Patrice Bergeron is "most likely" going to be back in the lineup when the Boston Bruins take on the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, according to head coach Bruce Cassidy.

Bergeron was back in his familiar spot between Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak during Sunday's morning skate and is expected to make his first appearance in a game since suffering a foot injury on Feb. 25.

Torey Krug is also likely to play after missing two games.

In 55 games, Bergeron has recorded 27 goals and 27 assists, and the Bruins still managed to post a winning record in his absence.

The Bruins remain without Rick Nash, Jake DeBrusk, Zdeno Chara, and Charlie McAvoy, all of whom are sidelined due to injury.

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Winnipeg Jets defenseman Toby Enstrom has been ruled out for the remainder of the regular season with a lower-body injury, head coach Paul Maurice announced Sunday.

Maurice expects Enstrom to be ready to go for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Enstrom has been limited to 43 games this season, recording a goal and five assists while averaging 17:01 per contest.

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Blame the captain.

Blake Wheeler is taking responsibility for his fight with teammate Ben Chiarot at Winnipeg Jets practice Saturday. Wheeler said Sunday that the altercation happened because he was having a bad day and sent a shot toward the defenseman that was a bit too high and tight, according to Scott Billeck of Pro Hockey Talk.

Wheeler said these things happen sometimes, adding that he and Chiarot "hugged it out" immediately after practice and the rest of the team continues to have a good chuckle over the incident.

The Jets, meanwhile, have a huge game Sunday against the first-place Nashville Predators.

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Matt Duchene won't realize his goal of making the playoffs this season, but he still sees a future with the Ottawa Senators.

Duchene, who was acquired from Colorado earlier this season, can become an unrestricted free agent in 2019, and responded favorably to general manager Pierre Dorion saying the team would like to discuss a contract extension as early as July 1 of this year.

"Absolutely," Duchene said Saturday with regards to interest on his end, per Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch. "I’m encouraged from what I see here. Obviously, there’s a whole other business side to approach and I have no idea what that’s going to look like and feel like yet."

Whether the two sides can ultimately agree to terms is yet to be seen, but there's clearly an appetite to try and find some common ground.

"I guess we’ll see but that’s encouraging to hear that they’re interested and trying to work something out long term. I’ve really enjoyed my time here as tough as the season has been for the team. I feel I’ve been able to be more myself than I have in a long time here and it’s been encouraging for me."

Duchene got off to a slow start with the Senators, but he's recorded 40 points in 60 contests since the trade and is averaging almost a point per game since the All-Star break with 12 goals and 13 assists in his last 27 appearances.

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Through the remainder of the regular season, we'll take a look at how the night's action impacts the playoff race, highlighting which teams' postseason odds went up or down significantly.

No Stastny, no problem.

Despite being a surprise seller ahead of last month's trade deadline, dealing center Paul Stastny to the division-rival Winnipeg Jets, the St. Louis Blues aren't giving up their shot at the postseason.

It's familiar territory for the Blues, who dealt defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk ahead of last year's deadline before managing to secure the third seed in the Central Division.

One year later, St. Louis has pieced together a similar run, wrapping their fifth straight win Saturday - an impressive 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets that bumped the Blues into the final wild-card spot in the West.

Eastern Conference

In the East, the New Jersey Devils refuse to leave their fate in the hands of other clubs, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday to sweep the season series over the conference's top-seeded team.

Western Conference

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One head coach hit a milestone in Minnesota on Saturday night, and the other one got kicked out of the game.

Peter Laviolette was ejected late in the third period of a 4-1 loss by his Nashville Predators to the Minnesota Wild, on the same night Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau earned his 500th career coaching victory.

As the Wild led 3-1 with less than five minutes remaining, Predators forward Scott Hartnell hit Minnesota's Joel Eriksson Ek, and Wild defenseman Nick Seeler responded by roughing up Hartnell.

Hartnell was whistled for a boarding penalty, and Seeler was assessed a roughing minor on the play.

The Predators bench boss clearly wasn't happy about the way the sequence was officiated.

Laviolette was given a game misconduct that was served by Anthony Bitetto.

"There was no call on Hartnell," Laviolette said postgame, according to NHL.com's Jessi Pierce. "There was no call. So it got re-done over at the box. Hartnell made a hit on a guy (who) had the puck (who) didn't hit the boards and then he got bulldozed and cross-checked and everything else and we lost our power play."

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Nicklas Backstrom demonstrated once again Saturday night that he's still one of the NHL's best playmakers.

The Washington Capitals center led all skaters with four points in a 6-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, and in doing so, joined some elite company.

All four of Backstrom's points were helpers, tying Wayne Gretzky for the second-most four-assist performances in the last 25 NHL seasons, according to TSN.

The 30-year-old chipped in four helpers for the 11th time in his career, which is the most among active players.

He also tied Mike Gartner for third on the Capitals' all-time points list with 789 while padding his lead atop the franchise assist list with 582 after Saturday's contest.

It was the 20th career four-point game for Backstrom, and his second of the season.

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A 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday marked the 500th career win for Minnesota Wild bench boss Bruce Boudreau.

Boudreau became the second-fastest coach to reach the impressive plateau, trailing only the legendary Scotty Bowman.

The 63-year-old made his NHL coaching debut in 2007, and has put up remarkable showings across three stops:

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