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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 8-2-1 both overall and in their past 11 meetings with the Flames. Edmonton goalie Connor Ingram made 18 saves.

McDavid, the NHL's first star of the week, registered his second career five-assist game, tying Draisaitl and Paul Coffey for the second most in franchise history. Wayne Gretzky logged 12 five-assist games for the Oilers.

MacKenzie Weegar tallied for the Flames and Dustin Wolf stopped 34 shots.

Sabres 3, Senators 2 (OT)

Bowen Byram scored his second goal of the game 31 seconds into overtime and Buffalo extended its winning streak to seven games with a victory against host Ottawa.

Byram one-timed a feed from Ryan McLeod from the right circle. Byram also had an assist, and Noah Ostlund added the other goal for the Sabres. Alex Lyon made 24 saves in the win.

Ridly Greig and Tim Stutzle scored and Linus Ullmark made 22 saves for the Senators, whose four-game winning streak ended.

Predators 3, Wild 2 (OT)

Steven Stamkos scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift Nashville to a victory in Saint Paul, Minn.

Stamkos finished with a goal and an assist for the Predators, who achieved their first three-game winning streak of the season. Ryan O'Reilly also notched a goal and an assist, and Roman Josi added a goal. Juuse Saros turned aside 30 of 32 shots.

Brock Faber and Joel Eriksson Ek scored one goal apiece in a losing effort for the Wild, who are 7-1-1 in their past nine games. Minnesota goaltender Filip Gustavsson allowed three goals on 29 shots.

Red Wings 4, Stars 3 (OT)

Dylan Larkin scored the tying goal late in the third period, then tallied again 34 seconds into overtime to give host Detroit a win over Dallas.

John Gibson made 19 saves as the Atlantic Division-leading Red Wings improved to 9-2-1 this month. James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist and Emmitt Finnie also scored.

The Stars had their four-game winning streak snapped, and they are 8-2-2 in December. Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn and Roope Hintz scored, Mikko Rantanen logged two assists, and Casey DeSmith stopped 21 shots.

Golden Knights 7, Sharks 2

Mitch Marner scored two goals and Reilly Smith and Mark Stone each had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which scored five times in a record-setting first period en route to a victory over San Jose in Las Vegas.

Brett Howden, Colton Sissons and Tomas Hertl also scored goals for the Golden Knights. Thirteen Vegas players recorded a point in the opening 20 minutes, the most in a single period in team history. Carter Hart made 21 saves to pick up his 100th career win as Vegas snapped a three-game losing streak (0-2-1).

Macklin Celebrini and Collin Graf each scored a goal and Tyler Toffoli had two assists for the Sharks, who lost their third straight game.

Islanders 2, Devils 1

Adam Pelech scored the winning goal with 1:15 left as New York edged New Jersey in Elmont, N.Y.

After Pelech sent Simon Holmstrom's shot off the boards past Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom far side, New Jersey called timeout and pulled Markstrom almost immediately after ensuing faceoff. But Islanders goalie David Rittich turned back New Jersey's lone 6-on-5 shot, a backhander by Timo Meier with 19 seconds left.

Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who ended a three-game losing streak Rittich, playing in place of injured starter Ilya Sorokin, made 31 saves. Brett Pesce scored for the Devils, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 shots.

Panthers 5, Hurricanes 2

Sam Reinhart had three assists as Florida scored five unanswered goals for a win in Raleigh, N.C., the Panthers' second comeback victory against the Hurricanes in five days.

Niko Mikkola, Luke Kunin, Anton Lundell, Sam Bennett and Seth Jones scored for Florida, and Eetu Luostarinen and Aaron Ekblad each had two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17 shots for his 445th career win, tying Terry Sawchuk for eighth place on the all-time NHL goaltender victory list.

Eric Robinson and Andrei Svechnikov scored the Hurricanes' goals. Frederik Andersen allowed five goals on 22 shots.

Rangers 7, Capitals 3

Vincent Trocheck scored twice during New York's five-goal third period as the visiting Rangers stormed back to end their four-game head-to-head losing streak against Washington.

Former Capital Taylor Raddysh joined Trocheck in amassing two goals and an assist and Alexis Lafreniere snapped a tie at 9:18 of the third period for his 100th career NHL goal. Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves as the Rangers handed the Capitals their sixth loss in the past seven games (1-4-2).

Aliaksei Protas had a goal and an assist for Washington, and John Carlson and Dylan Strome also tallied during the Capitals' three-goal second period.

Maple Leafs 6, Penguins 3

Max Domi scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Toronto went on to defeat visiting Pittsburgh.

William Nylander recorded two goals -- one into an empty net -- and two assists for the Maple Leafs, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Matias Maccelli, Steven Lorentz and Bobby McMann (empty net) also scored. Domi also had an assist while Joseph Woll made 29 saves.

Bryan Rust, Rutger McGroarty and Anthony Mantha scored for the Penguins, who have lost nine of 10. Stuart Skinner stopped 25 shots.

Canadiens 6, Bruins 2

Montreal broke a tie with four unanswered goals in the third period on the way to its four-goal victory at Boston.

Zack Bolduc scored the winning goal at the 7:04 mark to spark Montreal's late run. All four goals came in a 5:18 span. Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov and Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and an assist apiece and Sammy Blais and Cole Caufield also scored. Noah Dobson and Lane Hutson both dished out three assists, while Jacob Fowler made 26 saves.

Marat Khusnutdinov and Alex Steeves scored goals and Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots for the Bruins, who are on a four-game winless streak (0-3-1), all at home.

Flyers 3, Blackhawks 1

Travis Konecny had a goal and the 300th assist of his career as visiting Philadelphia earned the win over skidding Chicago.

Noah Cates and Carl Grundstrom also scored and Sean Couturier had two assists as Philadelphia won for the second time in as many nights. Goaltender Samuel Ersson recorded 20 saves as the Flyers registered at least a point for the eighth time in the past nine games (4-1-4).

The Blackhawks were outshot 26-21 while losing a season-worst sixth straight game. Ryan Donato scored and Spencer Knight stopped 23 shots as Chicago fell to 2-8-1 in December.

Avalanche 1, Mammoth 0

Scott Wedgewood turned away 32 shots to earn his second shutout of the season as surging Colorado beat Utah in Denver.

Samuel Girard scored an unassisted goal for the Avalanche, who have won 13 straight at home and have earned at least one point in all 17 home games (15-0-2) this season. Colorado improved to 27-2-7, tied for the second-most wins before the holiday break since 1972-73.

Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka was a late scratch with an upper-body injury. Vitek Vanecek filled in and made 25 saves.

