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It’s fairly a three-way battle for second within the Atlantic heading into motion Friday as Toronto is second with 91 factors, Tampa Bay is one level again and Boston two. The Lightning have a recreation in hand over each groups because the fourth-place finisher will get Florida within the first spherical whereas the opposite two will face off towards one another.
The combat within the appears to be like to be for second place and residential ice benefit within the Metropolitan between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh with the Rangers holding a one-point lead with a recreation in hand.
Within the West, there’s a large battle for the ultimate 5 playoff spots as solely Colorado, Calgary and Minnesota appear to be locks. The Kings have 84 factors whereas St. Louis has 83, the Nashville Predators 82 and Edmonton 81. Yet one more workforce from the Central will end third and achieve an computerized berth into the playoffs whereas two extra are up for grabs within the Pacific. Add in Dallas with 79, Vegas with 78 and Winnipeg with 76 for the ultimate two wild playing cards and you may see it will likely be one other wild end within the West.
WEEK OF APRIL 4-10
4 Video games – Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Carolina, Columbus, Dallas, Nashville Ottawa, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Toronto
3 Video games –Anaheim, Arizona, Colorado, Detroit, Edmonton, Florida, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, San Jose, Seattle, Vancouver, Washington, Winnipeg
2 Video games – Chicago, Vegas
Boston and Calgary play all 4 video games on the street.
St. Louis performs all 4 video games at dwelling.
Buffalo, Colorado, the New York Islanders and Toronto play three video games on the street.
Carolina, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay play three video games at dwelling.
INJURIES
Clayton Keller suffered a damaged leg and is gone for the rest of the season. (Click on here to see the damage listing.)
ANAHEIM
Video games this week
vs. Calgary, @ Philadelphia, @ Carolina
Drained: @ Carolina (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Geese haven’t gained in 11 video games as they’re 0-8-3 after Thursday’s 3-2 time beyond regulation loss to Dallas…It has not been a enjoyable time for John Gibson who’s 0-8-2 after Thursday’s tilt as he’s 17-22-10 with a 3.09 GAA and a .905 save share…Gibson acquired off to an ideal begin this season however has fallen again and is only a run-of-the-mill goaltender in fantasy hockey…Regulate Jamie Drysdale for subsequent season…The 19-year-old defenseman (for one more week) has 4 targets and 27 factors in 68 video games and is getting a much bigger and greater function for the Geese…He could possibly be their subsequent star as he has changed the traded Hampus Lindholm on the highest pairing with Cam Fowler…Urho Vaakanainen performed his first recreation as a Duck on Thursday since his commerce from Boston and had an help Thursday.
ARIZONA
Video games this week
@ St. Louis, vs. Vancouver, @ Vegas
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Vancouver (Thursday)
Notes
The Coyotes have misplaced Clayton Keller for the season after he broke his leg Wednesday and was stretchered off the ice…Keller underwent surgical procedure that evening and is predicted to make a full restoration in four-six months which can take him into late coaching camp on the worst…He had an ideal season with 28 targets and 63 factors in 67 video games…Jan Jenik had a pair of targets on Thursday, equaling his profession excessive of final season when he scored twice in two video games…It has taken him 5 contests this season…Harri Sateri is predicted to be in Arizona on Apr. 1 after he was picked up on waivers from Toronto…The Finnish goaltender was the netminder on their 2022 Olympic Gold Medal profitable workforce, lastly had his work visa processed and can want a while training earlier than seeing NHL motion…He could possibly be a pleasant mixture with Karel Vejmelka in web for Arizona subsequent season.
BOSTON
Video games this week
@ Columbus, @ Detroit, @ Tampa Bay, @ Washington
Drained: @Detroit (Tuesday)
Rested: @ Washington (Sunday)
Notes
We may even see what the Bruins are fabricated from this week as they’re on the street for all 4 video games together with a tricky intra-divisional matchup towards the Lightning…The Bruins rebounded on Thursday after a tricky dwelling ice loss to Toronto Tuesday, by trouncing the Devils 8-1…The Bruins actually turned their season round once they moved the slumping David Pastrnak off the highest line and mixed him with Taylor Hall, giving Boston two scoring traces…They’ll be robust to beat within the playoffs…Brad Marchand scored a pair Thursday to present him 30 targets, the sixth time in his profession that he has hit the mark…Craig Smith is day-to-day with an sickness and Nick Foligno is similar with a lower-body damage.
