Hockey Rambling

Hi, it’s Ian, filling in for Alex today. On Tuesday, the NHL promoted its first Frozen Frenzy in which all 32 teams play on the same night. From a marketing standpoint, it makes sense because it’s a day that the NHL can (mostly) have to itself on the North American sports landscape. The World Series [...]

Anthony Duclair had been off to a good start to his 2024-25 season with two goals and three points through New York’s first four games. Considering the team was shut out twice in those four games, it was a pretty good offensive performance. Unfortunately, Duclair got hurt in the third period of their fifth game [...]

With a 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh, Winnipeg remains the only undefeated team this season, sporting a 5-0 record. Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele have been integral to the Jets’ success, scoring on Sunday and finding the scoresheet in every game thus far. Both players are riding five-game point streaks. Nikolaj Ehlers and his deft playmaking [...]

Drake Batherson filled the statsheet for the Senators in their 5-4 win over Tampa Bay: two goals (one on the power play), one assist, seven shots, and two hits. It’s been feast or famine for Batherson this season, as this is his second three-point game. He hasn’t registered a point in his other three games. [...]

It's early, but… Steven Stamkos has yet to register his first point as a Nashville Predator. Missing a 100-assist playmaker like Nikita Kucherov might have something to do with it, but Stamkos is at least shooting the puck. With 14 shots over his four games, Stamkos’ 3.5 SOG/GP is as high as it has been [...]

We’re barely a week into the season, and already the questions are pouring in about whether to drop a struggling goalie. In fact, it’s a usual rite of passage of every fantasy hockey season. This season, the goalies happen to be Alexandar Georgiev and Tristan Jarry. I didn’t expand on the stats too much when [...]

This game was a wildly entertaining contest from start to finish. Buffalo held a 3-1 lead through the first half of the game and chased starting goalie Tristan Jarry from the net thanks to three goals on five shots. Peterka scored one of those three goals on a beautiful snipe on a 2-on-1 to garner [...]

As Columbus played their first home game of the season, everyone's heart was focused not on the game, but on a player that meant so much more - Johnny Gaudreau. The Blue Jackets honoured him with both teams wearing Gaudreau jerseys for warmups, and then saving him a spot at the opening faceoff. https://twitter.com/BlueJacketsNHL/status/1846321096959693004?t=dWDJ1l3M4S6w_M-i5KvP7A&s=19 https://twitter.com/BlueJacketsNHL/status/1846333825497911497?t=wfigUpaHF65zp7PkH8zgNw&s=19 [...]

There has been some early-season injury turbulence that has already hit the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Adam Boqvist took a puck to the face and had to miss a game over the weekend, Aleksander Barkov injured his ankle and looks to be out a couple weeks at least, and Matthew Tkachuk missed a [...]

Three games, three wins for Connor Hellebuyck and the Winnipeg Jets. Hellebuyck has conceded just two goals over these three games, stopping 81 of 83 shots, and handsomely rewarding fantasy managers that used an early pick to acquire him.  With a goal and assist against Minnesota, Mark Scheifele has now posted two points in each [...]