National Hockey

Vegas Golden Knights (16-12-5, fourth in the Pacific Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (18-8-6, first in the Central Division) St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis aims to break its three-game slide when the Blues play Vegas.

Nashville Predators (14-10-5, fifth in the Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (15-11-6, second in the Atlantic Division) Buffalo, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jack Eichel leads Buffalo into a matchup with Nashville.

Edmonton Oilers (18-11-4, first in the Pacific Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (14-12-5, sixth in the Central Division) St. Paul, Minnesota; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Connor McDavid leads Edmonton into a matchup against Minnesota.

Winnipeg Jets (19-10-2, third in the Central Division) vs. Detroit Red Wings (7-22-3, eighth in the Atlantic Division) Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit comes into the matchup with Winnipeg as losers of 12 games in a row.

Los Angeles Kings (12-18-2, eighth in the Pacific Division) vs. Anaheim Ducks (13-14-4, seventh in the Pacific Division) Anaheim, California; Thursday, 10 p.m.

VANCOUVER — John Tavares scored twice but goaltender Frederik Andersen was the difference as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 Tuesday night.

LAS VEGAS — Marc-Andre Fleury has enjoyed many big moments during his decorated NHL career. This one might have been the most emotional.

PITTSBURGH — Tomas Tatar's 10th goal of the season ended Tristan Jarry's franchise-record shutout streak and sparked the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

DALLAS — Rick Bowness had quite a day. Bowness woke up as an assistant coach for the Dallas Stars and finished Tuesday with his first win as an interim head coach in 15 years, hours after coach Jim Montgomery was fired.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — During an awfully sluggish start by Minnesota, the Anaheim Ducks took full advantage. They capitalized on a finish by the Wild that left plenty to be desired, too.