When it comes to hockey, it's not just the flow of the game that's important.

While the NHL no longer features Jaromir Jagr's magnificent mullet or Kerry Fraser's stupendously stable pompadour, the league does boast its fair share of laudable lettuce these days.

This is certainly true in other sports as well, but hockey hair is a truly unique and remarkable thing.

Here are the five best flows in the NHL this season:

Brock Boeser

Boeser's resemblance to Prince Charming from "Shrek" has been well documented, and it is a bit uncanny.

Part of the reason for that common comparison is the Vancouver Canucks rookie's stellar mane.

It's not so much the length but the volume that gives Boeser his tremendous flow, and more importantly, the 21-year-old will be in the Calder Trophy conversation despite suffering a season-ending injury in early March.

Mathew Barzal

The Calder favorite's flow might not be the cleanest-looking of the bunch, but it is impressive in its own right.

Barzal, who's running away from the field in the rookie points race, doesn't have the hair volume that his first-year counterpart possesses, but he does appear to have the edge when it comes to length.

Sure, the New York Islanders phenom may not best Boeser in a flow-off, but he should take home the rookie hardware at the NHL Awards in June.

William Nylander

Nylander's play speaks for itself, but the young Toronto Maple Leafs forward's flow only makes him more likable.

The above photo doesn't even fully do it justice (unlike the one on his NHL.com player page), but there's no denying Nylander's hair is among the league's best.

Drew Doughty

Doughty isn't going to make many "most handsome" lists - when he smiles, anyway - thanks to the large gap in his teeth, but the veteran Los Angeles Kings blue-liner does have underrated flow.

Look no further than this if you're in need of any convincing.

While it's mostly young players boasting the best flow these days, Doughty is one of the more seasoned NHLers still holding it down.

Henrik Lundqvist

Seriously, just look at that.

Lundqvist has long set the standard among hockey players in the hair department, and he's still got it.

It was a disappointing season for him and the New York Rangers on the ice, but at least he still holds the crown when it comes to flow.

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As NHL teams are officially eliminated from Stanley Cup contention, theScore NHL freelance writer Katie Brown looks back at the highs and lows of their seasons, along with the biggest questions ahead of 2018-19. The 11th edition focuses on the New York Rangers.

The Good

The next wave is coming. The Rangers might not be in the playoffs, but now that the rebuild is in full swing, they can see what they have in some younger players before the season ends. Brady Skjei has two seasons under his belt and is a veteran compared to some of his counterparts, but he's embraced a leadership role, especially post-trade deadline. Neal Pionk has done well despite the situation on the Rangers' blue line. Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil were recalled from Hartford in late March, and their performances now could very well determine how they'll fit into the lineup next season.

Big trades have yielded top assets. When the Rangers said they were going full steam ahead into a roster overhaul, like several other teams did, they were one of the few who actually took steps to make it happen. That included trading Rick Nash, Ryan McDonagh, Nick Holden, Michael Grabner, and J.T. Miller. Now they have seven picks in the first three rounds of the draft, including three in the first round. That could be a huge win for the Rangers.

Henrik Lundqvist is in on a rebuild. Lundqvist was forced to do something this season he's rarely had to: play NHL games with no chance of making the playoffs. He had some rough stretches but still managed to put up a .915 save percentage, which is above league average. But he's on board with the Rangers rebuild, as he told reporters in March, so he's not going anywhere - at least, not for the remaining three years of his contract.

The Bad

That quick pull of the plug. Once it was clear the Rangers wouldn't be a contender this year, a rebuild or "refresh" was promised immediately. The unfortunate thing is that it should've started with trading Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta in June. Sure, they got Anthony DeAngelo out of it, but could they have gotten more?

The defense. Ranked fifth-worst in the league in goals against, the Rangers are on track to allow more than 250 goals. They've also allowed the third-most five-on-five attempts against and the third-most shots against. Losing Kevin Shattenkirk in mid-January didn't help, and things got worse once McDonagh was traded at the deadline, forcing the Rangers to rely on young players that were often not deployed in the most effective ways.

Lundqvist's workload. Lundqvist has appeared in 50 or more games in four of the last five years. He's been able to withstand the workload, but this year he didn't have the benefit of a reliable backup. Ondrej Pavelec missed significant time with injury, and even when he was healthy, he performed below average and was pulled more than any other season in his career. make no mistake, Lundqvist is still good, but he'll need more rest moving forward. That means having a capable No. 2 behind him.

