National Hockey

Florida Panthers (35-26-8, fourth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (37-24-8, third in the Central Division) Dallas; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Dallas hosts Florida looking to break its three-game home skid.

Buffalo Sabres (30-31-8, sixth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (31-31-9, fifth in the Atlantic Division) Montreal; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks (36-27-6, fourth in the Pacific Division) vs. Arizona Coyotes (33-29-8, fifth in the Pacific Division) Glendale, Arizona; Thursday, 10:30 p.m.

Carolina Hurricanes (38-25-5, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (28-29-12, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia Flyers (41-21-7, second in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (43-21-6, second in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Detroit Red Wings (17-49-5, eighth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Washington Capitals (41-20-8, first in the Metropolitan Division) Washington; Thursday, 7 p.m.

PITTSBURGH — The evidence of Patrick Marleau's near miss is everywhere. In the rafters at PPG Paints Arena.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nicolas Deslauriers is known as a grinder and an enforcer, not a goal scorer. But the Anaheim left wing put himself in the Ducks' record book in a way he least expected.

VANCOUVER — With two desperate teams fighting for a playoff spot, the Vancouver Canucks were able to dig deep when they needed it the most. J.T.

PHILADELPHIA — Matt Grzelcyk and Patrice Bergeron scored, Tuukka Rask stopped 36 shots and the Boston Bruins beat Philadelphia 2-0 on Tuesday night to snap the Flyers' nine-game winning streak.