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C/LW Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks

Hertl has been limited to just 22 games this season due to injury, but he has been able to put up five goals and 11 points in his limited action. He's averaging more than two shots on goal per game, and his 10.2 shooting percentage could trend up toward his career rate.

He has played almost exclusively on the Sharks' first line with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski. The threesome averages 63.32 shot attempts, 9.84 scoring chances and 3.05 expected goals for per 60 minutes of 5v5, per Corsica.Hockey. With 28 games remaining, he could double his season production.

G Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Flyers

Neuvirth has started to take over from lackluster Flyers G Steve Mason, picking up the team's past three starts and allowing just four goals on 60 SOG. Typically a slow starter for his career, February and April have been his two best single months for save percentage and goals against average. His career rates are better after the all-star break.

He ranks 14th in average shot distance against among goalies with 50 5v5 minutes played, limiting the number of high-difficulty saves he needs to make. He won't have a full workload with Mason still present, but it should help keep him rested and at his best for most outings.

RW Radim Vrbata, Arizona Coyotes

Vrbata's season is going horribly undervalued. While he has had stretches of inconsistent production leading to owners doubting him, he has gone three games without a point just twice, with no slump longer than four games. His 11 goals through 51 games are just two less than he had last year, and his shooting percentage remains well below his career rate.

He has stuck on a line with C Martin Hanzal and LW/RW Tobias Rieder. Both Vrbata and Hanzal are UFAs at the end of the season and will surely be moved to contenders at the deadline, therefore increasing their fantasy value. Even if he remains in Arizona, he is providing consistent production and is widely available for free.

C/LW Nick Cousins, Philadelphia Flyers

Cousins' usage has been fairly limited all season, playing primarily with C Sean Couturier and RW Matt Read on the Flyers' third line. With C/LW Travis Konecny (knee) sidelined for 4-6 weeks, Cousins is expected to move to the second line beside Couturier and RW Wayne Simmonds, while continuing to see time on the second power-play unit. He's not a high volume shooter, but he'll benefit from a spot opposite Simmonds for a prolonged period.

LW Magnus Paajarvi, St. Louis Blues

Paajarvi rejoined the Blues Tuesday, scoring for the first time since his first game with the club Dec. 13. He played over 13 minutes and tallied three SOG. He played mostly on a second line with C/LW Jaden Schwartz and C Patrik Berglund. The Blues are currently outside of the playoffs and will desperately try to get in, but they should provide Paajarvi the opportunity to fill a hole as a top-six winger.

C/LW Alex Burmistrov, Arizona Coyotes

Burmistrov had a very strong second half of January since being acquired by the Coyotes, putting up six points in seven games, playing as much as 20:44 in a game. He has gone without a point in three consecutive games, but he continues to see more ice time than he had with the Winnipeg Jets. He's playing with the talented Max Domi and rugged goal-scorer Jamie McGinn.

Should Arizona move on from Vrbata and Hanzal, Burmistrov could move into a first-line role, where he'll be flanked by the team's top talent. This doesn't say a whole lot, but he would see a significant boost in ice time.

D Mark Streit, Philadelphia Flyers

As Flyers D Shayne Gostisbehere continues to fall out of favor in Philadelphia, Streit's outlook brightens. The 39-year-old has played at least 18 minutes in all but one of his past 10 games, allowing him to post four assists. The most significant boost has come via increased power-play time, as he has replaced Gostisbehere on the top unit.

He played over six minutes with the man advantage in his most recent game, with plenty of exposure to C Claude Giroux and RW Jakub Voracek.

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Veteran NHL forward Martin Havlat announced his retirement Wednesday.

The Czech winger had stints with six clubs in his decorated career, including a five-year run with the Ottawa Senators. He appeared in two games with the St. Louis Blues last season, scoring one goal.

Through 790 career games, Havlat tallied 242 goals and 352 assists, making two All-Star Game appearances (2007 and 2011).

Drafted 26th overall by the Senators in 1999, he's the fourth-highest scorer among his draft class, behind only Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and Henrik Zetterberg.

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Back to the drawing board.

The Arizona Coyotes' search for a new local arena was sent back to square one on Friday, with the announcement that Arizona State University had withdrawn its involvement from a potential deal to build a new 16,000-seat arena at the Tempe campus.

With ASU no longer an option, and with the team looking to move closer to its East Valley fan base, "four of five" other sites for an arena are now being considered, according to Craig Morgan of Arizona Sports.