BUFFALO
Video games this week
vs. Carolina, @ Carolina, @ Florida, @ Tampa Bay
Drained: @ Florida (Friday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Sabres play 4 occasions this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Search for Craig Anderson and Dustin Tokarski to share the web…Rasmus Dahlin continues to have a fantastic season with 9 targets and 43 factors in 66 video games as he’s one level away from tying a profession excessive…Kyle Okposo has a three-game factors streak and has 17 targets and 40 factors in 62 video games this season…Tage Thompson leads the Sabres in targets with 28 and factors with 51 in 64 video games, each profession highs…Zemgus Girgensons scored a pair towards the Jets in a 3-2 shootout loss and has 10 targets this season…Alex Tuch scored Tuesday and has solely two targets in his final 20 video games.
CALGARY
Video games this week
@ Los Angeles, @ Anaheim, @ San Jose, @ Seattle
Drained: @ San Jose (Thursday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Flames play 4 video games this week on the American West Coast, together with three video games in 4 nights…Jacob Markstrom will play no less than twice and presumably 3 times with Dan Vladar taking part in the rest of the contests…Johnny Gaudreau scored his 31st of the season Thursday in a 3-2 shootout loss to Los Angeles and has 91 factors, fourth-best within the NHL…He’s headed for a career-year with 99 factors his all-time excessive at the moment…The Flames lead the NHL with 4 30-goal scorers in Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm and Andrew Mangiapane, two higher than some other workforce within the NHL…Sean Monahan was again within the lineup on Tuesday after being a wholesome scratch for the primary time in his profession…He picked up an help Thursday however has solely eight targets and 23 factors in 65 video games.
CAROLINA
Video games this week
@ Buffalo, vs. Buffalo, vs. New York Islanders, vs. Anaheim
Drained: vs. New York Islanders (Friday)
Rested: vs. Anaheim (Sunday)
Notes
The Hurricanes play 4 video games this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Frederik Andersen ought to play no less than twice and perhaps 3 times with Antti Raanta taking part in the rest…The Hurricanes lead the Rangers by 5 factors and taking part in 4 non-playoff groups this week positive doesn’t damage their possibilities of profitable the division…Jesperi Kotkaniemi is out for two-three weeks after taking an enormous hit, courtesy of Washington’s Lars Eller with underneath two seconds left in a 6-1 blowout win…The Hurricanes signed their second-round choose from 2020, Noel Gunler to a three-year/entry-level deal…The Swede, who has an distinctive shot, will play the rest of the season with Chicago of the AHL as he will get acclimated to the North American recreation.
CHICAGO
Video games this week
vs. Seattle, vs. Dallas
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Seattle (Thursday), vs. Dallas (Sunday)
Notes
The Blackhawks haven’t had quite a bit to be grateful about this season as they had been predicted by many to problem for a playoff spot however are languishing in seventh place within the Central, 23 factors out of the playoffs…It has been a superb season for the likes of Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat and Seth Jones whereas Dylan Strome has had a robust second half, however for a lot of the others, it has been fairly disappointing…It was obvious on Monday when the Blackhawks blew a 4-0 result in Buffalo and misplaced it with 12 seconds remaining on a fluke Tage Thompson aim that went off the backboards, off Kevin Lankinen’s skate and into the web.
COLORADO
Video games this week
@ Pittsburgh, @ Winnipeg, @ Edmonton
Drained: @ Edmonton (Saturday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Avalanche misplaced Nathan MacKinnon as he suffered an damage in a combat with Minnesota’s Matt Dumba Sunday however he was again within the lineup Thursday…He has been held off the scoresheet his final two video games however nonetheless has 22 targets and 70 factors in 52 video games…Artturi Lehtonen performed on the second line Thursday with Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky and that ought to add worth for fantasy managers…Bowen Byram was despatched to the Colorado Eagles of the AHL on a conditioning stint and that’s nice information because the defenseman has been battling concussion woes, final taking part in on Jan. 11…Valeri Nichushkin has been seeing first line time with MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen as Gabriel Landeskog is gone for the rest of the common season and had each targets Tuesday in a win over Calgary.
