National Hockey

NASHVILLE — Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators finally has started in the sizzling scoring fashion he usually finishes a season. And the Predators couldn't be happier.

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights were looking to make more history Tuesday night. Instead, it was Dallas Stars centre Radek Faksa hitting the jackpot in Sin City.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves in his second shutout this season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended a two-game skid with a 2-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.

CALGARY — Perhaps Roman Polak's luck is starting to turn around. The Maples Leafs defenceman scored his first goal of the season and Frederik Andersen made 19 saves as Toronto beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Tuesday night.

EDMONTON — Not a lot has gone right for the Edmonton Oilers this season, but they caught a couple of breaks on Tuesday.

NASHVILLE — Filip Forsberg has scored on many different goalies, but Tuesday night was the first time he collected a goal against one with the same name on the back of his jersey.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joonas Korpisalo doesn't get many starts as the backup to the league's top goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky. On the ice for the Blue Jackets for the first time in three weeks, he made it count.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL's highest-scoring team leaned on its defence to snap a two-game losing streak.

NEW YORK — Denis Malgin helped the Florida Panthers avoid a bad loss and get consecutive wins for just the third time this season.

PHILADELPHIA — The boos picked up steam in the second period. The "Fire Hakstol" chants became louder in the third.