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Kuemper came away with an upper-body injury Monday when the Dallas Stars' Mikko Rantanen collided into him late in the first period. He left the game after taking a forearm to the helmet and was replaced by Anton Forsberg. There was no penalty called on the play.

"I saw a player come into the blue paint and run into our goaltender. That's what I saw," Kings head coach Jim Hiller said after the game.

While there is no timetable for Kuemper's return, his IR designation will keep him out for at least seven days.

Kuemper made five saves over the first 16 minutes of Monday's game, while Forsberg made 17 saves in the Stars' 4-1 victory.

Kuemper, 35, is 10-6-6 with two shutouts, a .917 save percentage and a 2.52 goals-against average this season. In 14 NHL seasons with five teams, including his first five seasons with the Minnesota Wild (2012-17), he is 219-152-59 with 38 shutouts, a .915 save percentage and a 2.52 GAA.

Copley, 33, is in his fourth season in the Kings' organization but has not appeared in an NHL game in 2025-26. In seven NHL seasons with three teams, he is 44-16-8 with an .898 save percentage and a 2.84 GAA.

Two nights later, the Rangers played without Fox and Mika Zibanejad, and their difficulties on special teams reappeared.

After Zibanejad sat out Monday for being late to a team meeting, the Rangers hope his return can help their power play on Tuesday when they host the retooled Vancouver Canucks.

The Rangers are 2-for-17 on the man advantage in seven games since placing Fox on long-term injured reserve due to a left shoulder injury. The defenseman got hurt in the third period of a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 29.

New York went 2-for-2 on the power play in a 5-4 overtime win against Montreal, marking the fourth time this season the Rangers scored multiple goals on the man advantage.

In a 4-1 home loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, the Rangers went 0-for-4 on power plays despite logging 10 of their 27 shots on goal in those situations. New York also allowed a short-handed and a power-play goal, marking the first time it allowed one of each this season.

"Even since Foxy's gone down, we've had a lot of moving parts there to try and find some consistency in it where we're comfortable with a group of five," New York coach Mike Sullivan said of the power-play woes. "So we've had a lot of different people and a lot of moving parts.

"Obviously we'd like to settle on something until Foxy gets back in the lineup that gives us more of a semblance of consistency that gives us a chance to build some chemistry."

Zibanejad, who leads the team with six power-play goals, was a healthy scratch as the Rangers were held to one goal or fewer for the ninth time in 16 home games this season. Sullivan conformed that Zibanejad would return on Tuesday.

"We had a discussion and moved on," Sullivan said. "He's an important player for us. He's a terrific player and he's a terrific person."

Vancouver will be playing its second game since trading star defenseman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild on Friday for forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren, rookie defenseman Zeev Buium and a 2026 first-round pick.

All three newcomers debuted Sunday afternoon when the Canucks started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Jake DeBrusk and Buium scored power-play goals in the opening 6:48, marking the first time since Nov. 17 and fifth time overall this season that Vancouver scored multiple power-play goals. Rossi was on a line with DeBrusk and Brock Boeser after sitting out since Nov. 11 due to a lower-body injury.

Buium also had an assist on DeBrusk's goal after collecting three goals and 11 assists in 31 games for the Wild. His 16 points are second amongst rookies behind top overall pick Matthew Schaefer, who has 23 points for the New York Islanders.

"He's got confidence," Vancouver coach Adam Foote said. "I mean, he's so young, 20 years old. He saw him walk the line and his swag, you need to have it to be able to run a power play up there like that, and he has it. It was nice to watch.

"I also liked Rossi, like a lot. He plays it the right way. He's very predictable. Comes up high, does his job. He makes the right play, (if it's a) pass, he passed, if it's time to shoot, he'll shoot."

The Canucks are 3-8-1 in their past 12 games as they shoot for just their second winning streak of the campaign. Vancouver won three straight from Oct. 16-19 to cap a 4-2-0 start but hasn't had back-to-back wins any other time.

The Ducks are coming off a 4-1 win against the host New York Rangers on Monday night that ended a two-game skid.

Now, Anaheim has an opportunity to complete its five-game road trip with a winning record.

In a contest that was magnified by the return of Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba to Madison Square Garden for the first time since their departures to Anaheim, the Ducks matched the league lead with their sixth short-handed goal of the season to take a 1-0 lead in the second period against New York.

The Rangers tied it, but Anaheim followed with three goals in the third period, making the two-hour flight from New York to Columbus more enjoyable.

"I thought we played a really good 40 minutes leading up to (the third period)," said Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier, who scored two goals in the decisive third frame. "It was obviously a big game for our team, and two guys in that locker room, and the main goal was coming out with a win and we did so. So everyone was extra motivated in the last 20 (minutes) to get the job done and fight for the two points."

Trouba got an assist on Jackson LaCombe's short-handed goal, and Kreider played 18:04, the second-most minutes among Anaheim forwards, and both also received warm video tributes on the overhead screens.

"It was awesome," Gauthier said. "Obviously, they've done so much for this franchise over the handful of years they spent here and it just goes to show you, the whole fan base is yelling and screaming for them, so they must have done a great job and we're super lucky to have them on our side now."

The Blue Jackets haven't played since Saturday, when they lost 3-2 to the visiting Vegas Golden Knights.

After his side dropped the previous game 6-3 to the visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday, Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason saw some improvements against a better opponent on Saturday.

"It was unfortunate we didn't get rewarded," Evason said. "They played hard, played right. For whatever reason, we're not catching a break here and there, a couple of posts, but we have to keep working. Obviously, doing all the right things, continue to do that and things will go good."

The Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead into the second period against the Golden Knights, then held a 2-1 advantage 4:49 into the third period, but they couldn't hold on against the Pacific Division leaders.

"They're a good team. We're a good team," Evason said. "It's hard to continually say we didn't catch a break or whatever, but we worked (Saturday) night. The other night (against the Senators), we didn't like our commitment. (Against Vegas), we did the right things."

One line that is standing out for Columbus is the trio of Miles Wood, Charlie Coyle and Cole Sillinger, who have been solid defensively. Coyle and Sillinger also combined on the first goal of the game against the Golden Knights.

"That line has been good," Evason said. "They've been able to defend really well for us as a line, but we think they have the ability to score goals, too. We've never really had a 'checking line,' but as it sets up most nights, especially at home, they're the line that's going to play against their top line."