COLUMBUS
Video games this week
vs. Boston, @ Philadelphia, vs. Philadelphia, @ Detroit
Drained: @ Philadelphia (Tuesday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Blue Jackets play 4 video games this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Search for Elvis Merzlikins to play 3 times with Jean-Francois Berube taking part in as soon as…Zach Werenski is presently out of motion with an upper-body damage however may return this week…A vibrant spot this season has been the play of Patrik Laine who has 25 targets and 51 factors in 49 video games…The Blue Jackets gave up quite a bit to get Laine (and Jack Roslovic) as Pierre-Luc Dubois has been excellent for the Jets, however Laine is the goal-scorer that each workforce is in search of and the Blue Jackets must get his signature on a long-term deal…I’ve favored the play of Adam Boqvist this season and he’s somebody to focus on late in fantasy swimming pools subsequent season.
DALLAS
Video games this week
vs. New York Islanders, vs. Toronto, vs. New Jersey, @ Chicago
Drained: @ Chicago (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Stars play 4 video games this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Jake Oettinger ought to get three begins with Scott Wedgewood taking part in as soon as…Oettinger has been excellent this season and Thursday was no exception as he stopped 21-of-23 Anaheim photographs in a 3-2 time beyond regulation win…He’s 24-11-1 with a 2.48 GAA and a .916 save share this season because the Stars have moved into the second wild card spot within the West, one forward of Vegas with three video games in hand…The Stars obtained excellent news on Tuesday as Miro Heiskanen (mononucleosis) returned to the lineup after lacking virtually 4 weeks…He had an help on Thursday to present him 30 factors in 54 video games…He’s somebody to focus on subsequent season as he’s able to 50-60 factors in a season.
DETROIT
Video games this week
vs. Boston, @ Winnipeg, vs. Columbus
Drained: @ Winnipeg (Wednesday)
Rested: vs. Boston (Tuesday)
Notes
The Pink Wings are sitting in fifth place within the Atlantic, two up on Buffalo with a recreation in hand…Lucas Raymond picked up an help Wednesday and the rookie has 50 factors in 67 video games, second to Toronto’s Michael Bunting who has 51 factors in the identical quantity of video games…Dylan Larkin has been in a little bit of a stoop with just one aim and no assists in his final 4 video games…Moritz Seider continues to point out why he’s the highest rookie this season and deserving of the Calder Trophy as he has been a energy defensively on the Detroit blueline and has 5 targets and 44 factors, main the Pink Wings in energy play time on ice…Givani Smith is out with an undisclosed damage…He has worth in leagues that use penalty minutes as a class as he has 108 in simply 46 video games.
EDMONTON
Video games this week
@ San Jose, @ Los Angeles, vs. Colorado
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Colorado (Saturday)
Notes
The Oilers have gained two in a row and path second-place Los Angeles by three factors with two video games in hand…Connor McDavid hit the century mark in factors for the fifth time in his younger profession and leads the NHL scoring race over teammate Leon Draisaitl by three factors…Draisaitl has 49 targets and 97 factors so far and has a five-game aim scoring streak…Zack Kassian has been a wholesome scratch the final two video games…The Oilers inked undrafted school free agent netminder Ryan Fanti to a two-year/entry-level contract after which signed their first-round choose from 2021, Xavier Bourgault to a three-year/entry-level deal…Evan Bouchard leads all Edmonton defensemen in factors with 35 and he’s solely going to get higher, so don’t be afraid to pick out him subsequent season in fantasy swimming pools.
