Hockey Rambling

There was a lot of news concerning the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, both good and bad, so let’s get to the important parts. First off, with the team going through injuries both up front and on the blue line, more help from the AHL was necessary. Columbus decided to recall winger Kirill Marchenko:   [...]

Here are the worst-performing goaltenders of the past month, according to the metric GSAA/60. That’s goals saved above average per 60 minutes (minimum 4GP). NameTeamGPQSQS%RBSRBS%GSAAGSAA/60SERGEI BOBROVSKYFLA5120360-8.80-2.07UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONENBUF4125375-5.89-1.46JACK CAMPBELLEDM6116.7350-8.05-1.34ERIC COMRIEBUF400125-4.46-1.27CHARLIE LINDGRENWSH500360-4.98-1.20CAL PETERSENL.A5120240-4.27-0.92JAKE ALLENMTL9222.2333.3-7.03-0.78JACOB MARKSTROMCGY10330110-6.73-0.66PETR MRAZEKCHI6233.3116.7-3.67-0.64ADIN HILLVGK5120120-3.18-0.64 Bobrovsky obviously sticks out like a sore thumb, and Campbell’s presence on this list is surprising nobody. Adin Hill sneaking [...]

Brock Boeser was supposed to be a healthy scratch on Saturday, but a morning skate injury to Dakota Joshua meant that Boeser was re-inserted into the lineup. Boeser had been held without a point with a minus-3 in the three games leading up to Saturday, although he had a nine-game point streak prior to that. [...]

I’m covering for Ian today, and since I’m out of my normal routine, I’m going to jump out of my usual wheelhouse and focus a bit more on some prospects today. Before I get to that though, a few game and injury notes, updates, and thoughts. * Patrik Laine made his return (again) from an [...]

Cal Petersen being placed on waivers wasn’t something I had predicted before the season, even if he wasn’t going to unseat Jonathan Quick as the Kings starter. Yet with an .888 SV% and negative GSAA (goals saved above average) dating back to the start of last season, it was becoming more and more apparent that [...]

Kris Letang missed Tuesday night’s game for Pittsburgh with what the team said was an illness. He wasn’t on the ice for practice on Wednesday and missing that kind of time with an illness made me think he had whatever is going on with Aleksander Barkov. Unfortunately, it seems a lot more serious than that: [...]

Boston continued their hot start and extended their home-win record last night with a win over the Lightning. Taylor Hall scored twice in the game, which was actually a surprise for me to see because he has been down on the third line for the past few games (and is only on the second power [...]

Likely the biggest story surrounding the Minnesota Wild heading into this season was the anticipated performances from Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi. With the team so cap-strung thanks to the buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, and losing Kevin Fiala as a result, they needed these young potential stars to step up in a [...]

Cyber Monday sale! Our Daily Fantasy Tools subscription is $30 off for today only (was also for Black Friday, but that’s over now). You won’t see this price again until March. Get these tools for the full season and playoffs – here. * I’m not sure why Matias Maccelli was a healthy scratch twice last [...]

Sometimes when a goal drought ends, the floodgates open. Sparking a third-period comeback for the Oilers, Evan Bouchard scored his first two goals of the season in the third period against the Rangers. Bouchard also had four shots and two hits in a game where he snapped a 20-game stretch without a goal to start [...]