The time to look back and reflect on what could have been or should have been will come, maybe sooner than later for the Arizona Coyotes.
For the moment, their season and playoff hopes come down to creating a four-game winning streak, and getting help from teams playing the St. Louis Blues this week and next.
Arizona (22-24-6) trailed St. Louis (23-19-7) 53-50 for fourth place and the final West Division playoff spot going into Monday night's NHL schedule. The Blues have three games in hand, but those won't matter if the Coyotes lose Monday and Wednesday to the Los Angeles Kings and the Blues defeat the last-place Anaheim Ducks on the same nights.