Tim Stutzle contributed with three assists, including a helper on a 2-on-1 break that set up Tkachuk for the game-winner. Sanderson added an overtime assist, and Nick Cousins also scored for Ottawa.

Linus Ullmark stood tall with 23 saves to help the Senators finish their road trip 2-1-0.

Neal Pionk and Logan Stanley each tallied a goal for the Jets, who have lost four of their last five games. Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves.

Predators 5, Blues 2

Filip Forsberg scored a hat trick to lead visiting Nashville past St. Louis.

Michael Bunting and Reid Schaefer also scored for the Predators, who won for the seventh time in 10 games -- and for the second time against the Blues in five days. Roman Josi and Ryan O'Reilly earned two assists apiece for Nashville, and Juuse Saros made 20 saves.

Dalibor Dvorsky scored twice for the Blues, who lost for the third time in their past four games. Joel Hofer allowed four goals on 25 shots.

Panthers 5, Lightning 2

Sam Reinhart scored short-handed and on the power play and visiting Florida concluded a 3-1-0 road trip with a win over rival Tampa Bay.

Carter Verhaeghe notched a goal and an assist while Anton Lundell and Brad Marchand each tallied a marker to round out the scoring for the Panthers. Aaron Ekblad and Uvis Balinskis posted two assists each, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves to help Florida improve to 5-1-1 in its past seven games.

Max Crozier netted his first NHL goal for the Lightning, and J.J. Moser also scored. Brayden Point had two assists and backup Jonas Johansson stopped 19 shots against his former team.

Stars 4, Kings 1

Casey DeSmith made 27 saves as Dallas beat visiting Los Angeles.

Mikko Rantanen, Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston each had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had lost their previous two games by a combined score of 9-2. The Stars have earned at least a point in eight consecutive home games against the Kings (7-0-1).

Andrei Kuzmenko scored for Los Angeles, which has lost three straight games (0-1-2) while scoring four goals.

Ducks 4, Rangers 1

Cutter Gauthier scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play 5:51 into the third period as part of a two-goal performance, and visiting Anaheim beat New York.

The game marked the return of Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba after both players were dealt to Anaheim since the start of last season. Jackson LaCombe and Pavel Mintyukov also scored for the Ducks, and Lukas Dostal made 26 saves for the win.

Igor Shesterkin stopped 22 shots as the Rangers lost for the fourth time in five games (1-2-2). Matthew Robertson produced New York's lone goal.

Mikko Rantanen, Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston each had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had lost their previous two games by a combined score of 9-2. Dallas' Oskar Back also scored.

The Stars have earned at least a point in eight consecutive home games against the Kings (7-0-1), outscoring Los Angeles 33-15 over that span.

Andrei Kuzmenko scored for the Kings, who have lost three straight games (0-1-2) while scoring four goals.

Darcy Kuemper stopped all five shots he faced before Rantanen collided with him at 16:00 of the first period, forcing the Los Angeles goalie out of the game due to an upper-body injury. Anton Forsberg took over and saved 17 of 20 shots.

Back gave Dallas a 2-1 lead at 6:12 of third period, when he deflected Radek Faska's point shot past Forsberg from the low slot.

Rantanen increased the lead to 3-1 at 16:11 of the third. He entered the zone on the right side, cut to the middle and scored with a snap shot from the slot.

With Forsberg pulled for the extra skater, Johnston scored into an empty with 32 seconds remaining for the 4-1 final.

Kuzmenko gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead at 11:03 of the second period during a power play. Dallas won a faceoff in its own zone and the puck came back to DeSmith. As he looked up ice preparing to pass, Kuzmenko skated over and swept the puck into the net.

Forsberg made an excellent pad save to rob Mavrik Bourque at the left post at 14:35 of the middle period.

Duchene tied the score 1-1 at 15:42 of the second. Johnston carried into the zone and dropped the puck back to Rantanen along the right boards. Rantanen sent a diagonal backdoor pass to Duchene for the tip-in at the left post.

Michael Bunting and Reid Schaefer also scored for the Predators, who won for the seventh time in 10 games -- and for the second time against the Blues in five days.

Roman Josi and Ryan O'Reilly earned two assists for Nashville and Juuse Saros made 20 saves.

Dalibor Dvorsky scored twice for the Blues, who lost for the third time in their last four games. Joel Hofer allowed four goals on 25 shots.

The Predators struck just 27 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead. O'Reilly gathered an errant shot behind the net and set up Forsberg, who scored moving in from the left wing.

The Blues tied the game 1-1 when Hugh McGing took a bouncing lead pass from Justin Faulk up the left wing and slid the puck to Dvorsky for his goal from the high slot.

Nashville surged ahead 4-1 in the second period with the help of three Blues penalties.

The Predators scored 1:23 into the period when Bunting circled the back of the net and scored with a wraparound shot between Hofer's pads.

Nashville got back-to-back power plays in the second period and converted one of them for a 3-1 lead. Forsberg took a pass from Steven Stamkos and scored from the slot.

The Predators made it 4-1 with 1:15 left in the period. Josi kept the puck in at the right point and moved it to Schaefer, who surprised Hofer with his turnaround shot from the blue line.

The Blues cut their deficit to 4-2 with a power-play goal in the third period. After Saros stopped Pavel Buchnevich's point-blank shot, St. Louis broke through with Jake Neighbours' cross-crease pass to Dvorsky for a tap-in at the left post.

But with Hofer off the ice for an extra attacker, Forsberg scored an empty-net goal to ice the game with 3:51 left.

On a play that started with Sanderson behind his own net, the puck went to teammate Tim Stutzle, whose third assist of the night came via a 2-on-1 that Tkachuk buried for the winner and his second goal in 12 games on a season where he missed 20 games with a thumb injury.

The victory capped a 2-1-0 trip for the Senators, who have won just four times in the last 11 contests.

Ottawa trailed 2-1 late, when it pulled goaltender Linus Ullmark (23 saves), and it paid off. After Stutzle kept the puck in the Winnipeg zone, he got it to Sanderson, who sent a wrist shot through traffic and past the Jets' Connor Hellebuyck (28 saves) with 1:54 left in regulation.

Neal Pionk and Logan Stanley scored for the Jets, who have lost four of the last five. Winnipeg has taken 14 losses in 20 games since winning nine of its first 12 games.

