National Hockey

MONTREAL — Everything is going in the net for Jason Zucker. After scoring two in a 4-2 loss in Toronto a night earlier, Zucker added three more in the Minnesota Wild's 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

NEWARK, N.J. — The Edmonton Oilers are starting to play better after a rough start to the season. Leon Draisaitl scored with 16.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Oilers to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

TORONTO — Frederik Gauthier was caught off guard when the Toronto Maple Leafs recalled him so early in the season, especially after spending part of his summer re-learning how to walk.

Jake Gardiner and the other Toronto Maple Leafs defencemen like to think they can hold their own in the faceoff circle. "Sometimes in practice we'll just joke around and go against the centermen and tell them we can beat them," Gardiner said.

TORONTO — Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau pointed to Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen. "He won them the game," Boudreau said. Anderson made 35 saves to help the Maple Leafs beat the Wild 4-2 on Wednesday night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — NHL scoring leader Steven Stamkos needs only to look across the dressing room to keep track of his closest competitor. That would be Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Nikita Kucherov, two points behind.

NEW YORK — The New York Rangers are suddenly rolling thanks to timely scoring and tight defence , especially the brand exhibited against Boston on Wednesday night.

After five miserable seasons without playoff hockey, the New Jersey Devils recognized they needed to change.

Toronto forward Auston Matthews will miss his first NHL game on Wednesday night when the Maple Leafs host the Minnesota Wild. Matthews is listed day-to-day with an upper-body injury after appearing to play in some discomfort earlier in the week.

TORONTO — The National Hockey League has partnered with Fanatics to launch a Canadian-based e-commerce platform. The league says the new online shop, NHLShop.