. . . RANGERS WIN THANKSGIVING SHOWDOWN VS. FLYERS
Cam Talbot made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season (fifth career) to lead the Rangers to a 3-0 win in the opener of a home-and-home series with the Flyers. New York improved to 15-4-0 in its last 19 regular season games against Philadelphia dating to March 6, 2011.

* Talbot has recorded shutouts in back-to-back starts – both against the Flyers – for the second time in his career (also Nov. 16 and 23, 2013 vs. MTL and NSH). Via Elias, he is the first Rangers goalie to post consecutive shutouts against the Flyers since Steve Valiquette did so on Jan. 31 and Feb. 9, 2008.

* The Rangers have registered a shutout in three of their last four games, dating to a 2-0 win against the Flyers on Nov. 19. It marks the first time the Rangers have posted three shutouts in a four-game stretch since they recorded three straight blank sheets from Feb. 4 to 10, 1973.

* Overall the Rangers lead the NHL with six shutouts in 22 games this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the first time since 1937-38 that the Rangers have opened a season with at least six shutouts in 22 games.

* Martin St. Louis has registered a point in nine of his last 12 games (8-5—13), including 4-3—7 in his past six outings. He has 61 points (16-45—61) in 48 career games against the Flyers.

* Derek Stepan matched a career-high with three assists to push his point streak to five games (1-6—7). He has 2-9—11 in 10 games this season and 6-17—23 in his career vs. PHI (23 GP).

* Rick Nash scored his second shorthanded goal of the season to remain two goals behind TylerSeguin for the overall lead. Nash pushed his goal/point streak to four games (4-1—5) and has scored at least one goal in 14 of 22 games this season.

MILLER LIFTS CANUCKS INTO TOP SPOT IN NHL
Ryan Miller denied all 31 shots he faced – including 12 in the final frame – to record his third shutout of the season as Vancouver picked up a 5-0 win in Columbus to improve to 16-6-1 (33 points) and move into first place in the NHL standings. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Canucks have set franchise records for wins and points through 23 games.

* Via Elias, Miller has posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time since Feb. 29 to Mar. 1, 2012 while with Buffalo. It also marked the first time the Canucks have posted shutouts in consecutive games since Dec.9 and 13, 2013 when Eddie Lack and Roberto Luongo shutout the Hurricanes and Oilers, respectively.

* Miller improved to 15-3-0 with a 2.32 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage in 18 games with the Canucks; he is one shutout behind Marc-Andre Fleury and Henrik Lundqvist for the League-lead in that category.

* Brad Richardson and Chris Higgins each tallied a goal and an assist while Nick Bonino matched a career-high with three assists.

* Vancouver improved to 14-1-2 in their past 17 games against Columbus including a 7-1-2 mark in their past 10 visits to Nationwide Arena.

WILD SURRENDER LEAD, RALLY FOR OT WIN
Zach Parise (0-3—3) and Thomas Vanek (1-2—3) each recorded three points – including helpers on MarcoScandella’s second career overtime goal (also Nov. 16 vs. WPG) to lift the Wild to a 5-4 win in Dallas. The Stars erased a 3-0 deficit with four straight goals – including three in the final 3:42 of the second period – before Vanek tied the game with 1:58 left in regulation.

* According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Scandella is just the second defenseman in Wild history to score multiple overtime goals in one season, following Brent Burns who tallied twice in the extra frame in 2006-07.

* Parise registered his second three-point game of the season (also Oct. 9 vs. COL) and now has 9-13—22 in 16 career games against the Stars.

* Vanek posted three points in a game for the first time since Apr. 4 at OTT while with the Canadiens. He has 5-8—13 in 11 career games vs. DAL.

* Darcy Kuemper set career highs in shots faced (45) and saves (41) and improved to 10-7-0 with a 2.37 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage this season.

* Minnesota also won in their last visit to Dallas on Nov. 15, marking the first time in franchise history that the club has won back-to-back games in Dallas; the Wild are 6-16-6 all-time in road games against the Stars.

RED WINGS, BRUINS, BLUES AND PANTHERS ALSO RALLY FOR WINS
The Red Wings, Blues, Bruins and Panthers all faced a one-goal deficit after 40 minutes before rallying for victories:

* Drew Miller tied the game at 4-4 midway through the third period and Gustav Nyquist netted the lone shootout goal as Detroit overcame a 4-1 deficit to pick up a 5-4 victory in New Jersey. Niklas Kronwall notched two assists, including a helper on the game-tying goal while Henrik Zetterberg also contributed two assists to push his point streak to three games (1-3—4). The Red Wings improved to 10-2-1 in their past 13 meetings against the Devils dating to Jan. 29, 2004. Overall, Detroit is 5-1-0 in its past six outings, including two victories in which they overcame a two-goal deficit (also a 4-3 win at WPG on Nov. 20).

