. . . IGINLA ALSO LEADS AVALANCHE OVER FORMER TEAM
Jarome Iginla, who spent the first 16 seasons of his NHL career with the Flames, also registered three points (2-1—3) to propel the Avalanche past his former club.

* Iginla, who compiled 525-570—1,095 in 1,219 games with the Flames from 1996-13, also scored his first goals in six outings against his former team (2-4—6). He now has recorded at least one goal against every NHL team.

* Overall, Iginla notched his 106th career multi-goal game, second among active players behind Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr (124).

* With 595 career goals, Iginla is six shy of tying Jari Kurri (601) for 18th place on the NHL’s all-time goals list.

* Six other Avalanche players picked up multiple points: Nathan MacKinnon (1-2—3),Tyson Barrie (0-3—3), Matt Duchene (2-0—2), Erik Johnson (1-1—2), Francois Beauchemin (0-2—2) and Gabriel Landeskog (0-2—2).

TOP LINE PROPELS OILERS PAST FLYERS . . .
The line of Taylor Hall (1-2—3), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2-0—2) and Leon Draisaitl (0-2—2) combined for 3-4—7, including two third-period goals, to lead the Oilers to their second victory in their past three contests.

* Hall notched his fourth consecutive multi-point performance (3-7—10); Elias says he became the first Oilers player to achieve that feat since April 3-10, 2010 (Tom Gilbert: 1-8—9 in 4 GP). Hall also extended his overall point streak to six games (4-8—12).

* Nugent-Hopkins also stretched his point streak to six contests (3-6—9), equaling a career high last achieved March 12-23 (4-7—11).

* Draisatl, who was recalled from the Bakersfield Condors (AHL) last week, has 3-4—7 in his first three appearances of the season.

. . . McDAVID SIDELINED INDEFINITELY
Oilers forward Connor McDavid, the first overall selection in the 2015 NHL Draft,suffered a long-term, upper-body injury during Tuesday’s game. McDavid, who was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for October, paces all rookies with 5-7—12 in 13 contests this season.

“He’s disappointed, it’s disappointing to get injured,” said Oilers head coach Todd McLellan. “It’s his rookie year, things are going really well and he wants to be part of the group, which he still will be, just not in a uniform for a little while. I have a 19-year-old, I can’t imagine how he would feel if he was in the NHL in his first year and got hurt.”

RANGERS HANDLE CAPITALS IN FIRST MEETING SINCE PLAYOFFS
Four players – Derick Brassard, Kevin Hayes, Kevin Klein and Oscar Lindberg – collected 1-1—2 to power the Rangers past the Capitals in their first meeting since the Second Round of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when New York won in overtime of Game 7.

* The Rangers extended a pair of streaks – they pushed their overall point streak to seven contests (5-0-2) and also won their fifth consecutive game at Madison Square Garden, where they are 6-1-1 this season.

* Lindberg scored his sixth goal of the season (12 GP), tops among rookies. Via Elias, he became the first Rangers rookie to pick up six or more goals in the team’s first 12 games of a season since 1989-90 (Darren Turcotte: 9).

* Klein added his fifth game-winning goal over the past two seasons (77 GP). He had three such goals in his first 433 career NHL appearances.

AROUND THE RINKS
* Jhonas Enroth stopped all 24 shots he faced, including 11 in the middle stanza, to lead the Kings to their eighth victory in their past nine outings following a 0-3-0 start to the season. Enroth recorded his sixth career shutout and first in a Kings uniform; he has denied 63 of 64 shots (.984 SV%) in his first two appearances with the team.

* Kyle Turris scored 34 seconds into overtime to lift the Senators to a 5-1-0 record this season as visitors. Craig Anderson made 36 saves, including 15 in the third period, to become the second goaltender to record 100 wins in a Senators uniform (100-68-26 in 202 GP). The other: Patrick Lalime (146-100-30 in 283 GP).

* Dylan Larkin notched the tiebreaking goal at 5:54 of the third period to help the Red Wings improve to 17-2-3 in 22 all-time regular-season meetings with the Lightning at Joe Louis Arena. Larkin, the 15th overall pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, has 4-5—9 in his first 12 appearances (including 2 GWG).

