The Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Vegas Golden Knights into Nationwide Arena on Thursday. The Blue Jackets won their only meeting of the season in Vegas back on Jan. 30 in OT
The Montreal Canadiens got some reinforcements to take on the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night, as Patrik Laine was back in the lineup. Unfortunately, Joel Armia had to pull out because of an injury sustained in Tuesday’s game. As a result, Martin St-Louis had to shuffle his cards a bit. Laine took Michael Pezzetta’s spot with Christian Dvorak and Josh Anderson, while Pezzetta joined Jake Evans and Emil Heineman.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had their hands full on Wednesday night, as the Atlantic Division-leading Hershey Bears were in town. Naturally, the game went to a five-round shootout, and the Penguins emerged with a 5-4 victory.
Not only did the Calgary Flames lose to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout, but they lost their captain Mikael Backlund to an upper body injury in the first period.
The Calgary Flames (30-24-10) couldn't hold off a defiant Vancouver Canucks team, who rallied in the third period and got two goals in the shootout to prevail in a tightly contested game at the Saddledome on Wednesday night, 4-3.
Every win matters in the wild, wild Western Conference. Especially when arguably your biggest opponents, Vancouver and Calgary, end their game in a 4-3 shootout.
Seattle, WA - Jani Nyman, the 20-year-old right winger from Finland, made his NHL debut on Wednesday night at Climate Pledge Arena as the Seattle Kraken hosted the Montreal Canadiens.