Jordan Eberle's spot with the Edmonton Oilers appears to be safe for the near future.After having his name mentioned in trade rumors during the season, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported during the Saturday Headlines segment that the team is not going to be moving the 25-year-old prior to the trade deadline.Eberle has been red hot since rookie Connor McDavid returned to the Oilers' lineup, racking up seven goals and 10 points in his last five games.He's amassed 18 goals and 32 points in 43 games in total this season.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

A fan at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., was struck by a puck late in the second period of Saturday's game between the Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators.The on-ice officials elected to start the intermission early, adding the remaining 32.1 seconds on to the start of the third period.

Anaheim Ducks forward Chris Stewart will be sidelined for four-to-eight weeks with a broken jaw, the team confirmed Saturday.Stewart suffered the fracture in a fight with Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Dalton Prout during Thursday's 4-3 shootout loss.The 28-year-old has eight goals and 18 points in 47 games this season.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Vancouver Canucks are celebrating for more than one reason Saturday.In addition to honoring their 1994 team with a retro night, Saturday's game saw captain Henrik Sedin become the Canucks' franchise leader in games played.With 1,141 games now under his belt in Vancouver, Sedin moved one game ahead of former Canucks captain - and the team's current president of hockey operations - Trevor Linden for the all-time lead.

The Minnesota Wild have fired head coach Mike Yeo, the club announced Saturday evening."I would like to thank Mike for the hard work and dedication he provided behind the bench for the Minnesota Wild organization and wish him the best in the future," general manager Chuck Fletcher said in a statement.The dismissal comes following a 4-2 loss earlier Saturday against the Boston Bruins, Minnesota's eighth consecutive defeat.The Wild have gone 1-11-2 in their last 14 games, falling to sixth in the Central Division and three points back of the Nashville Predators for a wild-card spot.

Two days before the one-year anniversary of being acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brendan Leipsic will play his first game with the big club.The 21-year-old prospect will make his debut Saturday versus the Vancouver Canucks in place of injured forward Josh Leivo. Meanwhile forward Nazem Kadri will miss his second straight game with a lower-body injury.Leipsic has 14 goals and 34 points in 47 contests for the Toronto Marlies this season.He joins fellow American Hockey Leaguers Mark Arcobello and Rich Clune, who are also filling in holes for Mike Babcock as he runs out a lineup ravaged by injuries and trades.Leipsic was acquired last February along with a first-round draft pick from the Nashville Predators for defenseman Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

If the Minnesota Wild intend to move on from Mike Yeo, it won't be due to a resignation.The head coach pulled goaltender Darcy Kuemper when the Wild got within two goals of the Boston Bruins late in a 4-2 loss on Saturday, and Yeo said that showed he doesn't plan on giving up on the team."I had a chance when (Mike Reilly) scored, you’re down two goals and we’ve got 30 seconds left, are we going to tie the game up? No. So I could have not pulled the goalie, but the message is pretty simple: I’m not freaking quitting here, and I’m not quitting on this group," Yeo told reporters postgame, according to Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune."I’m going to show some fight, and I believe in the group, but (we) better start believing in each other and better start delivering."The Wild have lost eight consecutive games to fall three points out of a Western Conference playoff spot, and Yeo knows that might cost him his job.“I’m a realist," he said. "You can’t lose every game and expect to think that there’s not going to be changes. I’m operating under the assumption that I’ll be the coach tomorrow, and I know what I’m going to do and it’s going to be something different from what we’ve done."Yeo isn't concerning himself with whether or not the players have quit on him."I don’t worry about that. Those are things that are out of my control," he said. "I worry about the things that are in my control. Like I said, I know what I’m going to do tomorrow and I’m ready for that."The Wild have gone 173-132-44 in five seasons under Yeo, and have qualified for the playoffs in three of those campaigns, but they've failed to make it past the second round.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

It was an up-and-down third period Saturday for Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere.Shortly after establishing a new NHL record for rookie defensemen by scoring to extend his points streak to 11 games, Gostisbehere took a spear to the midsection from New Jersey Devils forward Lee Stempniak.Stempniak sticks Gostisbehere in the midsection #hockey #NJDvsPHI - StreamableThe NHL's Department of Player Safety is looking into the incident, reports Tom Gulitti of The Record.

Claude Julien has joined a rather exclusive club.The Boston Bruins head coach picked up the 500th win of his coaching career Saturday in a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild.

