The New York Islanders' plan for a new home took a rather large step this past weekend.

The Islanders unveiled their arena proposal for Belmont Park, which is located about 20 minutes west of their old home, Nasseau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in a hearing Sunday.

Their plans include an 18,000-seat arena that would host 150 events per year, a 200 to 250-room hotel, 435,000 square feet of space for retail, and a 10,000 square-foot "innovation center" that would be developed with input from residents, according to Newsday.

Here's a visual of their proposal:

The Isles called The Coliseum home from 1972 to 2015, and are currently in their third year playing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which not only is located inconveniently away from the roots of the team's fanbase, but was intended to be a basketball facility only, causing both poor sight lines for fans and an ice surface that has drawn numerous complaints from players.

The issue for the Islanders is that MLS' New York City FC is also competing for the land at Belmont Park for a stadium of their own. They also submitted their proposal at Sunday's hearing:

Neither team's presentation included costs or financing.

An audience member asked if both teams could share the site, but the Islanders and NYCFC agreed it wasn't feasible to build two major facilities on the 43 acres of state-owned land.

Empire State Development has provided no timeline for its decision, which could make things tricky for the Islanders given that they have until January to opt out of their 25-year lease at the Barclays Center.

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Alex Burrows won't miss any games for his dangerous butt-end to the face of Dylan DeMelo.

The Ottawa Senators forward was fined $5,000 but not suspended Sunday for the act, which was officially called "roughing" and occurred with the San Jose Sharks leading 4-0 in an eventual 5-0 win over the Senators on Saturday night.

Burrows was given a minor penalty for roughing, a five-minute major for fighting, and a game misconduct in the aftermath.

DeMelo played Sunday night against the Minnesota Wild, but Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said before the game that Burrows' stick scratched DeMelo's cornea and it was close to being a more serious injury, according to The Athletic's Kevin Kurz.

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The fourth edition of Matthews vs. McDavid will have to wait, as Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews will miss Sunday night's showdown versus Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers with an upper-body injury, the team announced.

Matthews collided awkwardly with Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly late in the third period Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Sunday's contest will be Matthews' fifth missed game of the 2017-18 season.

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The Vegas Golden Knights have their No. 1 netminder back, as the team activated Marc-Andre Fleury off injured reserve Sunday.

Fleury's missed the last 25 games for the Knights since being placed on IR with a concussion Oct. 14.

Prior to the injury, the 33-year-old vet was feeling it. He went 3-1-0 along with a 2.48 goals-against average and .925 save percentage for an upstart Vegas club that's used five different goalies so far this season.

In a corresponding roster move, the Knights sent goaltender Maxime Lagace to their AHL affiliate in Chicago. Across 14 games for Vegas, Lagace performed admirably, registering a 6-6-1 record.

The team has yet to announce whether Fleury will man the blue paint when Vegas hosts the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

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A lot can happen in a month.

On Nov. 5, the Ottawa Senators completed a three-team trade with the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators to bring Matt Duchene to the Canadian capital.

The hope was that Duchene could provide an upgrade on Kyle Turris, who headed to Nashville as part of the trade, and give the Senators a top-flight center and potentially the missing piece to a roster with Stanley Cup aspirations.

Five days after his acquisition, Duchene suited up for his first game with the Senators, debuting against his former club.

Duchene was held pointless in back-to-back games against the Avalanche, a streak which extended to nine before he picked up a point against the New York Islanders late last month. In all, Duchene has tallied two goals and two assists since joining the Senators.

Meanwhile, it's been quite the opposite for Turris, whose production has seen an uptick in the Music City, where he is just shy of a point-per-game pace with the Predators.

Since adding Turris, no team has outperformed the Predators, as Nashville has secured a 10-2-2 record and 22 points since the trade. Perhaps more impressive is the Predators' plus-12 goal differential, which trails only the Los Angeles Kings for the NHL's best showing.

In the same time frame, the Senators stand ahead of only the Sabres, having won just three of 14 games, securing only eight points, and a minus-25 goal differential that makes even Buffalo blush.

At the time of the deal, there was little to separate the Predators and Senators. The two teams sat middle-of-the-pack league-wide, as Nashville had collected 18 points in 15 games, while Ottawa obtained 17 points in 14 outings. Ottawa was in a playoff position. Nashville was just outside.

The biggest change? Point to the power play. Firing at 33 percent on the man advantage, the Predators own the NHL's best power play since adding Turris, while the Senators' performance when up a skater has sunk from 12th to 29th.

Only fellow forward Bobby Ryan saw more time on the Sens' power play when Turris was around. Duchene has since filled those minutes, but the production hasn't followed, as he's picked up just two points with the extra man.

Mired in a four-game losing skid, and having won just once in their last 12, time is running short to save Ottawa's season. At the other end of the spectrum, Nashville appears to have added the true missing piece up the middle, as Turris and the Predators look primed for another Stanley Cup Finals appearance.

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Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall has confirmed rookie forward Nolan Patrick will not be loaned to Team Canada for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship.

Patrick has been limited to 20 games due to a concussion suffered earlier this season, and has recorded two goals and four assists.

He's also averaging under 12 minutes a game, and has posted two shots on goal in his past five games.

Still, the second overall pick from the 2017 NHL Draft won't be making the trip to Buffalo for this year's Under-20 tournament.

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