FIALA, WILD EXTEND STREAKS AHEAD OF ALL-STAR BREAK
Kevin Fiala (1-1—2) extended his career-high point streak to 12 games (9-7—16) and Cam Talbot turned aside all 30 shots he faced as Minnesota improved to 9-0-1 (19 points) in its last 10 contests, including six straight wins.

* Fiala matched the franchise record for longest point streak, a mark set by Mikael Granlund from Jan. 12–Feb. 4, 2017 (5-12—17 in 12 GP). Talbot recorded the 25th shutout of his NHL career, which trails only Sergei Bobrovsky (35) for the most among active undrafted goaltenders.

* ICYMI: Talbot was named to the Central Division roster for the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Game (3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on Feb. 5; ABC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports) and can become the sixth goaltender in League history to appear in the event for the first time at age 34 or older, following Johnny Bower (age 36 in 1961), Manny Legace (age 34 in 2008), Mike Smith (age 34 in 2017), Dwayne Roloson (age 34 in 2004) and Rejean Lemelin (age 34 in 1989).

NUGENT-HOPKINS HELPS OILERS GET GROUNDHOG DAY WIN IN WASHINGTON
Although Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter Wednesday, the goals arrived early for the Oilers as Leon Draisaitl (1-1—2), Evander Kane (1-1—2) and Connor McDavid each scored in the opening 5:07 to put Edmonton up 3-0. Washington then tallied three consecutive goals of its own to pull even, but Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2-1—3) scored a shorthanded marker with 4:03 remaining in regulation to give Edmonton the lead for good.

* Nugent-Hopkins became the third player in franchise history to score a shorthanded goal in go-ahead fashion during the final five minutes of regulation, joining Magnus Paajarvi (56:50 on Feb. 10, 2013) and Paul Coffey (56:46 on Dec. 26, 1984).

KINGS, FLAMES AND KRAKEN HEAD INTO ALL-STAR BREAK ON WINNING NOTE
Los Angeles, Calgary and Seattle of the Pacific Division also earned wins, with Wednesday’s edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates featuring more notes from the five-game slate in addition to the ones found below:

* Arthur Kaliyev, who was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan but moved to Michigan where he played for the Little Caesars and Compuware minor hockey programs, accounted for one of the Kings’ five goals in Detroit. Los Angeles (24-16-7, 55 points) leapfrogged idle Anaheim (23-16-9, 55 points) for second place in the Pacific Division – the last time the Kings held the first or second seed in their division entering an All-Star/Olympic break was in 2015-16 (1st; 30-16-3, 63 points).

* Christopher Tanev (1-3—4) factored on all four of the Flames’ goals and established a new career high for points in a single game. He became the first Calgary defenseman with four or more points in a contest since Mark Giordano over three years ago (1-3—4 on Nov. 1, 2018).

* Philipp Grubauer (19 saves) guided the Kraken to their first-ever shutout win in franchise history, while Jared McCann (1-1—2) scored his team-leading 19th goal of the season (19-11—30 in 41 GP) and tied a career high set in 2018-19 (19-16—35 in 78 GP).

BLACK HOCKEY HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: THE JONES BROTHERS
Seth and Caleb Jones were both traded to the Blackhawks prior to the 2021-22 season and joined other notable sets of brothers who have played for Chicago simultaneously including Bobby and Dennis Hull, Doug and Max Bentley, Brent and RichSutter as well as Steve and Jeff Larmer. The siblings played their first game as NHL teammates when the Blackhawks defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Nov. 17, 2021.

* Seth, the older of the two siblings, has made three appearances in the NHL All-Star Game (2017, 2019 and 2020) and in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round logged the highest single-game time on ice recorded since 1997-98 (65:06).

* Click here for NHL.com’s Black History Month daily digest.

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NHL SEASON SHIFTS TO LAS VEGAS FOR ALL-STAR WEEKEND
A collection of the NHL’s brightest stars will now make their way to Las Vegas for 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend which will include NHL All-Star Media Day and 2022 NHL All-Star Skills presented by DraftKings Sportsbook on Friday and the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Saturday. Additionally, the 2022 Truly Hard Seltzer NHL Fan Fair will welcome fans young and old throughout the weekend.

* ICYMI: Capitals forward Tom Wilson and Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessaultwere added to the roster for the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend.

Thanks to the NHL PR department for the information above.