The Los Angeles Kings have placed forward Marian Gaborik on injured reserve.The 33-year-old suffered a lower-body injury in Friday's game against the New York Rangers. He'll return to Los Angeles to be evaluated further, according to LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen.Gaborik had played in all 54 of the team's games this season, and had appeared in 99 straight contests.He has 12 goals and 22 points on the season.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

One of hockey's living legends hasn't forgotten about his connection to a current player young enough to be his son.Teemu Selanne shared an old photo of himself and Brendan Leipsic, the now-21-year-old forward who's expected to make his NHL debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks.

The Philadelphia Flyers will be without defenseman Michael Del Zotto for the foreseeable future.The 25-year-old suffered an upper-body injury against the New Jersey Devils and will be sidelined for "weeks" as a result, according to general manager Ron Hextall.The injury appears to be to Del Zotto's left wrist, according to CSNPhilly.com's Tim Panaccio, and is one that he's been trying to play with for awhile, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.Del Zotto is second among the team's blue-liners with four goals and 13 points in 52 games this season.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

As a newcomer, Ryan Johansen was to expect some playful ribbing inside the Nashville Predators' locker room. But from the players' wives?Carrie Underwood (who obviously has a massive Twitter following, being a country music megastar) unleashed an online assault on Johansen with footage of him, ahem, taking a liking to his stick.

Philadelphia Flyers rearguard and Calder Trophy dark horse Shayne Gostisbehere established an NHL record for rookie defensemen Saturday afternoon, collecting a point in 11 straight games with a power-play goal versus the New Jersey Devils.Gostisbehere's goal, which brought Philadelphia level in a critical Metropolitan Division clash with the New Jersey Devils, is his third marker and 14th point over his unmatched stretch.He also eclipsed Mikael Renberg for the franchise's rookie points streak record. Rennberg decorated the scoresheet in 10 straight games back in 1993-94.Gostisbehere's 10 goals and 30 points has him fifth in rookie scoring, but his 0.83 points per game trails just Connor McDavid and Artemi Panarin, among rookies.He spent the first month of the season with Philadelphia's American Hockey League affiliate in Lehigh Valley.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Peer into Joseph Blandisi's bag of tricks with us, will ya?The New Jersey Devils rookie kickstarted the scoring Saturday with a beautiful between-the-legs move that might grab even Connor McDavid's attention.

Rick Nash's bone bruise will see him miss at least another week.New York Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault announced Saturday that Nash will be shut down through to next weekend, and then the volume goal-scorer will be reevaluated once more.He's been downgraded from day to day to week to week.The Rangers have rallied without Nash and captain Ryan McDonagh, collecting nine points from their last five games.Nash will have missed at least four weeks of action before his next evaluation.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

New York Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh was on the ice Saturday practicing with teammates for the first time since suffering a concussion last weekend.The Rangers' lone All-Star representative wore a red non-contact sweater.

The Dustin Byfuglien extension didn't just offer the Winnipeg Jets five more seasons of the rover's idiosyncratic contributions at a reasonable price, but ample time to negotiate the best possible trade involving Andrew Ladd, who many presumed was a casualty of the deal.But with two-and-a-half weeks left before the trade deadline, or until Ladd's fate slips from team control, the Jets are apparently focused on re-upping the captain.TSN's Gary Lawless tweeted Saturday the sense around Winnipeg is that Ladd isn't yet on the market, and that GM Kevin Cheveldayoff is expected to prepare a final push to retain the pending unrestricted free agent.He adds that the Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, and Chicago Blackhawks will be among the teams interested in landing the all-situations winger.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

If Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl are to emerge from the immense shadow cast by Connor McDavid's line, it won't be together.On Saturday, at least.The previously dominant duo, who were unstoppable at times in McDavid's absence, will skate on separate units when the Edmonton Oilers attempt to make it two straight wins Saturday versus the Winnipeg Jets.Without a goal in nine contests, Hall is set to flank Mark Letestu and Zack Kassian, and welcomes the change."My play hasn't been where I want, and the production has been accordingly so," Hall said, according to Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Sun. "I have to get my all-around game back, and the production will take care of itself."Meanwhile, Draisaitl has cooled significantly after bursting onto the scene akin to McDavid, but he isn't discouraged."It would be pretty unrealistic to think I'd keep that pace up," he said. "I don't think there's a player that can keep that up, but I'm still really confident, and I know I have it in me."Save for Chicago's Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin, as well as Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin in Dallas, Hall and Draisaitl have been perhaps the most productive duo in the NHL, combining for 82 points since Draisaitl's recall.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan had a night to remember in a dominant 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday.Doan picked up an assist on Oliver Ekman-Larsson's goal for his 930th career point, surpassing Dale Hawerchuk as the franchise's all-time points leader.Although he did not initially record an assist on the play, Doan was eventually credited with a helper following a scoring change later in the game.If there was any doubt about the record, Doan put it to rest by burying a one-timer on the power play for his second goal of the game shortly after.(Courtesy: NHL.com)It was his 123rd career power-play goal, which is also a franchise record.

P.K. Subban was not happy with linesman Brad Kovachik, who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time Friday night.The Montreal Canadiens defenseman was livid after the puck deflected off the official and right to Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane, who iced the game with an empty-net goal.(Courtesy: NHL.com)Subban was tossed for the protest, and remained bewildered by the play after the game."I don't know if we deserve an explanation for it or not, but I'd like to know what we're supposed to do there, because that's the game," Subban told reporters. "The game's over once they score there and they're up by two."(Kovachik) didn't seem like he was trying to get out of the way. He just stood there, the puck hits him, it goes to (Kane) and he scores in the empty net."Are we supposed to smile and be happy after that and say, 'Thank you' to the linesman? I don't think so. I'm a little bit disappointed about that, because I felt there was a minute left in the game (and) we still had a chance to score."The Canadiens' loss snapped a three-game win streak and ended the Sabres' four-game losing skid.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mitch Marner is too good for the OHL.Marner submitted his candidate for goal of the year Friday, putting the puck through his legs and off his skate before undressing the goalie for an absolutely incredible marker.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov proved he can score with one hand tied behind his back.Kucherov fended off Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis and converted an impressive goal after being sprung on a breakaway by Nikita Nesterov on Friday night.Kucherov's 22nd goal of the season gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead in the second period, and Tampa Bay defeated Nashville 4-3 in overtime.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar recorded his third career hat trick in clutch fashion Friday.Kopitar threw the puck on net - capitalizing on a lucky bounce off New York Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein - to tie the game with just 29.7 seconds remaining in regulation.Kopitar ties the game with a hat trick! #hockey #NYRvsLAK - StreamableThe goal proved to be huge, as Tanner Pearson scored in overtime to lead the Kings to a wild 5-4 comeback victory.The red-hot Kopitar now has 50 points in 54 games this season.Los Angeles improves to 33-18-3 on the season with the win, expanding its Pacific Division lead to eight points over the San Jose Sharks.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The NBA All-Star festivities brought out the stars in Toronto, but there was another major celebrity sighting south of the border Friday night.Left Shark was spotted far from its natural habitat - the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show stage - watching the Carolina Hurricanes play the Pittsburgh Penguins at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

Shane Doan continues to make Arizona Coyotes history.Doan beat Calgary Flames goalie Jonas Hiller for an early goal Friday, tying Dale Hawerchuk for the franchise record with 929 points.(Courtesy: NHL.com)The tally was Doan's 20th goal of the season.The 39-year-old forward has 31 points in 45 games this season.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Buffalo Sabres forward Marcus Foligno got a rare opportunity Friday night, and he didn't disappoint.Foligno was awarded a penalty shot in the second period of Friday's game against the Montreal Canadiens, and the Sabres' third-liner did his best impression of a true goal-scorer, roofing the puck over goaltender Mike Condon.(Courtesy: NHL.com)It was Foligno's second goal of the period, and his sixth of the season.

Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo is playing in his 907th career game Friday against the St. Louis Blues, passing Glenn Hall for sixth on the all-time list among goaltenders.Luongo trails all-time leader Martin Brodeur - who played 1,266 games - by 359 games.Rank Player Games Played1Martin Brodeur12662Patrick Roy10293Terry Sawchuk9714Ed Belfour9635Curtis Joseph9436Roberto Luongo9077Glenn Hall906The 36-year-old has enjoyed an impressive NHL career, winning 425 games to go along with a solid .920 save percentage and 72 shutouts thus far.Unfortunately, Luongo's 907th game didn't go as planned. He was pulled at the end of the first period after allowing three goals on 13 shots.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

It only took one period for Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin to record the 14th hat trick of his NHL career Thursday against the Minnesota Wild.Related: Ovechkin's 2nd-period hat trick helps Capitals down WildOvechkin's quick three-goal performance was so impressive that several Capitals fans - who hit the road to watch their team play at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota - tossed their hats on the ice in his honor.Seeing a plethora of hats on the ice in support of an away player's performance is rare, and the gesture wasn't lost on Capitals owner Ted Leonsis.

When Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said his city would take on a new nickname while hosting the 2017 NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings couldn't help but laugh.

With their playoff hopes waning, the Winnipeg Jets have shaken up the goaltending depth chart.Ondrej Pavelec has been activated off injured reserve, while Connor Hellebuyck is being sent back to the AHL's Manitoba Moose.Pavelec has not played since Nov. 21 due to a knee sprain, while Hellebuyck shone in his first extended run at the NHL level, posting a record of 13-11-1 with a .918 save percentage.It appears as though the Jets - seven points out of a playoff spot - will roll with Pavelec and Michael Hutchinson, who have combined for 11 wins and a .907 save percentage this season.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Breaking: the 2015-16 Washington Capitals are very good.So good, in fact, that with Thursday's win in Minnesota, they became the fastest team in NHL history to reach 40 wins.

Vancouver Canucks center Brandon Sutter will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery to mend a broken jaw suffered Tuesday versus the Colorado Avalanche, the team announced.Sutter's latest setback means he'll dress in just a handful of games in his first season with Vancouver. He's been limited to 20 appearances through the first four months of the season after having surgery to repair a sports hernia in late November.Canucks defenseman Alex Edler also suffered a significant injury in Tuesday's loss, breaking his fibula. He'll miss six weeks.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Vancouver Canucks defender Alex Edler will miss six weeks with a fractured fibula, the team announced Friday.The highest-paid member of Vancouver's blue line suffered the injury in Tuesday's win over the Colorado Avalanche.His six-week timeline puts him on track to return with less than a month left in the regular season - an injury that could potentially alter management's plans in the lead up to the trade deadline.Canucks center Brandon Sutter suffered a broken jaw on the same night, and will miss at 6-8 weeks.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Anaheim Ducks forward Chris Stewart is believed to have suffered a broken jaw Thursday in a heavy bout with Dalton Prout of the Columbus Blue Jackets, according to Aaron Portzline of the Post-Dispatch.Stewart will undergo further tests to determine the extent of what the Ducks initially called an upper-body injury.

Rapper and noted jersey enthusiast Snoop Dogg offered Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mitch Marner quite an honor this week, donning his No. 93 London Knights sweater while playing a show in the junior hockey hotbed.

Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien has refuted a contentious report Friday from La Presse indicating that goaltender Carey Price would not be able to return from injury this season."He's working extremely hard, and he's put in a lot of hours to make sure that he's going to make that comeback," Therrien told reporters."The fact that he's working extremely hard is not to make sure he's going to look good this summer on the beach; he wants to come back and play for the Montreal Canadiens."The report, which estimated Price's chances of returning this season were, at best, slim, suggested that not ruling him out is a ploy to maintain interest in the rabid market.Here's La Presse's Richard Labbe, as translated by Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo's Puck Daddy:

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas will not face a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety for a hit on Buffalo Sabres forward Dan Catenacci, a league source confirmed Friday to Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly.Related: Flyers' Gudas crushes Sabres' Catenacci with devastating headshotGudas received a major penalty for charging, with Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma convinced the apparent head shot would be dealt with.

Things are bleak in Minnesota these days, and it's not just the winter weather.The Wild have lost seven games in a row, with the latest coming courtesy of Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, the NHL's best team this season."Everything about this stinks," Ryan Suter said Thursday. "You usually have to hit rock bottom to go up, and I feel like we've hit rock bottom."Dating back to Jan. 1, the Wild have won only three of 18 games, dropping out of the Western Conference playoff picture.Although Minnesota hasn't quite hit rock bottom in the grand scheme of things, their chances of qualifying for the playoffs are now less than 50 percent, according to Sports Club Stats.Minnesota's next game is at home against Boston, with Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton all on deck.A failure to pick up several points in this critical stretch would give further credence to Suter's rather hyperbolic assessment.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