It took more than 1 1/2 periods before the first goal of the night was scored. Following a Winnipeg turnover, Ottawa's Kirtus MacDermid skated with the puck along the near boards, drawing several Jets. He then sent a pass across the slot for a wide-open Nick Cousins to convert with 9:13 remaining in the second period. Hellebuyck got a piece of the puck, but not enough to keep it from bouncing into the net.

Winnipeg, though, leveled the contest with 4:23 remaining in the middle frame. Off Kyle Connor's pass from the circle, Pionk sent a one-timer from the center, just inside the blue line, through traffic, where the puck appeared to deflect and redirect off possibly two Ottawa sticks and sneak past Ullmark.

The Jets went ahead with 1:25 left in the second when Morgan Barron slid the puck for a trailing Stanley to beat Ullmark.

Carter Verhaeghe notched a goal and an assist, and Anton Lundell and Brad Marchand also hit the net. Aaron Ekblad and Uvis Balinskis posted two assists each.

Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves as Florida finished 3-1-0 on the road swing.

The Panthers' sizzling penalty-kill unit stymied all five Lightning power plays in improving to 5-1-1 in the past seven outings.

The Lightning's Max Crozier netted his first NHL goal, and J.J. Moser scored. Brayden Point had two assists, while Nick Paul played in his 500th NHL game. Backup Jonas Johansson stopped 19 shots by his former team.

The match's first power play, a holding penalty on Florida's Niko Mikkola at 1:41, turned out to be a disaster for Tampa Bay as the visitors quickly built a two-goal lead only 3:48 in.

Reinhart led a two-on-one breakout during the penalty kill, decided to keep the puck and buried his third short-handed goal from the right circle at 2:16.

Just as the power play ended, the two-time champs dashed away on a three-on-one break with Mikkola out of the box. Lundell scored from the same spot as Reinhart for a 2-0 advantage on markers just 1:32 apart.

In the second after a strong penalty kill, the Panthers took off on another rush, and Verhaeghe found Marchand streaking toward the blue crease. The diminutive left winger tapped in his team-leading 19thgoal at 11:48.

On Florida's third power play, Mackie Samoskevich whipped a feed across the slot, and a wide-open Reinhart fired one through the pads for a 4-0 lead at 18:08. However, Crozier connected on a long shot with 33 seconds left for the Lightning's first goal.

Moser scored 2:11 into the third to cut the lead in half, but the Lightning could not take advantage on a power play on the ensuing failed challenge for goalie interference.

Verhaeghe ballooned the lead to 5-2 with a backhander from in close at 6:37 to put the match away.

The game marked the return of Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba after both players were dealt to Anaheim since the start of last season.

Kreider's 13-year career with the Rangers ended when he was traded to the Ducks on June 12 and Trouba's tenure with the Rangers ended with a trade to Anaheim on Dec. 6, 2024.

Kreider received a lengthy video tribute with 11:03 left in the first period and Trouba received a shorter tribute during the next timeout with 9:35 left.

As a hooking penalty to New York defenseman Will Borgen expired, the Ducks easily carried the puck out of the offensive zone. Olen Zellweger spotted Beckett Sennecke along the boards near the penalty boxes and made a clean pass.

Sennecke skated by J.T. Miller into the offensive zone and sent a cross-ice pass to Gauthier, who ripped a shot from the high slot over goalie Igor Shesterkin's blocker.

Jackson LaCombe picked up a short-handed goal 7:18 into the second period to open the scoring and the Ducks held the lead until Matthew Robertson scored on a fluky bounce with 3:42 left in the second.

Gauthier added an empty-net goal with 21.6 seconds left and Pavel Mintyukov also scored in the waning seconds.

Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal made 26 saves as the Ducks avoided their second three-game losing streak this season.

Shesterkin stopped 22 shots as the Rangers dropped to 4-9-3 at home and lost for the fourth time in five games (1-2-2).

The Ducks scored while serving a too many on the ice penalty as Trouba started the rush by clearing the defensive zone to Ryan Poehling.

Poehling raced down the right side and cut to the middle of the zone. After Poehling got by Artemi Panarin and had two shots stopped, LaCombe beat Vincent Trocheck to the loose puck at the right side of the crease, and the rebound banked off New York forward Will Cuylle's skate.

The Rangers tied the game late in the second as Robertson's shot from the top of the zone bounced up and over Dostal. Dostal attempted to steer it away, but the puck banked off his stick.

Officials immediately waved it off for a high stick but determined the goal counted since replays showed Trocheck swinging at the puck in front of the crease without making contact.

That is, until Saturday night.

With Martin Necas coming off an illness, Bednar moved rookie Gavin Brindley to the top line with Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen.

The Avalanche didn't miss a beat, defeating Nashville 4-2 to extend their point streak to five games (4-0-1) as MacKinnon had a goal and an assist.

Colorado will look to extend that run Tuesday in Seattle.

"Awesome," Brindley said of his chance to start alongside MacKinnon. "Playing with the best, if not one of the best players in the world. Pretty damn cool. I never thought that would come to fruition. Yeah, really cool."

MacKinnon, who leads the NHL with 26 goals and 55 points, said switching up the lines provides the Avalanche with more flexibility.

"It's definitely a bonus," MacKinnon said. "We might need different combos eventually. I think it's good to switch things up sometimes. I thought all four lines played pretty good (Saturday night)."

As for Brindley's performance?

"He's solid," MacKinnon said of the 21-year-old. "He's a good forechecker. He's definitely a water bug out there."

In addition, Jack Drury moved down to the fourth line and responded with one of the goals against Nashville. Victor Olofsson and Valeri Nichushkin also tallied, Samuel Girard had two assists and goaltender Scott Wedgewood made 27 saves.

"It's easy. It's part of being a pro," Drury said. "I've said this before, but there are so many good players (here), it doesn't really matter who you are going out with. Any forward you go out with is going to be able to make plays and be smart. It's easy."

The Kraken have lost eight of their past nine games (1-7-1), including a 3-1 defeat Sunday against visiting Buffalo.

"Right now, we have to play the perfect game to give ourselves a chance to win. There (are) mistakes here and there that are reaching up and biting us," said Kraken coach Lane Lambert, referring to odd-man rushes that lead to each of the Sabres' first two goals (the third was an empty-netter).

Kraken forward Mason Marchment, who doubled his season total with two goals in a 5-3 loss Friday at Utah, missed Sunday's game with an illness as the flu has been making its way through the locker room.

The Kraken called up 22-year-old forward Jacob Melanson from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League to fill in, and he made an immediate impression.