Kraken 3, Kings 2

Jordan Eberle and Frederick Gaudreau both scored for a second consecutive night as Seattle defeated host Los Angeles.

Ben Meyers also tallied and Eeli Tolvanen had two assists for the Kraken, who swept the three California teams after opening their four-game road trip with a loss at Calgary. Seattle went 1-9-1 over its previous 11 games before arriving in the Golden State.

Joey Daccord made 35 saves as the Kraken won the second half of a back-to-back for the first time since late in the 2023-24 season. Kevin Fiala and Andrei Kuzmenko scored for the Kings, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games (1-4-2). Pheonix Copley stopped 25 of 28 shots.

Ben Meyers also tallied and Eeli Tolvanen had two assists for the Kraken, who swept the three California teams after opening their four-game road trip with a loss at Calgary. Seattle went 1-9-1 over its previous 11 games before arriving in the Golden State.

Goaltender Joey Daccord made 35 saves as the Kraken won the second half of a back-to-back for the first time since late in the 2023-24 season.

Kevin Fiala and Andrei Kuzmenko scored for the Kings, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games (1-4-2). Goalie Pheonix Copley stopped 25 of 28 shots.

The Kings outshot Seattle 13-9 in a scoreless first period.

Seattle opened the scoring on a power play 1:10 into the second. Matty Beniers sent a pass to a wide-open Eberle along the goal line on the left wing. Eberle had time to move back toward the front of the net and lifted a shot over Copley's shoulder and into the far upper corner of the net.

The Kraken added a pair of fluke goals in the middle period to extend their lead to 3-0.

At 7:26, Gaudreau skated over the blue line and took a shot that deflected off the leg of defenseman Brian Dumoulin and floated high into the air. Copley tried to catch the puck, but it went off the heel of his glove, dropped to the ice and squirted between his legs on the way into the net.

The Kraken made it 3-0 on a 2-on-1 rush at 16:02. Los Angeles defenseman Mikey Anderson dropped to the ice in an attempt to prevent Meyers from completing a cross-slot pass to Gaudreau, but the puck went off Anderson's stick and snuck between Copley's pads.

The Kings got on the board 11 seconds later. Daccord's clearance from behind his own net went off the skate of defenseman Josh Mahura and fell to Fiala, who put a backhander over the sprawling goalie.

Kuzmenko pulled the Kings within a goal at 8:45 of the third. He charged down the right wing, went behind the net and put a wraparound off Daccord's skate as the goalie tried to go from post to post.

The Kraken played without defenseman Vince Dunn, who sustained an upper-body injury in the third period of their 3-1 victory at Anaheim on Monday. Cale Fleury replaced Dunn, seeing his first action since Oct. 23.

Kraken rookie forward Berkly Catton returned after missing eight games with a right hand injury.

Brett Howden, Colton Sissons and Tomas Hertl also scored goals for Vegas, which defeated the Sharks for the 10th straight time while improving to 30-2-5 all-time in the regular season against San Jose.

Thirteen players recorded a point for the Golden Knights in the opening 20 minutes, the most in a single period in team history. Braeden Bowman, Pavel Dorofeyev, Kaedan Korczak and Ivan Barbashev each added two assists.

Carter Hart made 21 saves to pick up his 100th career win. Vegas snapped a three-game losing streak and moved into a three-way tie for first place in the Pacific Division with Anaheim and Edmonton.

Macklin Celebrini and Collin Graf scored goals and Tyler Toffoli had two assists for San Jose, which lost its third straight game. Yaroslav Askarov stopped 12 of 16 shots before being pulled at the 14:57 mark of the first period. Alex Nedeljkovic finished up and made seven saves.

Vegas, outscored a combined 5-1 in the first period in back-to-back losses at Calgary and Edmonton on Saturday and Sunday, stressed the importance of starting better Tuesday and did just that, outshooting the Sharks, 17-5, in the first period, including 10-1 in high danger chances.

Howden started the scoring at the 1:46 mark when he finished a 2-on-1 rush with Bowman with a wrist shot into an open net.

Marner made it 2-0 with a power-play goal when his crossing pass from the left circle for Dorofeyev caromed into the net off the skate of Alex Wennberg.

Sissons extended the lead to 3-0 at the 11:37 mark when he tapped in a Keegan Kolesar crossing pass. Hertl then moved into a tie for the team goal-scoring lead with Dorofeyev with his 15th when he snapped in a wrist shot from the slot, sending Askarov to the bench.

Stone made it 5-0 with 1:26 to go in the period when he split a pair of Shark defenders and put in a backhand shot.

Celebrini got San Jose on the scoreboard in the second period when he roofed a snap shot from the high slot to extend his point streak to six games.

Smith restored the Golden Knights' five-goal lead just before the end of the period with a one-timer from the top of the right circle past Nedeljkovic's blocker side.

Marner and Graf traded goals in the third period to finish the scoring.

Noah Cates and Carl Grundstrom also scored and Sean Couturier had two assists as Philadelphia won for the second time in as many nights. Goaltender Samuel Ersson recorded 20 saves as the Flyers registered at least a point for the eighth time in the past nine games (4-1-4).

The Blackhawks were outshot 26-21 while losing a season-worst sixth straight game. Ryan Donato scored and Spencer Knight stopped 23 shots as Chicago fell to 2-8-1 in December.

Konecny opened the scoring at 10:17 of the first period. He collected a backdoor feed from Trevor Zegras after getting behind the Chicago defense and beat with a wrist shot from in front of the net.

Zegras extended his career-best point streak to nine games.

The Flyers struck again from down low on a power play at 11:13 of the second period. Cates scored on a snap shot from just outside the crease after a backhand pass from Konecny.

With the clubs skating 4-on-4, Chicago's Ryan Donato drew the Blackhawks within 2-1 at 18:30 of the middle period. He stickhandled into the slot and sent a wrist shot through traffic and past Ersson.

It was Donato's first goal in 12 games.

Grundstrom sealed the result with an empty-net goal at 17:52 of the third period, capitalizing moments after the Blackhawks fell to 0-for-4 on the power play in the game.

Philadelphia was 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Ersson made a glove save on a Louis Crevier shot from just outside the right circle with 7:04 left in the third period to preserve the lead.

A few moments later, Knight prevented Philadelphia from adding to its advantage when he worked through a scrum after losing his stick to collect the puck with his glove.

Konecny earned the 300th assist of his career. He has 16 points in his past 13 games.

Philadelphia's Travis Sanheim and Barkley left the game due to injuries.

