It is far too small a sample, but over the past two nights we have seen 14 games and a combined 67 goals. That’s a rate of 4.79 goals per game. Considering the NHL has been a 3-2 league for years, the past two days have felt a lot more like the norm than the [...]
Matt Murray was knocked awkwardly into his post by Jakub Voracek and was forced from the game. Tristan Jarry, one of the league’s top goaltending prospects, took over and notched a win. The extent of Murray’s injury remains to be seen, but Jarry makes an excellent waiver wire pickup regardless. That’s because the Penguins next [...]
PSA: Black Friday hockey kicks off today at 1:00 pm EST, so get those lineups set early! * At the Thanksgiving break no team has played more games than the Arizona Coyotes with 24. Four teams have played 23 games (Washington, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Toronto). Meanwhile, a half-dozen teams have played only 20 games (San Jose, [...]
Interesting scheduling quirk this week, as the NHL is going dark for American Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to my friends south of the border! That pushed the entire league into action last night, well all but one with the Blues sitting out. Good riddance I say! I am facing a team in head-to-head with Jaden Schwartz, [...]
My past few waiver wire grabs have ripped up the scoresheet with Jason Zucker, Micheal Ferland and Sebastian Aho all offering tremendous value over the past couple of weeks. This week my big add was Kevin Fiala, who got things going with a goal and an assist. Since I can already picture the question rolling [...]
Scoring fell to just below six goals per game after last night's action. Indeed, it sits at 5.99 goals per game, a spike of 0.46 over last season, or nearly an extra goal every second game. I expect that the average will continue to trend down but it's worth noting that the over/under betting [...]
The Eddie Lack experience got off to a horrible start as the Flames’ backup gave up five goals on 15 shots before getting yanked half-way through an 8-2 loss to the Red Wings. I was skeptical about Lack’s chances of going on a hot run for the Flames and so far the returns have not [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Edmonton Oilers acquire Mike Cammalleri from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jussi Jokinen. The Oilers get: A veteran depth winger in exchange for a veteran depth winger. Mike Cammalleri’s second go-around with the Kings lasted only 15 games as he will now join an Oilers club looking to inject [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Tampa Bay Lightning acquire Louis Domingue from the Arizona Coyotes for Michael Leighton and Tye McGinn. The Lightning get: A backup goaltender in Domingue who fell out of favour in Arizona after a rough start and their acquisition of Scott Wedgewood. Thus, the goaltender carousel continues to spin. Domingue had a nice [...]
Teuvo Teravainen erupted for a hat-trick performance, all part of a four-point night that vaulted him from a 50-point pace, to a 67-point pace. I think he’s more of the former than the latter. More concerningly, all of Teravainen’s scores have come in random outbursts. He has scored in just six of Carolina’s 16 games [...]