"He's a hardworking guy. Character guy," Kraken center Shane Wright said of Melanson. "A win-at-all-costs kind of guy. He's going to stand up for you, and he's going to go to battle for you. Great guy to have around."

Chandler Stephenson scored the lone goal for Seattle, which has just 17 total over its past nine games.

"It's a hard league," Stephenson said. "It's hard to stay positive when things are going this way, but I think that's kind of the M.O. right now, is that (wins are) going to come."

The Sharks kick off a three-game homestand not only sitting in a Western Conference wild-card playoff position, but they're riding a two-game winning streak in the wake of one of the wildest comebacks in league history.

San Jose ended a road swing with Saturday's 6-5 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sharks scored five unanswered goals in a comeback that began with less than eight minutes remaining in regulation time.

"We're never going to give up, no matter what the score is," said Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky. "We're just going to keep working. Credit to the group to do that."

In their previous outing, the Sharks trailed late in the second period before beating the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2, in overtime.

To no one's surprise, rising star Macklin Celebrini, who stands third in the league's scoring race with 47 points, played a big part in the comeback at Pittsburgh by netting one goal in a three-point outing, but the Sharks are rolling because everybody is contributing.

The big player to step up lately is defenseman John Klingberg, who started and finished the Pittsburgh rally with goals. He owns a four-game point streak during which he has collected four goals and three assists.

"We show that we can win games in a different fashion," Klingberg said. "We've been coming back in a lot of games. We've been able to close out games."

On Monday, the club placed forwards Will Smith and Phillipp Kurashev on the injured list. Both were hurt in the Pittsburgh game. Forwards Igor Chernyshov and Ethan Cardwell have been summoned from the minors.

The Flames sit five points behind the Sharks in the standings, so they know this clash is a golden chance to close that gap.

Calgary may sit 30th overall in scoring with 2.55 goals per game, but the Flames have won four of their last five and are in the middle of a 9-4-2 run after opening their two-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Making the meeting even more important is the fact the players' dads -- or similar mentors -- are on the trip. Playing for Dad adds an extra level of intensity.

"To my knowledge, with the dads we're 4-0 (the past couple of trips), so hopefully keep it running," said forward Blake Coleman, whose short-handed goal in the second period kicked off his team's comeback against the Kings.

"For a road game, that was about as complete, and as well, as you could play. It was up and down the lineup, to a man everybody showed up tonight. I guess the dads brought the juice we needed."

The Flames outshot the Kings 38-21 in the clash, including a 17-3 margin in the second period.

The quest is to duplicate a start-to-finish performance and continue the team's winning ways against the Northern California squad.

Calgary has won the last seven meetings with the Sharks and 12 of the last 13 overall. No. 1 goaltender Dustin Wolf, who hails from nearby Gilroy, Calif., owns a career 8-1-0 record against San Jose. That's twice as many wins as he has against any other NHL squad. He also has posted a 1.88 goals-against average and .924 save percentage against the Sharks along with one shutout -- a 2-0 decision on Nov. 13 in Calgary.

Now, Hughes will try to put on an equally impressive encore performance.

Minnesota will go for its fifth win in a row when it faces off against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn. The Wild are coming off a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday, when Hughes scored a goal in his first action with his new team.

Hughes, who teamed up with Brock Faber on the top defensive pairing, said he looked forward to becoming more familiar with his teammates on the Wild. He said he was happy with his debut and could perform even better going forward.

"The more and more I play with Brock, we're just going to continue to get better," Hughes said. "I thought we were really good (Sunday), but as we continue to read off each other and get to know each other, I think it's going to be pretty special because he's a fantastic player.

"So, it's going to be exciting for me."

The Capitals will try to tamp down the excitement brewing in Minnesota. Washington is 10-2-2 in its past 14 games but has dropped three of four, including a 5-1 loss in Winnipeg against the Jets on Saturday.

Capitals defenseman John Carlson said he and his teammates could benefit from the loss.

"I think it's just a good wake-up call to remember what got us into those (winning) situations," Carlson said. "It wasn't waiting for guys to make the perfect plays and expecting the puck in certain situations; it was working together to get it to where it needs to be, and then obviously the good results happen.

"So, I think it's a natural thing. I think we're obviously addressing it. We see what the difference feels like on the ice when we're playing good and winning, and how that feels, versus squeaking out wins and versus losing because it's not good enough. So, everyone's hungry to get our game back, and in the shape we expect to be in."

Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov are tied for the Wild team lead with 37 points each. Boldly has 18 goals and 19 assists, while Kaprizov has 20 goals and 17 assists.

Washington's top scorer is Tom Wilson, who has 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists) in 32 games. Alex Ovechkin is next with 31 points (14 G, 17 A), and he arrives in Minnesota with 911 career goals.

The Wild could start either Filip Gustavsson or Jesper Wallstedt in net.

Gustavsson is 10-8-3 with a 2.61 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage in 21 games this season, and he is 3-2-0 with a 3.20 GAA and a .906 save percentage in five career games versus the Wild.

The 23-year-old Wallstedt is 9-1-2 with a .937 save percentage and a 1.95 GAA in 12 games on the season. He has never played against Washington.

For the Capitals, Logan Thompson or Charlie Lindgren could get the start.

Thompson is 13-7-3 with a 2.09 GAA and a .922 save percentage in 23 games. He has faced the Wild six times and is 4-1-0 with a 1.45 GAA and a .948 save percentage.

Lindgren is 5-3-1 with a 2.90 GAA and an .893 save percentage in 10 games. He is winless against the Wild with an 0-4-1 record, a 3.26 GAA and an .892 save percentage in five games.

Fresh off seeing his team squander a third-period lead for the fourth time in five games, Muse hopes the Penguins change the narrative on Tuesday when they host familiar face Tristan Jarry and the Edmonton Oilers.

The last two setbacks have been particularly painful for Muse.

Pittsburgh's first-year head coach saw his team let a four-goal lead go by the boards in a 6-5 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. He then witnessed his club fail to hold a three-goal advantage in a 5-4 overtime setback to the Utah Mammoth on Sunday.

"First of all, not in a million years did I think we'd be back here 24 hours later having the exact same conversation," Muse said on Sunday after his team's fifth straight loss (0-1-4). "Probably sound like a broken record.

"... I've never seen something where it just feels like it's the same thing coming in different ways. We aren't closing, and we have to learn how to close games."

Penguins superstar captain Sidney Crosby echoed a similar sentiment.

