Ovechkin, 39, exited with 14:30 remaining in Monday's 6-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City following a collision with Utah forward Jack McBain.

Ovechkin scored two goals before the injury and has 13 in his past 11 games. With 868 goals in his career, the Russian veteran needs 27 to break Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 set from 1978-99.

On Tuesday, the Capitals announced Ovechkin would be week-to-week pending further evaluations with team physicians on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

The Capitals filled his roster spot with forward Ivan Miroshnichenko, recalled from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.

Miroshnichenko, 20, has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in 16 games with Hershey this season. He recorded six points (two goals, four assists) in 21 games with Washington last season.

The Capitals selected him with the 20th overall pick of the 2022 NHL Draft.

Three days after Winnipeg lost 5-0 at Florida to suffer back-to-back losses for the first time this season, it got back at the Panthers to close a home-and-home set. Scheifele capped his hat trick with 10:14 left in regulation with a nifty goal just after a power play ended to give the Jets a 4-2 cushion.

That marker proved key, as Matthew Tkachuk got Florida within 4-3 with a power-play goal past screened Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (20 saves) with 3:22 left in the third period. However, Morgan Barron recorded two short-handed empty-netters to provide some insurance for Winnipeg, which improved to 9-1-0 at home.

A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Panthers, who have lost three of their past four games after winning seven straight. The result also ended a six-game road winning streak for Florida.

Ducks 3, Blackhawks 2

Leo Carlsson scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Alex Killorn had a goal and assist to lift visiting Anaheim past Chicago.

Trevor Zegras added two assists for Anaheim, which won its third straight while sending the Blackhawks to their third loss in a row. Ducks goaltender John Gibson made 18 saves.

Jason Dickinson scored twice and Connor Bedard had two assists for Chicago. The Ducks outshot the Blackhawks 24-20 and had a 27-13 advantage in hits. Dickinson recorded his first multi-goal game of the season while Bedard ended a three-game pointless streak. Five of Bedard's 12 assists this season have come against the Ducks.

Rangers 4, Canucks 3

Chris Kreider scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves as visiting New York won its third straight game, defeating Vancouver.

Mika Zibanejad, Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko each had a goal and an assist and Adam Fox added two assists for New York, which improved to 7-1-0 on the road with a sixth win in eight games.

Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland and Kiefer Sherwood scored goals and Elias Pettersson had two assists for Vancouver, which finished just 2-4-0 on a six-game homestand. Arturs Silovs made 29 saves.

Oilers 5, Senators 2

Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist and Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and two assists in Edmonton's win at Ottawa.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the Oilers' other goal, and Vasily Podkolzin recorded two assists. Stuart Skinner stopped 27 of 29 shots to help Edmonton improve to 4-1-1 in its past six games.

Linus Ullmark stopped 26 of 31 shots for the Senators, who are on a three-game winless streak (0-2-1). Tim Stutzle and Josh Norris scored for Ottawa, and Nick Jensen had two assists.

Lightning 3, Penguins 2 (OT)

Brayden Point returned to Tampa Bay's lineup and scored 3:58 into overtime as the Lightning won their third straight game by rallying past host Pittsburgh.

Point, who missed the previous four matches with a lower-body injury, tucked in his second goal of the night and 10th this season to lift the Lightning to a 5-0-1 mark against the Metropolitan Division. Anthony Cirelli scored his fifth goal this season, Darren Raddysh had two assists and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots for Tampa Bay.

Pittsburgh's Jesse Puljujarvi scored for the second straight game and Rickard Rakell netted his seventh goal this season. Sidney Crosby dished out the primary assist on Rakell's second-period power-play tally that made it 2-0 and gave Crosby his 1,017th career helper.

Flames 2, Islanders 1 (SO)

Andrei Kuzmenko and Justin Kirkland scored in a shootout to give host Calgary a comeback victory over New York.

Rasmus Andersson scored in regulation for the Flames, who have won three of their past four outings. Dustin Wolf made 28 saves between regulation and overtime before turning back both Islanders he faced in the shootout.

Pierre Engvall had the lone goal for the Islanders, who are 1-1-3 in their past five outings. Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots prior to the shootout in an outstanding goaltending battle.

Wild 4, Blues 2

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice as visiting Minnesota defeated St. Louis to improve to 7-2-1 in its last 10 games.

Ryan Hartman and Jonas Brodin also scored for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson earned the victory with 22 saves.

Scott Perunovich and Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, who are 1-5-1 in their past seven games. Jordan Binnington made 24 saves in defeat. Blues center Robert Thomas was back in the lineup after he missed 12 games with a broken ankle.

Mika Zibanejad, Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko each had a goal and an assist and Adam Fox added two assists for New York, which improved to 7-1-0 on the road with a sixth win in eight games.

Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland and Kiefer Sherwood scored goals and Elias Pettersson had two assists for Vancouver, which finished just 2-4-0 on a six-game homestand. Arturs Silovs made 29 saves.

The contest was tied 3-3 entering the final period. Zibanejad stole the puck near the Vancouver blue line and fed Reilly Smith, who passed it to Kreider in the low slot. He beat Silovs with a wrist shot on his blocker side for his ninth goal of the season.

Hughes gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead just 34 seconds into the game with his fourth goal of the season. Hughes, alone at the top of the left circle, skated into the slot and then beat Shesterkin with a backhand shot.

New York tied it 1-1 less than two minutes later. Zibanejad redirected K'Andre Miller's shot from the left point inside the far right post.

Cuylle gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead at the 14:38 mark with a breakaway goal. He fired a wrist shot into the top right corner for his sixth goal.

Vancouver tied it less than three minutes later. Sherwood took a crossing pass from Pettersson on an odd-man rush and fired a wrist shot inside the near post. It was his fifth goal.

Kakko put New York back in front, 3-2, midway through the second period with a wrist shot off the low slot. But the Canucks tied it again at the 13:02 mark on Garland's wrist shot through traffic from the left circle. His fifth goal set the stage for Kreider's game-winner.

Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Flames, who have won two straight games and three of their past four outings. Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 28 saves between regulation and overtime before turning back both Islanders he faced in the shootout. Wolf has posted a 4-0-1 record in his past five starts.

Pierre Engvall had the lone goal for the Islanders, who have one win, one loss and three extra-time defeats in their past five outings. Goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots prior to the shootout in an outstanding goaltending battle.

Kuzmenko, the second shooter for the Flames, notched the difference-maker by completing a backhand deke. Justin Kirkland scored in the third round of the shootout, sealing the Calgary win.

Engvall ran his goal-scoring streak to three games when he opened the scoring just 92 seconds into the second period. He worked toward the slot from the left circle, using a nifty toe-drag to create a better angle while using a defender as a partial screen, and ripped a high shot for his third marker of the season.

Andersson's power-play goal at 8:17 of the third period tied the clash. Andersson set up in the high slot and unloaded a one-timer that found the mark for his fifth goal of the campaign and Calgary's first man-advantage marker in five games.

From the drop of the puck, both netminders were on top of their game. Wolf stoned Bo Horvat on a first-period breakaway and, later in the frame, got a toe on Anders Lee's chance from the slot. Early in the third period, while his team was hoping to mount a comeback, he denied Horvat again on a golden chance before holding strong against Maxim Tsyplakov. Wolf also stopped a Kyle Palmieri one-timer late in regulation.

For his part, Varlamov stood tall with a first-period stop on Connor Zary, denied Mikael Backlund in the first minute of the second period and also won a one-on-one with MacKenzie Weegar late in the second. Varlamov ensured overtime with a clutch stop on Backlund late in regulation.

Trevor Zegras added two assists for Anaheim, which won its third straight while sending the Blackhawks to their third loss in a row. Ducks goaltender John Gibson made 18 saves.

Carlsson provided the Ducks with their lone lead of the night, striking from in front of the net to redirect a Killorn pass from outside the right circle at 9:38 of the third period.

Jason Dickinson scored twice and Connor Bedard had two assists for Chicago. The Ducks outshot the Blackhawks 24-20 and had a 27-13 advantage in hits.

Dickinson recorded his first multi-goal game of the season while Bedard ended a three-game pointless streak. Five of Bedard's 12 assists this season have come against the Ducks.

The Blackhawks opened the scoring at 17:03 of the first period. Bedard took a pass from TJ Brodie just inside the blue line, turned to his left and sent a pass to a waiting Dickinson, who one-timed a shot from the right circle past Gibson.

Anaheim got the equalizer just 2:02 later as Pavel Mintyukov finished a short-side opportunity from the left circle after Brett Leason guided a pass through the crease from the right side.

Leason, who contributed a goal and two assists during Anaheim's win in Dallas on Monday, has seven points in five games in November.

Chicago regained the lead at 3:54 of the second period. Working behind the net, Bedard slid a no-look pass to Dickinson, who wristed another past Gibson.

That gave the Blackhawks an 11-7 edge in shots on goal, but the Ducks responded with a push through the rest of the period and into the third.

Zegras' no-look pass from behind the net created an opportunity for Killorn, who weaved into the slot and beat Chicago goalie Arvid Soderblom on the backhand to tie the game at 5:10 of the third.

Soderblom stopped 21 shots.

Anaheim went 0-for-2 on the power play. Chicago was 0-for-1.

Drew Commesso was called up from Chicago's American Hockey League affiliate in Rockford, Ill., to serve as backup goalie. Starter Petr Mrazek missed the game due to a personal matter.

