VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Mikkel Boedker scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche moved back into playoff position with a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
Andreas Martinsen also scored for the Avalanche, who have 76 points -- one ahead of idle Minnesota for the last wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Henrik Sedin scored for Vancouver, which completed a four-game homestand at 2-2. The Canucks are 10 points back of the Avs in the wild-card race.
Ryan Miller made 31 saves for Vancouver, while Semyon Varlamov stopped 28 shots for Colorado (see full recap).
Last-place Oilers topple Blues
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Mark Letestu each scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won six of their last 10 games, but had lost their last two.
David Backes scored twice, and Jaden Schwartz and Patrik Berglund also had goals for the Blues, who have lost two straight after a six-game winning streak (see full recap).
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Byron gives Canadiens OT win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Paul Byron scored at 3:15 of overtime to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
Andrei Markov and Greg Pateryn scored in regulation and Ben Scrivens made a season-high 41 saves for the Canadiens, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Zach Bogosian and Marcus Foligno had goals for Buffalo and leading scorer Ryan O'Reilly had an assist in his first game back after missing 11 games with a broken right foot. Robin Lehner made 19 saves.
The Canadiens had yet to put a shot on goal in the overtime when Byron carried the puck up the left side and sent a cross-ice pass from the point to Torrey Mitchell that deflected off Bogosian's stick and past Lehner (see full recap).