It was Jonathan Drouin, Jordan Weal and Joel Armia who set the tone as the Montreal Canadiens convincingly beat the Winnipeg Jets to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Teuvo Teravainen and Dougie Hamilton scored 21 seconds apart in the first period, and the Carolina Hurricanes gave their playoff hopes a boost with a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Troy Brouwer scored a short-handed goal and Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots to help the Florida Panthers beat Boston 4-1 on Saturday and hand the Bruins their first loss at home since January.
Watch as Adam McQuaid is clearly left shaken after Andrew Shaw comes across and makes contact with the Blue Jackets player. It looked like the Canadiens’ player may have left his elbow out before making contact.
Quinn Hughes puts in the work, and Brock Boeser puts the Vancouver Canucks ahead as the rookie picks up his first NHL point with the assist against the Los Angeles Kings.
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice, Sergei Bobrovsky had 28 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets moved into an Eastern Division wild-card spot with a 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Tanner Pearson scored in the fourth round of the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks kept their faint playoff hopes alive Thursday night with a 3-2 win over the L.A. Kings.
Hughes, the seventh-overall pick at last year's draft, signed with Vancouver more than two weeks ago after his University of Michigan Wolverines were bounced from the playoffs. But the young blue liner suffered a deep ankle bruise while blocking a shot in the NCAA playoffs and the injury has delayed his first NHL game. That could change on Thursday when the Canucks host the L.A. Kings.