Three days after Winnipeg lost 5-0 at Florida to suffer back-to-back losses for the first time this season, it got back at the Panthers to close a home-and-home set. Scheifele capped his hat trick with 10:14 left in regulation with a nifty goal just after a power play ended to give the Jets a 4-2 cushion.

That marker proved key, as Matthew Tkachuk got Florida within 4-3 with a power-play goal past screened Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (20 saves) with 3:22 left in the third period. However, Morgan Barron recorded two short-handed empty-netters to provide some insurance for Winnipeg, which improved to 9-1-0 at home.

A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Panthers, who have lost three of their past four games after winning seven straight. The result also ended a six-game road winning streak for Florida.

While the Panthers showed some early pressure against Hellebuyck, the Jets struck first. Kyle Connor, who had failed to record a point in five of his previous six games, cruised through the slot and backhanded the puck past Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (21 saves) with 5:47 remaining in the first period.

The Jets made it 2-0 with 2:20 to play before the first intermission. Off a drop pass from Gabriel Vilardi, Scheifele made his way into the circle, then sent a wrister by Bobrovsky.

Winnipeg failed to convert a five-on-three advantage early in the second. However, the Jets managed to notch a power-play goal with 4:19 remaining in the period, when Nikolaj Ehlers sent a circle-to-circle pass for Scheifele to successfully one-time.

Florida finally answered with 2:36 left before the second intermission. Greer sent the puck through traffic, where it was redirected off two Jets before going past Hellebuyck.

The Panthers got within 3-2 at 7:10 of the third via their own power-play score. Florida's relentless pressure on the man advantage was rewarded through Reinhart, who has nine goals during an 11-game point streak.

Ryan Hartman and Jonas Brodin also scored for the Wild, who are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. Filip Gustavsson earned the victory with 22 saves.

Scott Perunovich and Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, who are 1-5-1 in their last seven games. Jordan Binnington made 24 saves in defeat.

The Blues got top center Robert Thomas back in the lineup after he missed 12 games with a broken ankle. St. Louis started fast and built a 5-0 shots advantage in the first 4:50.

But the Wild reversed the game's flow and began generating scoring chances. Hartman put Minnesota up 1-0 with 7:36 left in the first period.

He took a pass from Marco Rossi, moved in on right wing and snapped a shot through Binnington from the right faceoff dot.

Both teams had chances early in the second period. Gustavsson stopped Jordan Kyrou from point-blank range on a power play, then Brock Faber rang a shot off the post for the Wild.

Perunovich tied the game 1-1 by joining the rush as the trailer and scoring from the high slot off Kyrou's pass 4:48 into the second period.

With the teams playing 4-on-4 early in the third period, Binnington denied Boldy's one-time shot from the right circle to keep the game tied.

Kaprizov put the Wild ahead 2-1 with 13:53 left to play by deflecting Middleton's shot from the right point.

Neighbours tied the game 2-2 with a power-play goal with 9:23 left. He redirected Pavel Buchnevich's cross-ice pass to the left post.

Brodin gave the Wild a 3-2 lead with 6:16 left when his slap shot from atop the left circle deflected in off Blues forward Nathan Walker.

Kaprizov scored an empty-net goal to make it 4-2 and ice the game.

Point, who missed the previous four matches with a lower-body injury, found a loose puck after Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry (32 saves) ventured out of his crease. The center then tucked in his second goal of the night and 10th this season to lift the Lightning to a 5-0-1 mark against the Metropolitan Division.

Anthony Cirelli scored his fifth goal this season, Darren Raddysh had two assists and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots for Tampa Bay, which trailed 2-0 before Point's first goal 5:41 into the third period.

Pittsburgh's Jesse Puljujarvi scored for the second straight game and Rickard Rakell netted his seventh goal this season.

Sidney Crosby dished out the primary assist on Rakell's second-period power-play tally that made it 2-0 and gave Crosby his 1,017th career helper. The 37-year-old captain and two-time playoff MVP passed Joe Sakic for 13th on the NHL's all-time assist list.

Pittsburgh's special teams and its play in front of Jarry proved beneficial in a first period that saw the hosts go up 1-0 at 12:05.

After the Penguins killed off Bryan Rust's slashing penalty on Nikita Kucherov, their third line used a hard check by Puljujarvi to force a turnover, reverse the puck and get it on Marcus Pettersson's stick. The defenseman then slid a long diagonal pass that left winger Puljujarvi tapped in at the far post for his third goal this season.

The Penguins stymied all three Lightning power plays and doubled up the visitors in blocked shots (22-11).

Two minutes into the second, Crosby had an open one-timer - potentially career goal No. 600 - but rang the blast off the post. He later set up Rakell's tally at 13:05 on the club's first power play after Luke Glendening's interference penalty.