Samuel Girard scored an unassisted goal for Colorado, which has won 13 straight at home and has earned at least one point in all 17 home games (15-0-2) this season.

Wedgewood's 16 wins this season are tied for the most in the NHL this season.

Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka was a late scratch with an upper-body injury. Vitek Vanecek filled in and made 25 saves while playing in his 11th game of the season.

The Avalanche improved to 27-2-7 and are tied for the second-most wins before the holiday break since 1972-73. They trail only the Lightning, who had 28 wins in 2018-19.

Colorado had the best scoring chance of the first period when Martin Necas went in alone on Vanecek in the final minute. Necas' shot went over the goaltender's left shoulder but hit the crossbar to keep it at 0-0 heading into the second period.

Girard ended the scoreless game when he stole a puck near the Utah blueline, skated in and beat Vanecek with a backhand at 7:57.

The Mammoth went on the power play soon after and had several chances, the best coming when Daniil But was open in front of the crease but Wedgewood's pad save kept the Avalanche in the lead.

Utah winger Dylan Guenther was whistled for tripping later in the period and went on a breakaway as he came out of the box, but Wedgewood denied him.

The Mammoth had another chance at 15:15 of the second, but Wedgewood's glove save stood after a review.

Utah pressed for the equalizer throughout the third period, outshooting the Avalanche 12-4. Vanecek came off for an extra skater with 2:03 left and But had a good look, but Wedgewood got a pad on his shot, which deflected off the crossbar.

Wedgewood made one last save on Keller with seconds remaining to preserve his 10th career shutout.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 8-2-1 both overall and in their past 11 meetings with the Flames. Edmonton goalie Connor Ingram made 19 saves.

McDavid, the NHL's first star of the week, registered his second career five-assist game, tying Draisaitl and Paul Coffey for the second most in franchise history. Wayne Gretzky logged 12 five-assist games for the Oilers.

MacKenzie Weegar tallied for the Flames, and Dustin Wolf stopped 34 shots.

Draisaitl completed the hat trick at 5:38 of the third period on a power play, batting home the loose puck off a McDavid rush. It was his ninth career regular-season hat trick.

The Oilers scored twice in the middle period to open a three-goal cushion heading to the third.

Edmonton pushed the lead to 3-1 on a power play at 1:59 of the second as Draisaitl redirected a McDavid feed past Wolf.

Hyman made it 4-1 at 11:55 of the middle frame, tapping in a cross-ice, 2-on-1 feed from McDavid for his 10th of the season.

Edmonton outshot Calgary 15-8 and led 2-1 after 20 minutes.

Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring, putting home the rebound off Evan Bouchard's point shot for his 20th career goal against the Flames -- his most against any opponent -- at 6:48 of the first.

The Flames responded at 15:58 as Weegar's point shot deflected off Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse and past Ingram.

Draisaitl restored the Oilers' lead with 17 seconds remaining in the opening period on a power play, one-timing a Hyman feed into a wide-open net.

The Tuesday game was the opener of a home-and-home set wrapped around the NHL's holiday break. The teams will reconvene in Calgary on Saturday.

Calgary edged Edmonton 4-3 in a shootout in the first meeting between the Pacific Division rivals on Oct. 8, the season opener for both clubs.

Stamkos finished with a goal and an assist for Nashville, which achieved its first three-game winning streak of the season. Ryan O'Reilly also notched a goal and an assist, and Roman Josi added a goal.

Brock Faber and Joel Eriksson Ek scored one goal apiece in a losing effort for Minnesota. The Wild earned one point in the standings by taking the game to overtime.

Predators goaltender Juuse Saros turned aside 30 of 32 shots to earn the victory. He made 11 saves in the first period, 10 saves in the second period and nine saves in the third period.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson allowed three goals on 29 shots to take the overtime loss.

The Predators capitalized on a rush into the offensive zone for the winning goal. Erik Haula carried the puck down the left side of the ice and spotted Stamkos streaking toward the net.

Haula zipped a pass to Stamkos, who quickly tipped a shot past Gustavsson for the winner. The sequence gave Stamkos 15 goals on the season and 597 goals for his career, three shy of his next career milestone.

Minnesota opened the scoring at the seven-minute mark of the first period. Quinn Hughes slid a pass to Faber, who blasted a one-timer from the high slot into the net.

A power-play goal by the Predators evened the score at 1-all with 5:32 to go in the first period. O'Reilly spotted a loose puck in front of the crease and punched it in.

Nashville pulled ahead 2-1 on another power-play goal with 2:53 left in the first period. Josi skated between the circles and ripped a wrist shot through traffic for the go-ahead goal.

The WIld bounced back in the first minute of the second period to even the score at 2. Saros denied Marcus Johansson's initial shot, but Eriksson Ek tracked the rebound in front of the crease and swept it into the net.

The Islanders' Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal swapped the puck while skating through the neutral zone before Lee dished to Simon Holmstrom, whose shot from the right faceoff circle caromed off the back boards. Pelech collected the rebound and fired a shot far side past Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom.

The Devils called timeout and pulled Markstrom almost immediately after faceoff, but Islanders goalie David Rittich turned back New Jersey's lone 6-on-5 shot, a backhander by Timo Meier with 19 seconds left.

Holmstrom scored the tying goal in the second for the Islanders, who snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 7-3-1 this month despite scoring three goals or fewer eight times. Leading scorer Bo Horvat missed his fifth straight contest Tuesday due to a left ankle injury.

Rittich, playing in place of injured starter Ilya Sorokin, made 31 saves.

Brett Pesce scored in the first for the Devils, who have lost eight of 12 this month. Markstrom recorded 23 saves but committed the turnover leading to Holmstrom's goal.

The Devils went ahead following a chaotic sequence deep in the Islanders zone with 4:25 left in the first. A lengthy battle for the puck ended with New York center Marc Gatcomb losing it to Dawson Mercer, who sent a no-look pass to Nico Hischier, who was deep in the left faceoff circle. Hischier dished to Pesce, whose shot went beyond Rittich's glove and bounced off the top post.

The Islanders tied the score in unusual fashion with 7:50 remaining in the second. Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler was skating down the ice to collect a loose puck, but Markstrom beat him to it and his pass glanced off Siegenthaler's skate and to Holmstrom, who scored into the empty net as Siegenthaler made a futile lunging attempt to get a stick on the shot.

Byram one-timed a feed from Ryan McLeod from the right circle.

Byram also had an assist, and Noah Ostlund added the other goal for the Sabres. Alex Lyon made 24 saves in the win.

Ridly Greig and Tim Stutzle scored, and Linus Ullmark made 22 saves for the Senators, whose four-game winning streak ended.