"Admittedly, we felt (Tempe) was the best site and best path, but it isn't the only path," said Coyotes president and CEO Anthony LeBlanc. "We are re-engaging with other potential sites, and that process began in earnest (Friday) evening."

Those options could include a private development with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, a site near the MLB training facilities in Mesa, as well as a return to downtown Phoenix.

The City of Phoenix has been open to a joint facility to house both the Coyotes and the NBA's Phoenix Suns. The two previously shared Talking Stick Resort Arena, where the Suns remain, until the Coyotes left for Glendale in 2003.

"It's certainly unfortunate that events played out the way they did, but the club has other options and is committed to remaining in the Valley," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said.

In the meantime, the Coyotes will remain at Glendale's Gila River Arena. The arena lease expires at the end of the 2017-18 season, but has an option for renewal.

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Not again.

After a hot start to the 2015-16 season in which the Montreal Canadiens won 18 of their first 24 games, the wheels soon fell off, as the team finished with a mark of 38-38-6 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2012.

Critics pointed to the loss of star goalie Carey Price, who missed all but 12 games with a knee injury, but a similar pattern has once again emerged this season, even with Price on the ice.

After kicking off the 2016-17 campaign with a 13-1-1 record - also going undefeated in regulation over the first 10 games - the Canadiens are just a single game above .500 over their past 40 games. In NHL math, the Canadiens failed to win 23 of those 40 contests.

Related: Canadiens need to rediscover scoring touch

To be fair, Montreal hasn't gone without its share of key injuries. Top center Alex Galchenyuk missed 18 games with a knee injury that kept him out of the lineup for six weeks. He returned to the lineup Jan. 14 but missed another three games at the end of the month with a similar ailment.

Meanwhile, winger Brendan Gallagher remains sidelined with a broken finger. He's since resumed skating but has now missed 16 games and counting.

Still, all teams experience injuries, and the Canadiens' inability to find ways to win and stop such a long run of poor play has seemingly become the norm.

Between the pipes, Price has drawn criticism of his own, losing his last five road games in a stretch that has seen his goals-against average climb to 3.45 and his save percentage plummet to .874.

On Tuesday, the Canadiens dropped an embarrassing 4-0 decision to the Colorado Avalanche, who sit last in the NHL with just 32 points - less than half as many as Montreal's current total of 68.

With three games remaining before the team's bye week - dates against the Arizona Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, and Boston Bruins - a return to Montreal's winning ways will be key to recovering what is quickly becoming another lost season.

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Playing the Washington Capitals in D.C.? It may be best not to bother.

The Capitals have been an offensive juggernaut at the Verizon Center in recent weeks, winning 10 straight on home ice - a stretch that has seen Washington outscore its opponents 50-12.

The team has scored at least five goals in each of its past nine home games - a feat last accomplished by the Calgary Flames in 1990.

Even more impressive, the Capitals have done so against some impressive opponents, including a 6-0 shellacking of the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 13, and a 5-0 defeat over the Columbus Blue Jackets eight days earlier that ended their 16-game win streak.

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That'll do, Pekka Rinne.

The Predators goaltender made a fantastic blocker save on Vancouver Canucks forward Loui Eriksson with 1:43 to play in the third period and Nashville up 3-2.

Literally a game saver, the biggest of 31 stops on the night for Rinne, as the Predators won 4-2.

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Tyler Seguin has had just about enough of the Dallas Stars losing hockey games.

Dallas dropped their third straight Tuesday, a 3-1 decision versus Toronto. The Stars are just 3-5-2 over their last 10 games, and with time running out, the club's most productive player wants to see a change.

"I'm just so sick of talking about it," Seguin told Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News. "We have to look in the mirror, dig deeper, we have to all be professionals and try to get out of this together. "

Dallas now sits seven points out of a wild-card spot, a far cry from the steps the Stars took a year ago, when they capturing the Central Division title and advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

Seguin's done his part, scoring Dallas' lone goal - his 20th of the season - in the loss to the Maple Leafs, bringing his season total to 51 points in 54 games.

However, it doesn't get any easier for Dallas from here, as four of their next five games are on the road, where the club owns a 7-14-4 record.

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A Norris Trophy winner gift-wrapped Ivan Barbashev's first career goal.

For some reason, Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson decided it would be a good idea to drop the puck back in front of his own net, giving the 2014 second-round pick a glorious opportunity to score, which he made full use of.

Barbashev, who was playing his sixth game for the St. Louis Blues, had recorded 19 goals and 18 assists in 45 games for the AHL's Chicago Wolves earlier this season.

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