National Hockey

OTTAWA — Thomas Vanek made the 700th point of his 13-season NHL career sound average. He was much more excited about helping his Vancouver Canucks get a win.

WASHINGTON — Auston Matthews is drawing comparisons to Mario Lemieux and getting noticed by Bryce Harper amid a hot start to his second NHL season.

PHILADELPHIA — Wayne Simmonds pounded Florida's enforcer with a series of rights and dropped him with a left.

WASHINGTON — Connor Brown made the most of his move up the lineup to keep the Toronto Maple Leafs' hot start rolling.

CALGARY — The friction between the Calgary Flames and city council over a new arena shows no sign of abating with the re-election of Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators have recalled forward Frederick Gaudreau from the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals and placed defenceman Yannick Weber on injured reserve. The Predators announced the moves Tuesday before hosting the Colorado Avalanche.

CALGARY — Mike Gould's love of family and hockey was behind the Alberta man's decision to make a multimillion-dollar donation to a hockey club in southeastern B.C. Giving $7.

DETROIT — Nikita Kucherov is in the middle of one of those stretches when the puck seems to do whatever he wants. The dynamic forward scored twice Monday night to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

VANCOUVER — A punchless power-play was one of the main reasons the Vancouver Canucks struggled the last two seasons. It's still early, but not much has changed in 2017-18.

OTTAWA — Fresh off a romp through Western Canada, the Ottawa Senators are getting a huge momentum boost with the return of superstar defenceman Erik Karlsson.