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All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 33 20 7 6 46 111 84
Buffalo 33 16 11 6 38 105 100
Montreal 32 15 11 6 36 104 105
Tampa Bay 30 16 11 3 35 108 95
Florida 31 15 11 5 35 107 104
Toronto 32 15 13 4 34 104 104
Ottawa 32 13 17 2 28 86 100
Detroit 33 8 22 3 19 72 131
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 33 23 5 5 51 120 95
N.Y. Islanders 30 21 7 2 44 89 70
Pittsburgh 32 18 10 4 40 105 85
Carolina 31 19 11 1 39 103 85
Philadelphia 31 17 9 5 39 97 88
N.Y. Rangers 30 15 12 3 33 94 94
Columbus 31 12 14 5 29 76 94
New Jersey 30 9 16 5 23 74 111
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 33 19 8 6 44 98 90
Colorado 31 20 8 3 43 114 85
Winnipeg 32 19 11 2 40 94 88
Dallas 32 18 11 3 39 84 76
Minnesota 32 15 12 5 35 98 106
Nashville 30 14 11 5 33 101 97
Chicago 31 12 13 6 30 84 98
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Arizona 33 18 11 4 40 91 80
Edmonton 34 18 12 4 40 105 105
Calgary 33 17 12 4 38 91 98
Vegas 34 16 13 5 37 100 98
Vancouver 31 15 12 4 34 104 95
San Jose 33 15 16 2 32 89 114
Anaheim 31 13 14 4 30 82 92
Los Angeles 32 12 18 2 26 80 103
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Wednesday's Games
Washington 3, Boston 2
Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, OT
Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1
Thursday's Games
Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2
Buffalo 4, Nashville 3
N.Y. Islanders 3, Florida 1
Pittsburgh 1, Columbus 0, OT
Detroit 5, Winnipeg 2
St. Louis 4, Vegas 2
Minnesota 6, Edmonton 5
Toronto at Calgary, night
Chicago at Arizona, night
Los Angeles at Anaheim, night
Carolina at Vancouver, night
N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, night
Friday's Games
Vegas at Dallas, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Buffalo vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Ottawa, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Nashville, 6:30 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Boston at Florida, 7 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Arizona, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Vegas, 8 p.m.
Columbus 0 0 0 0—0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1—1First Period—None. Penalties—Peeke, CBJ, (slashing), 6:24; Dubois, CBJ, (high sticking), 12:52.Second Period—None. Penalties—Pettersson, PIT, (tripping), 17:30.Third Period—None. Penalties—None.Overtime—1, Pittsburgh, Rust 10 (Letang, Guentzel), 3:02 (pp). Penalties—Dubois, CBJ, (slashing), 1:25.Shots on Goal—Columbus 6-5-6—17. Pittsburgh 12-6-12-2—32.Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 1; Pittsburgh 1 of 3.Goalies—Columbus, Korpisalo 12-10-2 (32 shots-31 saves). Pittsburgh, Jarry 8-5-0 (17-17).A—18,415 (18,387). T—2:24.Referees—Jean Hebert, Wes McCauley. Linesmen—Travis Gawryletz, Tony Sericolo.
Dec. 19-27 — Holiday roster freeze.Dec. 24-26 — Holiday breakDec. 26-Jan. 5 — World Junior Championship, Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic.Jan. 1 — Winter Classic, Nashville at Dallas (Cotton Bowl).Jan. 26 — All-Star Game, St. Louis.April 4 — Regular season en