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ST. LOUIS — You knew sooner or later, the Blues would snap out of it. But after a series of pratfalls against the lesser lights of the NHL, who could have predicted it would come against the talented and touted New York Rangers?

RALEIGH, N.C. — Ian Cole of the Carolina Hurricanes said it would be a “statement game,” a matchup of two of the NHL’s best teams.

TORONTO – This first Kraken visit to a Canadian “Original Six” market typifies differences in pressure faced by the NHL’s newest franchise compared to one of its oldest.

They aren't the highest-scoring points line in the NHL. That's the Calgary line of Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm and Matthew Tkachuk with 192 points going into Monday night's game. They aren't the best goal-scoring line. That's Toronto's Michael Bunting, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner with 79 goals. But they are…

The Arizona Coyotes will meet the Detroit Red Wings in NHL action on Tuesday night from Little Caesars Arena.

In a perfect world, the Blackhawks probably should’ve picked Zegras — who eventually went ninth to the Ducks — with the third pick in 2019. But they also could’ve done a lot worse than Dach with the third pick.

Semyon Varlamov, and the goalie alone, kept the Islanders in it against the NHL-leading Avalanche through two periods, despite an onslaught of turnovers and onesided play.

MIAMI — The Florida Panthers have plundered the Buffalo Sabres for key contributors to help build a Stanley Cup contender in the last year and made their return to Western New York on Monday, for the most part, a good one.

Slaggert has grown into a versatile forward at Notre Dame. Once Lukas Reichel graduates to the NHL, he might be the next-best guy in the Hawks’ pipeline.