Heres our weekly look at the fortunes of some of the games brightest young stars. Behold, the latest under-24 player rankings.HotConnor McDavid, C, Edmonton OilersThe Oilers are in a dogfight atop the Pacific Division, where theyre tied with the?Calgary Flames and trying to hold off the San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks.?But Edmonton is hanging tough thanks in large part to the play of captain and resident superstar McDavid, who has three goals and eight assists in his past eight games. The 19-year-old continues to lead the NHL with 38 points and is threatening to turn the scoring race into a one-horse affair. Through Thursday, he had a nine-point edge over his nearest competitor. He even threw a little shade at?Philadelphia Flyers?defenseman?Brandon Manning after Thursdays wacky 6-5 loss, which proves McDavid is human after all.Patrik Laine, RW, Winnipeg JetsSo whats the over/under on how many goals the Finnish sniper finishes with this season? Forty? Forty-five? Its going to be hard for rookie-of-the-year voters to ignore Laine if he keeps up this pace. The 6-foot-5 18-year-old has potted five goals and added two assists in his past eight games, and his 17 goals are one off the league lead, as he continues to joust with?Pittsburgh Penguins?captain Sidney Crosby as the leagues dominant goal scorer. Laines contributions are one of the main reasons the Jets are remaining in the wild-card race in the Western Conference.David Pastrnak, LW, Boston BruinsTalk about catching fire. The Bruins 20-year-old winger has been white-hot, scoring eight goals and adding two assists in his past eight games. Pastrnaks two-goal effort in a loss to the?Colorado Avalanche?on Thursday moved him into a tie for the league lead with 18 -- the same number collected by Crosby. Pastrnaks 14 even-strength goals are tops in the league. The emergence of Pastrnak, the 25th-overall pick in 2014, as an elite sniper has been a welcome tonic for a team that has struggled to consistently score.NotNoah Hanifin, D, Carolina HurricanesThe Hurricanes have struggled to stay in the playoff hunt, which is a function in part of how young this team is, especially on the back end. Take Hanifin, for instance. The fifth-overall pick in 2014 has one goal and zero assists in his past 11 games. The doesnt mean the 19-year-old isnt ready. It just means that the learning curve is steep. Carolina is tied for 21st in goals scored per game and is 12th place in the Eastern Conference. Its hard to imagine the Hurricanes closing the gap unless they get more offense from Hanifin and their other promising youngsters, as they did in an impressive 3-1 win over the?Los Angeles Kings?on Thursday.William Carrier, LW, Buffalo SabresInjuries and slumps have presented a mighty challenge for head coach Dan Bylsma, who has tried to coax enough offense out of his talented roster to keep the Sabres in the hunt. At one point, Bylsma gave Carrier, a 21-year-old power forward whod had success at the AHL level, a chance to play top-six minutes for a Sabres team that ranks dead last in the league in goals per game. Lets just say that the experiment has yet to bear fruit for the hard-nosed winger, who has one assist in his past seven games and has one goal in 16 games played in the NHL.Vincent Trocheck, C, Florida PanthersIt hasnt exactly been a smooth transition for the Panthers in the wake of the controversial dismissal of coach Gerard Gallant. Florida is outside the playoff bubble and offense has been hard to come by -- especially for Trochek, who was looking to build on last seasons impressive 25-goal campaign. The 23-year-old has one assist in his past nine games and just six goals on the season. Hes also minus-11.Young guns showdownMatt Murray, G, Pittsburgh Penguins versus Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, Tampa Bay Lightning, Saturday, 7 p.m. ETThis game in Tampa features a tasty little rematch of last springs Eastern Conference finals and again pits the two young goalies who squared off in that seven-game set after Tampa Bay veteran Ben Bishop was injured. Murray, 22, has picked up where he left off in guiding the Penguins to a Stanley Cup last June, running his record to 9-2 with a .934 save percentage after he missed time early in the season with a hand injury. The Lightning, meanwhile, are struggling and head into the weekend outside the playoff bubble. 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Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto.Real Madrid must overcome a two-goal deficit if they are to reach the Champions League semi-finals - but history is against them. Bundesliga side Wolfsburg claimed a shock 2-0 win in the first leg of the quarter-final to leave Zinedine Zidanes side with a tough task in Tuesdays return leg at the Bernabeu.Only two teams have ever overturned a 2-0 away defeat from the first leg of a Champions League tie and Real themselves have not come back from a two-goal European deficit since they edged past Red Star Belgrade in 1987. Cristiano Ronaldo (left) and team-mates struggled in Germany The last European tie that Real Madrid managed to turn around at all was way back in 2002, when they put a 2-1 defeat in Munich to the back of their minds to eliminate Bayern with a 2-0 win at the Bernabeu, thanks to goals from Ivan Helguera and Guti. Luka Modric feels that Real Madrid have to be patient when they face Wolfsburg in the Champions League. Theyre two goals down after the first leg against. Real Madrid attempts to overcome deficit in Europe since last success Team and season First leg score Aggregate score Arsenal - 2005/06 0-1 0-1 Roma - 2007/08 1-2 2-4 Liverpool - 2008/09 0-4 0-5 Lyon - 2009/10 0-1 0-1 Barcelona - 2010/11 0-2 1-3 Bayern Munich - 2011/12 1-2 3-3 (lost on pens) Dortmund - 2013/14 1-4 3-4 Juventus 2014/15 1-2 2-3 Madrid have trailed from the first leg on eight occasions since, without emerging victorious on aggregate once.dddddddddddd That run includes exits against Arsenal in 2005/06 and Liverpool in 2008/09.Last season, Juventus held a 2-1 advantage in the semi-final ahead of the return leg in the Spanish capital, but the Madridistas went home unhappy as their side could only muster a 1-1 draw in the Bernabeu. Zinedine Zidane is under pressure once again The Spaniards can at least take solace from the fact they have progressed in all of their last four knockout-round ties with German clubs.They have won 29 of their past 34 Champions League games at home - and are also yet to concede at the Bernabeu in Europe this season. Watch some of Cristiano Ronaldos best skills and goals in a Real Madrid shirt Nor should Real panic if they are still behind late in the game; all of their past nine Champions League goals have come in the second half, and four of the past five goals Wolfsburg have conceded in the Champions League have come in the last 15 minutes.Their task might be tricky but manager Zidane is certainly not contemplating elimination.Madrid are never ready for that, he said at his pre-match press conference. Madrid always expect to go through, to do more and more, because its the club with the most European Cups.Follow Real Madrid v Wolfsburg via updates on SSNHQ and with our live blog on skysports.com and the Sky Sports apps. Get Sky Sports Alerts Breaking news, line ups and goal alerts from Real Madrid - direct to your mobile Also See: Best and worst of City Wolfsburg stun Real Cheap NFL Gear Cheap Jerseys Store Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap Stitched Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China China NFL Hoodies Youth NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap NFL Womens Jerseys Camo China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys 2019 Stitched Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Outlet ' ' '