In the third, Point skated around Jarry and roofed a backhander to put the Lightning on the board. Defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Raddysh earned assists.

Cirelli tied it 2-2 seven minutes later on assists from Victor Hedman and Raddysh to force the overtime session.

Janis Moser and Conor Geekie assisted on Point's winner.

The Oilers are 4-1-1 in their last six games, and 6-3-1 in 10 away games this season.

McDavid and Draisaitl each recorded their fifth multi-point performance in their last six games. McDavid has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) during the hot stretch, while Draisaitl has 11 points (five goals, six assists).

Bouchard matched a career best with three points in the game. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored Edmonton's other goal, and Vasily Podkolzin recorded two assists.

Stuart Skinner stopped 27 of 29 shots for his sixth win of the season.

Linus Ullmark stopped 27 of 32 shots for the Senators, who are on a three-game winless streak (0-2-1).

Tim Stutzle and Josh Norris scored for Ottawa, and Nick Jensen had two assists.

In order to spark Edmonton's slumping offense, Draisaitl and Podkolzin were moved onto the top line with McDavid. The line change delivered immediate dividends, as Podkolzin and Draisaitl received assists on Bouchard's goal 3:46 into the first period.

Bouchard did most of the work, however, as the defenseman started his rush in front of his own net. Bouchard raced up the center of the ice, made a canny move to evade Thomas Chabot and then put the puck under the crossbar for the highlight-reel goal.

Stutzle equalized for the Senators at 15:40 of the first period, but McDavid buried a rebound to restore the Oilers' lead just 35 seconds later.

Ottawa ran into penalty trouble late in the first period, leading to a 5-on-3 power play for the Oilers and McDavid's next goal. With 41 seconds remaining until the first intermission, McDavid converted a well-placed wrist shot for the power-play marker to make it 3-1.

At 4:39 of the second period, Draisaitl collected his 14th goal of the season by scoring on a nice backhanded shot.

Nugent-Hopkins tipped in an insurance goal at 11:50 of the third period, and Norris scored a late goal at the 17:36 mark.

Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is set to return from a lower-body injury that sidelined him the past two games and led coach Lindy Ruff to pull him after two periods of a 7-5 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 11.

"I feel like I was pushing it in the Montreal game a little bit, and I've said before there's no excuses for that but, still, I feel like I wasn't playing 100 percent in the Montreal game," Luukkonen said. "You can't let that happen. You want to be 100 percent; you want to feel great. I feel like I'm at that point now."

Luukkonen has won six of his past eight decisions after an 0-2-1 start, including three straight victories before the game against Montreal, which ended up being tagged to Levi. Luukkonen had allowed two goals or fewer in six of his previous eight and three in another before giving up four against the Canadiens.

Buffalo could also welcome back Tage Thompson, who was injured against Montreal. Like Luukkonen, the center has missed the past two games with a lower-body injury. He was back in his top-line spot at practice Monday and again Tuesday, though he didn't take reps on the power play on Tuesday.

Thompson and Ruff both said Monday that he's close, but neither would confirm a return.

Thompson leads the team with 11 goals and 18 points and has looked like the star who produced a career-high 94 points (47 goals, 47 assists) in 2022-23.

The Sabres will try to bounce back from a poor effort in a 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. It was their second loss in the past three games after a three-game winning streak.

"It's all about consistency right now," Thompson said. "We know when we commit to playing the right way we're good, and right now I think it's just us being a little immature, just thinking we're better than we are, instead of relying on what's gotten us results."

The Kings, meanwhile, also have been off since Saturday, when they earned a 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings. Los Angeles entered Tuesday second in the Pacific Division, one point behind the Vegas Golden Knights for the division lead.

The team will play just its eighth home game of the season after starting the campaign with a lengthy road trip and is 5-1-1 thus far as the hosts.

"You want to have the advantage at home and play well in front of your fans and use all the perks of being at home to your advantage," defenseman Mikey Anderson said. "Everyone's happy with the way we've (played) so far at home, but we've got to keep going with it and keep getting better."

Overall, the Kings are 2-3-0 in their past five games.

Alex Turcotte will play his second straight game after missing five with an upper-body injury. The forward skated with captain Anze Kopitar and winger Adrian Kempe in his return Saturday and is expected to do so again versus Buffalo.

He has one goal this season, scored back on Oct. 16, and four assists.

Stamkos scored twice with the man advantage Sunday as the Predators snapped a three-game skid with a 5-3 victory in Vancouver.

The Predators will wrap up their five-game road trip Wednesday at the Seattle Kraken.

Sunday's victory marked the first time the Predators scored more than three goals in a road game this season, and it came after they went 0-1-2 in their first three games of their Western swing, including a 2-0 defeat Friday at Calgary.

