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MONTREAL — Ivan Demidov lived up to the hype in his highly anticipated — and sooner-than-expected — NHL debut Monday. His Montreal Canadiens missed another opportunity to clinch a playoff spot with a 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.

MONTREAL — Ivan Demidov electrified the crowd with a goal and an assist in his highly anticipated NHL debut, but the Montreal Canadiens missed a third opportunity to clinch a playoff spot with a 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday n

MONTREAL (AP) — After a whirlwind couple of days, Ryan Greene made his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night. Greene skated for almost 13 minutes in a 4-3 shootout win at Montreal.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Adrian Kempe had a goal and two assists and Warren Foegele and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings beat the depleted Edmonton Oilers 5-0 on Monday night.

EDMONTON — Adrian Kempe had a goal and two assists and Warren Foegele and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings recorded a convincing 5-0 victory over the depleted Edmonton Oilers on Monday.

VANCOUVER — Jake DeBrusk scored with 17.6 seconds left in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks came back to down the struggling San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday.

MONTREAL (AP) — Ivan Demidov made quite the first impression in his anticipated NHL debut on Monday night. The 19-year-old Russian forward had a goal and an assist in the first period of Montreal's 4-3 shootout loss against Chicago.

MONTREAL — It was shaping up as a perfect script for the Montreal Canadiens to punch their ticket to the playoffs. After years of rebuilding, top prospect Ivan Demidov — one of the final core pieces of that rebuild — dazzled in his NHL debut.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clayton Keller had two goals and two assists, and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Nashville Predators 7-3 on Monday night.

MONTREAL (AP) — Frank Nazar scored the only goal of the shootout, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal 4-3 on Monday night, spoiling Canadiens rookie Ivan Demidov's NHL debut.