NHL Highs and Lows: Soaring in Sin City

Vegas Golden Knights and Boston Bruins are the best teams in the NHL. Pittsburgh and Columbus are struggling. Vegas Golden Knight's are 11-2-0 and have won seven straight games. Boston are 21st in NHL with a +21 goal differential.

The Vegas Golden Knights have won seven straight games and are leading the NHL with 22 points. Jack Eichel has 14 points on five goals and nine assists. The defense has allowed four goals in each of the last two games.

The Boston Bruins lost on the road to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Brad Marchand scored the only goal of the game. The Bruins are 10-2-0 despite injuries to players. David Pastrnak leads the team with seven goals and 17 points. Nick Foligno and A.J. Greer have contributed six goals each.

The New Jersey Devils have won six games in a row to take over first place in the Metropolitan Division. They are 5-0 in one-goal games and have also won five straight away games.

Dallas Stars lost three of their last four games in October. Since November, they have won three out of three games. Jason Robertson, Jamie Benn and Roope Hintz have combined for 10 goals and 23 points over the last three matches. Miro Heiskanen has three power-play points and five assists during the winning streak. Scott Wedgewood is 3-0-1 with a 2.00 goals-against average while filling in for the injured Jake Oettinger.

Seattle is moving up the standings in just its second season. Seattle has won four games in a row. Matty Beniers is tied with Jaden Schwartz for the team lead with five goals. Andre Burakovsky has 10 points in 13 games. Goalie Martin Jones has stopped 57 of 59 shots in his first two starts in November.

The Penguins have lost seven games in a row. Samuel Poulin is the only player drafted by the team since 2015 to play for the Penguins this season.

The Blues are 29th in the NHL with 29 points. They are on a six-game losing streak. The team has been outscored 30-10 in that time.

Anaheim's goal differential of -22 is the worst in the Western Conference. Two of their four wins have come against San Jose. Seven of the 14 forwards listed on the roster are under the age of 25. Anaheim is one of two teams to cover just once this season.

The Sharks have lost three straight games in shootouts. Erik Karlsson is the team's top scorer with 10 goals and 19 points. The last win for San Jose came against Toronto.

Columbus has been outscored 28-8 during its current five-game losing streak. The Blue Jackets’ goal differential of -25 is the worst in the NHL. Rookie Kent Johnson has shown potential with three goals and three assists. Johnny Gaudreau leads Columbus with five goals, nine points.