Byram gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead at 15:22 of the first period. Josh Dunne collected a loose puck in the right corner and pushed it back to Jordan Greenway, who was right behind him. Greenway took it to above the near circle and then dished a cross-ice feed to Byram, who had jumped up to the back door for the redirect short side.

Greig tied it 1-1 less than two minutes later. The Sabres couldn't connect on a pass in the offensive zone and Greig gathered the puck in the neutral zone to create a 2-on-1. With Buffalo center Tage Thompson on his trail, he skated with it to the front of the net and buried a backhand glove side on Lyon at 17:13.

Ostlund put the visitors back in front at 6:11 of the second period. Alex Tuch left a puck for Byram by the left wall, where the defenseman collected it and skated down the wall, behind the net and then came out to the top of the right circle. With Ostlund in front in a battle with Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot, Byram then fired a shot that Ostlund tipped past Ullmark glove side.

Stutzle capitalized 14 seconds into a power play to tie it 2-2 at 9:27 of the second. All four Sabres skaters went toward the right wall to battle for the puck, but it was Drake Batherson who came out with it and fed it to Stutzle all alone in the slot for a wrist shot that beat Lyon inside the left post.

The Panthers are 8-2-0 over their last 10 games, including two third-period comebacks against the Hurricanes in the last five days. Florida's 4-3 shootout win over Carolina on Friday saw the Panthers erase a 3-0 deficit by scoring three goals in the last 10 minutes of regulation.

On Tuesday, the Hurricanes' 2-0 lead held until 3:53 of the third period, when Florida defenseman Niko Mikkola scored his first goal of the season. This tally from an unlikely source opened the floodgates for the Panthers, who outshot Carolina 14-3 in the third period.

Mikkola, Luke Kunin, Anton Lundell, Sam Bennett, and Seth Jones scored the Panthers' goals. Eetu Luostarinen and Aaron Ekblad each had two assists.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17 of 19 shots to earn his 16th win of the season, and the 445th of his career. The victory moved Bobrovsky into a tie with Terry Sawchuk for eighth place on the all-time NHL goaltender wins list.

The Hurricanes are winless (0-2-1) in their last three games, despite holding multi-goal leads in all three contests. When leading after two periods this season, Carolina is 0-1-1 against Florida and 14-0-0 against other opponents.

Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen allowed five goals on 22 shots.

Eric Robinson and Andrei Svechnikov tallied the Hurricanes' goals. Robinson opened the scoring at 4:11 of the first period, and Svechnikov emerged from the penalty box to score on a breakaway 1:58 into the second period.

After Mikkola put Florida on the board, Kunin buried a rebound for the equalizer at 6:17 of the third period. Just 53 seconds later, Reinhart's nice pass from behind the net found Lundell for the go-ahead conversion.

A fortunate bounce off the boards helped set up Bennett's goal at the 9:57 mark, and Bennett did well to keep control of the puck amidst multiple Hurricanes players. Jones' power-play goal was the final strike for the Panthers at 15:21 of the third frame.

In the extra session, Larkin brought the puck into the Stars' zone, skated between two defenders and wristed a shot from the slot past Casey DeSmith's glove. The Atlantic Division-leading Red Wings improved to 9-2-1 this month.

James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist and Emmitt Finnie also scored for Detroit. Lucas Raymond collected three assists, Moritz Seider added two assists, and John Gibson made 19 saves.

The Stars had their four-game winning streak snapped, and they are 8-2-2 in December. Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn and Roope Hintz scored, Mikko Rantanen logged two assists, and DeSmith stopped 21 shots.

Detroit's Michael Rasmussen set up the first goal, skating behind the Dallas goal line and backhanding a pass to van Riemsdyk, who lifted a shot over DeSmith's left shoulder at 9:23 of the opening period. Simon Edvinsson also picked up an assist.

The Stars cashed in on their second power play of the game to tie it near the midpoint of the second period. With Larkin in the penalty box for tripping, Hintz fired in a shot from the right circle off a slot feed from Rantanen.

Dallas scored on a 2-on-1 situation in the final minute of the middle period to take a 2-1 lead. Matt Duchene flipped a backhanded pass from the right circle to an open Benn, who ripped a one-timer past Gibson. Justin Hryckowian had the second assist.

The Red Wings tied it early in the third period on a power play after Hryckowian was penalized for roughing. Finnie scooped up a rebound and lifted the puck over DeSmith's pad. Raymond and Seider picked up the assists.

With van Riemsdyk in the penalty box, the Stars regained the lead with 8:32 remaining. Positioned in the slot, Johnston redirected a Miro Heiskanen shot past Gibson. Rantanen had the second assist.

Detroit tied it on another power play with 4:03 left. van Riemsdyk backhanded a pass through a defender's legs to Larkin, who scored in front. Raymond got the second assist.

William Nylander recorded two goals -- one into an empty net -- and two assists for the Maple Leafs, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Matias Maccelli, Steven Lorentz and Bobby McMann (empty net) also scored. Domi also had an assist while Joseph Woll made 29 saves.

Bryan Rust, Rutger McGroarty and Anthony Mantha scored for the Penguins, who have lost nine of 10. Stuart Skinner stopped 25 shots.

The Penguins pushed the puck into the net during a goalmouth scramble at 7:26 of the first period, but there was no goal because of goaltender interference.

Toronto took the lead at 9:07 of the first when Nylander snapped an 11-game goal-less drought. Nylander stuffed home a backhand shot on a breakaway after batting down a Pittsburgh pass at the Maple Leafs' blue line.

Pittsburgh responded 44 seconds later on a breakaway goal after a Toronto turnover in the Penguins' zone. Sidney Crosby's stretch pass sprung Rust, who lifted a backhand past Woll.

Toronto regained the lead at 13:34 when Maccelli's pass to the slot was swiped into the net by Pittsburgh defenseman Parker Wotherspoon.

Lorentz scored at 7:38 of the second period after a breakaway, needing three whacks to nudge the puck past Skinner. Lorentz stripped the puck from defenseman Erik Karlsson and had only open ice ahead.

McGroarty wristed a 41-foot laser off the rebound after a blocked shot at 11:43 to trim the Penguins' deficit to 3-2. Rust clanked a shot off the post at 12:04.

The period ended when Pittsburgh's Rickard Rakell redirected Wotherspoon's pass just over the crossbar.

Mantha tied the game at 1:00 of the third period when his 54-foot slap shot squeezed past Woll. Toronto regained the lead when Domi finished his end-to-end rush to score from the slot at 11:35 of the third with the teams playing four aside.

