NHL Rink Wrap: 5 assists for Gaudreau; Fleury wins Minnesota debut

What an incredible, amazing year for the Calgary Flames, and especially their top-line duo of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuck. They both had monster games in the Flames’ 9-5 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, with Tkachuk finishing with two goals and two assists while Gaudreau had five assists. He is now up to 90 points on the season, good enough for third place in the entire NHL. His career year is coming at a perfect time as he is set to be an unrestricted free agent after this season and is playing his way to an absolutely massive contract for somebody. Tkachuk is sixth in the NHL scoring race with 82 points. The Flames continue to distance themselves from the rest of the pack in the Western Conference’s Pacific Division with the win. All nine of the Flames’ goals on Saturday were scored during 5-on-5 play.

Evgenii Dadonov keeps rolling for the Vegas Golden Knights to keep their playoff chances going after they tried to trade him earlier this week.

Auston Matthews matches his career high of 47 goals. It took just 36 seconds on Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens would go on to win the game, 4-2, though.

Timo Meier records his third career hat trick for the San Jose Sharks in their 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Lightning offense slumping, but power play comes through

While the Boston Bruins have been climbing the standings, the Tampa Bay Lightning have been in a bit of a rut lately, especially offensively. Some of their top players have been going through lengthy goal droughts and they entered Saturday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings having lost six of their previous eight games, scoring just 15 goals during that stretch. The offense struggled again on Saturday, but the