Hockey

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens gave some of the NHL’s biggest stars their finest effort in back-to-back games. On Monday night, it showed up in the win column.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone had his first regular-season hat trick and Logan Thompson made 34 saves to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury took sole possession of second place with his 552nd win in the NHL, posting his 74th career shutout as the Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 5-0 on Monday.

TORONTO — Marie-Philip Poulin, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Taylor Heise headline the two dozen women named to the NHL all-star festival's three-on-three tournament.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Trevor Moore scored two goals and the Los Angeles Kings snapped an eight-game winless streak by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Monday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored the only goal in a four-round shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over Vancouver Monday, ending the Canucks' five-game winning streak.

Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes says he isn’t ruling anything out when it comes to pending unrestricted free agent Sean Monahan.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan didn't tell Sidney Crosby to start shooting the puck more often. Maybe because he knew he didn't have to. “Quite honestly we just try to stay out of his way,” Sullivan said.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and will be away from the team for an indefinite amount of time.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Alex Killorn got his second goal of the game 48 seconds into overtime, and the Anaheim Ducks fought back from a pair of two-goal deficits to beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Monday.