After a slow start, Adam Fantilli is justifying why he was a popular sleeper pick in fantasy drafts. With his goal on Saturday, Fantilli now has seven goals in his last eight games and 12 points over his last 11 games. This after he started the season with just two goals and five points over [...]
Quick bit of player news before getting into tonight’s games. Adrian Kempe and the Kings have locked in an eight-year extension worth 10.625M AAV. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1990186631127781812?s=20 With the cap climbing over the next few years, contracts like this should not really surprise anyone. Still, it’s worth noting that Adrian Kempe is 29 now, and this deal [...]
Well, what can you say about Jack Hughes. With the news that he will miss eight weeks following finger surgery, you can dock at least 20 games again from him for the third consecutive season. The fact that this was not even an injury from a game or even practice this time around (a team [...]
In the first afternoon game on Sunday the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings by of score of 4-1. With a goal and two assists, Connor Bedard extended his point streak to eight games and now sits in the top three in the league scoring race with Nathan Mackinnon and Leo Carlsson (more on [...]
Before facing Tampa Bay, the Mammoth had scored three or more goals in eight straight games, but that run came to an end with a 4-2 loss to the Lightning. It also marked their first home loss of the season. Ian Cole poste two helpers in the Mammoth loss and he was the main points [...]
If Monday and Wednesday felt quiet, well that’s because Tuesday was the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy, with all 32 teams in action. It was a grind for anyone trying to keep up, especially baseball fans who sat through that marathon Dodgers win, then rolled right into Game Four of the World Series before capping it off [...]
There was no baseball tonight so I am assuming most hockey fans specifically in Canada are focused around their respective hockey teams and fantasy rosters. We had a good slate of games for Sunday night with eight games on tilt which could mean most of your fantasy rosters were likely making an impact to close [...]
After losing their first three games of the season, the Buffalo Sabres have strung together two wins in a row. Alex Lyon made 32 saves in earning a 3-0 win over the two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Lyon has started all five games for the Sabres this season, earning quality starts in four of [...]
In the Capitals’ 5-1 win over Minnesota, Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of the season, which is the 898th of his storied career. Ovechkin also added an assist with a plus-3 and three shots. Now 40 years old, the Great 8 is on track to become the first player in NHL history to score [...]
It was a quiet night in the NHL on Sunday with just one game on slate, with the Rangers hosting the Capitals, however it turned out to be a big one for any fantasy manager who took a late-week swing on Charlie Lindgren. In his season debut, he stopped all 35 shots for the shutout, [...]