"We needed a response for sure, especially after the last game," Stamkos said. "We know we have the talent, it's just, whether it's posts or bad luck or not being in the right spots, it's just been a combination of things that haven't gone our way so far this year, especially offensively. So, sometimes you need a game where you get four or five goals and feel good about yourselves and just build on it."

Stamkos' first power-play goal was the 218th of his career, moving him past Mike Gartner and Jaromir Jagr for 11th in league history.

"Just hearing those names, it's obviously pretty cool as a hockey fan in general to move past Hall of Fame-quality players," Stamkos said.

Roman Josi had a goal and an assist, Filip Forsberg added two helpers and Zachary L'Heureux scored his first NHL goal for the Predators. Goaltender Juuse Saros made 24 saves.

"Unreal," L'Heureux said of his goal, which came in his 14th NHL game. "Been working a long way and been close to a month now I've been here and hasn't come, so obviously happy to get it out of the way and keep going."

The Kraken had a four-game winning streak snapped with a 2-0 loss to the visiting New York Rangers on Sunday, as they were unable to solve Jonathan Quick.

Wednesday's game will wrap up a six-game homestand for Seattle.

"It's a good Rangers team and we played them nose-to-nose for most of the game," Kraken coach Dan Bylsma said. "They had some opportunities for sure and we fought back and had opportunities, forced their goalie into making some great saves. I thought maybe after the second goal went in, there was a little dip."

It was the fourth time the Kraken have been blanked this season, with three of those coming in the second of back-to-back games.

"You can play as good as any line any night, but if you're not contributing then it's a bit of a waste," Kraken forward Chandler Stephenson said. "We have to start finding the net here."

Forward Shane Wright, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2022 draft, was a healthy scratch Sunday after going pointless since Oct. 17.

"As the games have gone along here, Shane's game has been trending in not-the-best direction," Bylsma said. "We talked to him about his training camp and how good he was playing, and how strong he was playing. What he was showing off with the skill, and his skating, and his ability with the puck. That was super evident in training camp.

"And really the message is (to) take a reset, watch the game (Sunday) -- which he did -- and get back focused on playing the way you can play, the way you played earlier in the season."

As Celebrini - the first pick in this year's draft - and the Sharks head into Wednesday's clash with the Dallas Stars to kick off a two-game trip, San Jose will aim to build on a thrilling victory in which its young star was the hero.

Celebrini scored his first NHL overtime and game-winning goal in Monday's 5-4 home win over the Detroit Red Wings.

"It's fun to win one in overtime. We've been on the wrong side of it a couple of times, so it was nice to get that one," Celebrini said after netting the winner 46 seconds into overtime.

The Sharks, who finished at the bottom of the league standings last season, entered Tuesday tied for last in the Pacific Division, but have plenty of positives to build off right now. San Jose has gone 6-3-2 since losing its first nine games of the season.

Making the playoffs is likely a pipe dream, even with three-quarters of the season remaining, but the Sharks appear to be heading in the right direction. San Jose erased three one-goal deficits before beating the Red Wings to snap its three-game skid.

"We deserved to win the hockey game," Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. "I thought for the majority of the game we pushed the pace, and we took over some parts of the third period that we've been talking about all year. That was our identity."

Celebrini, who has four goals in eight games this season, savored his first high-leverage tally.

"I mean, to get put in that situation, you want to come through for your team, especially after a couple of misses in the shootout and stuff," he said.

The Stars are back in action after having their three-game win streak end in Monday's 4-2 home loss to Anaheim.

"This type of game is going to happen to everybody in the league at some point. Over an 82-game schedule, you're going to have a game where you're either off, flat or get behind and can't come back," Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. "It's over with, there's nothing we can do about it now. It's all about our response."

The Stars scored twice in the third period to pull within 3-2 but could not complete the comeback. Defenseman Esa Lindell (two goals, six assists) said Dallas did not have to wonder after the game what went wrong.

"You have to prepare every night. (Our) pre-scout said they're going to come out hard, play physical and compete. We didn't match that," Lindell said. "We've got to bounce back. When we ramp up the compete, it's going to help our game and results."

Forward Matt Duchene (team-high 21 points) suggested the Stars played down to Anaheim on Monday.

"We've got to make sure we're crossing T's and dotting I's and making sure we don't lose games like that," Duchene said. "Give them credit, they are a talented team with a good goaltender. They played well. They played a good hockey game and there's two teams out there trying to win. But if we bring our A-game, that's a game we likely win."

The talented center carries a 13-game point streak into Wednesday's matchup between the Hurricanes and the host Philadelphia Flyers.

Necas has 10 goals and 17 assists during his hot streak, and he leads the team in goals (11) and assists (19) in 17 games this season. In fact, he has almost twice as many points (30) as his next closest teammate, Andrei Svechnikov (16).