On the Fly, theScore's NHL roundtable series, continues. This week, editors Justin Cuthbert, Ian McLaren, Craig Hagerman, and Mark Millard play fantasy match maker, orchestrating trades they would like to see before the Feb. 29 deadline.Flames trade Kris Russell, Jiri Hudler to Stars for Valeri NichushkinCuthbert: Dallas makes its intentions known with a power move in the West, acquiring two rental assets from the Flames to hulk up for the stretch run.A prolific shot blocker with skills in all three zones, Russell buoys a glaring area of weakness by stepping into a top-four role on the blue line, and in turn slotting the entire rotation into correct assignments. With Hudler, Dallas has a reliable, veteran point producer who meshes well with elite talents, and has the versatility to contribute in many top-six functions.Meanwhile, the Flames receive premier value in return for two expiring deals, landing a 20-year-old former top-10 pick whose entry-level performance was undercut by injuries. Nichushkin is a manageable, affordable asset who could see his development take off with Calgary's collection of skilled young guns.Lightning trade Jonathan Drouin to Senators for Cody Ceci, Colin WhiteMcLaren: With Dion Phaneuf in the mix for the next five seasons (for better or worse), Ceci becomes somewhat expendable, especially with Patrick Wiercioch toiling in the press box and Thomas Chabot waiting in the wings.White gives Tampa a forward prospect to replace Drouin, while presenting the Senators with an NHL-ready player who could make an immediate impact in the top-six.It's a high price to pay for the Senators, but the opportunity to add a player of Drouin's potential doesn't come around every day.Oilers trade Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Justin Schultz to Islanders for Travis Hamonic, Frans Nielsen, second-round pick.Hagerman: The deal largely comes down to Nugent-Hopkins for Hamonic. The Islanders would likely want a blue line replacement, of which Schultz could serve. The Oilers could use a boost at center after losing Nugent-Hopkins, which is where Nielsen could provide value. Given Nielsen is a UFA at season's end, a second-round pick makes for a fair deal, and gives some potential long-term stability to both teams.Hamonic provides a defensive upgrade for the Oilers, and the team fits the bill as being located in Western Canada, the likes of which Hamonic demanded when he requested a trade in the season's infancy.Schultz, at the very least, acts as a defensive placeholder for the Islanders playing in a lesser role.Jets trade Andrew Ladd to Predators for Vladislav Kamenev, second-round pick.Millard: When the Predators traded from a position of strength to acquire Ryan Johansen, they made it perfectly clear they were ready to take the next step offensively. Despite the impressive addition, Nashville remains offensively challenged, Filip Forsberg and James Neal aside.If the Predators want to avoid wasting a solid defensive core in front of an aging Pekka Rinne, they must continue to address their problems up front. Jets captain Ladd represents that solution. A big body who's averaged 26 goals over a full 82-game schedule since 2010-11, he's a perfect veteran complement up front.This deal allows them to be patient with top prospect Kevin Fiala, who isn't quite ready to be a difference-maker in the NHL, and the Jets gladly take Kamenev, who though a second-round pick, is most certainly a first-round talent.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Return of the King.New York Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist is the Performer of the Week after backstopping three wins, each versus division rivals, and allowing just a trio of goals in the process.Lundqvist used 28 saves to earn a pair of narrow one-goal victories over the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers, and underscored his run with a shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. It was the first time in eight games an opposing goaltender kept Sidney Crosby off the scoresheet."The King" has now won his last four games and eight of 10, keying the Blueshirts' run in the absence of Rick Nash, and most recently, captain Ryan McDonagh.Stat Line3 starts, 3 goals against, 3 wins, 84 saves, 1 shutoutNotable NightFeb. 11 vs. Penguins: Lundqvist was perfect in the marquee clash versus Pittsburgh, despite New York's opponent accounting for nearly 60 percent of the shot attempts and totaling 32 scoring chances. He secured the clean sheet with 34 saves and survived 10 high-danger scoring opportunities.The Quote"I still have to go buy the wine."Lundqvist may not have expected to shutout the surging Pens, as he was without red to dole out after the win - an appreciative post-shutout ritual he shares with his Rangers teammates.The Tweet

