Devan Dubnyk is making yet another strong case to be ranked among the best goalies in the game.

The Minnesota Wild netminder made 25 saves Thursday in a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins, not only outdueling counterpart Tuukka Rask - who stopped 28 of 29 shots in the loss - but also passing Carey Price for the best save percentage among goalies with at least 10 appearances.

In addition, Dubnyk recorded his league-leading fourth shutout of the season.

Here's how the impressive trio of early Vezina Trophy candidates stack up:

Dubnyk's record would be better if the Wild offense offered him a bit more support. Four of Dubnyk's losses have come in November, in which Minnesota scored just three total goals, including a pair of shutouts.

For his part, he doesn't seem to be holding any grudges:

Dubnyk, of course, was a Vezina finalist in 2015 after going on a remarkable half-season upon joining the Wild.

His numbers leveled off in 2015-16, but he appears to be back in top form, much to the delight and amazement of new head coach Bruce Boudreau.

Even if - or when - Dubnyk's save percentage falls to more human levels, the Wild could be a team to reckon with if the puck starts to go in at the other end with greater regularity.

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Morgan Rielly was speechless when trying to describe how important certain rookies have been for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

Following Thursday's win over Florida, the defenseman was talking about Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, and others, but struggled to come up with the right words.

Out of nowhere, someone suggested "impactful," and Rielly's reaction was priceless.

Yeah, this team is pretty fun.

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After a second lackluster loss to the Nashville Predators in a span of 10 days, a member of the Ottawa Senators felt compelled to speak up.

And it wasn't necessarily one with high ranking in the club's leadership hierarchy.

Mark Borowiecki called out his team for a lack of effort after the season sweep at the hands of the Predators Thursday night, while at the same time ostensibly backing the coaching staff.

"That wasn't an Xs and Os problem tonight," the hard-nosed defenseman said after the game, according to TSN's Ian Mendes. "That was a work ethic problem."

Whether it was due to fatigue or disorganization, the Senators were guilty of being late to position, and tardy with their rotations throughout the game as the Predators dissected them with most of their goals.

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James Neal is so hot right now.

The Nashville Predators winger roofed a wrist shot past Mike Condon of the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, extending his goal-scoring streak to six games.

P.K. Subban set it up with a crisp cross-ice pass, making it easy for Neal to record his eighth goal of the season.

(Video courtesy: NHL.com)

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The Tampa Bay Lightning confirmed Thursday that superstar forward Steven Stamkos will miss approximately four months after having surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus.

Missing a significant portion of the season for the third time in four years, Stamkos' targeted return is mid-March, leaving just a handful of games on the regular-season schedule.

Stamkos was off to one of the best starts in his career before suffering the injury in Tuesday's game versus the Detroit Red Wings. He scored his ninth goal and collected 20th point before suffering the injury in his 17th game of the season.

The Lightning captain missed 37 games with a broken leg suffered in the 2013-14 season. He missed the remainder of the regular season and essentially the entire postseason last year when he was diagnosed with blood clots in April.

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Ben Bishop giveth, Ben Bishop taketh away.

After the Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender sent the puck down the middle of the ice from behind his net, he somehow managed to get back in front to rob Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo with a sensational diving save.

And, exhale.

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Mitch Marner's legend continues to grow in Toronto.

The Maple Leafs rookie got the hometown crowd out of their seats with a sensational goal against the Florida Panthers, welcoming James Reimer back to the Air Canada Centre with a vicious deke.

The goal, set up brilliantly by a James van Riemsdyk breakout pass, was Marner's seventh of the season.

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Johnny Gaudreau underwent surgery on his broken finger Wednesday and is expected to miss the next six weeks, Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving announced Thursday.

The broken bone was suffered on an Eric Staal slash, one of many hacks Gaudreau took in Tuesday's win over the Minnesota Wild.

Some have pointed the finger at the Flames for not doing enough to protect their star winger on the ice, while team brass have been critical of the NHL for not coming down on Staal.

Gaudreau was Calgary's leading scorer at the time of his injury, contributing five goals and 11 points in the club's first 17 games.

His 30-goal, 78-point campaign last season saw him finish sixth in league scoring.

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A taste of the NHL postseason is hard to forget.

And while the Maple Leafs won't formally honor James Reimer on Thursday in his return to Toronto as a member of the Florida Panthers, Nazem Kadri will always remember how the goalie gave the team a fighting chance in a first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins in 2013.

"That little playoff stint we had is a memory I won't forget, and just how (Reimer) played that year," Kadri said Thursday, per Mark Masters of TSN. "He was a tremendous leader. He did everything he could to put us in the best situation ... He was just kind to everybody."

Everyone remembers how that series ended, with the Maple Leafs infamously collapsing in Game 7 after amassing a 4-1 third-period lead. Reimer allowed the four goals against in a short period of time, but his overall performance during the series was quite impressive, coming out of it with a .923 save percentage.

That it was the team's only playoff appearance since 2004 only added to the significance of how he played, and the eventual result.

With all of that well in the past, Kadri and Reimer will now be on opposite ends of the ice, with thoughts of a head-to-head moment on their minds:

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Marc-Edouard Vlasic's reaction to a recent report in regards to an Olympic participation proposal is quite telling.

The NHL is apparently willing to allow players to appear in the 2018 international tournament in exchange for a three-year extension of the current collective bargaining agreement, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported Wednesday.

The San Jose Shark defenseman was entertained by the notion, at least.

"I started laughing," Vlasic said Thursday, according to Kevin Kurz of CSN. "That’s not negotiating. It’s not.

"As an athlete, it’s your right to go to the Olympics. I don’t know if (the report) is true. I hope it’s not. That’s not the way you negotiate things. But, if that is true, all of a sudden they don’t mind having a two-week break in the NHL for a three-year collective bargaining agreement."

Vlasic won a gold medal with Canada at the 2014 Olympics, and is also a 2016 World Cup champion. He's relished the ability to play in the best-on-best tournaments, and clearly wouldn't like to be told he could not represent his country in 2018.

"If they don’t allow players to go, that’s just ... in my opinion, you don’t do that. You don’t do that."

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