Hockey

Florida Panthers (37-15-4, first in the Atlantic Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (33-17-5, second in the Metropolitan Division) Raleigh, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks (37-15-6, first in the Pacific Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (23-21-11, fifth in the Pacific Division) Seattle; Thursday, 10 p.m.

Nashville Predators (29-25-2, fifth in the Central Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (28-16-10, fourth in the Pacific Division) Los Angeles; Thursday, 10:30 p.m.

New York Rangers (37-16-3, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (28-23-4, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield's highlight-reel goal came at a perfect time for the Los Angeles Kings.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Anton Lundell scored 1:36 into overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night to jump over the idle Boston Bruins and into the top spot in the NHL's Eastern Conference.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tommy Novak scored his fourth goal in five games and the Nashville Predators defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 on Tuesday night.

DENVER — Arshdeep Bains made his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night against the Colorado Avalanche. The Surrey, B.C.

DENVER (AP) — Ryan Johansen scored one goal after a fortuitous bounce off the boards in back of the net and another that glanced off another player. These days, he will take them any way they want to go in.

WINNIPEG — Laurent Brossoit didn’t exactly get his wish, but the Winnipeg Jets earned a victory and that’s all that counts.