"We've done enough to win games and just haven't closed it out," Crosby said. "We just need some plays that are going to do that. Those can be a lot of different things. But we got to get through a game here where we have a lead and close it out."

Justin Brazeau bookended the Penguins' scoring on Sunday, Ben Kindel collected a goal and two assists and Bryan Rust also scored.

Pittsburgh will enter the finale of its season-high five-game homestand looking to welcome new acquisitions Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak. The two, who were acquired in Friday's blockbuster deal that sent Jarry to the Oilers, have been delayed in joining the team due to immigration issues.

Jarry fared well in his debut with his new team, making 25 saves in Edmonton's 6-3 road victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

The netminder is well aware of the quick turnaround when he returns to the Steel City.

"It's special being able to play with Sid, Geno (Evgeni Malkin), Tanger (Kris Letang), Karl (Erik Karlsson), all those guys," Jarry said. "They're special players. They're all Hall of Famers, and it'll be cool to say that I was able to play a long time in my career with them. They're great friends and consider all of them family now, and those were very tough goodbyes.

"It's obviously going to be a lot of emotion. It's still very fresh, and it'll be weird to put on a different jersey in that rink."

Jarry watched fellow goaltender Calvin Pickard yield four goals on 27 shots in a 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

Leon Draisaitl was held off the scoresheet on Sunday to remain one point shy of 1,000 in his career.

Superstar captain Connor McDavid extended his point streak to six games (seven goals, nine assists) after setting up Zach Hyman's power-play goal in the third period on Sunday.

At least they won't have to face Chicago's top scorer Connor Bedard, who was placed on injured reserve Monday due to an upper-body injury.

The Maple Leafs' third-period woes peaked on Saturday when they allowed three straight goals -- including two in the first two minutes of the period -- in a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

"We didn't take control of the period," Toronto coach Craig Berube said. "We let them dictate how it was going to play. Puck play wasn't good. Didn't kill any plays. That's basically the game."

In their 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, the Maple Leafs allowed the tying goal at 18:35 of the third period after leading 2-0 in the second.

"Our leaders have to take control of it a lot more than we are right now," Berube said. "To me, it's all a mindset. Whether you're down a goal or up in the San Jose game, we've got to have more urgency and be more direct on how we want to play. We didn't do it in the third period two games in a row."

The Maple Leafs are 1-1-2 heading into the finale of a five-game homestand against the Blackhawks, who lost 4-0 at home to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.

The Blackhawks have dropped four of five and lost Bedard to injury at the end of the 3-2 road loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday. The forward leads Chicago with 19 goals and 25 assists in 31 games.

"Let's start with the rehab and see where it goes, and I'll have a better update after that," Chicago coach Jeff Blashill said Monday. "Honestly, his attitude is good. I think he wants to be back next week. That's the approach that he takes. He wants to be back. He would have preferred that I had said ‘day-to-day,' but the reality is we won't let him do that until after the new year."

The Blackhawks promoted Nick Lardis, who has 13 goals and 13 assists in 24 games with AHL affiliate Rockford, on Saturday.

The 20-year-old had two shots on goal in 15:32 against Detroit, marking his NHL debut. He played on the third line with Oliver Moore and Ryan Greene.

"I wanted him to be comfortable," Blashill said. "Sometimes when you come up and play your first game, you start deferring. He's played with (Moore) this year. (Greene), they're similar ages."

Frank Nazar moved into Bedard's spot on the first line with Tyler Bertuzzi and Andre Burakovsky.

Chicago recalled defenseman Ethan Del Mastro from Rockford on Monday.

Toronto could have Joseph Woll in goal on Tuesday. He has been on injured reserve with a lower-body injury.

"There's a chance he could be ready," Berube said on Monday. "He had a good practice. He feels good."

Dennis Hildeby has done a solid job for the most part as his replacement in starting the past four games.

But Hildeby allowed six goals on 32 shots against Edmonton -- one of them an own goal by Toronto defenseman Troy Stecher -- before Artur Akhtyamov replaced him during the third period.

Chicago defeated Toronto 3-2 at home on Nov. 15.

The Red Wings were led by linemates Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane on the trip. DeBrincat had five goals and four assists for nine points in the six games, and Kane amassed seven points (three goals, four assists).

DeBrincat had two goals and an assist, and Kane had a goal and an assist in Saturday night's finale of the jaunt, a 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Kane played the bulk of his career with the Blackhawks and helped them win three Stanley Cups.

"That's a great trip. Six games in 10 days with a lot of travel, that's a real tough trip," Kane said. "So, to come out 4-1-1, I think we can be real happy with that."

Kane's goal was the 498th of his career, two short of becoming the fifth U.S.-born player to reach 500 goals. He would join Mike Modano (561), Keith Tkachuk (538), Jeremy Roenick (513) and Joe Mullen (502).

Kane's total of 1,366 points is also eight shy of Modano's record for points by a player born in the United States.

But Kane will miss the next two games with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day, according to Detroit coach Todd McLellan.

Kane missed nine games with an upper-body injury earlier in the season. He did not practice on Monday, and his place on the line with DeBrincat and Andrew Copp was taken by John Leonard, who had been recalled from AHL Grand Rapids. Leonard leads the AHL this season with 19 goals.

The 37-year-old Kane has 23 points (six goals, 17 assists) in 24 games this season. DeBrincat leads Detroit with 18 goals and 37 points in 33 games.

Red Wings goaltender John Gibson has shutouts in two of his last three games and has won his last five decisions. He was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week on Monday. Gibson was 3-0-0 last week with a 1.00 goals-against average and .971 save percentage.

He had previously struggled after being acquired via trade from the Anaheim Ducks during the offseason.

The Red Wings lost their first two games to the Islanders this season decisively, 7-2 in Elmont, N.Y., on Oct. 23, and 5-0 in Detroit on Nov. 20.

New York has won three straight after a 3-2 shootout win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

The Islanders had a 2-0 lead after the first period but were outshot 25-7 in the second and third.

Goalie Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves for New York.

"He's obviously an elite goaltender in this league. He has been for a couple of years," said Anthony Duclair, who had two assists. "We rely on him heavily, and he's been making these key saves in key moments."

Rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer got his ninth goal, and Calum Ritchie also scored.

Emil Heineman accounted for the shootout winner.

"We had a good start. We had a really good first period," Islanders coach Patrick Roy said. "I mean, we scored two goals, got a good lead. And, obviously, in the second, I mean, we had the penalties that I think killed our momentum a little bit here and there."

