ATHANASIOU MATCHES NHL RECORD WITH OT GOAL

Andreas Athanasiou scored twice, including six seconds into overtime, to lift the Red Wings (16-16-7, 39 points) to their fourth consecutive home win and third straight victory overall. Athanasiou, who scored his third career overtime goal, matched an NHL record for fastest goal to start a regular-season overtime.



* Jimmy Howard, who has started in each of Detroit’s wins during the three-game stretch, has made over 30 saves in each performance (3-0-0, 1.30 GAA, .964 SV%).

GLASS BACKSTOPS BLACKHAWKS TO VICTORY
Patrick Kane notched 1-1—2 and Jeff Glass made 23 saves to help the Blackhawks (19-14-6, 44 points) improve to 6-3-1 over their last 10 contests.

* Elias notes that Glass, who pushed his record to 2-0-1 since making his first career start at 32 years of age on Dec. 29, 2017, became the second goaltender in NHL history to start his career with an undefeated streak of at least three games after making his League debut at age 32 or older. The other: Ross Brooks, who made his NHL debut at 35 years of age and went 11-0-3 in his first 14 decisions (1972-73 w/ BOS).

2018 NHL ALL-STAR CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED
After topping their respective divisions in the 2018 NHL All-Star Fan Vote, Lightning forward Steven Stamkos (Atlantic), Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin (Metropolitan), Predators defenseman P.K. Subban (Central) and Oilers forward Connor McDavid (Pacific) earned the first spots and captaincies in the 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Tampa on Sunday, Jan. 28. The remaining players who will comprise the four All-Star rosters will be determined by the National Hockey League Hockey Operations Department and announced on Wednesday, Jan. 10.



* ICYMI: The NHL and adidas unveiled the new adidas ADIZERO Authentic jerseys for the 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Game. Click here for more information.



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GOLDEN KNIGHTS AIM FOR NINTH STRAIGHT VICTORY…
The Western Conference-leading Golden Knights (27-9-2, 56 points) look to extend their winning streak to nine games – which would be the longest such run by any team in the NHL this season – when they visit the Blues (25-15-2, 52 points) at Scottrade Center.

* Vegas’ current eight-game winning streak and 13-game point streak (12-0-1) are both the longest such runs in NHL history by a team in its inaugural season. The Golden Knights’ point streak also is the longest in the NHL this season; the Blue Jackets (18 GP: 17-0-1), Capitals (14 GP: 12-0-2) and Ducks (14 GP: 11-0-3) each had point streaks of at least 14 games in 2016-17.

* Forward Jonathan Marchessault – who leads the Golden Knights with 15-22—37 in 35 games this season and signed a six-year contract extension with the club on Wednesday – enters the contest on a seven-game point streak (5-6—11).

…DUCKS, AVALANCHE LOOK TO WIN FOUR IN A ROW
The Ducks (19-14-8, 46 points) and Avalanche (20-16-3, 43 points) will each look to win four consecutive games for the first time this season when they face the Oilers (17-20-3, 37 points) and Blue Jackets (23-15-3, 49 points), respectively. Rickard Rakell enters Thursday’s contest on a six-game goal/point streak (7-3—10) while Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon has recorded multi-point outings in each of his team’s three straight wins (2-6—8).

COYOTES’ KELLER RIDING LONGEST ACTIVE POINT STREAK
Clayton Keller will look to extend his point streak to nine games when the Coyotes host the Predators tonight – his current eight-game run is the longest active point streak in the League and the longest by a rookie this season (3-6—9 in 8 GP).

* Four rookies in Coyotes/Jets franchise history have recorded a point streak of at least nine games: Dale Hawerchuk in 1981-82 (10-10—20 in 9 GP) and three first-year players from the 1992-93 team – Teemu Selanne (20-14—34 in 17 GP), Keith Tkachuk (6-7—13 in 12 GP) and Alexei Zhamnov(5-12—17 in 10 GP).

* Last season, only three rookies strung together a point streak of at least nine games: William Nylander (4-10—14 in 12 GP) and Auston Matthews (8-4—12 in 9 GP) of the Maple Leafs and Matthew Tkachuk (1-9—10 in 9 GP) of the Flames.

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