McMann scored into an empty net at 17:57 and Nylander steered one into the vacant goal at 18:36.

Toronto reinstated defenseman Chris Tanev from injured reserve. He played for the first time since Nov. 1, logging 17:23 of ice time.

The Kraken "evened" their record at 14-14-6 with a 3-1 victory Monday at Pacific Division-leading Anaheim and will try to sweep their California trip when they take on the host Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night in their last game before Christmas.

Captain Jordan Eberle scored two third-period goals and Philipp Grubauer made 40 saves as the Kraken won for just the third time in their past 13 games (3-9-1) and posted back-to-back victories for the first time in a month.

"It hasn't been easy. We haven't found a way, and things haven't gone [well] for us," said Eberle, who has a team-leading 12 goals. "Last couple of games, they have. Belief is a magical thing. You've gotta just believe.

"Adversity's gonna hit -- we have it right now. Not just on the ice, but we've lost guys, key pieces, and we've still found a way.

"We're still in this thing. We have another chance to do it (Tuesday)."

The Kraken have been without franchise career scoring leader Jared McCann and Jaden Schwartz, who was atop the team's scoring chart this season when he got hurt, for multiple games.

The team announced Monday that defenseman Brandon Montour, the quarterback of their power play, will miss approximately four weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken hand suffered in a fight Dec. 16 against the Colorado Avalanche.

"Obviously, a tough loss," said Ryan Lindgren, Montour's regular defensive partner. "Monty is an incredible player. Great team guy, too. We've got guys who step up. We've dealt with injuries throughout the year. We've had that mentality of the next guy up. That's the case again."

Things might have gotten worse Monday.

Early in the third period, defenseman Vince Dunn took a hard blind-side hit from Anaheim's Ross Johnston at the blue line and crumpled to the ice with an apparent upper-body injury. There was no call by the officials on the play, and Dunn slammed the gate to the bench, broke his stick over the boards and threw a garbage can in the hallway on his way back to the locker room. He didn't return to the ice.

There was no word on Dunn's status after the game.

The Kings also played Monday, losing 3-1 to visiting Columbus as Mason Marchment, whom the Blue Jackets acquired from Seattle last Friday, tallied twice.

Andrei Kuzmenko scored the lone goal and Anton Forsberg made 27 saves for the Kings, who have lost five of their past six games.

"We obviously want to put on a show for our great fans," Kings defenseman Joel Edmundson said. "We're not scoring goals. Special teams is kind of killing us right now, so we've got to figure that out soon."

Part of the problem for the Kings has been their inability to stay out of the penalty box. They've given up at least four power-play opportunities in six of their past seven games and have allowed goals in five of those contests.

"I mean, when we take eight minors a game, teams can start breaking us down, so we've just got to be smarter," Edmundson said. "Keep our sticks down and take less penalties. It gets tiring for (penalty) killers. It seems like every game we're taking way more minors than the other team."

"Of course, it's frustrating," Chicago forward Ilya Mikheyev said. "But we need to learn how to play. Because the best teams play a whole 60 minutes. We're growing up, and it takes time. I'll say it again -- it takes time. But we need more confidence that we can play hard and push back."

The Blackhawks will aim to assert themselves and halt their second five-game losing streak of the season when they host the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

Chicago will play three of its next four games at the United Center, where the team is over .500 (7-6-3).

Saturday's 6-4 loss in Ottawa not only sent the Blackhawks hobbling home from a winless three-game Canadian road trip, it saw the latest injury to a young center away from home.

Frank Nazar took a shot to the face from the Senators' Jordan Spence in the first period and will be out for an estimated four weeks.

Chicago has been outscored 17-7 in four games since leading scorer Connor Bedard sustained an upper-body injury in the last second of a Dec. 12 loss in St. Louis. The club will re-evaluate Bedard in January.

"One of the things that leads to consistency is depth, and so our depth is getting tested," Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill said. "So guys in those roles have to ultimately play at a higher level. As you play more minutes in more important roles, you've got to play that much better. And it's a challenge. And it's not easy.

"As a group, we need to get more out of more guys. We've talked about that, and we'll continue to talk about that."

Philadelphia, meanwhile, is coming off Monday's 5-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks, the Flyers' lone home game around nine on the road.

Tuesday will mark the start of a five-game trip for the Flyers, who have registered points in 18 of their past 23 games, going 12-5-6 in that span to vault into second place in the Metropolitan Division.

"We've got to earn what we earn," Flyers coach Rick Tocchet said. "We're not a perfect team, but there's a lot of fight. ... You've got to give these guys credit; they don't give up."

Nikita Grebenkin collected a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who excelled behind a revamped fourth line that also featured Carl Grundstrom (goal) and Rodrigo Abols (two assists).

Teammate Christian Dvorak marveled at Grebenkin's effort.

"He was flying around, he was everywhere, making great plays," Dvorak said. "That's huge for the team."

The Flyers hope to be getting healthy for their trip. Dvorak, who missed Saturday's 5-4 shootout loss to the New York Rangers due to an upper-body injury, scored in his return to the lineup.

Philadelphia's Trevor Zegras enters Tuesday's matchup on an eight-game point streak (five goals, five assists) after recording an assist on the Dvorak goal.

Frederick Gaudreau also scored for Seattle, which won consecutive games for the first time in a month, and Kaapo Kakko had two assists. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 40 saves as the Kraken won for just the third time in their past 13 games (3-9-1) and moved out of the Pacific Division cellar.

Mikael Granlund scored the lone goal for the division-leading Ducks, who dropped to 2-4-1 in their past seven games. Goalie Lukas Dostal stopped 18 of 20 shots.

The tiebreaking goal came on an odd-man rush at 10:04 of the third. Matty Beniers fed Eberle on the left wing, and Eberle put a shot over Dostal's shoulder and into the far upper corner of the net from just inside the faceoff dot.

Blue Jackets 3, Kings 1

Mason Marchment scored two power-play goals in the first period and Columbus skated away with a win at Los Angeles.

Kirill Marchenko added a power-play goal and Jet Greaves made 23 saves as the Blue Jackets won for just the second time in nine games (2-6-1). Damon Severson had two assists as Columbus earned its first road victory since Dec. 1, ending an 0-3-1 road skid.

Marchment, who was acquired in a trade with Seattle on Friday, has three goals in two games with his new team. He had just four goals in 29 games to start the season with the Kraken. The Kings lost for the fifth time in their past six games (1-3-2).

Flyers 5, Canucks 2

Dan Vladar made 23 saves and Philadelphia received two goals from its fourth line as the host Flyers ended Vancouver's four-game winning streak.

