National Hockey

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have activated goaltender Cam Talbot from injured reserve. The 30-year-old has appeared in 22 games with the Oilers this season, posting a 10-10-1 record, a 3.00 goals-against average, a .

Tyler Seguin doesn't consider it a challenge. He sees it as an opportunity. Every time Dallas Stars coach Ken Hitchcock sends Seguin and his linemates over the boards against an opponent's top line, he knows he has a job to do.

LAS VEGAS — Marc-Andre Fleury has been thinking about one game for quite a while. And Thursday night he rose to the challenge.

CALGARY — Joonas Donskoi made an immediate impact in his return to the San Jose line-up. Donskoi scored the winner with 2:48 left in the third period and also had an assist to lead the Sharks to a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

BOSTON — Alex Chiasson scored two third-period goals, the second on a short-handed breakaway with 8:29 left, and the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Thursday night.

DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon wasn't happy with his game against Washington on Tuesday, so the young centre made up for it when the Florida Panthers came to town.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Tampa Bay Lightning made it easy to see why they lead the NHL standings — and why the Arizona Coyotes are at the bottom of the league.

ST. LOUIS — Kevin Roy made the most of his two-hour banishment to the minors. In his first game back with Anaheim, the rookie wing scored twice and John Gibson made 29 saves as the Ducks defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Thursday night.

EDMONTON — Juuse Saros definitely made the most of a rare start in net for the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Alex Stalock started his extended stretch of action in the Minnesota net with his first NHL shutout in three seasons. Blanking a Toronto team that tossed him aside less than two years ago made the feat that much sweeter.