National Hockey

New Jersey Devils (34-13-4, second in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (27-19-4, fourth in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m.

Calgary Flames (24-18-10, fifth in the Pacific Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (26-20-4, fifth in the Atlantic Division) Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres host the Calgary Flames in a non-conference matchup.

Tampa Bay Lightning (33-16-2, third in the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (30-13-10, first in the Central Division) Dallas; Saturday, 1 p.m.

Seattle Kraken (29-17-5, second in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Rangers (29-14-8, third in the Metropolitan Division) New York; Friday, 7 p.m.

Nashville Predators (24-19-6, fifth in the Central Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (22-22-9, seventh in the Metropolitan Division) Philadelphia; Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

Washington Capitals (27-20-6, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Boston Bruins (39-7-5, first in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Saturday, 3:30 p.m.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist for Vegas to hasten a mid-game meltdown by Minnesota, and the Golden Knights cruised past the sputtering Wild 5-1 on Thursday night.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Not only didn't the New Jersey Devils have leading scorer Jack Hughes for the first time this season, coach Lindy Ruff also gave red-hot goaltender Vitek Vanecek the night off.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves to stop an 84-game regular-season shutout drought, Branon Hagel had two goals and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-0 on Thursday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart and Eric Staal each scored a pair of goals and the Florida Panthers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 Thursday night for their season-high third straight win. Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves in the win, which was No.