Jeremy Colliton got his first win as an NHL coach when Corey Crawford made 28 saves to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 1-0 on Wednesday night, stopping an eight-game losing streak.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal with 10:58 remaining, Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves and the Colorado Avalanche rallied past the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Wednesday night in a showdown between two of the top scoring lines in the league.

Washington Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov left Wednesday's game against the Winnipeg Jets with an upper-body injury and will be reevaluated on Thursday.

The Anaheim Ducks announced on Wednesday that defenceman Cam Fowler will have surgery later this week after he was hit in the face by a puck. The team tweeted, "a CT scan revealed a complex right facial fracture involving the orbital bone, cheekbone and upper jaw bone," after he was injured on Monday night against Nashville.

After signing a huge seven-year, $77-million contract, John Tavares faced huge expectations and big-time pressure as he took centre stage in his hometown of Toronto. But so far, Tavares has lived up to the hype delivering exactly what the team hoped for, and as Mark Masters reports, the most impressive part of the hot start is that Tavares still isn't feeling quite like himself yet.

Marc Bergevin says it takes a certain type of player to excel in the spotlight. The general manager of the Montreal Canadiens appears to have found one in Max Domi.

Lowering William Nylander's cap hit in the future could greatly help the Leafs moving forward, but TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie said Wednesday Nylander may now be looking for a large signing bonus this year to off-set his games missed.

With just three even-strength points in 19 games, Erik Karlsson hasn't produced the way that was expected since being traded to San Jose. But the Sharks aren't worried. "His game is trending in the right direction," said head coach Peter DeBoer. "When you look at the underlying numbers of what he's doing here they're as good or better than they were two years ago in Ottawa."

With the Sharks hosting the Maple Leafs on Thursday, Joe Pavelski revealed how he keeps an eye on former teammate Patrick Marleau before joking about the media coverage in Toronto surrounding William Nylander's contract situation.

Vegas Golden Knights forward Erik Haula has been ruled month-to-month after being stretchered off the ice with a lower-body injury in Toronto last week. Haula was taken off the ice early in the third period of last Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Maple Leafs after taking a clean hit from Patrick Marleau as he backhanded the puck into the Maple Leafs' end.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed general manager Jim Rutherford to a three-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season.

TSN Stats guy Kevin Gibson dives into numbers from around the NHL every Wednesday to help you set your fantasy lineup.