FLORIDA
Video games this week
vs. Toronto, vs. Buffalo, @ Nashville
Drained: @ Nashville (Saturday)
Rested: vs. Toronto (Tuesday), vs. Buffalo (Friday)
Notes
The Panthers are getting nice goaltending from each Sergei Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight at the moment and Bobrovsky was distinctive on Thursday, kicking out all 37 photographs in a 4-0 win over Chicago…Bobrovsky is 33-6-3 with a 2.55 GAA and a .916 save share this season, trying pretty much as good as he did earlier in his profession when he gained a pair of Vezina Trophy’s…Aaron Ekblad is ‘progressing fine’ in keeping with coach Andrew Brunette, however has but to renew skating with a lower-body damage that can seemingly maintain him out of motion the remainder of the common season…Sam Bennett and Anthony Duclair every have 26 targets, second greatest on the Panthers to Aleksander Barkov’s 31.
LOS ANGELES
Video games this week
vs. Calgary, vs. Edmonton, @ Minnesota
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Kings have performed a few shootouts their final two video games, shedding to Edmonton earlier than defeating Calgary…Carl Grundstrom snapped a 10-game factors drought Wednesday with a aim and an help and has eight targets and 5 assists in 46 video games…The Kings signed their fourth-round choose from 2019, Kim Nousiainen to a three-year/entry-level contract and he’ll end the season within the AHL on an beginner tryout contract…Congratulations exit to educate Todd McLellan who coached in his 1,000th NHL recreation Monday…Congratulations additionally exit to Jordan Spence who scored his first profession NHL aim Saturday.
MINNESOTA
Video games this week
@ Nashville, @ St. Louis, vs. Los Angeles
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
Cam Talbot noticed his eight-game profitable streak finish on Thursday in a 4-3 time beyond regulation loss to the Penguins however he’s nonetheless 8-0-1 in his final 9…Marc-Andre Fleury has gained each his begins in web for the Wild since his commerce from Chicago final week…Defenseman Alex Goligoski has signed a two-year contract extension with the Wild…Joel Eriksson Ek noticed his four-game factors streak come to an finish on Thursday…He has 19 targets and 37 factors in 61 video games and is an excellent defender…Whereas Kirill Kaprizov garners the highlight offensively for the Wild, Mats Zuccarello has quietly put collectively a pleasant season with 19 targets and 67 factors in simply 58 video games…Ryan Hartman has been a strong waiver wire acquisition this season with 27 targets and 51 factors, 197 photographs on aim and 67 penalty minutes…Matthew Boldy suffered an upper-body damage Thursday and is day-to-day.
MONTREAL
Video games this week
vs. Ottawa, @ New Jersey, @ Toronto
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Canadiens have performed a lot better hockey underneath Martin St. Louis and look to be okay for subsequent season…It positive could be good in the event that they managed to get the primary general choose within the 2022 Entry Draft, particularly with the Draft going down in Montreal…The Canadiens signed Lucas Condotta to a one-year/entry-level deal that can kick in subsequent season…Additionally they signed fifth-round choose in 2021 Joshua Roy to a three-year/entry-level contract…Justin Barron picked up his first profession level within the NHL Tuesday towards the Panthers…The Habs picked up Barron, a 2020 first-round choose of the Avalanche within the Artturi Lehtonen deal…Jake Allen has confronted no less than 42 photographs in every of his final 5 video games.
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NASHVILLE
Video games this week
vs. Minnesota, @ Ottawa, vs. Florida, @ Pittsburgh
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Florida (Saturday)
Notes
The Predators play 4 video games this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Juuse Saros ought to get three begins with David Rittich taking part in as soon as…Roman Josi continues to astound the hockey world with 81 factors this season as his 13-game factors streak got here to an finish on Tuesday…He has a shot at 100 factors, one thing that has not been accomplished by a defenseman in 30 years with Brian Leetch the final to take action…Mark Borowiecki is week-to-week with an upper-body damage…The Predators signed Spencer Stastney to a two-year/entry-level contract after drafting the blueliner within the fifth spherical in 2018…Nashville has two gamers with no less than 35 targets this season together with Filip Forsberg with 37 and Matt Duchene with 35.
