National Hockey

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators want to be the St. Louis Blues one day. Tuesday night the Senators fell 5-2 to the Blues, but saw first-hand what it takes to play the kind of hockey they aspire to.

KITCHENER, Ont. — The Sarnia Sting snapped a four-game losing streak to beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 in a shootout. The Sting (16-18-3-1) had two players score in the shootout to record the win.

BUFFALO, N.Y (AP) — Victor Olofsson scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:55 left in the game, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Tuesday night for their second consecutive win.

MONCTON, N.B. — The Halifax Mooseheads needed a strong third period and overtime to overcome the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday night. Brooklyn Kalmikov netted twice in the loss for Moncton (17-12-3-1).

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is the latest member of the NHL's 500-goal club. Crosby reached the mark with a power-play goal in the first period of Tuesday night's game against Philadelphia.

TORONTO — The stands will be a lot busier at Scotiabank Arena this week in the wake of the Ontario government slightly accelerating plans to ease attendance limits at indoor sports events.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken say they will make NHL history during Thursday night’s game against Winnipeg when play-by-play announcer Everett Fitzhugh and analyst JT Brown team up to form the first all-Black television broadcast crew to call an

Florida Panthers (32-10-5, first in the Atlantic) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (32-11-3, second in the Metropolitan) Raleigh, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jonathan Huberdeau leads Florida into a matchup with Carolina.

Edmonton Oilers (25-18-3, fifth in the Pacific) vs. Los Angeles Kings (24-16-7, third in the Pacific) Los Angeles; Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kings -140, Oilers +118; over/under is 6.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Stuart Skinner made 20 saves in his first career shutout and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0 on Monday night. “It was pretty special,” Skinner said.