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Tonight, NHL on NBCSN doubleheader: Bruins at Flyers, Stars at Sharks

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On what will be a busy night in the National Hockey League -- 10 games all told -- NBC Sports Network will be front and center with a pair of games in an East-West doubleheader.

Up first is Boston at Philly (7:00 p.m. ET), a game that has little meaning for the Flyers but plenty for the Bruins.

Boston is looking to secure points and stay ahead of Montreal for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference -- currently, the B’s are tied on points with the Habs (59) but are ahead in the standings thanks to games played (44 to Montreal’s 45).

Neither team has played exceptionally well as of late. The Flyers are 5-5-0 in their last 10 and were recently bounced from playoff contention while the Bruins are 5-4-1 over their last 10, and have failed to surpass a slumping Montreal team in the points chase.

Once these two teams are done, focus turns out West for a huge game in terms of playoff jockeying.

The Dallas Stars are in San Jose to take on the Sharks (10:00 p.m. ET, and in a very unique position. Despite sitting 10th in the West, the Stars are technically in control of their own playoff fate as they have games remaining against the teams they’re chasing -- Detroit, and Columbus.

That said, those upcoming games might mean little if the Stars can’t get a result tonight in the Shark Tank.

Not that it’ll be easy.

The Sharks are one of the best home teams in the league this year, posting a 16-2-5 record at HP Pavilion. San Jose also has plenty to play for tonight as they didn’t get any help on the playoff clinching front last night -- if Phoenix had defeated Detroit (the ‘Yotes lost 4-0), San Jose would’ve automatically qualified for the postseason.

Now, they’ll have to do it themselves.