NEW JERSEY
Video games this week
vs. New York Rangers, vs. Montreal, @ Dallas
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Devils didn’t look good on Thursday in an 8-1 loss to Boston…Jack Hughes scored the lone aim, giving him a five-game factors streak with six targets and eight factors…He has 25 targets and 55 factors in 47 video games this season…The Devils have used six goaltenders this season and their unique goaltending duo of Mackenzie Blackwood and Jonathan Bernier have began solely 30 of New Jersey’s 67 video games and are unlikely to start out once more this season though it’s attainable that Blackwood may return as he’s skating on his personal after he suffered a heel damage on Jan. 19…New Jersey signed winger Brian Halonen to a two-year/entry-level contract…He’s a Hobey Baker finalist this season.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Video games this week
@ Dallas, @ Carolina, @ St. Louis
Drained: None
Rested: @ Carolina (Friday)
Notes
Brock Nelson noticed his four-game targets streak finish on Thursday however he picked up an help to present him a six-game factors streak during which he has 5 targets and 10 factors…The 30-year outdated has 32 targets and 49 factors in 57 video games, tops in each classes on the Islanders…Semyon Varlamov has gained his final two begins, giving up 5 targets on 77 photographs as he’s 8-13-2 with a 2.84 GAA and a .915 save share…He may discover himself elsewhere subsequent season which might be good for his profession as Ilya Sorokin has handed him on the Islanders depth chart…Sorokin is day-to-day with an upper-body damage and will play this week after getting injured Sunday…Oliver Wahlstrom has solely 13 targets and 23 factors in 60 video games.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Video games this week
@ New Jersey, vs. Pittsburgh, vs. Ottawa
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
Chris Kreider has a six-game factors streak going and has six targets and 10 factors as he’s third in goal-scoring within the NHL with 46, trailing solely Auston Matthews and Leon Draisaitl…Artemi Panarin is having one more excellent season with 18 targets and 80 factors and is on a five-game factors streak with two targets and eight factors…Andrew Copp has match proper in on the Rangers with two targets and 7 factors in 5 video games and together with his final recreation in Winnipeg, he’s on a six-game factors streak with two targets and 10 factors…It appears to be like prefer it won’t be back-to-back Norris Trophy’s for Adam Fox regardless of averaging greater than a point-a-game as he has 10 targets and 66 factors in 65 video games.
OTTAWA
Video games this week
@ Montreal, vs. Nashville, @ New York Rangers, vs. Winnipeg
Drained: vs. Winnipeg (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Senators play three video games in 4 nights as a part of a four-game week…Anton Forsberg and Matt Murray ought to share the web…It has been a tragic week in Ottawa with the passing of 62-year-old proprietor Eugene Melnyk who saved the franchise in Ottawa when he purchased the membership in 2003…Our condolences to his household and the group…Brady Tkachuk leads the Senators with solely 47 factors, a moderately low whole this season within the NHL…There’s plenty of younger expertise on the Senators and they need to be an excellent workforce in a few seasons as they’ve Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Josh Norris and Drake Batherson up entrance with Thomas Chabot and the newly signed Jake Sanderson on the blueline…Sanderson signed a three-year/entry-level contract Monday after he was drafted fifth-overall in 2020…Sanderson had 41 factors in 45 NCAA video games over the past two seasons and he’s going to be a stud within the NHL.
PHILADELPHIA
Video games this week
vs. Columbus, @ Columbus, vs. Anaheim
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Columbus (Tuesday)
Notes
The Flyers play a home-and-home collection towards the Blue Jackets this week…The Flyers made a few signings this week together with Noah Cates to a two-year/entry-level contract and Ronald Attard, additionally a two-year/entry-level deal…Cates made his NHL debut Tuesday and had three photographs on aim and three hits whereas Attard is predicted to make his NHL debut Saturday towards Toronto on the blueline…Cam Atkinson leads the Flyers with 23 targets and 50 factors…Philadelphia has misplaced three in a row and is presently tied for final place within the Metropolitan with New Jersey…Bobby Brink is considered one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker.
