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ST. LOUIS — The Blues will be nothing if not entertaining.

The Golden Knights, when they needed one last burst of energy to close out Tuesday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks, got it from two of their key players.

ST. LOUIS — Two teams going nowhere this season. Both under .500 and in sixth place in their respective divisions. Oh, the drama.

DETROIT — Two goals in the opening 2 minutes and 35 seconds weren't enough to completely put the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday afternoon, but the Red Wings ultimately did so with ease in a 5-2 win at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The New York Islanders have signed center Bo Horvat to an eight-year contract less than a week after acquiring him in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks.

The process was unusually and unnecessarily messy. Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford — remember him? — was typically candid during a news conference on Jan. 16 when he all but said he was going to fire Bruce Boudreau as coach of his underachieving team.

Legend should someday have it that this rumored Northwest rivalry between the Kraken and Vancouver Canucks officially began somewhere between Jared McCann’s second-period goal and Jamie Oleksiak force-feeding an opponent his lunch.

Bruce there it is.

Head coach Bruce Boudreau has been with Vancouver since last season.