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The two young guns who lead the NHL in goals had better regain their scoring touch or else Calgary captain Jarome Iginla will soon surpass them to claim his second Maurice (Rocket) Richard Trophy.

Iginla scored his 36th goal of the season Saturday night in a 4-4 tie with Nashville and trails Ilya Kovalchuk, 20, of the Atlanta Thrashers and Rick Nash, 19, of the Columbus Blue Jackets by just one goal.

At 26 and the 2001-02 Richard Trophy in his trophy case for scoring a career-high 52 goals, Iginla looks like a safer bet of the three to win the goal-scoring title. He has 15 goals in his past 20 games and every game figures to be more meaningful as the Flames try to secure their first playoff berth in eight seasons.

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