PITTSBURGH
Video games this week
vs. Colorado, @ New York Rangers, vs. Washington, vs. Nashville
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Penguins play 4 video games this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Tristan Jarry ought to get three begins with Casey DeSmith taking part in as soon as…Sidney Crosby leads the Penguins in with 71 factors in 57 recreation and Evgeni Malkin has been approaching of late with 17 targets and 35 factors in 32 video games…Brock McGinn was positioned on long-term injured reserve with an upper-body damage suffered on Mar. 11…Jason Zucker returned to the Penguins lineup Thursday after being out with a core muscle damage that wanted surgical procedure…He performed for the primary time since Jan. 17 and after getting a really good ovation in his first recreation again in Minnesota since his commerce through the 2019-20 season, however left the sport on the halfway level of the second after going awkwardly into the boards from a Kevin Fiala hit…He didn’t return and is day-to-day.
SAN JOSE
Video games this week
vs. Edmonton, vs. Calgary, @ Vancouver
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Calgary (Thursday)
Notes
Kaapo Kahkonen has misplaced each begins with the Sharks however has confronted 40 or extra photographs in each…He’s 0-7-1 in his final eight selections after beginning the season with a 12-3-2 mark for the Wild… Brent Burns scored his eighth of the season Thursday and has 44 factors in 67 video games…He’s a strong fantasy defenseman however is now not a stud and on the age of 37, is constant a downward spiral on his excellent profession…Kevin Labanc final performed on Dec. 11 when he suffered a dislocated shoulder that required surgical procedure…He ought to have the ability to return this week if not sooner…He had a career-high 17 targets and 56 factors in 2018-19 however had solely three targets and 6 factors in 21 video games earlier than his damage this season.
SEATTLE
Video games this week
@ St. Louis, @ Chicago, vs. Calgary
Drained: @ Chicago (Thursday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Kraken play three video games in 4 nights this week so search for Philipp Grubauer to play twice with Chris Driedger taking part in as soon as…Whereas Brady Tkachuk leads the Senators with 47 factors, the story is worse in Seattle as Yanni Gourde has solely 39 factors to guide the Kraken, one higher than Jared McCann and two greater than Jordan Eberle…The Kraken have 48 factors this season, just one higher than bottom-dwellers Arizona and Montreal…Jaden Schwartz is day-to-day with an upper-body damage…Vince Dunn is the Kraken’s greatest offensive defenseman with seven targets and 29 factors this season together with eight assists in his final eight video games.
ST. LOUIS
Video games this week
vs. Arizona, vs. Seattle, vs. Minnesota, vs. New York Islanders
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Blues play 4 video games this week together with three video games in 4 nights as they’re dwelling for all 4 video games…Jordan Binnington and Ville Husso ought to share the web, though Husso may get three begins…Husso has gained his final two begins, each towards the Canucks and is 18-6-4 with a 2.40 GAA and a .923 save share…Jordan Kyrou missed Wednesday’s recreation towards Edmonton and nonetheless leads the Blues in factors with 62…Vladimir Tarasenko has 4 targets and 9 factors in his final seven video games to present him 23 targets and 58 factors in 59 contests…Pavel Buchnevich is having a pleasant season with 21 targets and 51 factors in solely 57 video games…The Blues signed Matthew Kessel, their fifth-round choose in 2020, to a two-year entry stage contract.
TAMPA BAY
Video games this week
vs. Toronto, @ Washington, vs. Boston, vs. Buffalo
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Lightning hope to get Ryan McDonagh again of their lineup this week as he has missed the final three video games with an upper-body damage…Nikita Kucherov had a three-assist evening on Tuesday, giving him 38 factors in 31 video games this season…Andrei Vasilevskiy snapped a three-game shedding streak this week with a pair of wins as he’s 34-14-4 with a 2.37 GAA and a .919 save share…It’s too unhealthy that Roman Josi and Cale Makar are having fabulous seasons as Victor Hedman has gone underneath the radar this season with 19 targets and 64 factors in 66 video games…He’ll seemingly be a Norris Trophy finalist however Josi and Makar will garner probably the most votes…The Lightning inked former sixth-round choose in 2017, Nick Perbix to a one-year/entry-level contract.