The Canadiens are coming off a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. They took a 2-0 lead in the second period, scored again early in the third and added another goal about a minute and a half after the Oilers got on the board later in the frame.

"It was our best game of the season," Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. "Tonight was very encouraging, and I feel like if we do that, you're helping yourself to be consistent. And when you have consistency, you're going to get home runs, you're going to keep climbing in the standings. If you lack consistency, you're just rolling the dice."

It was the kind of bounce-back the team needed after a 5-4 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday. The Canadiens led 3-0 in that game before the Rangers closed the gap to one before the end of the first period. They then scored early in the second, giving them a 4-2 lead, which was the final goal they scored that night.

"I expect way more from this group and for some reason we're not getting it consistently," St. Louis said Saturday after the game. "The urgency is up and down. In this league, it's too hard. Especially when you put yourself in a good spot in the first period, you've got to keep that urgency level up."

Sunday's win brought Montreal back to .500 on home ice, at 8-8-1, a notable contrast from their road results, where they are 9-3-3.

The Canadiens are 2-2-1 in their past five games.

The Flyers enter Tuesday's matchup looking to snap a three-game skid (0-0-3). After falling in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, the Flyers lost back-to-back shootouts to the Carolina Hurricanes in a home-and-home set on Saturday and Sunday.

Philadelphia trailed 2-0 late in the first period Sunday at Carolina before cutting the deficit with less than a minute to go late in the frame. Trevor Zegras scored with under two minutes to go in the third period to force overtime.

"This team never gives up," defenseman Jamie Drysdale said. "Down one or two, we know we always have a fighting chance. We come in the room, we chat, we talk through it. We know we can be better."

Zegras also recorded an assist on Sunday, bringing his team-leading totals to 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points. He has six points (three goals, three assists) during a four-game point streak and has accumulated 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his last nine games.

"He wants the puck, he wants to make plays, and that's what we want from him," Philadelphia coach Rick Tocchet said. "He's been doing it all year."

After closing out November on a 6-2-1 run, it's been more of a struggle for the Flyers in December, going 2-2-3.

Boston remains at TD Garden through the Christmas holiday break, playing the first of five straight home games with a matchup against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night.

A 6-2 Sunday loss at the Minnesota Wild marked a stumble at the end of the road trip for the Bruins, but coach Marco Sturm is happy with his team's form. In the previous two games, Boston had struck for five and six goals to defeat the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets, respectively.

"I'm very happy with the games we played. Even (against Minnesota), half of the game was pretty solid," Sturm said. "We go home over .500, that's exactly what we wanted. Guys dug in, guys played hard."

On top of the results, the Bruins have gotten healthier over the past week with forward David Pastrnak and defenseman Charlie McAvoy both returning from injury absences.

Pastrnak has two goals and five assists in three games since returning, including a four-point performance in Thursday's 6-3 win at Winnipeg. McAvoy had the primary assist on a Pastrnak power-play goal in that game.

"I just try to play the right way," Pastrnak said last week. "When you're winning, it's much easier to just join the group. ... They were playing great hockey when guys were out."

Sturm hopes that there is no concern about the status of forward Morgan Geekie (team-leading 22 goals), who returned Sunday in the second period and finished the game after blocking a shot late in the first.

Alex Steeves and Andrew Peeke scored Boston's goals in Minnesota. Steeves has four in his last six games.

"I don't think we should get too high or too low here. We've been doing some good stuff," defenseman Hampus Lindholm said. "Try to learn from games like (Sunday), get home and have some good wins there at the TD Garden."

Utah stops in Boston for the second game of a three-game trip which continues Wednesday against the Detroit Red Wings, and it looks to sweep the head-to-head season series from the Bruins following a 3-2 win in Salt Lake City on Oct. 19.

The Mammoth are coming off a 5-4 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, completing a three-goal comeback win for the first time in franchise history. Dylan Guenther scored the deciding goal 42 seconds into the extra session.

The winner coming from Guenther was no surprise. Not only was it his team-best 15th goal of the season and fifth in the last four games, but it marked his league-leading 14th game-winner since the start of last season.

"Obviously the skill, the shot, everything, but he doesn't change the way he plays when the pressure mounts. He believes he will do it," Utah coach Andre Tourigny said of Guenther.

Michael Carcone netted two of the team's four goals in the third period and Karel Vejmelka faced just 16 shots in the game for Utah, which has won back-to-back games since a three-game skid.

Despite the score, the Mammoth outshot Pittsburgh 37-16 and scored their fifth power-play goal over the last seven games.

"What I did like is the guys in the room and on the bench said the right things all night long," Tourigny said. "They didn't panic. It did not go the way we wanted for a little while in terms of the score, but we were playing well."

Utah's true team effort was another key part of the comeback. Defensemen Nate Schmidt and Sean Durzi also scored as the team's four-line contributions continued.

"The group really cares about each other," Durzi said. "We care about having success as a team and I think (we) did a good job taking care of each other (on Sunday)."

"It is a great honor to be named general manager of the Buffalo Sabres," Kekalainen, 59, said Monday. "I would like to extend my thanks to (owners) Terry and Kim Pegula for this opportunity. I am humbled to be the steward of this team and look forward to experiencing the passion that Sabres fans bring to every game."

Kekalainen, who has been a senior adviser to the Sabres since May 30, was previously the general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2013-24, a hiring that made the Finn the first European-born GM in league history.

With Kekalainen at the helm, Columbus made the Stanley Cup playoffs five times, including the organization's first playoff series win, a first-round sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2019. The 2016-17 season saw the Blue Jackets set a team record with 50 wins and 108 points.

"We are not where we need to be as an organization, and we are moving forward with new leadership within our hockey operations department," Terry Pegula said Monday. "We are dedicated to building an organization that is competitive year after year, and we have fallen short of that expectation."

A former player for six different teams over 10 seasons, Adams, 51, was an assistant coach for Buffalo from 2011-13 then served in various business roles in the organization before taking over as GM in June 2020 following the firing of Jason Botterill.

"I would like to thank Kevyn for his dedication and loyalty to the Buffalo Sabres," Pegula said. "He has been a reliable presence, and we are appreciative of his enduring care and commitment. I personally wish him and his entire family all the best."

The Sabres (14-14-4, 32 points) have not made the playoffs since 2011. They are tied with the Blue Jackets and Ottawa Senators for last place in the Eastern Conference standings.