Most recently, the Czech Republic native notched two goals and two assists in Sunday's 4-1 triumph over the St. Louis Blues. It was his first multi-goal game of the season, and he helped Carolina to its 11th win in the last 13 games.

"Obviously when things are going your way, you're in the zone," Necas said. "That's what I'm feeling. I'm trying to get there and stay there as long as I can. We've talked about confidence and you try to bring it each night. It's not about just one guy, obviously. We're outplaying teams at 5-on-5 and that's huge."

Eric Robinson added a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes, while Svechnikov also scored in a game that Carolina won comfortably despite not playing its best.

"You're not always going to have your A-game," Robinson said, "but you've got to find ways to win in this league."

Philadelphia also didn't play its best in its most recent outing -- a 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. The Flyers fell behind 3-0 before scoring twice late in the third period to make things interesting.

"I think we shot ourselves in the foot a little bit," said Owen Tippett, who scored one of the Flyers' two goals. "They're a quick team and they transition fast. I think we gave them a little more than we should have and found ourselves behind."

Veteran coach John Tortorella was a bit blunter in his assessment.

"A lot of the game I liked as we kept on going, but (expletive), we do stupid stuff," Tortorella said. "It's so aggravating, the stuff that we do that should be out of our game. That's what aggravates me."

Wednesday marks the third game of a five-game homestand for Philadelphia, which had been 4-0-1 in its previous five contests prior to Monday's defeat.

"We put ourselves in a (spot) to win the game and that's all you can ask," Flyers forward Travis Konecny said. "It didn't play out the way we wanted it to maybe the first half of the game, but we stuck with it. We've been doing the right things and starting to get the results. (On Monday) we didn't get it."

Philadelphia's recent 4-0-1 streak began following a 6-4 loss at Carolina on Nov. 5. Necas starred in that game, as well, scoring the decisive goal with 31 seconds to play.

"It's still early in the year, but I like our group," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "I know we have a lot of guys in here that get how the game needs to be played on a daily basis. The new people we brought in to fill the spots that were left are buying into it and that's why we are where we are at this point."

The Maple Leafs are 5-1-0 in the games Matthews has missed due to an upper-body injury that was initially expected to sideline him for just a few days.

Toronto coach Craig Berube said that Matthews has not suffered a setback, although he had not been skating the past two days.

"It's a little bit of a holding pattern, but he's not getting worse, so that's a good thing," Berube said on Monday. "It's just taking time. He's doing what he needs to do to get back in the lineup and get healthy, and our team needs to just push on."

Matthews led the league with 69 goals last season and has five goals in 13 games this season.

In the past six games without Matthews, Mitch Marner has surged with 10 points (four goals, six assists), including the overtime winner in the 4-3 home win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. It was his 200th career goal.

"A lot of guys have elevated their game," Berube said. "Marner with (John) Tavares, they've been a very good line for us, which we need them to be. Mitch has been a real good player all year in all areas of the game, penalty kill, power play, five-on-five, whatever we have asked him to do."

Along with Matthews, the Maple Leafs will be without Ryan Reaves, who was suspended five games for an illegal hit to the head on Edmonton's Darnell Nurse on Saturday, and forward Calle Jarnkrok, who has not played this season and underwent groin and sports hernia surgery Monday.

Toronto also put forward David Kampf (lower-body injury) on injured reserve Tuesday and recalled forward Fraser Minten from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.

The Golden Knights will open a five-game road trip at Toronto after losing 5-2 to the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

"We weren't on our toes early. We just weren't playing in the first period," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "We weren't executing (to) the best of our abilities. At the end of the first period, they didn't have very much either. ... We deserve better if we get a little puck luck and then get back to playing winning hockey, but that didn't happen."

The Golden Knights were limited to six shots on goal amid their indecisive play in the first period.

"If you're not going to shoot it, then hang on to it and make a play that's not too risky or isn't a whole play," Cassidy said. "(Sunday), there was a little more of that in our game."

This is the first of two meetings this season between the teams. Vegas is 3-3-2 on the road and Toronto is 8-3-0 at home.

The Golden Knights swept a two-game trip at Anaheim and Utah before losing to Washington at home.

"We did a good job on the road last time, but we didn't get the one we wanted to at home," Vegas left winger Tanner Pearson said on Monday. "We have to keep the same road mentality that we did on the last trip. It's definitely a longer one. It's a good opportunity."

Cassidy wants his squad to come out stronger in the first period and be more assertive early than it did on Sunday.

"Instead of waiting for something to happen, let's go make something happen," he said.

The Bruins are 8-9-3 for 19 points, tied for third in the Atlantic Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference. Boston is 31st of 32 teams in averaging 2.40 goals per game and is 28th in allowing 3.45 goals per game.

General manager Don Sweeney promoted associate coach Joe Sacco to interim head coach.

