With the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild's historic winning streaks now over, it's the Vancouver Canucks riding the biggest wave.

Vancouver won its sixth consecutive game, and now hold a wild-card position in the Western Conference after doubling up the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Friday night.

Ryan Miller was spectacular in the win, making 44 saves, as the Canucks were responsible for just 22 percent of the total on-target shots in the contest. It was the largest shot deficit Vancouver has overcome for a win in club history, according to the team's Public Relations.

Vancouver has outshot its opponent just once during the six-game ride, edging the Arizona Coyotes by a 24-22 margin in a 3-0 victory Wednesday.

Courtesy of hockeystats.ca, this is how the Canucks' win versus the Flames looked in chart form:

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Michael Matheson's mind was still on the tragic events at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport after Friday's win over the Nashville Predators.

Matheson commented on his decision to honor the victims and first responders affected by the attack by writing the airport's acronym on his skates, and encouraging his teammates to do the same.

Via Jameson Olive of FloridaPanthers.com:

"I was sitting in my apartment when I heard about the news. It's pretty crazy when you think of what happened. I just felt like I wanted to do something to recognize the people that were affected by what happened and obviously the people that stepped in and probably saved a lot of lives.

"I think we're a pretty strong community. I've only been here for a little over a half year now and I think that everyone is South Florida is a tight-knit community. It's tough to see something like that happen anywhere, but especially five minutes away from where I live."

The Panthers held a moment of silence to honor those affected by the tragedy prior to the game.

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The Florida Panthers had to dress account executive Bobby Segin on Friday after Roberto Luongo went down in warmup.

Fortunately for the Panthers, Segin wasn't thrust into action, as James Reimer made all 28 saves in a win over the Nashville Predators. And more importantly, the Panthers starter isn't expected to miss significant time.

Panthers coach Tom Rowe told reporters after the 2-1 win that Luongo is day to day with an apparent upper-body injury.

Center Nick Bjugstad was also banged up Friday. Rowe didn't have a definite report on his status.

By the way, Segin spent three years manning the net at UConn. Where was he two seasons ago when goaltending coach Robb Tallas was almost forced out of retirement?

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There are score effects, and then there's the Toronto Maple Leafs with a multi-goal lead.

After a four-goal outburst in the opening frame, the Maple Leafs coasted into a top-three seed in the Atlantic Division on Friday in New Jersey. They mustered just 14 shots in the game, five in the final 40 minutes, and none in the third, but held on to a 4-2 win over the Devils.

Nazem Kadri, Connor Brown, Auston Matthews, and Tyler Bozak provided the goals less than six minutes apart in the first.

Nevertheless, Toronto improves to 6-0-1 over the last two weeks, the franchise taking points from seven straight games for the first time in almost three years.

The Maple Leafs are also now 6-0-2 in their last eight games on the road.

Bumping the Boston Bruins, the postseason seeds in the Atlantic are occupied by the three Canadian teams in the conference. Neither the Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators - or any Canadian team, for that matter - qualified for the tournament last season.

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The Nashville Predators will keep Matt Irwin around for another season.

The defenseman has signed a one-year, $650,000 contract extension that will keep him in Nashville through the 2017-18 season, the club announced Friday.

Irwin's appeared in 32 games this season, and chipped in offensively with eight points. He's also had a positive effect on on-ice shot attempts in a depth role, ranking second among Predators defensemen in most metrics.

He's seen an uptick in ice time in the absence of P.K. Subban.

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Gift-wrapped.

Connor Brown scored his ninth of the season with his team short-handed Friday night when New Jersey Devils netminder Cory Schneider tried to stickhandle the puck as the penalty killer zeroed in on the blue paint.

Schneider's nightmarish start ended when the Leafs scored a third marker 87 seconds later.

Toronto scored four goals on seven shots to begin the game, with its fourth beating backup Keith Kinkaid.

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NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey Devils captain Andy Greene is missing his first regular-season game since 2012.

The 34-year-old defenseman sustained an upper-body injury in the Devils' game at Carolina on Tuesday night, when he was struck on the left wrist by a Jordan Staal shot. He had played in 350 consecutive games dating to March 6, 2012.

Greene was not in the lineup for Friday's game against Toronto. Coach John Hynes says Greene is uncertain for Saturday's game against Edmonton.

The streak was the third longest in franchise history. Travis Zajac played in 401 consecutive games between Oct. 26, 2006 and Apr. 10, 2011. Defenseman Ken Daneyko played in 388 straight from Nov. 4, 1989-March 28, 1994.

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Florida Panthers defenseman Michael Matheson will wear the initials "FLL" on his skates Friday versus Nashville, honoring the victims and first responders involved in Friday's tragedy at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

The Boston Bruins, who will visit the Panthers on Saturday, were diverted to Miami International Airport after the shooting which left five people dead and eight wounded.

Several Panthers and other NHL players paid tribute on Twitter:

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BOSTON - The Boston Bruins' plane was diverted to Miami International Airport on Friday because of a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport.

An arriving airline passenger with a gun in his luggage opened fire in the baggage-claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport, killing five people and wounding eight before surrendering to authorities.

The Bruins' plane landed in Miami shortly after 5 p.m. They are scheduled to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday.

In a statement the team said ''the thoughts and prayers of the Bruins organization are with the victims of today's shooting and the entire Fort Lauderdale community.''

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