The Edmonton Oilers were on cruise control in their Saturday night game versus the rival Calgary Flames, holding a 6-1 lead in the third period. Then, things got interesting.

The Flames countered with four unanswered goals in the third period, closing the gap to 6-5. The near-comeback was highlighted by Sam Bennett's second goal of the game, in which he was able to walk in alone after defenseman Kris Russell blew a tire. Yes, the same Kris Russell who infamously scored on his own net to cost the Oilers Thursday's contest against the Maple Leafs.

However, in a bit of irony, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was credited for Edmonton's game-sealing seventh goal, which Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie put into his own net.

A blown victory for the Oilers would have capped a disastrous week, in what has been a nightmare of a season.

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It was a defeat that will go down as one of the worst in Detroit Red Wings history.

The club was picked apart by the Montreal Canadiens in a 10-1 drumming, a game that had captain Henrik Zetterberg in disgust.

"You basically embarrassed everyone that played with a winged wheel tonight, and we’ve got to live with that," Zetterberg said, according to Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press.

"I’ve played professional hockey for 20 years, I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of anything like what happened here tonight," he added.

The 10 goals were the most allowed by the Red Wings in a game since March 30, 2011, when they lost 10-3 to the St. Louis Blues, according to St. James.

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Finally.

The Buffalo Sabres snapped their three-game shutout streak Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, but it was all for not, as they lost 5-1 anyway.

Prior to Jason Pominville's streak-breaking tally in the third period of Saturday's contest, the last time the Sabres scored was Nov. 24 against the Edmonton Oilers - a span of 232:09 minutes. Woof.

The Sabres are now averaging a league-worst 2.07 goals per game, and are unsurprisingly in last place in the NHL.

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The Montreal Canadiens hit double digits Saturday night, annihilating the Detroit Red Wings 10-1 to pick up their fifth consecutive victory.

Paul Byron scored a pair of breakaway goals and collected his first career hat trick, all before the second intermission.

Seven different Canadiens posted multi-point games, and five of them notched at least three points in the rout. Alex Galchenyuk led Montreal with four, hitting that mark for the first time in his career.

The outpouring of offense produced more than one milestone.

The Canadiens haven't lost since Carey Price returned from injury, and he's allowed only six goals combined in the five wins.

Saturday's blowout was the second time this season an NHL team scored 10 goals in a game, following the Chicago Blackhawks' 10-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins back on Oct. 5.

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Daniel Sedin got a hero's welcome in his first home game since hitting quadruple digits.

The Vancouver Canucks paid tribute to the Swedish forward in a pregame ceremony before Saturday night's contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The ceremony included a pre-taped video with a letter read by his mentor, former NHLer Markus Naslund, plus appearances by Thomas Gradin, the former Vancouver center and scout who convinced the club to draft both Sedin twins, and Derek Dorsett, the current Canuck who was recently forced to put his career on hold due to a spinal condition.

Daniel notched his 1,000th career NHL point with a power-play goal Thursday night against the Nashville Predators.

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The Philadelphia Flyers are the anti-Rumpelstiltskin.

While the fairy-tale character spun straw into gold, things haven't been so magical during the team's current 10-game losing streak, according to Jakub Voracek.

"Everything we touch right now turns to shit," Voracek told TSN's Frank Seravalli on Saturday.

After defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere also dropped some profanity postgame, it's clear there's a lot of frustration in the Flyers' dressing room.

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It was the same old song and dance for the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon.

The team lost a 3-0 decision to the Boston Bruins to push their current losing streak to 10 games, marking the sixth time this season the club has been shut out.

The Flyers' current skid is now their longest since the 2007-2008 campaign, when they dropped 10 straight between Feb. 6 and Feb. 23, according to Dave Isaac of the Courier Post.

However, while the Flyers did lose 10 straight that season, they had the luxury of doing so later in the year and entered the skid with a record of 30-17-5, emerging at 30-25-7.

In the end, the Flyers still finished sixth in the Eastern Conference and managed to make it to the third round of the playoffs before bowing out to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.

This time around, the Flyers find themselves with a record of 8-11-7 - the third-worst in the East.

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Shayne Gostisbehere's frustration produced a different F-word Saturday afternoon.

The Philadelphia Flyers defenseman gave a blunt, honest assessment of his club's play after the Boston Bruins handed them their 10th consecutive defeat with a 3-0 shutout.

Like the rest of his teammates, Gostisbehere had a forgettable afternoon, taking a cross-checking penalty for a hit on Brad Marchand less than a minute into a Flyers power play in the second period.

To Gostisbehere's credit, he apologized immediately for his slip of the tongue.

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