Help is on the way, Colorado Avalanche fans.

Check out the goal 2016 first-round pick Tyson Jost scored for North Dakota in NCAA action Friday night, in a 4-4 game late in the third period.

Kid can dance, yeah.

Jost was the 10th overall pick last summer, and went into Friday night's action with 11 goals and 14 assists in 24 games in his first collegiate season.

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If Radim Vrbata is trying to play himself out of Arizona, he's doing a damn good job.

With another goal and an assist in the Coyotes' 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars, Vrbata extended his point streak to a career-high eight games. He has three goals and six assists on the run, and is now up to 14 goals and an impressive 44 points on the season.

Vrbata's name will be all over the rumor mill over the next few days, as the March 1 NHL trade deadline nears. He's on an expiring $1-million contract, though he does have playoff-related bonuses that could total an additional $1.25 million (he'll earn $250,000 for making the playoffs and that same amount for every playoff series win).

One of the top scorers on the market, Vrbata has eight goals and 10 assists in 42 career postseason games.

Meanwhile, Vrbata's teammate Martin Hanzal, another player expected to be traded by the Coyotes over the next few days, scored his 16th of the season Friday. He's also been hot this month - it was his sixth goal in 10 games in February.

A career Coyote, Hanzal and the club haven't talked contract, and with the 30-year-old also approaching unrestricted free agency, it's all but a certainty he's traded by general manager John Chayka.

The team that acquires Hanzal will be on the hook for the remainder of his $3.1-million salary, unless the Coyotes decide to retain a portion of that.

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Jamie and Jordie Benn connected for a beauty goal against the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night.

Jordie fed his younger brother with a bank pass off the backboards that Jamie was able to corral before beating Louis Domingue with a slick wraparound.

The goal was actually very reminiscent of a goal a couple of fellow brothers pulled off a few years ago.

Talk about brotherly love.

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The Carolina Hurricanes celebrated "You Can Play" night Friday as part of the NHL's month-long "Hockey is for Everyone" campaign, and Eddie Lack did his part.

Serving as the club's "You Can Play" ambassador for the month, the Canes' goalie recorded an impressive 34-save shutout against the Ottawa Senators and sent out a dedication after the game:

"You Can Play" is an organization that promotes inclusiveness in sports, and has been working with the NHL since 2013.

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The Calgary Flames like Florida. They also like playing the third period with a lead.

The Flames won their third straight and second in two nights in Florida on Friday with a 4-2 decision over the Panthers, and after going up by two in the second period, Calgary shut it down - as it's been doing all season:

With the win, the Flames now hold the first wild-card spot in the West, and are tied with the San Jose Sharks for the most wins on the road in the Pacific Division with 17.

Calgary's now six points back of the Edmonton Oilers for third in the Pacific, and six points up on Los Angeles, though the Kings have two games in hand.

It's going to be a wild finish down the stretch, but if the Flames can keep up their third-period dominance with a lead and continue their winning ways on the road, they should be back in the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

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The save of the night goes to Luke Schenn.

The Arizona Coyotes defenseman took a sure goal away from Dallas Stars forward Brett Ritchie, diving to pull the puck off the the goal line with his stick.

The play was so close to going in that it was originally ruled a goal by the on-ice official before being overturned by video replay.

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WASHINGTON - Justin Williams and Tom Wilson scored as the Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Friday night to tie the franchise record with their 13th consecutive home victory.

Williams' game-winner in the third period was his 19th of the season. Washington's streak of home games with five-plus goals ended at 11, but Braden Holtby made 30 saves to pad the team's lead atop the NHL.

Evgeny Kuznetsov didn't have a point but was arguably the Capitals' best player against Edmonton. They have now outscored opponents 64-20 during their home winning streak.

Leon Draisaitl scored his team-leading 23rd goal of the season for Edmonton, which got 24 saves from goaltender Cam Talbot.

The Capitals had their most patchwork lineup of the season with injured regulars Matt Niskanen, Brooks Orpik and T.J. Oshie out along with Andre Burakovsky, who's expected to be back in mid-to-late March. Washington is the league's healthiest team this season with only 27 man games lost to injury, but four players out at one time meant the NHL debut of rookie forward Riley Barber and season debut of defenseman Aaron Ness.

Oshie's absence, his 10th missed game this season because of an upper-body injury, pushed Brett Connolly on to the first line with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. But it was the fourth line that jumpstarted the offense with Wilson's fifth goal of the season through traffic 12:22 into the first period.

A misplay by the Capitals' second line led to Draisaitl's goal 35 seconds into the second when the puck pinballed to the big German wide open in front. Connor McDavid added to his league-leading point total of 69 with the secondary assist.

Williams, a pending unrestricted free agent, beat Talbot clean on a one-timer for the game winner 5:48 into the third. The Capitals dominated much of the final period and held on in the final minutes when Talbot was off for an extra attacker.

NOTES: The Capitals improved to 35-4-4 when scoring first. All-time leading scorer Wayne Gretzky was in attendance. Gretzky is vice chairman of Oilers Entertainment Group. ... Edmonton D Darnell Nurse skated Friday morning but missed his 37th consecutive game with a lower-body injury. F Benoit Pouliot also skated but missed his sixth consecutive game with an undisclosed injury. ... Barber's debut came against the team that drafted his father, Don, in 1983.

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The Calgary Flames' second line remains a force to be reckoned with.

Of course, it can't be considered their second line any more, as Calgary's unexpectedly dominant trio of Mikael Backlund, Michael Frolik and Matthew Tkachuk have rolled over the opposition all season long. The trio combined for 115 points heading into their Friday night tilt, and have emerged as the second-best regularly used line in the NHL in terms of puck possession.

The fact that it's this supposed depth group doing the Flames' heavy lifting as opposed to the highly touted duo of Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau is impressive enough. But that's not even the craziest part.

Even more impressive is how they're putting up those numbers.

The trio added another batch of points during their game against the Florida Panthers on Friday - during which they once again showed their ability to drive play up ice and contribute on the score sheet without the help of offensive zone starts.

First came Backlund's tally to give Calgary the lead:

Then, a few minutes later, a rare goal from Deryk Engelland set up by Tkachuk and Frolik extended the lead:

Those plays weren't simply anomalies. They're representative of how the three low-key stars have been dominating opposing defenses all year long.

While all three rank among Calgary's top six scorers this season, they're also the least sheltered, each ranking in the top five on the team in terms of the percentage of their shifts started in their own zone.

All three forwards have started more than 60 percent of their even-strength shifts in the defensive zone this season:

And yet, despite rarely being given the help of a free placement in the offensive zone, the "Triple-M" line has continued to run rampant.

That's great news for the rest of the Flames' forwards, because with Backlund's line able to push up ice to create offense, head coach Glen Gulutzan has the option of giving more offensive zone faceoffs to his other lines.

Which is precisely what has happened - Monahan and Gaudreau have both started over 60 percent of their shifts in the opponents' zone.

The Flames have had plenty of issues this season, but the club's offense has remained surprisingly impressive throughout. And as they head into the home stretch of the season with the "Triple-M" line still making waves, it's clear that ability to drive play through the neutral zone has played a key role in helping put points on the board and keep the club afloat.

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