Steven Stamkos continues to keep details of his contract negotiations - or lack thereof, as the case may be - with the Tampa Bay Lightning close to the vest.He has indicated, however, that some measure of clarity will come with the passing of the NHL's Feb. 29 trade deadline."The trade deadline is coming up in a couple weeks, I'm sure everyone will have some answers in a couple weeks when that comes," Stamkos said Thursday, according to Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.This comes less than two weeks after Stamkos said he wanted to win with Tampa, thereby indicating a clear desire to remain with the Lightning, at least through to the end of the season.Stamkos maintained he hasn't considered what he would do if the Lightning asked him to waive his no-movement clause prior to the deadline, while also not ruling out the possibility that general manager Steve Yzerman would look to trade him so as not to lose him for nothing in free agency in the summer."I haven't even thought about that," Stamkos said. "I think the answer is, 'We'll cross that bridge at the time', and I don't think it's that time now. So I continue to come to the rink everyday as the leader that I am and the teammate that everyone in this room knows that I am, and give my best effort. I've said that since day one of training camp and that hasn't changed."He also acknowledged the lack of clarity will fuel speculation, but at the end of the day, he's intent on making sure all angles are covered before making his decision on whether to re-sign or test the waters of unrestricted free agency."Obviously a lot of people are guessing and writing stories and stuff like that. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think for me, it's been something I didn't know what to expect going into this year, I didn't know how long it was going to play out. It's my first time going through something of this magnitude in my career."Like I said before, when you have a decision like this, it takes time. You make sure at the end of the day you make the right decision."The Lightning have eight games remaining prior to the trade deadline, and will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs hours after its passing on Feb. 29.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan did well to get back in their coach's good graces.After Calgary Flames bench boss Bob Hartley scratched the team's top two scorers, along with forward Lance Bouma, against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday for showing up late to practice Monday, Gaudreau and Monahan responded against the San Jose Sharks.The two combined for a goal and two assists, as the Flames downed the Sharks 6-5 in a shootout.(Courtesy: NHL.com)With Gaudreau's two assists and Monahan's goal, the two now lead the Flames with 51 and 36 points, respectively.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Thursday marked a special night for Edmonton Oilers' forward Connor McDavid.On top of being the 19-year-old's most electric night as an NHL contributor, it also marked the first time McDavid went toe-to-toe with the team he grew up rooting for, the Toronto Maple Leafs.Related: McDavid sets early career-best mark with 5 points against Maple Leafs"That's pretty special. You couldn't draw it up better than that," McDavid said of putting up five points en route to a 5-2 victory over the Maple Leafs, according to TSN's Mark Masters. "It's pretty special to play against that team. Looking across the ice, looking at that logo, it gave me chills a little bit."

Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid turned the hockey world on its head Thursday as he punched in the most dynamic night of his young career, going off for five points in a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.Related: McDavid sets early career-best mark with 5 points against Maple LeafsAs he did that the hockey world did a poor job of keeping its composure, drooling out of the mouth as the new prodigy proved it will not take long for him to become the master.

The Toronto Maple Leafs might still be Connor McDavid's favorite team.The Edmonton Oilers forward put up two goals and three assists as the Oilers edged the Maple Leafs 5-2 Thursday.Related: VIDEO: Connor McDavid scores 1st career goal against hometown LeafsThe game marked the first for McDavid - who grew up just outside Toronto -against the team he cheered for as a kid. It also proved to be the first five-point game of the youngster's career.

Edmonton Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Jordan Eberle put on an absolute clinic against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.McDavid capped a five-point night against his childhood team by passing up what would've been his third goal of the game to set up Eberle for the first hat trick of his NHL career.The 19-year-old rookie phenom now has 24 points in 19 games this season.

Brad Marchand is absolutely on fire.Marchand went backhand shelf on a breakaway for the eventual game-winning goal as the Boston Bruins crushed the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 on Thursday.

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere is providing offense like no Flyers' rookie has done in some time.With an assist on Wayne Simmonds' 20th goal of the year against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, the 22-year-old pushed his current point streak to 10 games. The streak ties him with Mikael Renberg for the longest by a Flyers rookie.

The Chicago Blackhawks honored Dallas Stars forward Patrick Sharp with a touching video tribute during a stoppage in play Thursday.Sharp - who played a pivotal role in the Blackhawks' three Stanley Cup runs - received a standing ovation from the Chicago faithful after the touching tribute.Standing ovation for Patrick Sharp by his old crowd #hockey #CHIvsDAL - StreamableThe 34-year-old recorded 255 goals and 296 assists in 733 games over 10 seasons with the Blackhawks.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.