* A pair of Blues defensemen – Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo – erased one-goal deficits in the third period before Vladimir Tarasenko scored his second career overtime goal (also: Oct. 28 at DAL) to lift the Blues to a 4-3 win over the Oilers. T.J. Oshie (1-2—3) factored on all three goals in regulation; it marked his first multi-point game since last season when he had consecutive three-point outings (1-2—3 and 3-0—3 on Mar. 25 and 27, respectively). The victory marked the first time this season that the Blues have won a game in which they trailed after two periods (1-4-0).

* St. Louis (15-6-2, 32 points) has won 13 of its past 17 outings to move into a points tie with Nashville (15-5-2, 32 points) atop the Central Division standings. The Predators, however, hold one game in hand.

* Milan Lucic tied the game at 3:05 of the third period and Dougie Hamilton (1-1—2) scored his first career overtime goal to lift the Bruins to a 2-1 overtime win over the Jets. The victory boosted Boston’s record to 7-1-1 in their past nine games at TD Garden and marked its 13th consecutive home-ice win over the Jets/Thrashers (dating to Dec. 31, 2007). Tuukka Rask stopped 35 shots – including 16 in the third period and overtime – to improve to 11-6-1 with a 2.31 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage this season.

* Sean Bergenheim tied the score just 34 seconds into the third period and Jimmy Hayes potted his first career game-winner as the Panthers rallied for a 3-2 win over the Senators. Vincent Trocheck (0-2—2) posted his second career multi-point game, including a helper on Dylan Olsen’s first goal since Dec. 13, 2013. The Panthers also won their first game of the season when trailing at the 40-minute mark (1-5-3).

BLACKHAWKS CONTINUE “CIRCUS TRIP” SUCCESS
Patrick Kane scored twice and Corey Crawford (23 saves) picked up his 11th win of the season as Chicago skated to a 4-1 victory in Anaheim. The Blackhawks have won seven of their past nine outings and improved to 4-1-0 on their annual “Circus Trip”, which wraps up Saturday in Los Angeles.

* Kane registered his fifth multi-point game in his past seven games (6-7—13 in that span). He shares the club lead in goals (10, tied with Jonathan Toews) and paces all Blackhawks with 23 points.

* Crawford (11-5-1) has won seven of his past nine starts and ranks fourth among all goaltenders with a 1.92 goals-against average and sixth in save percentage (.928).

* Brent Seabrook stretched his point streak to a career-long seven games (2-5—7), marking the longest stretch by a Blackhawks defenseman since Duncan Keith recorded a point in eight straight games from Nov. 19 to Dec. 3, 2013.

* Seabrook has recorded exactly one point in each game of his streak. Elias says the last Blackhawks player to do that was Cam Barker in eight straight games from Mar. 7 to 20, 2009 as part of an nine-game point streak overall.

* Andrew Shaw (1-1—2) registered his second multi-point game of the season (also 1-1—2 vs. BUF on Oct. 11) and his first game-winning goal since Mar. 6 vs. CBJ.

* Brad Richards (1-1—2) and Kris Versteeg (0-2—2) also posted multi-point performances while Keith stretched his point streak to four games (1-3—4).

OVECHKIN LIFTS CAPITALS TO HOME-AND-HOME SPLIT
After the Capitals saw their two-goal lead erased in a 35-second span late in the first period, AlexOvechkin potted the eventual game-winner in the middle frame to help the Capitals earn a split in a home-and-home set against the Islanders.

* Ovechkin scored his 73rd career game-winning goal to tie Peter Bondra for first on the all-time franchise list. Ovechkin shares the League-lead with four game-winners this season (tied with Lars Eller).Ovechkin now has 25-14—39 in 35 career games vs. NYI.

* Matt Niskanen (0-3—3) matched a career-high for assists/points (also Feb. 6, 2009 vs. NYR with DAL) to push his point streak to three games (2-3—5).

* Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots to improve to 6-1-1 in his career against the Islanders. With the win, Holtby (68 wins) surpassed Pat Riggin into sole possession of sixth on the franchise’s all-time wins list.

* Marcus Johansson (1-1—2) scored his ninth goal of the season to surpass his 80-game total from 2013-14 and move within five tallies of his single-season high (14 in 2011-12, 80 GP).

* Nicklas Backstrom pushed his point streak to four games (1-5—6) and now has notched an assist on 11 of Ovechkin’s 12 goals this season.

FRIDAY NIGHT NOTABLES
* Jaromir Jagr (1-1—2) scored his 709th career goal to surpass Mike Gartner for sole possession of sixth on the all-time NHL goals list. Jagr (709-1,061—1,770) also moved within one point of tying Marcel Dionne (731-1,040—1,771) for fifth on the all-time points list. In addition, Jagr sits just two assists behind Steve Yzerman (1,063) for seventh all-time.

