Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Ottawa at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Saturday's Games. Philadelphia 3,

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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. It’s hard to know exactly where to stand with the Vancouver Canucks, who very clearly deserve full marks for the way they performed in Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

The Avalanche’s top lines were shut down by the worst team in the league on Wednesday night. It was the first of back-to-back games, which they face the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. They finish the Central Division road trip matchups against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night.

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Ottawa at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Shoppers rang in the new year with record-high egg prices. Vancouver shoppers reported paying about twice what they normally pay for eggs over the past few weeks

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First Period_1, Washington, Dubois 6 (Roy, McMichael), 19:27. Second Period_2, Vancouver, Garland 11 (Sherwood, Hughes), 19:23 (pp). Third Period_None.

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — Vancouver has been tapped as one of nine Pacific Northwest “fan zones” for the 2026 World Cup.