a claim to be the best value pick from the 2018 class. Taken 68th overall by Vancouver, he’s been dynamite as the top line centre for the Huskies this season, and was a swiss army knife for the Americans at the WJC.

  He sure looks to have a future as a top-six forward. Keeper leagues, take notice.

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Amidst the trade rumours, Sergei Bobrovsky snuck in a rare win as the Blue Jackets defeated the Avalanche 6-3. It was his first victory since January 13 and is a welcome sight for owners. 

  Columbus split up their big line in this one and it appeared to work. Artemi Panarin slid down to play with Alex Wennberg and Oliver Bjorkstrand, while Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cam Atkinson skated with Nick Foligno. 

  PLD and Atkinson combined for three goals while the Panarin line chipped in with two goals and four points. 

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Colorado has now lost four straight and remains on the outside of the Western Wild Card picture. 

  **

Oskar Klefbom has been activated from the IR. The 25-year-old has been out for nearly two months with a hand injury. Despite missing 21 contests, Klefbom still sits second for blueline points with 15 in 31 games. His 25:25 average per contest remains a team-high.

  This is a massive boon the Oilers’ backend (and power-play). Klefbom didn't immediately step back into his role on the team’s top unit. Darnell Nurse has been very good in that spot since Klefbom went down. He's recorded 17 points – eight on the power play, in the 22 games with Klefbom on the sideline. Nurse chipped in a power-play assist on Tuesday as well.

  It'll be very interesting how the Oilers proceed once Klefbom is back up to speed.

  **

Even with the return of Klefbom, the Oilers were no match for the streaking Blackhawks on Tuesday. With a goal and an assist, Patrick Kane extended his ridiculous point-streak to 12 games and 28 points. The former first overall pick has 17 goals and 41 points in his last 20 contests. 

  Can you say, en fuego?

  **

Connor McDavid did his thing setting up two goals and a dozen other glorious chances that went unconverted. Meanwhile, Leon Draisaitl scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season to continue to build on a career-high. It wasn't enough though as the Oilers fell 6-2. 

  Cam Talbot was given the hook after giving up four goals on 27 shots. Mikko Koskinen allowed two goals on eight shots to close this one out. I think the Oilers may still need some help in net..

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  from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-matthews-signs-ovechkin-makes-history-rask-kane-klefbom-feb-6/

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Rask, Bruins hand Lightning first shutout in nearly 1 year

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Rask, Bruins hand Lightning first shutout in nearly 1 year

Philadelphia Flyers’ Claude Giroux (28) reaches for the puck ahead of Carolina Hurricanes’ Brock McGinn (23) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, March 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)(Photo: The Associated Press)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season and lifting the Boston Bruins over the Lightning 3-0 on Saturday night.

It was Rask’s third shutout of the season and 41st of his career. It was also the first time the Lightning failed to score a goal since a 4-0 loss at Boston last April 4 — also against Rask.

David Pastrnak, David Backes and Riley Nash all scored for Boston, which moved within two points of the Lightning for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with one game in hand. Torey Krug assisted on all three of the Bruins’ goals.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots for the Lightning, whose last shutout at home came on March 16, 2017, by Toronto’s Frederik Andersen. Tampa Bay has lost consecutive games for the first time since going 9-0-1 in the previous 10 games.

FLYERS 4, HURRICANES 2

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Valterri Filppula scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:49 left, and Philadelphia scored four times in the third period to beat Carolina.

Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek also scored as the Flyers scored three times in a 5:52 span to rally for the win. Michael Raffl added an empty-netter and Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots.

Filppula’s breakaway goal snapped a 2-2 tie and secured a needed victory for the Flyers, who entered on a 1-6-1 skid. Philadelphia moved back into third place in the Metropolitan Division, tied with Columbus but holding the tiebreaker.

Jaccob Slavin and Jordan Staal scored and Cam Ward made 23 saves for the Hurricanes, who have lost five of six.

DEVILS 3, KINGS 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keith Kinkaid stopped 38 shots for his first shutout of the season to lead New Jersey past Los Angeles.

Michael Grabner, Nico Hischier and Miles Wood each scored for the Devils, who have won three straight and four of five. New Jersey remained in the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, one point behind Metropolitan Division rivals Philadelphia and Columbus, who both won later Saturday night.

Jonathan Quick made 25 saves for the Kings, who are tied with Anaheim for third in the Pacific.

Kinkaid is 3-0-0 in his career against the Kings with two shutouts. He has won four consecutive starts and is 9-2-0 in his last 11.

BLUE JACKETS 2, SENATORS 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Markus Nutivaara scored a power-play goal in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots, and Columbus beat Ottawa.

Boone Jenner also scored — his third tally in three games — for the Blue Jackets, who have won a season-high seven straight and are holding on to the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference with 83 points, tied with Philadelphia and one point ahead of New Jersey.

Alexandre Burrows scored his fifth of the year and Mike Condon stopped 33 shots for Ottawa, which saw a three-game winning streak snapped on the second night of a back-to-back.

OILERS 4, PANTHERS 2

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists in the third period and Edmonton rallied past Florida.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ty Rattie and Adam Larsson also scored for the Oilers, who are 4-1-1 in their past six games.