* Jiri Tlusty (2-1—3) notched three points and Nathan Gerbe scored his eighth career game-winning goal (last: Oct. 10, 2013 at WSH) as Carolina snapped a three-game skid with a 4-2 win in Pittsburgh. Tlusty posted his first multi-point game since Oct. 11 when he netted his second career hat trick.

* After surrendering the tying goal early in the third period, Matt Moulson (1-1—2) capitalized on a lucky bounce with 1:18 left in regulation to lift the Sabres to a 2-1 win over the Canadiens. Jhonas Enroth stopped 30 shots to improve to 3-1-0 with a 1.25 goals-against average and a .959 save percentage in his past four contests. Enroth has not allowed an even-strength goal since the 17:32 mark of the third period on Nov. 13 at MIN, an active span of 268:35.

* ICYMI: Sabres forward Tyler Ennis opened the scoring with a highlight-reel goal in the first period.

* Sidney Crosby notched two assists to extend his League scoring lead to 33 points (9-24—33). Tyler Seguin (18-12—30) scored his League-leading 18th goal of the season and posted his third straight multi-point game to move into a share of second in NHL scoring with Jakub Voracek (8-22—30), three points behind Crosby.

* The Blues fired 41 shots at the Oilers net, including a career-high 10 shots by AlexPietrangelo. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last Blues player with at least 10 shots in a regular season game was Al MacInnis on Jan. 16, 2003 (11 shots).

* Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock picked up his 672nd NHL win to tie Mike Keenan for sixth on the all-time list. Earlier this season, Hitchcock became the first coach in NHL history to record at least 125 regular-season wins with four different franchises.

LOOSE PUCKS
Jets netminder Michael Hutchinson stopped 36 shots in a losing cause. He has allowed just 10 goals in eight games this season and leads the League with a 1.56 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage . . . Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov (1-1—2) registered his first multi-point pgame since Mar. 14 when he recorded his first three NHL points vs. VAN . . . Red Wings coach Mike Babcock picked up his 497th NHL win to tie Glen Sather for 20th all-time among head coaches . . . Islanders head coach Jack Capuano was behind the bench for his 300th NHL game . . . Devils forward Mike Cammalleri scored twice and now has 11-16—27 in 25 career games against the Red Wings . . . The Panthers fired a season-high 46 shots on the Senators net . . . Jamie Benn notched two assists to push his point streak to five games (3-6—9); he ranks second on the Stars with 8-14—22 . . . Stars defenseman Jyrki Jokipakka (0-2—2) tallied his first two NHL points in a 92-second span . . . Devils defenseman Andy Greene (500), Canadiens forward Dale Weise (200) and Blue Jackets forward Corey Tropp (100) played in milestone games . . . Defenseman Jesse Blacker made his NHL debut with the Ducks . . . The Ducks acquired defenseman Eric Brewer from the Lightning in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2015 NHL Draft . . . Martin Brodeurskated with the Blues on a tryout basis . . . The Flyers honored their former coach Pat Quinn with a moment of silence before puck drop.

SNEAK PEEK AT SATURDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Philadelphia @ NY Rangers, 1:00 p.m., CSN-PH, MSG
Washington @ Toronto, 7:00 p.m., CBC, NHLN-US, CSN-DC
Buffalo @ Montreal, 7:00 p.m., TVA, CITY, MSG-B
Ottawa @ Tampa Bay, 7:00 p.m., SN, SUN
New Jersey @ NY Islanders, 7:00 p.m., MSG, MSG+
Pittsburgh @ Carolina, 7:00 p.m., ROOT, FS-CR
Columbus @ Nashville, 8:00 p.m., FS-O, FS-TN
St Louis @ Minnesota, 8:00 p.m., FX-CA, FS-MW, FS-N
Dallas @ Colorado, 9:00 p.m., TXA 21, ALT
Calgary @ Arizona, 10:00 p.m., CBC, FS-A
Chicago @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m., NHLN-US, SN, TVA2, WGN, FS-W
Anaheim @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m., KCOP-13, CSN-CA
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SIX GAMES HIGHLIGHT CANADA’S NATIONAL SCHEDULE
Six games highlight Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada telecast: The Capitals visit the Air Canada Centre to face the Maple Leafs (CBC); the Sabres are in Montreal for the second game of a home and home series with the Canadiens (CITY); the Senators are on the road to take on the Lightning (SN); the Blues meet their division rivals, the Wild, in Minnesota (FX-CA); the Flames are in Arizona to face the Coyotes (CBC); the Blackhawks take on the Kings in a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Final (SN).

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