Everyone loves a good, old-fashioned butt-kicking. On Saturday evening, the Edmonton Oilers played their penultimate road game ahead of the Olympic break, smashing the Vancouver Canucks 6-0 to move their record to 24-17-8.

The Vancouver Canucks fell on Monday as they lost 4-3 to the New York Islanders. Vancouver received goals from Max Sasson and Evander Kane in the first, while Drew O'Connor scored in the third period. As for Kevin Lankinen, he stopped 28 of the 32 shots in the loss.

Fraser Minten scored his second goal of the game 4:41 into overtime to cap a huge homecoming as the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday night. Playing his first NHL game in his hometown, Minten opened the scoring in the first period ...

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