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The NHL trade deadline is a little over a month away, but the rumors have started to surface over which teams might be willing make moves.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to continue their hot play when they take on the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
The Boston Bruins will look to extend their six game road unbeaten streak when they take on the struggling Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
Two struggling teams face off when the Montreal Canadiens visit the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.
The Phoenix Coyotes will look to extend their winning streak to three games when they take on Nashville Predators.
The Dallas Stars will look to extend their winning streak to five when they take a struggling Calgary Flames team on Wednesday night.
The Minnesota Wild will look to win their second straight game when they take on the Calgary Flames on Monday evening.
After winning the Stanley Cup last spring, most expected the Los Angeles Kings to be prime contenders to repeat. Unfortunately, the team's play indicates that it may instead fail to make the playoff all together. The Kings will look to get on track when they take on the St. Louis Blues.
The Philadelphia Flyers open their six game road trip when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.
With the exception of one game, the New York Islanders have played extremely well during their four game losing streak. The team hopes to break its slump when it takes on the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.
After starting January with a perfect seven wins in seven games, the San Jose Sharks have fallen back to earth and are on a four game skid. The Sharks will look for their first win of February when they take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night.
During last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs, Phoenix Coyotes' player Raffi Torres made an illegal hit on Chicago's Marian Hossa that left him injured. Torres was forced to serve a nine game suspension that was lifted when the two teams faced off on Thursday night. The Blackhawks exacted some revenge with a 6-2 destruction of Phoenix in their own building.
Since Detroit's 5-3 win over St. Louis on Friday, neither team has won. That streak is about to end for one team when the two sides meet on Thursday night.
Cory Schneider will start for Vancouver when the Canucks (5-2-2) take on the Minnesota Wild (4-4-1) on Thursday night.
The Dallas Stars (4-5-1) will look to build on their confidence when they take on a surging Edmonton Oilers (4-3-2) team.