On a three-game winning streak, the Sabres next face the Philadelphia Flyers at home on Thursday.

The move is retroactive to last Friday, when Bedard was hurt on a faceoff in the offensive zone with Chicago trailing 3-2. He held his right shoulder and grimaced in distress as he skated to the bench at the buzzer.

Bedard missed Chicago's 4-0 home loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. The move to IR rules him out of road games against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday and Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill termed the injury a "freak accident" following the conclusion of the St. Louis game.

Bedard, 20, is Chicago's runaway scoring leader with 19 goals and 44 points in 31 games. He is on pace to smash existing career highs of 23 goals and 67 points that he set in 82 appearances last season.

The Blackhawks drafted him No. 1 overall in 2023. He won the 2024 Calder Trophy and tops his draft class with 64 goals and 172 points in 181 career games.

If healthy, Bedard is a candidate to play for Canada in February at his first Winter Olympics.

Chicago summoned 22-year-old defenseman Ethan Del Mastro from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Monday. The team also recalled veteran goaltender Laurent Brossoit, 32, from his AHL conditioning stint.

Dylan Guenther scored the overtime-winning goal for Utah, one night after the slumping Penguins saw a 5-1, third-period lead evaporate in a 6-5 loss.

Michael Carcone scored twice while Nate Schmidt and Sean Durzi added singles for the Mammoth, who erased a 3-0 third-period deficit. Goaltender Karle Vejmelka made 12 saves. Guenther notched the winner 42 seconds into overtime with a wrist shot from the slot for his fifth tally in a four-game streak.

Justin Brazeau scored twice for the Penguins, who have lost five straight games, four of them in extra time. All those defeats beyond regulation time came despite Pittsburgh leading in the third period. Ben Kindel tallied once and added two assists, Bryan Rust scored in a third consecutive game and goalie Sergei Murashov stopped 32 shots.

Canucks 2, Devils 1

Zeev Buium had a goal and an assist in the first period of his debut for Vancouver, which defeated New Jersey in Newark, N.J.

Vancouver acquired Buium and forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren from the Minnesota Wild on Friday in a trade that sent captain Quinn Hughes the other way. Jake DeBrusk also tallied and Thatcher Demko made 25 saves for the Canucks, who won for just the third time in their past 12 games (3-8-1).

Luke Hughes scored and Jacob Markstrom made 13 saves for the Devils, who had won two of three.

Hurricanes 3, Flyers 2 (SO)

Brandon Bussi made 24 saves and didn't allow a shootout tally to continue his record-setting pace to begin an NHL career as Carolina defeated Philadelphia at Raleigh, N.C.

Andrei Svechnikov scored in the three-round shootout for the Hurricanes, who have won three games in a row via shootouts and pushed their winning streak to four games overall. Bussi has victories in 11 of his first 12 NHL games, extending by one win his league record.

William Carrier and Taylor Hall scored first-period goals for the Hurricanes, who also defeated the Flyers 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night in Philadelphia. Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras scored for the Flyers.

Wild 6, Bruins 2

Kirill Kaprizov tallied two goals and an assist, Quinn Hughes scored a goal in his team debut and Minnesota posted a win over Boston in Saint Paul, Minn.

Ryan Hartman finished with a goal and two assists for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Matt Boldy notched a goal and an assist, and Jared Spurgeon scored a goal. Alex Steeves and Andrew Peeke scored for Boston, whose four-game winning streak ended.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 29 of 31 shots to earn the victory. Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman allowed six goals on 31 shots.

Canadiens 4, Oilers 1

Jakub Dobes made 27 saves and host Montreal defeated Edmonton.

Nick Suzuki ended a six-game goal drought for the Canadiens, who had lost three of four. Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson each had two assists.

Zach Hyman scored his fifth goal in three games for the Oilers, who had won four of five. Calvin Pickard made 23 saves. Connor McDavid (assist) extended his point streak to six games (seven goals, nine assists).

Sabres 3, Kraken 1

Tage Thompson extended his goal-scoring streak to four games as Buffalo wrapped up a six-game road trip with a victory over Seattle.

Noah Ostlund and Zach Benson also scored and Alex Tuch had two assists for the Sabres, who won their third game in a row. Goaltender Alex Lyon made 23 saves. It was just Buffalo's second regulation victory on the road this season, after getting its first Thursday in Vancouver.

Chandler Stephenson scored for Seattle, which lost for the eighth time in its past nine games (1-7-1). Goalie Joey Daccord stopped 20 of the 22 shots he faced.

Noah Ostlund and Zach Benson also scored and Alex Tuch had two assists for the Sabres, who won their third game in a row. Goaltender Alex Lyon made 23 saves.

It was just Buffalo's second regulation victory on the road this season, after getting its first Thursday in Vancouver.

Chandler Stephenson scored for Seattle, which lost for the eighth time in its past nine games (1-7-1). Goalie Joey Daccord stopped 20 of the 22 shots he faced.

The Sabres outshot Seattle 9-3 in taking a 1-0 first-period lead.

The goal came after Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak failed to keep the puck in the offensive zone at the right point, leading to a 2-on-1 rush for the Sabres.

Ostlund carried the puck down the right wing before sending a cross-ice pass to Josh Norris. Norris immediately returned the puck to Ostlund, who swiped it into the open side of the net at 17:09 before Daccord could get from post to post.

The Sabres made it 2-0 at 10:08 of the second as a Seattle turnover inside its own blue line led to a 2-on-0 rush in front of Daccord. Thompson kept the puck and jammed it under the goalie's left leg pad from close range.

It was Thompson's fourth straight game with a goal, the longest active streak in the league.

The Kraken got on the scoreboard with a power-play goal at 12:24. Jordan Eberle won a faceoff back to Vince Dunn at the left point, with the center heading to the front of the net. Dunn made a short pass to Stephenson at the top of the left faceoff circle and his wrist shot beat a screened Lyon and caromed into the net off the near post.

Benson capped the scoring with an empty-netter at 19:14 of the third.

Seattle's Mason Marchment, who scored twice in Friday's 5-3 loss at Utah, doubling his season total, was a late scratch Sunday because of an illness.

Nick Suzuki ended a six-game goal drought for the Canadiens, who had lost three of four. Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson each had two assists.

Zach Hyman scored his fifth goal in three games for the Oilers, who had won four of five. Calvin Pickard made 23 saves.

Connor McDavid (assist) extended his point streak to six games (seven goals, nine assists).

