The Colorado Avalanche shutout the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 at home to help keep themselves in the playoff picture in the Western Conference.

Charlie McAvoy scores with one minute remaining in overtime to carry the Boston Bruins over the San Jose Sharks, 6-5.

The Boston Bruins withstood a third period comeback by the San Jose Sharks and a hat trick from Joe Thornton to win 6-5. Charlie McAvoy scored the game-winning goal in overtime.

The Boston Bruins kept their chances alive late in the third period when Chris Wagner tapped in a controversial rebound past Martin Jones to tie the game up 5-5.

Joe Thornton scored three goals for the San Jose Sharks vs. the Boston Bruins. It was Thornton's first hat trick since October 27, 2010.

Joe Thornton scored his third goal of the game to give the San Jose Sharks a 5-4 lead vs. the Boston Bruins in the third period. Thornton's hat trick is his first since 2010.

The Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators tied for the highest scoring game in the NHL this season and Alex DeBrincat notched a hat trick to carry the Blackhawks to an 8-7 win.

With the San Jose Sharks shorthanded, Logan Couture drew a crucial penalty vs. the Boston Bruins late in the second period and scored on his penalty shot to tie the game, 4-4.

Joe Thornton scores his second goal of the game for the San Jose Sharks to cut the Boston Bruins' lead to 3-2 in the second period.

Jake DeBrusk quelled the San Jose Sharks' momentum with a power play goal to put the Boston Bruins up 4-2 in the second period.

Joe Pavelski scored his 31st goal of the season on a power play to bring the San Jose Sharks within one goal of the Boston Bruins in the second period.

You be the judge.

Joe Thorton's late first-period goal got the San Jose Sharks back in the game against the Boston Bruins, cutting the deficit to 3-1.

Karson Kuhlman scores his first career NHL goal in the first period to extend the Boston Bruins lead to 3-1 vs. the San Jose Sharks.

Zdeno Chara found the top corner to give the Boston Bruins a 2-0 lead vs. the San Jose Sharks off of a face off late in the first period.

Torey Krug puts the Boston Bruins on the board with a 1-0 lead on a power play goal midway through the first period vs. the San Jose Sharks.

The Tampa Bay Lighting got two goals apiece from leading scorers Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point to win their sixth straight game, 5-1 vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Kucherov sitting on 99 points; Vasilevskiy stops 39.

Brayden Point scored his second goal of the game off of an assist from Nikita Kucherov to push the Tampa Bay Lightning lead over the Columbus Blue Jackets to 5-0.

Tampa Bay Lightning leading goal scorer Brayden Point nets his 34th goal of the season on a power play to send the lead to 4-0 vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets at the beginning of the third period.

Steven Stamkos finds the back of the net with a 5-on-3 power play goal in the second period to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-0 lead vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Nikita Kucherov takes advantage of a turnover and scores his second consecutive goal to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-0 lead in the first period against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov scores his 28th goal of the season to give the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning an early lead over the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first period.

Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Binnington is 12-1-1 with four shutouts in his first 14 starts.

Vladimir Tarasenko is on quite the run for the St. Louis Blues, and it is carrying the team right now.

The Czech winger has recovered from a series of injuries that prevented him from playing for more than a year.

One of the most unexpected success stories in recent NHL history.

The 2011-12 Norfolk Admirals hold the AHL record with 28 straight wins.

Coverage of Blue Jackets-Lightning begins on NBCSN at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Coverage of Bruins-Sharks begins on NBCSN at 10 p.m. ET.

Monday's collection of links.

All the best from Hockey Day in America.

Barkov embarrasses Mete, Price on wonder goal.

Carter Hart led the way again for the Philadelphia Flyers as they defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-1.

Flyers win 12th game in past 14 tries.

Bogosian, Gabriel get heated during pre-game warmup in New Jersey.

Philadelphia's Ivan Provorov scores from center ice for the Flyers, regaining the lead at 2-1 over the Detroit Red Wings.

Detroit's Darren Helm scores off a loose puck by overpowering Philadelphia's Carter Hart, tying the game at 1-1 for the Red Wings.

Olympic gold medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield discusses her experiences on the U.S. Women's National Team, competing in the NHL All-Star skills competition and how her influence has reached around the world...

It went so well, there likely will be a sequel.

Philadelphia's Oskar Lindblom opens scoring with a lucky bounce off the skates as the Flyers go up 1-0 vs. the Detroit Red Wings.

The St. Louis Blues earn their 10th straight win, tying a franchise record, after a dominate performance vs. the Minnesota Wild.

Sun is shining on Sun Devils' hockey program.

Binnington grabs fourth shutout since Jan. 7.

Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang both scored twice, securing a 6-5 victory for the Penguins over the New York Rangers.

Brayden Schenn scores on an assist from Vladimir Tarasenko to send the St. Louis Blues to a dominant 4-0 lead over the Minnesota Wild.

St. Lous defenseman Vince Dunn takes advantage of a clear path to the Wild's net, increasing the Blues' lead to 3-0 in Minnesota.

St. Louis' Ryan O'Reilly scores a power play goal for the Blues, giving them a 2-0 lead over the Minnesota Wild.