Hockey

Minnesota Wild (18-21-5, seventh in the Central Division) vs. Florida Panthers (27-13-4, second in the Atlantic Division) Sunrise, Florida; Friday, 7 p.m.

Montreal Canadiens (19-19-7, sixth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Boston Bruins (27-8-9, first in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Saturday, 7 p.m.

New York Rangers (28-14-2, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (21-13-8, fourth in the Pacific Division) Los Angeles; Saturday, 10:30 p.m.

Nashville Predators (25-19-1, fourth in the Central Division) vs. Arizona Coyotes (21-19-3, fifth in the Central Division) Tempe, Arizona; Saturday, 3 p.m.

Colorado Avalanche (29-14-3, second in the Central Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (25-14-6, second in the Metropolitan Division) Philadelphia; Saturday, 1 p.m.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ivan Barbashev had his first two-goal game of the season and Logan Thompson made 29 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights continued to show signs of heating up with a 5-1 victory Thursday night over the New York Rangers.

VANCOUVER — Dakota Joshua scored his fourth game-winning goal of the season as the Vancouver Canucks found a way past a determined Arizona Coyotes team. The goal, Joshua's 12th of the season, came with assists from Nils Hoglander and Teddy Blueger.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Auston Matthews had a hat trick to push his NHL-leading goals total to 37 and added an assist in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

CALGARY — Winless in four and down 2-0 in the first period on Thursday, Toronto was reeling until Auston Matthews took over and led the Maple Leafs to a comeback victory.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan O’Reilly had a power-play goal and an assist, Gustav Nyquist also scored and the Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Thursday night.