Fourth-liners Nikita Grebenkin and Carl Grundstrom scored for Philadelphia, while Rodrigo Abols assisted on both of those tallies. Philadelphia earned just its second win in seven games (2-1-4).

Max Sasson and Drew O'Connor scored for Vancouver, which had won the first four games of its five-game road trip. Thatcher Demko turned aside 34 shots as the Canucks took their first loss since trading star defenseman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild 10 days ago.

Lightning 4, Blues 1

Defenseman Darren Raddysh produced a goal and two assists, Oliver Bjorkstrand reached a milestone of international proportions, and Tampa Bay capped its four-game homestand with a win over St. Louis.

Bjorkstrand became just the fourth Dane to reach 400 NHL points, also scoring on the man advantage. He joined countrymen Nikolaj Ehlers, Frans Nielsen and Lars Eller in the 400-point club.

Pontus Holmberg and Anthony Cirelli each chipped in with a goal and Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel posted two helpers apiece as the Lightning finished 2-2-0 on the homestand. Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots.

Freddy Gaudreau also scored for Seattle, which won consecutive games for the first time in a month, and Kaapo Kakko had two assists. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves as the Kraken won for just the third time in their past 13 games (3-9-1) and moved out of the Pacific Division cellar.

Mikael Granlund scored the lone goal for the division-leading Ducks, who dropped to 1-4-1 in their past six games. Goalie Lukas Dostal stopped 18 of 20 shots.

The tiebreaking goal came on an odd-man rush at 10:04 of the third. Matty Beniers fed Eberle on the left wing and he put a shot over Dostal's shoulder and into the far upper corner of the net from just inside the faceoff dot.

Eberle added an empty-netter at 19:25, his team-leading 12th goal of the season.

The Kraken opened the scoring on the power play at 4:49 of the second period. Ryker Evans' shot from the left point deflected off a defenseman's skate, with the puck falling to Kakko deep on the right wing. Kakko had a shot blocked before sending a pass across the top of the crease to Shane Wright. His shot was saved by a sprawling Dostal, but Gaudreau was in front of the net to chip the rebound over the prone goalie.

The Ducks, who outshot Seattle 17-5 in the period, tied it at 15:40. Jacob Trouba floated the puck toward the net from the top of the right faceoff circle and Granlund redirected it past a screened Grubauer.

The Kraken outshot Anaheim 10-7 in a scoreless first period. It was the eighth straight game Seattle failed to find the net in the opening 20 minutes.

Ducks forward Leo Carlsson, the team's leading scorer with 41 points (17 goals, 24 assists), missed a game for the first time this season with a lower-body injury. Granlund centered the top line in Carlsson's absence and Jansen Harkins got back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the previous nine games.

Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn took a hard hit from Anaheim's Ross Johnston early in the third period and didn't return because of an apparent upper-body injury.

Linesperson Ryan Gibbons took a spill in front of the Kraken bench late in the first period, landing on his back, and didn't return.

The Kraken announced earlier Monday that defenseman Brandon Montour would miss approximately four weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken hand suffered in a fight Dec. 16 against Colorado.

Krill Marchenko added a power-play goal and Jet Greaves made 23 saves as the Blue Jackets won for just the second time in nine games (2-6-1). Damon Severson had two assists as Columbus earned its first road victory since Dec. 1, ending an 0-3-1 road skid.

Marchment, who was acquired in a trade with Seattle on Friday, has three goals in two games with his new team. He had just four goals in 29 games to start the season with the Kraken.

Andrei Kuzmenko scored a goal and Anton Forsberg stopped 27 shots for the Kings, who lost for the fifth time in their past six games (1-3-2). Los Angeles dropped the opener of a stretch in which it will play seven of eight games at home.

With the Blue Jackets on an early power play, Marchment delivered just over four minutes into the game when he moved in from the blue line and fired a wrist shot past Forsberg from the slot.

Columbus added an opportunistic power play-goal with 24 seconds remaining in the opening period. Severson fired a shot that deflected off Marchment's body and into the net.

The Kings cut the deficit in half at 18:41 of the second period. Kuzmenko threw the puck on net and into traffic from the blue line, with Greaves unable to make the stop.

Marchenko gave the Blue Jackets a 3-1 lead at 14:16 of the third period when he scored from the left circle on a quick shot past Forsberg.

Columbus went 3-for-7 on the man advantage and killed off all five Los Angeles power plays after entering with the third-worst penalty kill in the NHL at 72.9%. The Kings' power play ranked third from the bottom of the league entering the night at 14.6%.

Colorado has won five in a row -- one behind Buffalo's league-leading six-game winning streak -- and has just two regulation losses all season. The Avalanche will go into the three-day break with the most points in the league no matter what happens against Utah.

Colorado has earned at least one point in all 16 home games (14-0-2) and carries a 12-game winning streak in Denver heading into Tuesday night. The Avalanche's last home loss was in a shootout to Carolina on Oct. 23.

The catalyst for this strong start to the season is Nathan MacKinnon, who leads the NHL in goals (30) and is second in the league with 61 points as of Monday morning. Martin Necas is second in points for Colorado with 47 (16 goals, 31 assists), which is sixth in the NHL. Cale Makar leads all defensemen in scoring with 43 points (11 goals, 32 assists).

Brock Nelson is fifth on the Avalanche with 25 points (14 goals, 11 assists) and he has come on strong over the last six weeks. Nelson had just three goals and three assists through the first 17 games but has picked up his play since. He had a goal and two assists in Colorado's 5-1 win in Minnesota on Sunday.

"He's peaking at the right time," MacKinnon said. "He looks amazing -- guy that big that can move like that, one of the best defensive centers in the league."

Tuesday night will be the third of four meetings between the Mammoth and the Avalanche, with each winning on home ice. Utah's victory came in overtime on Oct. 21.

The Mammoth began the season winning eight of their first 10 games before running into tough times. Utah followed that hot start by going 6-13-3 over the next 19 games but has won four of its last six heading into Tuesday night.

The Mammoth beat Winnipeg 4-3 on Sunday night when Clayton Keller scored 13 seconds into overtime, after the Jets had allowed two goals in 25 seconds to send the game beyond regulation.

Keller and Nick Schmaltz lead Utah in scoring with identical stats -- 12 goals and 20 assists -- and Dylan Guenther tops the Mammoth with 16 goals to go along with 14 assists. JJ Peterka has 27 points (14 goals, 13 assists) and Mikhail Sergachev is fifth on Utah with 25 points (four goals, 21 assists).