* Sergei Bobrovsky made 41 saves, including 18 in the third period, to backstop the Blue Jackets to their third victory in their past five outings following a 0-8-0 start to the season. Three players – Scott Hartnell, Ryan Murray and Brandon Saad – registered 1-1—2.

* Casey Cizikas scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:12 remaining in regulation to lift the Islanders to a 5-2-2 record in their first nine games at Barclays Center. The club also improved to 7-0-1 in its last eight meetings with the Devils dating to March 29, 2014 (NJD: 1-3-4).

MILESTONES & BENCHMARKS
* Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin notched his 481st NHL goal to move within two of tyingSergei Fedorov (483) for the most goals by a Russian-born player in League history.

* Stars defenseman Jyrki Jokipakka (62 GP) and Bruins defenseman Colin Miller (10 GP) both scored their first NHL goals.

* Rangers forward Jarret Stoll recorded his first goal with his new club (11 GP).

* Red Wings forward Drew Miller (500) and Flames forward David Jones (400) both played in milestone games.

* Stars forward Devin Shore, the 61st overall selection in the 2012 NHL Draft, made his League debut (11:08 TOI).

NHL, AHL ANNOUNCE OFFICIATING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
The NHL and AHL announced a four-year officiating development agreement that will continue to see the AHL serve as the top development league for the NHL’s officials through 2018-19.

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REMINDER: REGISTRATION OPEN FOR TRY HOCKEY FOR FREE DAY
USA Hockey announced that participant registration is open for Try Hockey for Free Day, presented by Kraft Heinz. Nearly 500 sites, representing 48 of the 50 states, will host Try Hockey for Free Day clinics this Saturday, Nov. 7, as part of the fifth annual Come Play Hockey Month.

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LOOSE PUCKS
Sharks captain Joe Pavelski (2-0—2) extended his goal streak to a career-high five games (6-0—6) . . . Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov collected his 12th assist of the season, tied for the League lead with Stars forward Tyler Seguin . . . Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth made 45 saves, six shy of his career high established March 13, 2014 at CAR (51 SV w/ BUF) . . . Flames captain Mark Giordano notched his fourth goal of the season, tied for first among defensemen with Justin Faulk (CAR) and Colton Parayko (STL) . . . Bruins forward Loui Eriksson, who registered 150-207—357 in 501 games with the Stars from 2006-13, scored twice against his former team . . . The Canadiens suffered their first defeat at Bell Centre (5-0-1), leaving the Wild (5-0-0) as the only team without a loss of any kind on home ice this season . . . The Department of Player Safety announced that Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will not face supplemental discipline for his hit on Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher . . . ICYMI: Blues goaltender Jake Allen made a sprawling glove save on Kings forward Anze Kopitar . . . Four-year-old Avalanche fan Owen, who was diagnosed with leukemia at age two, dropped the ceremonial opening puck during the team’s Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night . . . E:60aired a feature on 14-year-old Senators fan Jonathan Pitre, who suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa.

SNEAK PEEK AT WEDNESDAY’S ACTION
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Winnipeg @ Toronto, 7:00 p.m., SN, SN1
St. Louis @ Chicago, 8:00 p.m., NBCSN, TVAS
Pittsburgh @ Vancouver, 10:00 p.m., SN, SN1, ROOT
Florida @ Anaheim, 10:30 p.m., FS-F, FS-W
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BLUES VISIT BLACKHAWKS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIVALRY
The Blues visit the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks at United Center on NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Rivalry. This marks the first of five meetings in 2015-16 between these Central Division foes. St. Louis has won seven of their past 11 regular-season matchups dating to April 27, 2013 (CHI: 4-5-2). Chicago, however, won a six-game series between the clubs in the First Round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, reeling off four consecutive victories after falling behind 0-2. Overall, the Blues are coming off a 3-0 loss on Tuesday on the heels of a three-game winning streak, while the Blackhawks have won five of their past seven outings, including a 4-2 victory on Monday vs. LAK.

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