Of Jaromir Jagr's 1,857 career points heading into Monday's game in New York, 319 were recorded in 277 games with the Rangers from 2004-08.
Jagr recently passed Gordie Howe for third on the NHL's all-time points list, and he was properly saluted by the Blueshirts and their fans as his Florida Panthers visited Madison Square Garden.
The 44-year-old trails only Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier in total points, both of whom also suited up for the Rangers.
Johnny Gaudreau, the club's best player and a restricted free agent this summer, can't receive an offer sheet from another club, TSN's Bob McKenzie revealed on "Insider Trading" on Monday.
According to article 10.2.C in the collective bargaining agreement, Gaudreau doesn't have enough experience - fewer than three years - to be offer sheeted.
Gaudreau's in his third season, but only played one game in 2013-14. He'll turn 23 in August and has 152 games to his name, and 136 points.
Sean Monahan, another restricted free agent of the Flames, who will turn 22 in October, is finishing his third full season in the NHL. He can be offer sheeted, but as McKenzie notes in "Insider Trading," if an offer sheet does come his way, the Flames will undoubtedly match.
Monahan has 55 points this season. He and Gaudreau are the club's foundation up front for years to come.
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators were the better team from start to finish on Saturday night.
Andrew Hammond stopped all 30 shots he faced to pick up his first shutout of the season and the Senators scored three-shorthanded goals to beat the Mont...
St. Louis Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock is giving the veteran a chance to pick up the ball and run with it.
Or, in hockey terms, Brian Elliott will start Tuesday's game in San Jose after posting a shutout in Vancouver in his return from an almost month-long absence due to injury.
If he's able to make good on that opportunity, he could very well assert himself as the Blues' starting goalie down the stretch and into the playoffs.
Elliott's return comes on the heels of two rough outings for Jake Allen, who allowed nine goals on 43 shots in starts against Edmonton and Calgary. And while the 25-year-old has shown flashes of dominance at time this season, the elder Elliott has posted the better numbers, albeit in fewer outings.
Player
GP
Record
Sv%
GAA
Shutouts
Jake Allen
44
24-14-3
.917
2.42
5
Brian Elliott
31
18-7-6
.931
2.07
2
Heading into the season, it was expected that Hitchcock would deploy Elliott and Allen in a 1A-1B starting situation, and both have been called upon to step up over long stretches while the other was injured.
With nine games remaining on the schedule, the Blues are sandwiched between Dallas and Chicago in the Central Division standings, with two points separating St. Louis from both each way. Finishing first would ensure an opening round series against a wild card opponent, giving the Blues the impetus to finish as strong as possible.
For the time being, it's Elliott's crease to lose, but don't write that in anything but pencil quite yet.
Sutter suffered a broken jaw in February. He'll be limited to just 20 games in his debut season with the Canucks after being sidelined previously by a sports hernia.
Edler suffered a fibula fracture in the same game that felled Sutter. The top-pairing defenseman collected 20 points and led all Canucks skaters in average ice time, logging almost 24 1/2 minutes in his 52 games.
Lastly, Vrbata labored through a trying second season in Vancouver. He was limited to 27 points in 63 games after scoring 31 goals and 63 points the year prior.
Petr Mrazek is on the mend from an illness that prevented him from dressing over the weekend, but Jimmy Howard will make his third straight start for the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday regardless.
Howard wasn't brilliant Saturday in Florida, but followed that up with a strong effort in a mid-week win over Columbus to earn two important points, and will have an opportunity to anchor a third-straight victory when the Red Wings visit Tampa Bay.
Mrazek earned, and has since protected, his No. 1 role from the veteran netminder with significantly superior performances over the last 14 months. But he's wobbled at a most inopportune time, sporting a .901 save percentage through six March starts.
Detroit is three points up on the Philadelphia Flyers for the final wild card seed in the East.
TORONTO - Mike Babcock is getting promising results out of the youngest NHL roster he has ever coached.
Babcock's Maple Leafs dressed 11 players aged 23 and under against the Buffalo Sabres over the weekend and came away with a thorough 4-1 v...
Wiercioch has again been a source of frustration for Senators fans despite being only one of two defenseman with a plus on-ice goal differential at even strength.
He'll miss a full month with injury and be limited to 55 appearances if his issue does indeed cost him the rest of the year.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Injured All-Star defenceman Justin Faulk is back practicing with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Faulk took part in the Hurricanes' skate Monday while wearing a yellow, no-contact jersey. He has been dealing with an unspecified lower...
Perreault, who was taking top-line minutes before his exit, was injured Sunday versus the Anaheim Ducks when he caught an edge and slammed backwards into the boards.
He remained on the ice for several moments before requiring assistance to get up and down the tunnel.
With nine goals and 32 assists, Perreault is two points shy of matching his career-best output from two seasons ago when he was a member of the Ducks.