The Ottawa Senators host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday in the opener of a home-and-home weekend set.

The video above explores which team could parlay those games into a major edge in its quest for Atlantic Division supremacy.

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Another day, another win for Brian Elliott.

The Calgary Flames netminder set a personal best in Friday's 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars, notching his 10th straight win.

The veteran goaltender has experienced a resurgence after a slow start to his first season in Calgary. The Flames have rebounded in a big way in recent weeks, winning 13 of their past 15 to climb back into the playoff picture.

Calgary has been the hottest team since the start of February, putting together a 15-3-1 record for an NHL-best 31 points, with Elliott leading the way:

The Flames' next game comes Sunday against the Los Angeles Kings. Should Elliott get the game, and the win, he'd tie the franchise record for consecutive wins, which Mike Vernon set in 1988-89.

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Jaromir Jagr bested Gordie Howe, and now he wants to do it again.

The Florida Panthers forward joked that he had another record in his sights after passing "Mr. Hockey" on Friday night for the most points in NHL history after turning 40 with a pair of helpers in a win over the New York Rangers.

"I'm going to pass him for most points after 50," Jagr quipped postgame, according to Harvey Fialkov of the Sun Sentinel.

Jagr collected his 268th and 269th points in 378 games since becoming a quadragenarian, padding his career total of 1,907 points in 1,699 contests.

Injuries to Roberto Luongo and Aaron Ekblad have put a dent in the Panthers' playoff hopes, but the 45-year-old Jagr - who once said he'd like to play until he's 50 - continues to defy Father Time in his 23rd NHL season.

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Kyle Palmieri's season has been a classic case of Jekyll and Hyde.

For the first half of the 2016-17 campaign, it didn't seem at all likely that the New Jersey Devils forward would replicate the 30-goal, 57-point effort that earned him a five-year extension last July.

Then came the second half.

Palmieri hit the 25-goal mark with a pair of markers in a loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night, notching a third straight multi-point game and his second multi-goal outing in the last three contests.

The 26-year-old winger has been one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise disastrous season for the Devils, leading the club in goals and points.

Palmieri has been on fire since the latter half of the 2016-17 campaign officially began.

It's been like an entirely new season for him compared to his first-half production.

It initially appeared as though the Devils' five-year commitment might have been a mistake, but Palmieri is now on pace to score about 29 goals and 56 points, which would all but equal his output from 2015-16.

New Jersey has lost 11 of its last 12 games, and the Devils sit dead last in the Eastern Conference, but at least they can take comfort in knowing a major part of their core has rediscovered his stellar form.

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Move over, No. 9.

Jaromir Jagr continued his remarkable assault on the record books Friday night, collecting a pair of assists against the New York Rangers to pass Gordie Howe for the most points in NHL history by a player after turning 40 years old, according to TSN.

Jagr picked up a primary assist on Jonathan Huberdeau's second-period goal and set up Aleksander Barkov's third-period marker to accomplish his latest milestone.

The 45-year-old forward has 1,907 points in 1,699 career regular-season games, ranking second on the NHL's all-time points list.

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The U.S. women's hockey team dismissed its governing body's latest claims in a pointed statement Friday night.

"USA Hockey has issued a press release with patently false information about the status of its negotiations with the players of the women's national hockey team," the players fired back, via TSN's Bob McKenzie.

"The players are disheartened by the response, which fails to distinguish between funds from the U.S. Olympic Committee and funds from USA Hockey."

Management released a long FAQ-style statement earlier Friday, detailing what it claims are the differences between what the players are asking for and what its providing.

U.S. team member Hilary Knight piled onto the players' official response, lobbing another shot at the governing body.

"There's a reason why we haven't won a(n Olympic) gold medal in 20 years," Knight told Stephen Whyno of The Associated Press. "They need to step up. Who does USA Hockey aspire to be?"

Related: Hilary Knight tweets 3-letter word after USA Hockey's lengthy statement

The players' latest reply alleges USA Hockey only offers financial support during a six-month period surrounding the Olympics, and that the organization pays the players "virtually nothing" outside that time frame.

"Noticeably absent from USA Hockey's press release is a breakdown of what it has offered the players for its commitment during the 3.5 years out of the Olympic period," the latest retort reads. "The players encourage the public to seek clarity on this issue."

It also points out that USA Hockey disregards the non-Olympic period while expecting women's national team members to train on their own time and play in tournaments like the upcoming World Championship, which the players are threatening to boycott if significant progress in negotiations over wages doesn't occur.

Training camp for the upcoming tourney begins Tuesday, and the tournament opens March 31 in Plymouth, Mich.

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Kyle Palmieri can't stop scoring.

The New Jersey Devils forward potted his 24th goal of the season Friday, beating Pittsburgh Penguins netminder Matt Murray with a nifty deke.

The tally marked the fourth goal in three games for Palmieri, who scored versus the Flyers on Thursday and twice against the Coyotes on Saturday.

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The Arizona Coyotes will have fewer tickets to sell next season.

That's because the team will section off the four upper corners of Gila River Arena for most home games in 2017-18, a move that will reduce seating capacity to 15,869. Only the MTS Centre of the Winnipeg Jets and the Barclays Center of the New York Islanders have smaller capacities.

"Removing some of this excess inventory and concentrating our great fans closer together represents an opportunity to improve the fan experience," Coyotes spokesperson Rich Nairn told Brahm Resnik of 12 News on Friday.

It's familiar territory for the NHL. In 2010, the Florida Panthers closed off nearly 2,500 seats in Sunrise's BB&T Center, described as an effort to create a more intimate fan experience.

The Coyotes have the league's second-lowest attendance, according to ESPN, averaging just under 13,000 fans per game, ahead of only the Carolina Hurricanes. Arizona also ranks 29th in percentage capacity, at 75.7 percent.

The Coyotes have a lease agreement at Glendale's Gila River Arena through next season, while efforts continue to build a new arena in the East Valley or downtown Phoenix.

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