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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Matt Connolly,&amp;nbsp;Chat Sports&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is nearly complete. On Sunday three more teams\u2014the Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars and New York Islanders\u2014punched their tickets to the conference semis.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two series will resume play tonight, with the Anaheim Ducks looking to close out the Nashville Predators and the reigning champion Chicago Blackhawks trying to complete a comeback from down 3\u20131 against the St. Louis Blues.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are the latest news and rumors around the NHL.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Pavel Datsyuk\u2019s next game will come with the Russian national team, according to MLive. The Detroit Red Wings star is still considering a relocation to his home country next season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Fellow Russian star Alexander Radulov is reportedly returning to the NHL, reports Luke Fox of SportsNet.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Chat Sports:&amp;nbsp;More NHL news and rumors inside the Chat Sports app&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Free-agent-to-be Milan Lucic is dead set on remaining&amp;nbsp;with the Los Angeles Kings, while teammate Vincent Lecavalier has reiterated his desire to hang up his skates.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 On the brink of a first-round collapse to the Blackhawks, there are reports of friction between Blues winger Vladamir Tarasenko and head coach Ken Hitchcock.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Hitchcock will almost certainly be fired if St. Louis cannot win Game 7 against Chicago, reports TSN's Darren Derger.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Chat Sports:&amp;nbsp;The top prospects in the 2016 NHL Draft&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Neither Anton Stralman nor J.T. Brown are expected to play in the Tampa Bay Lightning\u2019s second-round series.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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