"Jim Montgomery is a very good NHL coach and an even better person," Sweeney said in a statement. "He has made a positive impact throughout the Bruins organization, and I am both grateful and appreciative of the opportunity to work with him and learn from him."

The Bruins have lost four of their last five games, including home defeats to St. Louis in overtime on Saturday and to Columbus 5-1 on Monday.

"Our team's inconsistency and performance in the first 20 games of the 2024-25 season has been concerning and below how the Bruins want to reward our fans," Sweeney said. "I believe Joe Sacco has the coaching experience to bring the players and the team back to focusing on the consistent effort the NHL requires to have success. We will continue to work to make the necessary adjustments to meet the standard and performance our supportive fans expect."

Montgomery, 55, guided his first Bruins team in 2022-23 to a 65-12-5 record for 135 points and an .823 points percentage -- all NHL single-season marks. He was honored with the Jack Adams Award as top coach.

However, the Florida Panthers stunned the Bruins in seven games in the Eastern Conference opening round in April 2023. Last season, Boston won its first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Panthers in six games.

In 184 games, his Bruins were 120-41-23 in the regular season and 9-11 in the playoffs. Montgomery also coached the Dallas Stars in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, going 60-43-10.

"On behalf of the Boston Bruins, we thank Jim Montgomery for his accomplishments and impact on our organization," team president Cam Neely said in the statement. "Jim's open and honest communication with players, staff and management, as well as the positive attitude that he brought to the rink every day, helped lead our franchise to several on-ice accolades, including a historic 65-win season in 2022-23. We wish Jim and his family the best moving forward both personally and professionally."

Sacco, 55, has been with the Bruins as an assistant coach (2014-24) and associate coach this season. He was the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche from 2009-13, compiling a 130-134-30 record.

A former assistant with the Buffalo Sabres (2013-14), Sacco also played 13 NHL seasons for five teams from 1990-2003.

"I'm supportive of Don's decision to address our current play and performance," Neely said. "Joe Sacco has a wealth of experience and knowledge of our roster and can help lead our team in the right direction. He has a strong understanding of our standards and expectations, and I trust he will do all he can to accomplish our organization's goals this season."

"Right now, our sole focus is making sure that J.T. knows the entire organization is here to support him," Allvin said in a statement. "Out of respect to J.T., we will have no further comment at this time."

Miller, 31, shares the team in goals (six) with three other players. His totals in assists (10) and points (16) trail only star defenseman Quinn Hughes (15, 18).

Miller logged only 11 minutes, 41 seconds of ice time in the Canucks' 5-3 loss against the Nashville Predators on Sunday. He has averaged nearly 18 1/2 minutes of ice time per game this season.

Miller has totaled 655 points (244 goals, 411 assists) and a plus-68 rating in 816 career games with the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Canucks. He was selected by the Rangers with the 15th overall pick of the 2011 NHL Draft.

Chytil, 25, is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and will reportedly rejoin the team ahead of Thursday's game in Calgary.

Chytil, who has a history of head injuries, collided with teammate K'Andre Miller during the second period of last Thursday's 3-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks. He returned for one shift later in the period before retreating to the locker room.

He did not travel with the team for Sunday's contest at Seattle, instead meeting with specialists who reportedly determined he did not sustain a concussion.

Through 15 games this season, Chytil has nine points (four goals, five assists) and a plus-11 rating centering the third line with Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko.

The concern for Chytil was compounded because he missed all but 10 games last season with an upper-body injury that was believed to be a concussion.

Drafted 21st overall in 2017, Chytil has recorded 153 points (68 goals, 85 assists) in 352 career games for New York.

The team announced Tuesday that the 39-year-old forward is considered week-to-week pending further evaluations with team physicians on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Ovechkin exited with 14:30 remaining in Monday's 6-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City following a collision with Utah forward Jack McBain.

After what appeared to be inadvertent contact, Ovechkin crumpled to the ice and took a moment to get to his skates. He was helped off the ice by teammate Jakob Chychrun and sat on the bench briefly before returning to the locker room.

Ovechkin scored two goals before the injury and has 13 in his last 11 games. With 868 goals in his career, the Russian veteran needs 27 to break Gretzky's mark of 894 set from 1978-99.

Ovechkin tied an NHL record on Monday when he scored against a 178th different goalie, Utah's Connor Ingram. He now shares that mark with Jaromir Jagr. In addition, Ovechkin posted his 100th multi-goal road game, becoming the first player to hit that mark.

The Capitals, winners of three straight games, next play on Thursday against the visiting Colorado Avalanche.

Will Tuesday's visit from the Ducks remedy an ailing attack? Chicago certainly hopes so.

Outscored 15-6 while losing four of their past five games, the Blackhawks return home searching for a spark. A brief road trip to Seattle and Vancouver left little to be desired offensively.

