With the club managing the third-fewest goals per game this season, the Ottawa Senators are reportedly in the market for a forward.

TSN's Pierre LeBrun spoke on Thursday's Insider Trading segment reporting that Senators general manager Pierre Dorion has been working the phones the last few days, to see what is on the trade market in terms of a versatile third- or fourth-line winger.

According to LeBrun, the club isn't interested in adding a high-end talent at the moment and that no trade is imminent.

Despite averaging just 2.26 goals per game this season, the Senators find themselves second in the Atlantic Division with a 14-8-1 record.

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Gerard Gallant wants to set the record straight.

The recently fired head coach was in touch with Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman about photos that went viral of Gallant waiting for and getting into a taxi after Florida dismissed him Sunday night in Raleigh, N.C.

Gallant said the following in a text message to Friedman:

I know everyone has seen the photos of me getting into the cab. (Panthers manager of team services) Stiles Burr is a good, solid kid. What happened is getting blown out of proportion. They called a car service, but I did not want to wait.

Gallant will be paid by the Panthers for another two years, and the smart money has him pegged as the first head coach of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, who will enter the NHL next season.

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Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia will jointly host the 2019 World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.

The tournament returns to B.C. for the first time since 2006, when Kamloops, Kelowna, and Vancouver hosted the best teenage hockey players on the planet. Canada won gold that year, the country's second of five in a row.

Hockey Canada's chief operating officer Scott Smith said the following in a statement:

While hosted in Vancouver and Victoria, the bid put forward by BC Hockey and the province is truly provincial in nature, with positive impacts extending province-wide to communities beyond the two host-cities. The province of British Columbia and the cities of Vancouver and Victoria have a history of hosting successful, world-class events, including the 2006 IIHF World Junior Championship. We are confident in this committee’s ability to successfully execute on their vision for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, and we look forward to working with them to ensure we leave a lasting legacy in B.C. and across the country that helps us continue to grow and foster the game from the grassroots to elite levels.

This year's tournament is in Toronto and Montreal. Buffalo will host in 2018, the Czech Republic in 2020, and Canada again in 2021.

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The makers of NHL 17 are putting Brian Burke's tongue-in-cheek trade comments to the test.

EA Sports had some fun with the remarks made Wednesday by the Calgary Flames president of hockey operations, who dismissed rumors of defenseman Dougie Hamilton's availability and said the only way a trade will happen is if a team offers Calgary 20 first-round picks.

We doubt Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka would mortgage his future to that extent, but hey, it's a video game.

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A Minnesota high school goaltender delivered a record performance in his team's season opener Saturday, and yet still found himself on the wrong end of the scoreboard.

Tony Bruns, a senior goalie for Morris/Benson, made 98 stops in a 12-0 loss to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato, setting what is believed to be a state and national single-game record, according to Loren Nelson of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Bruns had no idea how many pucks he'd turned away until he looked at the scoresheet afterwards.

"I actually had a question about a penalty at the end of the game, so that was why we were looking at the scoresheet on the way home," he said. "And then we saw the save total and thought, 'Oh my, what is going on, is that some sort of record?'"

The previous record listed by the National Federation of State High School Associations is an 84-save performance by Jamey Ramsey of Flint Northern (Michigan) in 1987.

- With h/t to Extra Mustard

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You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.

That's Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice's point of view in regards to Connor McDavid as his club gets set to host the Edmonton Oilers.

"Everybody's had a game plan for this young man. It's not working. It's not going to work for the rest of his career," Maurice told reporters Thursday, per Jets TV.

What sets McDavid apart, Maurice opined, is that his hands and feet are on par, but at an entirely different level.

"Matching (his) speed is almost impossible. It's completely impossible to do from behind. You've got no chance if you're beside him. But if your timing is right and you can take away the clean options to him, you've got an outside chance," he said.

"Maybe there's somebody faster, I can't remember. Maybe there's somebody just as fast. But I don't think there's ever been a set of hands that went with that speed. That's a different animal."

McDavid, who was named the NHL's third star of the month for November, leads the league in scoring with 31 points through 24 games - five ahead of Jets center Mark Scheifele.

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The New Jersey Devils' offense will get a major boost in time for their game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Taylor Hall will return to the lineup for Thursday's contest, head coach John Hynes confirmed to Andrew Gross of The Record.

The dynamic forward missed eight games with a knee injury he suffered last month.

He's back ahead of schedule, beating the original recovery timetable of three-to-four weeks from Nov. 16, when he had surgery on his left knee.

Hall collected five goals and 12 points in 14 games before sustaining the injury.

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Strong play as of late has improved the Stanley Cup odds for a number of squads.

The Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers have jumped to the top of the list of favorites, while the Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Boston Bruins also made significant leaps.

The blue numbers below represent teams whose odds have gotten better, while the red numbers denote teams whose odds have crept higher since Nov. 1.

Clubs not listed have between 50-1 and 150-1 odds of winning the Cup.

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Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski was named rookie of the month for November, the NHL announced Thursday.

The 19-year-old leads all rookie blue-liners and all Blue Jackets rearguards with 16 points in 21 games.

Werenski notched 10 of those points in 14 games last month.

He ranks second in average time on ice among rookies (22:06) behind Boston Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo (22:19).

Werenski is the fourth player in Blue Jackets history to be named rookie of the month, joining goaltender Steve Mason (Nov. and Dec. 2008), center Derick Brassard (Oct. 2008), and winger Rick Nash (Nov. 2002).

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Auston Matthews and Jonathan Toews in a "Call Your Shot" competition? Yes, please.

You're going to want to watch Toews nail the cross bar from the blue line in his first attempt, and Matthews take out some vegetables.

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