"I think all lines are playing well right now," Keller said after his winner against Winnipeg. "We're getting scoring up and down the lineup. I think something we have to continue to do moving forward if we want to be successful and we want to play in the end is our depth of scoring. It's great to see that, and we've got to keep it going."

Savard was responsible for Toronto's dismal power play, which is last in the league at 13.3 percent. They have scored only twice in 27 opportunities during December.

The Maple Leafs are 1-4-1 in their last six games and 15-15-5 overall.

Savard played for 13 years in the NHL, amassing 207 goals and 499 assists for the New York Rangers (1997-99), Calgary Flames (1999-2003), Atlanta Thrashers (2002-06) and Boston Bruins (2006-11). He competed in the 2008 and 2009 NHL All-Star game, representing the Bruins.

Savard joined head coach Craig Berube behind the bench for the second time when Berube took the top job in Toronto in May 2024. He also served under Berube in St. Louis during the 2019-20 season, before stepping away from the game in September 2020 to spend more time at home.

The Leafs' plan -- according to league sources -- is not to replace Savard immediately, but utilize assistants Derek Lalonde and Mike Van Ryn to re-energize the power play.

High-scoring Toronto forwards Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares have been ineffective for much of the season after enjoying outstanding success in previous campaigns.

Fourth-liners Nikita Grebenkin and Carl Grundstrom scored for Philadelphia, while Rodrigo Abols assisted on both of those tallies. Christian Dvorak, Owen Tippett and Matvei Michkov also scored for the Flyers, and Grebenkin added an assist.

Philadelphia earned just its second win in seven games (2-1-4).

Max Sasson and Drew O'Connor scored for Vancouver, which had won the first four games on its five-game road trip. Thatcher Demko turned aside 34 shots as the Canucks took their first loss since trading star defenseman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild 10 days ago.

Philadelphia dominated the first period, but neither team found the back of the net. The Flyers finished with 14 shots in the session -- including several quality chances on their lone power play -- while the Canucks managed only five shots on Vladar.

The Flyers tacked on 14 more shots in the second period, although the Canucks had 12 of their own in a much more competitive session. Vladar stood firm when challenged, including two stops with his mask late in the period.

Philadelphia got on the scoreboard with 6:47 left in the second period. Abols sent a feed back to Emil Andrae, whose one-timer was deflected by Grebenkin into the net.

The Flyers doubled their advantage about six minutes into the third period. Grebenkin made a nice move along the boards and flipped a centering pass to Grundstrom, whose first shot was stopped by Demko. Grundstrom slammed home the rebound for his fourth goal in nine games with the team.

Less than two minutes later, Philadelphia's Trevor Zegras took a shot that hit off the glass behind Demko and caromed back in front of the net. With the loose puck in mid-air, Dvorak swatted it over Demko's shoulder.

The goal was initially overturned due to a high stick, but the ruling was changed following a review.

Sasson got Vancouver within 3-1 with just under seven minutes remaining. However, Tippett restored a three-goal advantage when he created his own breakaway with a nifty move at center ice and then chipped the puck over Demko with 4:25 left.

Michkov's empty-netter made it 5-1 before O'Connor scored in the waning seconds for the Canucks.

Raddysh, a defenseman, tallied on a power play and dished out two assists.

Bjorkstrand became just the fourth Dane to reach 400 NHL points, also scoring on the man advantage. He joined countrymen Nikolaj Ehlers, Frans Nielsen and Lars Eller in the 400-point club.

Pontus Holmberg and Anthony Cirelli each chipped in with a goal and Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel posted two helpers apiece as the Lightning finished 2-2-0 on the homestand. Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots.

Justin Faulk found the net and Jordan Binnington made 13 saves as St. Louis dropped to 5-4-1 in its past 10 games.

Top-line center Robert Thomas played in his 500th NHL game, all with the Blues, while first-year St. Louis winger Pius Suter skated in game No. 400.

After rallying for a 6-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, the Lightning got right back to their scoring ways just 21 seconds into Monday contest.

Raddysh sent a pass into the slot intentionally wide, and Holmberg perfectly redirected the puck past Binnington for the quick tally.

On the game's first power play, Tampa Bay moved the puck crisply. In the final seconds of it, Raddysh hammered a shot that caromed off Faulk at 9:12 of the opening period for a 2-0 lead.

Vasilevskiy kept it that way by stopping Oskar Sundqvist's 1-on-1 chance with 1:03 left until the first intermission, the Blues' best scoring chance of the period.

St. Louis pulled within one when Tucker drove around the end boards, slipped a pass out top and Faulk hammered home his 10th goal and fourth in the past six games at 6:43 of the second period.

Cirelli had a quick answer, though. The Blues failed to clear the puck, and the forward hit the net for a 3-1 edge less than two minutes after Faulk's marker.

In the third, Bjorkstrand capitalized on good puck movement by the Lightning and made it the 4-1 final margin on a power play at 5:36.

Vegas brings in a three-game losing streak, including a 6-3 loss at Calgary on Saturday followed by a 4-3 setback in Edmonton on Sunday.

That's the bad news. The good news is San Jose, a team that the Golden Knights have dominated in the regular season since joining the league in 2017, is next up on the schedule.

Vegas is an eye-popping 29-2-5 all-time against the Sharks in the regular season, outscoring them by a combined 141-77 in the process. The Golden Knights have won both of the two previous meetings this year by identical 4-3 scores -- on Oct. 9 in San Jose in overtime and on Nov. 29 in Las Vegas.

Slow starts, a problem at times during the season, plagued Vegas during its weekend trip to Alberta.

The Golden Knights fell behind 3-1 in the first period in Calgary and trailed 5-1 midway through the second period before rallying to cut the deficit to 5-3 in the third on a Mark Stone goal. Jonathan Huberdeau sealed the win for the Flames with an empty-netter.

Vegas fell behind 2-0 in the first period the following night in Edmonton and trailed 4-0 in the second period before scoring three straight goals and having a chance to force overtime after pulling goaltender Carter Hart in the final two minutes. The Golden Knights outshot Calgary and the Oilers by a combined 33-8 in the third period.

"We want to do better on the starts," said forward Mitch Marner, who had a goal and an assist in Edmonton. "The last two (games) haven't been nearly up to our standard. We've got to make sure to focus on that Tuesday. Make sure we start on time, put the pressure on them, and make sure we're just making smart plays."

"It's a huge game for us," defenseman Noah Hanifin, who had three assists against the Oilers, said. "It's another divisional game against a good team. We've got to take what we did in the second half tonight and we've got to be ready to do that right after the puck drops on Tuesday."

