Fiji will again kick off the HSBC Sevens World Series as firm favourites to take out the World Series title after an historic 2016 which saw the small island nation win its first ever Olympic gold medal.Fiji dominated the 2015/16 series reaching five Cup playoff matches and winning three of the 10 World Series stops and only months later secured the first ever Rugby Sevens Olympic gold.Fijis meteoric rise from small island nation to World Champions has also become the subject of a new documentary Sevens From Heaven, which focuses on how the Fiji side became the top ranked nation in the world despite a population of only 800,000.Dubai Sevens is again the first stop on the World Series trail with both mens and womens sides taking part in the event, and Fiji will be aiming to make it consecutive wins at the venue, while Australias womens side will be hoping to start their back-to-back series campaign with a bang.Both Olympic gold medal sides will face their own issues with Fiji heading into the tournament with new interim coach Naca Cawanibuka. 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The Detroit Red Wings have dropped five straight while the San Jose Sharks have lost three in a row.The Islanders can at least take a little solace in the narrow nature of their losses. New York has led or been tied in the third period in six of the eight defeats, including the last two.We played a little resilient and we played hard and credit to the guys, Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said Saturday night. But thats the way were going to have to play. I think our guys know if we continue to play like that and work like that and just stay the course, good things will happen.The Islanders task got tougher Sunday, when the team learned its top defenseman, Travis Hamonic, will be out four-to-six weeks with a broken right thumb suffered when he blocked a shot in the first period Saturday night.The Canucks, on the other hand, have beeen outscored by a whopping 28-10 during their losing streak, a stretch in which they have been shut out four times and lost by multiple goals six times.ddddddddddddThe only people that can change this slump right now is us, Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher said Saturday night. And were going to find a way to do that.The Canucks are likely to be doubly motivated Monday following a fight-filled loss to the Maple Leafs. The fracases -- including a battle between goalie Ryan Miller and Toronto left winger Matt Martin -- took place after left winger Daniel Sedin was hit in the head by Nazem Kadri. Sedin was checked for a concussion but passed the tests.I like the fact that our guys stayed together, Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins said, I think its important that the group cares about each other.Miller and Jacob Markstrom have alternated starts in each of the last five games, which puts Markstrom in line to play Monday night. Markstrom is 1-3-0 in four career appearances against the Islanders and took the loss the last time he opposed New York on March 1, when he made 21 saves as the Canucks fell, 3-2, at Rogers Arena.Jaroslav Halak has started the last two games for the Islanders, so Thomas Greiss could draw the start. Greiss is 1-2-0 in three career appearances against the Canucks and earned the win on March 1, when he stopped 31 of 33 shots. ' ' '