Montreal went 2-for-4 on the power play; Edmonton was 1-for-5.

The Oilers were unable to convert on a two-minute 5-on-3 power play during a scoreless first period.

Ivan Demidov gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 2:28 of the second period. Demidov passed to Slafkovsky below the goal line, took the return pass in the right circle, moved in and beat Skinner with a wrist shot.

Joe Veleno made it 2-0 at 11:58 when he intercepted a pass deep in the Oilers' zone and scored an unassisted goal from the slot.

Suzuki made it 3-0 during a power play at 3:38 of the third period, scoring on a tip-in from the left post off a back-door pass from Slafkovsky. Suzuki extended his point streak to five games (one goal, five assists).

Dobes kept Edmonton scoreless when he came out of the crease to make a point-blank save against Mattias Janmark at 9:09.

Hyman pulled the Oilers within 3-1 at 12:29, knocking in the rebound of Evan Bouchard's shot during a power play.

Montreal regained its three-goal advantage at 13:52. Alexandre Texier controlled the puck after an Edmonton turnover, entered the zone 2-on-1 with Jayden Struble and beat Pickard with a snap shot from the left circle.

Edmonton pulled Pickard with over four minutes remaining but could get no closer.

Ryan Hartman finished with a goal and two assists for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Matt Boldy notched a goal and an assist, and Jared Spurgeon scored a goal.

Alex Steeves and Andrew Peeke scored for Boston, whose four-game winning streak ended.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 29 of 31 shots to earn the victory. Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman allowed six goals on 31 shots.

The Wild opened the scoring on a power-play goal with 9:49 remaining in the first period. Spurgeon fired a wrist shot through traffic and into the net.

Kaprizov made it 2-0 when he scored with 11:11 left in the second period. He tipped in a puck that had bounced off the end boards and caromed in front of the net.

Minnesota increased its lead to 3-0 with its second power-play goal. Brock Faber rushed toward the crease and slipped a pass to Hartman, who lifted a shot past Swayman.

Hughes' moment arrived next. In the first minute of the third period, he received a pass in the high slot and ripped a wrist shot through Swayman's leg pads for his first goal with the Wild.

A raucous crowd erupted for Hughes, whom Minnesota acquired from the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night in exchange for three young players and a 2026 first-round pick.

Boldy gave the Wild a 5-0 lead with 11:52 to go in the third. He circled from left to right behind the net and threw a shot toward traffic in front of the crease.

The Bruins got on the scoreboard with 9:02 left. Steeves spotted a loose puck and beat Gustavsson on his stick side to cut the deficit to 5-1.

Kaprizov added his second goal of the game and his team-high 20th of the season with 5:05 to play. He walked in and scored from the top of the right circle.

Peeke finished the scoring with a goal in the waning seconds.

Andrei Svechnikov scored in the three-round shootout for the Hurricanes, who have won three games in a row via shootouts and pushed their winning streak to four games overall. Bussi has victories in 11 of his first 12 NHL games, extending by one win his league record.

William Carrier and Taylor Hall scored first-period goals for the Hurricanes, who also defeated the Flyers 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night in Philadelphia.

Jamie Drysdale scored for the Flyers with 53 seconds remaining in the first period and Trevor Zegras tied the game with 1:52 left in regulation with Philadelphia using an extra attacker. Dan Vladar stopped 31 shots.

The Flyers have notched at least one team point in seven of Vladar's last eight starts.

All three meetings between the teams this season have been settled after regulation. The Flyers had 15 third-period shots, none in overtime and 26 total.

Carolina's Seth Jarvis drew a penalty on Philadelphia's Bobby Brink for tripping 42 seconds into overtime, but the Hurricanes didn't take advantage.

Philadelphia didn't have a power play Saturday, but the Flyers were active in the second period with a man advantage. Yet Bussi made three saves during the first 70 seconds of the penalty kill before Drysdale took a hooking penalty that put the teams back to even strength for a stretch.

Philadelphia also had an abbreviated third-period power play that was reduced with Noah Cates being assessed a tripping penalty.

Vladar stopped the Hurricanes repeatedly when they appeared on the verge of expanding their lead. Carolina held a 23-11 edge in shots through two periods.

Carrier opened the scoring 5:44 into the game with a shot from high in the slot that made it through traffic.

Hall's power-play goal came on a redirection of defenseman Alexander Nikishin's delivery.

Drysdale's third goal of the season came on a delayed penalty.

The Kings have lost two straight in overtime and earned points in their past four games as they begin a three-game road trip.

The Stars saw their nine-game point streak (8-0-1) end with a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, and the Florida Panthers blanked them 4-0 on Saturday. Dallas had not lost twice in a row since Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

"Two losses in a row, we didn't know the feeling for so long, so it's hard," forward Radek Faksa said. "This may be good. We got a little slap. Because the last few games, we got a little sloppy, I feel like. We need to start working again and play our game. Good stuff for us, now we've got to move forward and learn from this."

Jake Oettinger made 19 saves against Florida.

The Stars managed only two shots on goal in a scoreless first period and the Panthers pulled away in the second. Dallas was outshot 23-15.

"I don't think you can win too many games with (low) shots on net," Dallas forward Colin Blackwell said. "I think we need to do just a better job of generating 5-on-5 across the board and getting to the dirty areas. ... I think that has to be a key for us moving forward."

Los Angeles has also had trouble generating offense of late. Seven of the Kings' last 10 opponents held them below three goals, and their average of 2.65 goals per game ranks near the bottom of the NHL.

Adrian Kempe's team-leading 11th goal opened the scoring Saturday, but the Calgary Flames won 2-1 in overtime after tying the game with a short-handed goal -- the fifth allowed by the Kings this season.

"Obviously, puck's not going in," Kings defenseman Brian Dumoulin. "We're a type of team that's comfortable playing in these tight games, so if the score's 1-1, we're not going to open it up and try to score. We have no problem going late in the game and keeping it tied."

The Kings were outshot 17-3 in the second period, but Darcy Kuemper made 16 of his 36 saves.

"He was the reason why we got the one point, really. Second period, he was outstanding," forward Anze Kopitar said. "I mean, he's been outstanding all year and last year. We almost take it for granted, so we've got to find ways to score more goals and give him some run support. "

Kempe has five points (two goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.

Los Angeles has played 14 overtime games this season, and six required a shootout.

The Kings won the teams' first meeting on Oct. 23 when Kempe scored in OT to defeat the Stars 3-2.