National Hockey

Boston Bruins (15-8-4, fourth in the East Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (6-18-4, eighth in the East Division) Buffalo, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Buffalo aims to stop its 12-game skid with a victory over Boston.

Pittsburgh Penguins (18-10-1, third in the East Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (9-13-4, seventh in the East Division) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: East Division foes New Jersey and Pittsburgh will play.

Minnesota Wild (18-8-1, second in the West Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (17-8-2, third in the West Division) Denver; Thursday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Colorado heads into a matchup with Minnesota as winners of four consecutive games.

Nashville Predators (12-16-1, seventh in the Central Division) vs. Florida Panthers (19-5-4, second in the Central Division) Sunrise, Florida; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Arizona Coyotes (12-13-4, sixth in the West Division) vs. Anaheim Ducks (8-16-6, eighth in the West Division) Anaheim, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Arizona visits Anaheim looking to end its four-game road losing streak.

DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon and Samuel Girard scored 2:23 apart early in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied for six unanswered goals to beat the Anaheim Ducks 8-4 on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 718th goal to pass Phil Esposito for sole possession of sixth on the NHL’s career list and became the second active player with 1,300 points, helping the Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tue

DALLAS — Brayden Point had a goal, an assist and the shootout winner, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning recover from a late meltdown to beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 Tuesday night for their third win in three tries this season in rematches of last year’s S

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kaapo Kahkonen made 31 saves in his second shutout of the season as the Minnesota Wild topped the Arizona Coyotes 3-0 on Tuesday night. Ryan Hartman, Mats Zuccarello and Jared Spurgeon scored for the Wild.

PITTSBURGH — Trent Frederic scored the lone goal of the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night. Frederic gave the Bruins the lead for good at 7:07 of the third.