San Jose is just two points out of a Western Conference wild-card position heading into Monday night and will be trying to snap a two-game losing streak on Tuesday.

The Sharks come in off a 4-2 home loss to the Seattle Kraken, who snapped a four-game losing streak by scoring three consecutive goals in the final 18 minutes to pull out the win.

Goals by Adam Gaudette and Collin Graf staked San Jose to a 2-1 lead early in the third before Seattle rebounded. Ryan Lindgren scored what proved to be the game winner on a shot that caromed in off the skate of defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin and over the blocker of goaltender Yaroslav Askarov.

"Frustrating," San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky said. "I thought at moments we had some good things going in our game, and then it was just frustrating."

Tuesday's game is the start of a three-game road trip sandwiched around the Christmas for San Jose. The trip also includes contests at Vancouver and Anaheim before the Sharks return home for a New Year's Eve matinee against the Minnesota Wild.

Montour, 31, is expected to miss at least the next four weeks of action.

Montour was involved in a skirmish where punches were thrown vs. the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 16. He did not return to that game and was scratched from the last two contests.

After winning a Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers in 2023-24, Montour debuted with the Kraken and tallied a career-high 18 goals a season ago. On the down side, the 10-year veteran was a career-worst minus-22.

Seattle is 2-10 in its last dozen games and have fallen into last place in the Western Conference.

Montour has six goals and 10 assists in 27 games this season. In 628 career contests while playing with Anaheim (2016-19), Buffalo (2018-21), Florida (2020-24) and Seattle, he has tallied 90 goals and 219 assists.

Backlund has four goals and an assist over his last two games for the Flames, who have won back-to-back and three of four.

The Flames captain scored twice in a 4-2 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday before adding a pair and an assist in Calgary's 6-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.

"I was just trying to go to the net and put the puck in," Backlund said. "Obviously, it feels good to score some goals and help the team win."

The line of Backlund, Connor Zary and Blake Coleman cashed in two goals and six assists in the win over the Golden Knights.

"Over the last little bit, they're playing a much quicker game," said Flames coach Ryan Huska. "I think all three of them have been much harder on the puck, and that's the difference.

"Mikael's going to the net more ... I think he's up to speed. Now, he's going."

Matt Coronato paces the Flames with 11 goals in 35 games, while Nazem Kadri has a team-leading 31 points in 36 contests this season.

Flames starter Dustin Wolf is 11-13-2 with an .896 save percentage and a 2.92 goals-against average in 27 games this season. In two career appearances against the Oilers, Wolf is 1-0-1 with a .906 save percentage and a 2.84 GAA.

Calgary edged Edmonton 4-3 in a shootout in the first meeting between the Pacific Division rivals on Oct. 8, the season opener for both clubs.

Tuesday is the first of back-to-back games wrapped around the NHL's holiday break -- the two teams will reconvene in Calgary on Saturday.

Edmonton will look to conclude a brief two-game homestand on a winning note after edging the Golden Knights 4-3 on Sunday.

Captain Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists in the win, extending his point streak to 10 games (12 goals, 14 assists).

The NHL's first star for the second consecutive week, McDavid registered five goals and five assists in four games last week to take over the league's scoring lead.

Entering Monday's action, the 28-year-old has 23 goals and 39 assists in 37 games -- McDavid's 62 points are one better than Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins added a pair of goals and an assist, and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 7-2-1 in their last 10 games with the win over Vegas.

Leon Draisaitl added two assists and goaltender Connor Ingram made 26 saves in his Oilers debut.

Ingram, who was recalled on Friday, was acquired by the Oilers from the Utah Mammoth in October. Sunday was the 28-year-old's first NHL start since Feb. 22.

"There's a lot of days I didn't think it would ever happen again," Ingram said. "It's just the truth of it in this world. It's a competitive game. There are 64 spots in the world to do this, so you don't take it for granted any day that you're up here. It's a huge honor."

"I saw a great effort," Brunette said after the Predators posted back-to-back wins over the weekend. "I think everybody's paddles were in, and they're paddling hard."

That is particularly appropriate, given the fact that the Predators' next stop is in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes." The Predators will face off against the Minnesota Wild in St. Paul, Minn., where the lakes and rivers are plentiful but mostly frozen over in late December.

Nashville is coming off a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday, which followed a 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The Predators are going for their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Predators forward Ryan O'Reilly said he and his teammates are feeling good. In addition to winning back-to-back games, Nashville has won three of its past four and five of its past seven.

"We're crawling back into this thing, and it's a lot more fun," O'Reilly said. "Everyone's contributing. It's exciting. It's fun coming to the rink.

"It was pretty dark there for a while, it wasn't fun by any means. It was tough. But give credit, everyone's been working hard, (and we've) got a lot of work left. The focus is let's get this next one before the break. It's going to be a heck of a challenge.

"But we're building something. It took a lot longer than we thought, but it's starting to come. We're still in this fight, and we're going to keep going."

The Wild are looking to bounce back from a rare setback in what has been a red-hot stretch over the past month and a half. Before losing 5-1 against the league-leading Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, the Wild had won their previous seven games in a row. They had scored 21 goals in four consecutive convincing victories until only Ryan Hartman could dent the net on Sunday.

Minnesota is 19-4-2 since Nov. 1 but was humbled on home ice by the Avalanche. Their matchup Tuesday against the Predators will conclude a three-game homestand and serve as the team's final contest before the holiday break.

Wild forward Nico Sturm said he and his teammates needed to focus more on special teams, including the penalty kill.

"(Colorado has) five shooting options on the power play, and they were able to convert on some of those," Sturm said. "Ideally, we'd like to kill one more of those. Just overall, those details matter. You might get away with it against a different team, but obviously not (Sunday night)."

The Wild feature a talented pair of goaltenders. Filip Gustavsson is 12-8-3 with a 2.47 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage in 23 starts, and Jesper Wallstedt is 10-2-2 with a 2.10 GAA and a .933 save percentage in 14 starts.

Gustavsson is 5-2-1 with a 2.97 GAA and a .904 save percentage in eight career games against the Predators. Wallstedt never has faced the Predators in his brief career.

Nashville's netminders include Juuse Saros and Justus Annunen. Saros is 13-11-3 with a 2.95 GAA and an .897 save percentage in 27 starts, and Annunen is 2-5-1 with a 3.43 GAA and an .866 save percentage in 11 games (eight starts).

Saros is 9-3-2 with a 2.30 GAA and a .926 save percentage in 14 games against the Wild. Annunen is 1-1-1 with a 3.39 GAA and a .907 save percentage in three games versus Minnesota.