With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leaving the game in the first period with an upper-body injury, Derek Ryan was able to pick up the slack. Ryan recorded his first career hat trick in the Oilers’ 4-3 win over Florida. After RNH left, the Oilers were down to 10 forwards, so it’s hard to know what to make [...]
Filling in for the injured Elvis Merzlikins, Joonas Korpisalo, and Daniil Tarasov, J-F Berube deserved a better fate on Friday. Even though he posted his fourth consecutive quality start, Berube was tagged with the loss because the ice was tilted in the Columbus end, which resulted in him yielding four goals to Carolina. The Jackets [...]
You might not have projected it before the season, but Buffalo’s top line of Tage Thompson – Jeff Skinner – Alex Tuch is fantasy relevant. Yes, all three players. Tuch has scored at a point per game since he arrived. Skinner is already 20 points ahead of his production from all of last season. Then [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Nick Ritchie and a conditional second-round pick to Arizona for Ryan Dzingel and Ilya Lyubushkin. Ritchie, who was signed to a two-year contract with a $2.5 million cap hit this past offseason, was demoted to the AHL in early February. He had scored just two goals in 33 games [...]
Our Frozen Tools Forensics writer Chris Kane profiled 4th Year Breakout players in his article this week. The most prominent name on that list is Andrei Svechnikov, who continued to add to his point total on Friday. Svechnikov scored a pair of power-play goals to go with an assist in the Hurricanes’ 5-3 win over [...]
Under Dominique Ducharme in 2021-22, Cole Caufield scored just one goal in 30 games. Under Martin St. Louis, Caufield has four goals in four games, including his game-tying and game-winning goals on Thursday. The obvious take would be to assume that the 5-8 St. Louis would have a soft spot for the 5-7 Caufield, but [...]
Because COVID protocol lists are shrinking (finally!), there are more players being squeezed out of the Top 100 Roto Rankings than are being added. Some tough calls to make, but thank you to a few Twitter followers with the suggestions. Keep in mind that these are single-season rankings for a head-to-head or rotisserie league using [...]
Thatcher Demko spoiled the fun for the 50 percent (or more) of the Vancouver crowd that was cheering for the Leafs on Saturday. Demko made a career-high 51 saves in stealing a 3-2 Canucks win over Toronto. Since Bruce Boudreau took over, Demko has a sparkling .936 SV% to go with an 11-4-1 record and [...]
I’ve had no shortage of topics to write about when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers this season. Whether it be the scoring exploits of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the volatile goaltending situation, the controversial Evander Kane signing, and now the recent coaching change, there’s been plenty of storylines to unpack from a fantasy [...]
The Metropolitan Division is this season’s All-Star Game winner, defeating the Central Division 5-3. Claude Giroux was the game’s MVP, scoring two goals in the final and another goal and assist in the first win against the Pacific Division. Giroux showed some razzle dazzle in his first goal. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1490059059453640711 One second-half question on the minds [...]
