NHL Tuesday: Canucks hold off Bruins

Update: The Blackhawks announced Kane underwent successful surgery to repair a clavicle fracture and he is now expected to miss 12 weeks.

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Louke Oakley is a Canadian-born hockey player playing for EV Regensburg in Germany’s Tier-3 league. He has 49 goals and 101 points in just 36 games this season, which seems absolutely impossible.

But when you see the goal he scored this week, those stats are easier to believe.

Lots of die-hard hockey fans have been pleading for the NHL to market P.K. Subban more than they have -- and for good reason. Subban is a superstar, for one, and has the kind of personality needed to thrive in the spotlight. He should be a household name by now.

Perhaps if the league made one of its most exciting players more visible, this wouldn’t have happened.

Bergenheim’s exit from Florida has been widely anticipated for a few weeks now after his relationship with the team has publicly soured. After multiple healthy scratches by coach Gerard Gallant, Bergenheim’s agent requested a trade and demanded an apology from the Panthers coach. Bergenheim and Gallant have butted heads over both his role and effort, so it was only a matter of time until the veteran was shipped out.

Bergenheim has eight goals and 18 points in 39 games this season. He’s not the biggest splash the Wild could have made, but he could provide some valuable scoring depth for a team making a strong push to make the playoffs in the Western Conference.

Anton Forsberg’s NHL career hasn’t gotten off to the best start. In the goaltender’s first four games since being recalled by Columbus, he allowed 16 goals against, stopped only 102 of 118 shots and failed to record a victory.

During his fifth start on Tuesday, he hit what has to be rock bottom.

The list of goalies who have appeared in 500 National Hockey League games is a relatively short one. It includes fewer than 70 players in total -- many of whom are all-time greats, only a handful of whom are active today.

Ward has been especially good of late, allowing three or fewer goals in 16 of his last 18 appearances. He went on to beat the Flyers on his big night, 4-1, and has surrendered only 2.12 goals per game since Nov. 26.