Ilya Mikeheyev scored 6:50 into the game against the Canucks on Saturday but the Blackhawks couldn't sustain momentum in a 4-1 defeat.

"Our quality scoring chances were up," Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. "Just can't find the back of the net. Lack of drawing penalties, too. We can't seem to get enough chances there, which would probably help a little bit in production."

Calder Trophy recipient Connor Bedard has been especially eager to contribute. While he leads Chicago in both assists (10) and points (13), Bedard is seeking his first goal since Oct. 26 against the Dallas Stars.

He has collected just four points in nine games since, including three assists during the Blackhawks' 4-2 win at Anaheim.

Philipp Kurashev, Chicago's second-leading scorer from the 2023-24 season, has just four points this season while Teuvo Teravainen has one point in his past 13 games.

"We have to just start looking at the simple part of our game, (so) that can add more offense," Richardson said. "I don't think we're a team built yet to open it up and go back and forth, like Edmonton or Colorado can."

Anaheim has won three of four after earning a 4-2 road victory against the Stars on Monday night.

Defenseman Olen Zellweger put the Ducks on the board just 56 seconds into the game while Brett Leason added a goal at 5:44. The flurry helped Anaheim play with greater confidence behind goaltender Lukas Dostal, who made 34 saves.

"We came out, we played a solid, 200-foot game, kept pucks going north. And I thought that's why we had a 2-0 lead after the first 10 minutes," said Cutter Gauthier, who had a goal and assist. "The more we do that to start off games, the better it's going to be for us moving forward."

Brock McGinn left the game for the Ducks with a lower-body injury, but Anaheim showed its forward depth to win back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Leason added two assists for his first career three-point game.

"Kind of just play as hard as I can every day. Just do the simple things. Do everything correctly," he said. "Do everything that coach asks of me. Give it my all, pretty much."

Taylor Hall assisted on two goals in the first meeting between the Blackhawks and Ducks but was a healthy scratch against Vancouver. Hall said the move "surprised" him, but he expects to face the Ducks after speaking with Richardson.

"I just want to play better and be better for our team," Hall said.

After Tuesday, the Blackhawks and Ducks won't meet again until March 1, when they conclude the season series in Anaheim.

The Senators are 5-2-1 at home this season, although it has been a month since the team played consecutive games in Ottawa. The Senators have played eight of their last 12 games on the road, posting a 5-6-1 record during that tough stretch.

"The one-offs are part of the NHL, but it'll be good to get home, get two feet on the ground," Ottawa coach Travis Green said. "We've played some pretty good hockey in our building, and we've obviously got a big week against some good teams."

In keeping with the inconsistent nature of Ottawa's season, the Senators haven't had a winning or winless streak of longer than two games. Ottawa is 0-1-1 in its last two outings and is looking to rebound from a 4-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.

The Oilers also were blanked in their last game, 3-0 by the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. Edmonton outshot Montreal 30-25 but couldn't score in what has become an unexpectedly common problem for the Oilers.

Over the previous four seasons, Edmonton averaged a league-high 3.59 goals per game. Through 19 games this season, the Oilers are almost a full goal below that mark, with an average of 2.63 goals per game.

Forward Derek Ryan said the Oilers need "to get a little more greasy" in their offensive approach, and "find some ways to get on the interior parts of the ice" to help generate more scoring chances.

"Battles in front of the net, some (second- and third-chance shots), it's where you score goals when you're struggling to score. ... We're not going to score pretty goals all the time," Ryan said. "We've got to kind of grind it out and get a greasy one every now and then."

Tuesday's game could be an intriguing chess match in the neutral zone, as the two teams are among the NHL's best at both amassing and limiting shots.

Edmonton is averaging 33.2 shots per game, and Ottawa isn't far behind at 32.4. At the other end of the rink, the Oilers' opponents are averaging only 25.3 shots per game, while the Senators' foes are averaging 26.8.

Leon Draisaitl (13 goals, 11 assists) and captain Connor McDavid (seven goals, 14 assists) continue to carry the bulk of the Oilers' offensive load. Draisaitl and McDavid have combined for 20 of the team's 50 goals this season.

Tim Stutzle leads the Senators with 21 points (seven goals, 14 assists).

Linus Ullmark likely will start in goal for Ottawa on Tuesday. Ullmark is 4-4-1 with a 2.77 goals-against average in 10 games this season.

Stuart Skinner will start for Edmonton in the second game of the back-to-back set. He is 5-5-2 with a 3.28 GAA in 12 starts.

Facing the Senators could be a boost to Edmonton's fortunes, given the one-sided nature of the recent history between the two teams. The Oilers are 12-2-1 in their last 15 games against the Senators, dating to the 2020-21 season.