Highlights of Tuesday's NHL games

Blues 8, Oilers 3

Vladimir Tarasenko completed a Gordie Howe hat-trick -- scoring two goals, assisting on two more and getting into a fight -- to lead the St Louis Blues to an 8-3 rout over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.

Brayden Schenn also scored twice and assisted on two more goals, extending his career-high point streak to eight games, as the Blues won their third in a row and improved their Western Conference-leading record to 16-5-1.

Milan Lucic, Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse scored for the Oilers.

Canucks 5, Flyers 2

Brock Boeser scored a pair of goals to lead Vancouver over Philadelphia.

The Canucks' Daniel Sedin added a goal and an assist to move within four points of the 1,000-point mark. Vancouver's Sven Baertschi picked up his eighth goal of the season, and Loui Eriksson added an empty-net goal and an assist.

Defenseman Ivan Provorov and right winger Jakub Voracek netted goals for the Flyers, who lost for the fifth straight time.

Stars 3, Canadiens 1

Devin Shore and Tyler Seguin each had a goal and an assist, and Ben Bishop stopped 29-of-30 shots for Dallas in a victory against Montreal.

Jason Spezza also scored for the Stars, who improved to 8-2-0 at home.

Brendan Gallagher had the lone goal for the Canadiens, who lost their fourth straight.