National Hockey

ST. LOUIS — Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo scored second-period power-play goals and Jake Allen made 23 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night. St.

ST. LOUIS — Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo scored second-period power-play goals and Jake Allen made 23 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night. St.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Seth Jones had a goal and an assist for Columbus to help the Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Wednesday night. Serge Bobrovsky stopped 34 of 35 shots to lead Columbus (6-3-0) to its fifth win in its last seven games.

MONTREAL — General manager Marc Bergevin felt helpless as his Montreal Canadiens started the NHL season with only one win in eight games.

TORONTO — Kelly Hrudey learned a lot in his 15 years in the NHL, from the likes of Al Arbour, Denis Potvin and Wayne Gretzky. Now a successful TV analyst, the former goaltender also credits Patrick Marleau for a big lift late in his career.

After finishing at the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season, the New Jersey Devils have been among the NHL's surprise teams.

LAS VEGAS — Next man up. It's become the mantra for the Vegas Golden Knights, and fitting for a team that lost its top two goalies to injuries in the first three weeks of the season.

PITTSBURGH — Phil Kessel found a way to upstage Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.

DENVER — A deluge of injuries got Matt Nieto back into the lineup. More games like this will certainly keep him in there.

NASHVILLE — A bad bounce for Nashville turned the game in Calgary's favour . Sean Monahan and Matthew Tkachuk scored in the shootout to give the Flames a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.