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Tavares scored two goals, including the game-winner, recorded an assist, fired four shots on net and dished out four hits in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over Anaheim.

Tavares played the hero Monday when he knocked in the game-winning goal at the back post with just five seconds remaining in overtime. He also put the Maple Leafs on the board in the first period with a power-play goal. With his trio of points Monday, the 35-year-old center is up to 28 goals, 36 assists, 182 shots on net, 66 hits and 21 blocked shots across 75 games in 2025-26. While Tavares had a few slow stretches offensively this season, he has been steady as of late with six goals and 12 points over the last 10 games. He remains a strong option for production in standard fantasy leagues for the remainder of the regular season.

Ritchie notched two assists in Monday's 8-3 loss to the Penguins.

The 21-year-old rookie had a hand in second-period tallies by Mathew Barzal and Brayden Schenn as the Isles briefly took a 3-1 lead before imploding. Ritchie has a tidy four-game point streak going, and over his last 12 contests, he's collected four goals and 10 points while skating in a top-six role.

Barzal produced a goal and an assist in Monday's 8-3 loss to the Islanders.

After a scoreless first period, New York actually jumped out to a 3-1 lead thanks in large part to Barzal's efforts, but the wheels came off completely after that. The 28-year-old has been productive in March, delivering two goals and 13 points in 15 games, and Barzal needs one more goal to reach 20 on the season, and three more points to get to 70 for the third time in his career.

Rakell scored two goals, one shorthanded, in Monday's 8-3 win over the Islanders.

The veteran center potted the Penguins' second and seventh goals of the night, with the latter chasing Ilya Sorokin from the game. Rakell has been outstanding in March, getting onto the scoresheet in 12 of the last 13 games while collecting eight goals and 17 points over that stretch. He needs one more tally to produce his seventh career 20-goal campaign.

Crosby pocketed two assists in Monday's 8-3 romp over the Islanders.

Back in the lineup after sitting out Saturday's loss to the Stars due to a nagging lower-body injury, the future Hall of Famer helped set up tallies by Ryan Shea in the second period and Bryan Rust in the third. Crosby has produced one goal and seven points in six appearances since making his initial return from the injury he picked up during the Olympics, and on the season, he's churned out 28 goals and 66 points in 62 contests.

Harkins (upper body) will miss Monday's home game against the Maple Leafs, per Derek Lee of The Hockey News.

Harkins returned to Anaheim during the team's recent three-game road trip after exiting Tuesday's contest in Vancouver. He'll miss his third consecutive game and will likely carry the questionable tag heading into Wednesday's road game in San Jose unless he can make progress in practice. Overall, the 28-year-old forward has eight points, 37 shots on net, 113 hits and 24 blocked shots across 44 outings this season.

Zary (upper body) will miss Monday's road matchup against the Avalanche, per the NHL Media Site.

Zary will be held out of Calgary's lineup for the fifth straight game after taking an illegal hit from Florida's A.J. Greer. Zary has 11 goals, 24 points, 99 shots on net and 44 hits across 67 games this season. The 24-year-old forward's next chance to return is Thursday's road contest against the Golden Knights.

Del Bel Belluz was recalled from AHL Cleveland on Monday, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.

Del Bel Belluz received his first call-up of the calendar year Monday in the midst of his hot stretch at the AHL level. He currently has a four-game point streak with Cleveland and has 14 points in his last 12 games. Across 53 games with the Monsters this season, the 22-year-old forward has 22 goals, 57 points and 132 shots on net. He has just one point in 13 NHL games this season, but he will have a chance to be inserted into Tuesday's lineup with Mathieu Olivier (upper body) questionable ahead of the contest.

Crosby (lower body) is in the lineup for Monday's road matchup versus the Islanders.

Crosby wasn't available against the Stars on Saturday and was deemed a game-time call against the Islanders earlier Monday. The all-world center will skate between Yegor Chinakhov and Bryan Rust on Long Island. Pittsburgh's captain has torched the Isles throughout his career -- he's generated 44 goals, 96 helpers and a plus-30 rating across 92 regular-season games against them.

Dellandrea (lower body) is day-to-day, according to Max Miller of NHL.com on Monday.

Dellandrea remains on injured reserve and will miss his 30th straight game against St. Louis on Monday. It remains unclear when he will be ready to return to the lineup, but he appears to be getting closer. Dellandrea has registered two goals, 11 points, 44 shots on net, 36 blocked shots and 117 hits across 42 appearances this season.