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Boston Bruins: Slowly but surely, the Bruins are beginning to look like the team we're used to and the one opponents expect to see come spring. Winners in eight of their past 10 games, the Bruins have won two straight and they hold onto one of two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference. A big part of their resurgence comes as a result of goaltender Tuukka Rask’s improved play. Rask had a stellar month of January and most recently turned away 30 of 31 shots faced in the team’s 3-1 win against the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

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Minnesota Wild: Goaltender Devan Dubnyk is looking like a pretty shrewd acquisition by general manager Chuck Fletcher right about now. Dubnyk stopped 35 of 37 shots he faced Sunday night, helping lead the Wild to their third consecutive road victory, a 4-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks. Since joining the Wild via trade in mid-January, Dubnyk has posted an impressive 5-1-1 record while the Wild have recorded a point in six of their past seven games. Those points are absolutely critical for a club that struggled in the first half and is desperately trying to claw its way back into the playoff mix.

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