The Boston Bruins remain, for the most part, a one-line team and that's something that coach Bruce Cassidy expects to change when his club continues a four-game homestand against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Boston ended a two-game slide with a 2-1 overtime win over Dallas on Monday night but has produced only five goals in the past four games.

The Edmonton Oilers look to finish their four-game road trip with a .500 record and extend their winning streak at the Florida Panthers to 10 when the teams meet Thursday night. The Oilers won the opener of their trek at Detroit before dropping back-to-back contests at Washington (4-2 on Monday) and Tampa Bay (5-2 on Tuesday), but have not lost against the Panthers on the road since March 8, 2002.

The Philadelphia Flyers look to feed off the momentum of a successful road trip on Thursday when they bid to complete a home-and-home sweep of the Arizona Coyotes in the opener of a season-high five-game homestand. The Flyers went 3-0-1 on their four-game trek versus Pacific Division foes to improve to 5-3-1 on the road, but they have yielded 26 goals while posting a 2-4-0 mark at Wells Fargo Center.

The Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres each put together three-game winning streaks last month, but neither team has been able to generate much consistency since then. The Canadiens have alternated losses and wins over their past nine games while the Sabres have dropped four of five entering Thursday night's matchup in Montreal.

The Ottawa Senators rebounded from an embarrassing viral video and put a significantly better performance on tape, scoring a season-high seven goals for just their second win in eight outings. The Senators aim to complete a three-game homestand on a positive note Thursday when the Vegas Golden Knights pay a visit to Canadian Tire Centre.

The New York Islanders try to rebound from what first-year coach Barry Trotz called their “worst game of the year” when they begin a quick trip to the Sunshine State against the Eastern Conference-best Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. The Islanders, who also visit Florida on Saturday, coughed up a two-goal lead before losing 4-3 in a shootout to Montreal on Monday but extended their point streak to seven (5-0-2).

The Chicago Blackhawks will play under a different coach for the first time since the fifth game of the 2008-09 season when they host the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in a matchup of struggling teams. Joel Quenneville, the second-winningest coach in NHL history who won Stanley Cups with Chicago in 2010, 2013 and 2015, was relieved of his duties Tuesday after the Blackhawks missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2007-08 and got off to a slow start this year.

The Dallas Stars stumbled at the end of what was a promising road trip, but they will look to regain momentum when they kick off a rugged four-game homestand against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. The Stars capped their six-game trek (3-2-1) with losses to Boston and Columbus, but they will have a rematch against both teams on the homestand.

The Los Angeles Kings bid for a bit of payback from the Minnesota Wild on Thursday when the clubs meet at Staples Center. The Wild pushed the then-spiraling Kings' losing skid to six games with a 4-1 decision on Oct. 25, with Los Angeles announcing a head coaching change four days later.