Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky's league record. Hughes has five goals and two assists in a five-game points streak.

For the first time in nearly two weeks, the Vegas Golden Knights have won a game. They defeated the St. Louis Blues, 4-2, on Thursday in St.

The NHL Department of Player Safety ruled today that Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers would be serving a three-game suspension for his cross-check to the face of Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard in the corner. Following the game, Myers offered the following excuse, saying that Bouchard's hands re-directed his stick higher, via Oilers Nation.

Louis Blues) The scoring play was like so many the Blues have seen before. Pavel Buchnevich took a pass from Justin Faulk in the left faceoff circle and hammered a shot on goal. Robert Thomas swept the rebound inside the left post and past Vegas goaltender Ilya Samsonov.

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the host Vancouver Canucks beat the league-leading Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday. The performance extended Hughes’ point streak to five games with five goals and two assists across the stretch.

Casey DeSmith's 33 saves secured his second shutout of the season, leading the Dallas Stars to a 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Despite dominating faceoffs and shots, the Blues struggled to capitalize.

Blues defenseman Philip Broberg was injured during Wednesday's practice, so he is questionable for Thursday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

The Vancouver Canucks are a team filled with drama at the moment, following the rumours dressing room feud between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson that have led to several monster trade rumours, on top of the uncertain contract status of Brock Boeser. When it rains, it pours and it is now believed that another player wants out of Vancouver.

A blowout loss to the Kings, including giving up three goals in the first ten minutes, left the Canucks once again out of a playoff spot.

The Vegas Golden Knights snapped a four-game skid with a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, maintaining their Pacific Division lead. Mark Stone scored early, and Tomas Hertl sealed the win with an empty-net goal.

The Calgary Flames will battle the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. It will be a Canadian classic at the MTS Centre as we share our NHL odds series and make a Flames-Jets prediction and pick. The Jets are 34-31 in the past 65 games against the Flames.

• Based on Saturday’s morning skate, the Flames will stick with a new-look top line of Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri and Jakob Pelletier. After being promoted in the second period against the Sabres, Pelletier responded with a goal and an assist in what head coach Ryan Huska described as “the best game I’ve seen him play in the NHL.”