Cam Talbot made 40 saves for the Oilers.

Frank Vatrano and Vincent Trocheck scored for Florida.

Roberto Luongo made 32 saves for the Panthers, who lost for the first time this season when leading after two periods (23-1).

SABRES 5, BLACKHAWKS 3

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nicholas Baptiste scored two goals in the third period to lead Buffalo past Chicago.

Baptiste scored the game-winner with 1:56 remaining on a deflection. Following a faceoff win in the Chicago end, Marco Scandella’s shot from the point was deflected by Baptiste in the slot for the forward’s second goal of the game.

Baptiste also tied the game at 3-3 on a long shot through traffic 2:17 into the third.

Ryan O’Reilly, Benoit Pouliot and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Sabres, and Chad Johnson made 34 saves.

Jonathan Toews, Jordan Oesterle and Tomas Jurco scored for the Blackhawks, and Jean-Francois Berube made 27 saves.

The Sabres got a lift from the returning Jack Eichel, who was back in the lineup after missing 15 games because of an ankle injury. Eichel had one assist and five shots in 18:14.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, CANADIENS 0

TORONTO (AP) — Curtis McElhinney made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season and Toronto extended its club-record home winning streak to 12 straight games.

Andreas Johnsson scored his first NHL goal, and William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri also had goals for Toronto, which has four victories in a row following a four-game slide (0-2-2).

McElhinney, who picked up the eighth shutout of his career, got his second straight start and third consecutive win with Leafs No. 1 goalie Frederik Andersen still out after taking a blow to the head/neck area in a crease pileup on Wednesday against Dallas.

Charlie Lindgren made 45 saves for Montreal, which dropped to 1-5-2 over its last eight games.

BLUES 4, RANGERS 3, OT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored 1:02 into overtime, Alex Pietrangelo had two goals in regulation and St. Louis rallied to its third win in four games.

Nikita Soshnikov also scored for the Blues. Jake Allen made 17 saves as St. Louis moved within three points of idle Dallas and Colorado for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, but lost leading scorer Vladimir Tarasenko to an upper-body injury.

Tarasenko played 7 minutes, 53 seconds of the first period and left the ice following his last shift of the period with no visual injury. He did not return to the Blues bench to begin the second period.

Mika Zibanejad scored twice for Rangers, earning his third multigoal game of the season. Mats Zuccarello also scored, Chris Kreider had a pair of assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves for New York, which had won its previous two games.

WILD 3, COYOTES 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Marcus Foligno scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, helping Minnesota to its fifth win in seven games.

Nino Niederreiter also scored and Eric Staal added an empty-netter. The Wild continued their hold on third place in the Central Division with 10 games to play in the regular season.

Devan Dubnyk, who spent 19 games with the Coyotes in the 2014-15 season, stopped 30 shots for his 200th career win.

Antti Raanta, back in net for the Coyotes after a six-game injury absence, finished with 28 saves. Clayton Keller scored the Coyotes’ only goal as they have lost back-to-back games for the first time since Feb. 3 and 6.

SHARKS 5, CANUCKS 3

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Timo Meier’s second goal of the game snapped a third-period tie and San Jose beat Vancouver for its fourth consecutive victory.

Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc each had a goal and an assist, and Tomas Hertl scored into an empty net with 25 seconds remaining for the Sharks, who are 7-2-0 in their last nine games.

Nikolay Goldobin, Alex Edler and Bo Horvat scored power-play goals and Sam Gagner had two assists for the Canucks, who lost their sixth consecutive game — their longest losing streak of the season.

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Morning Skate: The Dallas Stars aren't hurting too much from an inconsistent Ben Bishop, yet

Where has the dominant Bishop from Tampa Bay gone?

When the Dallas Stars acquired Ben Bishop in May, many believed their goaltending problems to be solved. And why wouldn't they? Bishop was a standout during his time in Tampa Bay, as the netminder spent five seasons there with a .921 save percentage.

Since joining the Stars, however, Bishop has looked more like his struggles during his seven-game stint in Los Angeles last season hadn't left him. This year, Bishop has a .908 save percentage in 14 games played with the Stars after allowing five goals to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.

Despite starting the year strong, Bishop has since gone his last 12 games headed into Monday with a .898 save percentage. While his record is 6-4-1 in that time span with the Stars, the netminder hasn't been up to par.

So, are the Stars cursed to have below-average netminding despite trying to solve their problem? Surprisingly, Dallas has done quite well for themselves in the underlying numbers department. According to Corsica, the Stars have the NHL's seventh best even-strength CF% at 52.23, while their 2.32 GA/60 is in the middle of the pack at five-on-five.

Part of the Stars' average goaltending numbers has been thanks to Kari Lehtonen, who has put up a .914 save percentage in five games as Dallas' backup. While the Stars have gotten some of the best goaltending out of Lehtonen in this backup role than they had when he was their starter, he's been serviceable enough in that role.

It does seem like the Stars will get a better Bishop as the year goes on. And, so far, it hasn't hurt the team too badly, as the Stars are 9-8-0 on the season and in possession of the last wild card spot in the West. As the races tighten for a playoff spot, the Stars will need Bishop to be better. Thankfully, he has the track record to prove he can be.

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by Nikolay Bobrovsky