The Questions

Will Alain Vigneault stick around? Many have called for Vigneault's head this season. The argument is that his voice has grown stale and there needs to be someone else at the helm for the rebuild. The complaints aren't without merit. Players were often used in ways that led to disastrous results, and he's been criticized for his handling of young players. Is this someone GM Jeff Gorton and president Glen Sather want behind the bench of a team that's expected to get an even larger influx of young talent next year? Everyone's frustrated. But it's the first time in a decade Vigneault won't be coaching in the playoffs, and it wasn't that long ago that he led the Rangers to a Stanley Cup Final and Eastern Conference Final in back-to-back years.

Who's the next to go? There will likely be more players sold off before this is over. No one on the roster should feel safe outside of Mats Zuccarello, Lundqvist, Chris Kreider, Shattenkirk, Marc Staal, Ryan Spooner, and Skjei, who will be key to the team's success moving forward.

Other entries in this series:

• Arizona Coyotes
• Vancouver Canucks
• Buffalo Sabres
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Montreal Canadiens
• Edmonton Oilers
• Ottawa Senators
• Detroit Red Wings
• Calgary Flames
• New York Islanders

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Anyone who knows hockey knows that Winnipeg Jets blue-liner Dustin Byfuglien is a very large human being who likes to throw his 6-foot-5, 260-pound frame around.

However, Byfuglien's aggressive nature got the better of him in Tuesday's game against the Montreal Canadiens, as he received a 10-minute misconduct for bumping into the referee following a melee in the Jets' crease near the end of the third period.

Check it out:

Following the game, Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice was not concerned about the situation and thought Byfuglien didn't mean to bump the referee at all, according to Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Sun.

The Jets went on to take the game in overtime for their 50th win of the season.

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A pair of A-list celebrity Nashville Predators fans took to Twitter to express their feelings after the team was robbed of a late, game-tying goal in Florida on Tuesday.

Watch: Predators' buzzer-beater waved off due to goalie interference

Kiefer Sutherland offered the following take:

Next, Grammy-award winner Carrie Underwood - wife of Preds center Mike Fisher - expressed her deep displeasure.

Further to that, she quoted this tweet from golfer Brandt Snedeker with an affirmative 'yup.'

Maybe next time the NHL will think before they overturn a Predators goal.

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If you're a hockey fan in Music City, you're likely not humming a very happy tune at the moment because the Nashville Predators' game-tying, buzzer-beating goal was waved off due to goaltender interference Tuesday against a Florida Panthers squad playing for its postseason life.

Nashville forward Filip Forsberg appeared to level the game with less than a second remaining in regulation, but upon review, the goal was waved off.

That was the final decision, but that doesn't mean you can't still have your say. So, simply put: goal or no goal?

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Filip Forsberg is quite convinced he and his Nashville Predators were robbed of a late, game-tying goal Tuesday in Florida.

The winger put the puck in the net with less than a second remaining in regulation, but upon further review, it was waved off due to goaltender interference.

"It's a goal," he said, per Adam Vingan of The Tennessean. "It's got to be a goal.

"I don't know what's going on," he continued. "It's so inconsistent that we don't even know when it's a goal or not, but this one was clearly a goal. The puck was never covered. The goalie had no clue where it (was), and it ends up on my tape and it's in. And they somehow don't think so. I disagree 100 percent."

The NHL later clarified the ruling, saying "the deliberate actions of (Predators forward Viktor) Arvidsson's stick caused Luongo to spin and cause the covered puck to come loose prior to the goal."

The league recently tried to resolve the ongoing saga of questionable goalie interference calls, putting a retired referee in the war room in Toronto. Still, Forsberg isn't convinced it's working.

"Either the refs don't know or Toronto doesn't know," he said. "They're definitely not on the same page because there's so many different situations and similar situations, too, that get called both ways. I don't know who made the call here, but they definitely didn't get it right."

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The Florida Panthers were saved by a goaltender interference call late in Tuesday's win over the Nashville Predators.

Predators winger Filip Forsberg appeared to tie the game with less than a second remaining in regulation, but upon further review - automatically triggered by the NHL's war room in Toronto - the goal was waved off due to apparent goaltender interference.

The NHL said "the deliberate actions of (Viktor) Arvidsson's stick caused (Roberto) Luongo to spin and cause the covered puck to come loose prior to the goal," according to Adam Vingan of The Tennessean.

It was a significant turn of events for the Panthers, who desperately needed the two points to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

The loss for the Predators, coupled with the Winnipeg Jets' overtime win against Montreal, prevented Nashville from clinching the Central Division.

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