Pionk scored a goal on two shots and added two hits in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Avalanche.

Buffalo, last in the Eastern Conference, is 6-5-1 since the Christmas break after defeating the Vancouver Canucks ... at Colorado on Wednesday, with Neal Pionk scoring the OT winner.

The Winnipeg Jets lead the NHL power rankings for the first time since November, but it's tight at the top. Plus, the blockbuster Rantanen trade has another big winner.

The Calgary Flames will battle the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. It will be a Canadian classic at the MTS Centre as we share our NHL odds series and make a Flames-Jets prediction and pick. The Jets are 34-31 in the past 65 games against the Flames.

Goals from MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri kept the Flames in it despite two from Gabriel Viladri for the Jets, but there was never a sustained period where it felt like they had it in them to fully flip the script. Two power-play goals in the third for the Jets sealed the deal.

WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks ... Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk and Nino Niederreitter ...

Mike McIntyre is a sports reporter whose primary role is covering the Winnipeg Jets. After graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 1995, he spent two years gaining experience at the Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in 1997, where he served on the crime and justice beat until 2016. Read more about Mike.

Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks ... Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk and Nino Niederreitter each had a goal ...

You can livestream NHL games for free on Prime Video, including the matchup between the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues. The Canucks are sitting in the middle of the Pacific Division.

As the Vancouver Canucks consider their options, if the team decides to part ways with Thatcher Demko, one writer believes their biggest rival could be interested. The last 10-plus months have ...

All eyes remain on the Vancouver Canucks as they work to sort out the drama between star forward J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson. A feud between the two has forced the Canucks hand and a trade ...

The Vancouver Canucks are reportedly trying to re-sign Kevin Lankinen and there appears to be mutual interest in getting a deal done in the near future. With the Vancouver Canucks' attention right ...