TORONTO
Video games this week
@ Tampa Bay, @ Florida, @ Dallas, vs. Montreal
Drained: @ Florida (Tuesday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Maple Leafs play 4 occasions this week together with three video games in 4 nights…Toronto hopes to get again Jack Campbell as Petr Mrazek suffered a groin damage Tuesday and is gone for the season, and in that case, Campbell and Erik Kallgren ought to share the web this week…Congratulations exit to Auston Matthews who scored his 50th of the season on Thursday, the first-time he has hit the magical mark and is simply the fourth Maple Leaf to take action of their historical past…The opposite three are Rick Vaive, Gary Leeman and Dave Andreychuk…The Leafs positioned Ondrej Kase on long-term injured reserve and famous that Jake Muzzin is getting near a return as he has been out since Feb. 21 with a concussion.
VANCOUVER
Video games this week
@ Vegas, @ Arizona, vs. San Jose
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Canucks play three video games in 4 nights…Count on to see Thatcher Demko in aim twice with Jaroslav Halak taking part in as soon as…Vancouver is making an attempt to remain within the race for the Western Convention as they’ve 73 factors but it surely appears to be like like they are going to want no less than 22 factors of their ultimate 13 video games to have even an out of doors shot at making the playoffs…Bo Horvat left Wednesday’s recreation with a non-COVID sickness and is presently day-to-day…Elias Pettersson has 4 targets in his final three video games…Nils Hoglander suffered a groin damage on Mar. 16 at follow and is out long-term and attainable for the rest of the season…Matthew Highmore is week-to-week with an upper-body damage.
VEGAS
Video games this week
vs. Vancouver, vs. Arizona
Drained: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Golden Knights solely play twice this week…Robin Lehner returned to the energetic roster Wednesday as he was the backup goaltender for Logan Thompson as Thompson shut out the growth Seattle Kraken 3-0, stopping all 22 photographs…Lehner has not performed since Mar. 8, a span of 11 video games and is 21-15-1 with a 2.77 GAA and a .909 save share…The Golden Knights want him to be sizzling the remainder of the best way, in any other case a playoff spot could possibly be up within the air…Jonathan Marchessault had a aim and an help Wednesday, giving him a team-leading 26 targets and 55 factors…Nicolas Hague is week-to-week with a lower-body damage suffered on Mar. 15…Brayden McNabb returned to the Vegas lineup Wednesday after lacking virtually 4 weeks with an upper-body damage.
WASHINGTON
Video games this week
vs. Tampa Bay, @ Pittsburgh, vs. Boston
Drained: vs. Boston (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Capitals fastened within the fourth spot within the Metropolitan which is nice sufficient to simply make the playoffs because the second wildcard…Alex Ovechkin wants eight targets in his final 14 video games to hit the 50-goal mark…The Capitals signed Mike Vecchione to a one-year/two-way contract, in addition to Clay Stevenson to a two-year/entry-level deal…T.J. Oshie returned to the lineup this previous week after lacking 9 days with a lower-body damage…Evgeny Kuznetsov noticed his 12-game factors streak come to an finish on Monday…He has 22 targets and 65 factors in 65 video games…Anthony Mantha noticed his three-game factors streak finish on Monday and has seven targets and 14 factors in 23 video games this season.
WINNIPEG
Video games this week
vs. Detroit, vs. Colorado, @ Ottawa
Drained: None
Rested: vs. Detroit (Wednesday), @ Ottawa (Sunday)
Notes
The Jets are falling far behind the pack so far as the playoffs are involved as they’ve 76 factors, 5 factors in arrears of Vegas for the second wild card, with solely 13 video games remaining on their schedule…Kyle Connor and Nate Schmidt ought to return this week, presumably in time for the Detroit recreation as they had been each recognized with COVID…They’re presently caught in america earlier than their recreation in Buffalo…The Jets recalled Morgan Barron who they picked up from the Rangers within the Andrew Copp deal, on an emergency foundation…Blake Wheeler has a seven-game factors streak and has picked up no less than one level in 12 of his final 13 video games.
