Kirill Marchenko was not within the lineup for Columbus on Monday night time, having pulled a muscle throughout morning skate, in accordance with Brian Hedger. The group would not appear to suppose it will be a long-term absence so take into account him day-to-day for now, however we should always get a clearer replace within the subsequent day or two.
Columbus ended up dropping their sport towards Washington by a 5-1 margin. Jakob Chychrun saved his scorching streak going, posting two targets (one PP), 4 photographs, and two PIMs in practically 25 minutes of ice time. He now has factors in eight straight video games, a span that has seen him handle 5 targets, six assists, and 27 photographs. I do not suppose he desires November to finish.
Chychrun’s defence-mate John Carlson additionally had a wonderful fantasy night time with a aim, an help, and 5 photographs. He’s now simply shy of a point-per-game tempo with 21 factors in 22 appearances.
The opposite Capitals targets had been scored by Martin Fehervary and Tom Wilson, the latter participant including an help on the Chychrun PP aim to go together with two photographs and a success. After some tough outings these days, goalie Logan Thompson was very strong in web, stopping 22 of 23 photographs towards for the win.
Denton Mateychuk had one aim on three photographs for Columbus whereas goalie Elvis Merzlikins allowed 5 targets on 31 photographs.
Zach Werenski left the sport late within the second interval and didn’t return.
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After leaving Saturday’s sport with an harm, Brayden Level didn’t play for Tampa Bay on Monday night time. It additionally would not appear to be a long-term problem and he might even be capable of return as quickly as Wednesday.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 20 photographs he confronted on Monday night time because the Lightning blanked the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0. That’s his first shutout of the season and it brings his save proportion as much as .911. He has allowed simply three targets towards in his final 4 outings.
Brandon Hagel had two targets on 4 photographs, assisted on a aim from Anthony Cirelli, totaled 4 photographs, and added a block for good measure. After registering only one level in his first seven video games of the season, Hagel has 11 targets and 10 assists in his final 14 video games.
Cirelli had a multi-point night time with that aim plus an help whereas Nikita Kucherov assisted on all three Lightning targets.
Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson allowed two pucks to get previous him on 17 shot his means for the loss.
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The New York Rangers snapped a four-game dropping streak because of a 3-2 win at residence to St. Louis. Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafreniere, and Adam Edmstrom all received within the aim column for the Rangers as Trocheck added two PIMs and 4 hits for a strong multi-cat night time.
Each Adam Fox and Vladislav Gavrikov had a pair of assists, managed one and two photographs apiece, respectively whereas blocked two and three photographs, respectively. It is cute how shut they matched.
Igor Shesterkin earned the win for the Rangers, holding the Blues to 2 targets on 22 photographs.
Brayden Schenn and Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues. That makes 4 targets in eight video games for Holloway after scoring simply two in his first 15 contests this season.
Joel Hofer was in web for St. Louis and allowed three targets on 20 photographs for the loss.
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Cody Glass was again within the lineup for the New Jersey Devils on Monday night time and he made good on his return with a first-period aim, serving to the Devils to a 4-3 win at residence to Detroit. All of Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, and Connor Brown had a aim and an help within the victory. Because the off-ice harm to Jack Hughes, Hischier has 4 targets, two assists, 17 photographs, 7 blocks, and 9 hits in 5 video games. That’s wonderful multi-cat manufacturing as he is stepping his sport up for New Jersey.
Jacob Markstrom held issues down in web, permitting simply three targets on 35 photographs confronted, with 29 of these photographs coming within the second and third intervals alone.
Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, and James van Riemsdyk all scored for the Purple Wings. That makes 13 targets, 12 assists, and 79 photographs for Larkin in 23 video games this 12 months.
Moritz Seider had a monster multi-cat night time with two assists, three photographs, seven blocks, and a success. He was additionally moved again to the highest PP unit.
Lucas Raymond took a blindside hit away from the puck from Jonas Siegenthaler and whereas he remained within the sport, there was a giant kerfuffle on the finish. We’ll see if the Division of Participant Security has something to say about it (they will not).
Cam Talbot confronted simply 19 photographs however allowed 4 targets for the loss.
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The late video games can be up to date within the morning.
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Particular person Factors Proportion (IPP) is how usually a participant will get some extent after they’re on the ice for a aim. So, if a participant is on the ice for 100 group targets, and will get some extent on 50 of them, their IPP is 50%. It’s a easy method to measure aim participation and will help spotlight gamers which are working hotter/colder than they need to be.
When perusing the defencemen across the league, there have been some names whose IPP to this point in 2025-26 stood out for a method or one other. Let us take a look at these names, examine their factors/60 and IPP charges throughout the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons to the primary quarter of this season, and the way that ought to inform selections by fantasy managers. Knowledge is from Pure Stat Trick.
Brandon Montour (Seattle Kraken)
The chief for improved IPP when in comparison with the two-season stretch from 2023-2025 is Joel Edmundson. In second place is Montour:
Montour sits with 0.67 factors per sport, significantly larger than his 0.51 factors per sport a 12 months in the past, which is an effective begin. The issue is Seattle is producing fewer photographs per 60 minutes (25.8) with Montour on the ice than final season (28.5). The anticipated targets are up, however not considerably (about 7%). Additionally, in 2024-25, solely three defencemen (Luke Hughes, Cale Makar, and Zach Werenski) completed with an IPP over 60%, and Hughes was on the high at 65.7%. Except Seattle begins producing much more offence with Montour on the ice, he can be lucky to handle 30 factors the remainder of the best way. He’ll nonetheless be high-quality in multi-cat codecs, however his points-only worth has a giant crimson flag.
Jacob Trouba (Anaheim Geese)
Anaheim is off to an ideal begin, and that efficiency is mirrored within the leap in IPP from Trouba in his first full 12 months with the Geese:
The final time Trouba completed with not less than 0.5 factors per sport was again in 2018-19 when he was with the Winnipeg Jets. Thus far this season, he sits at 0.59. Whereas Anaheim’s group efficiency components into that, so does the truth that his IPP is 67% larger than it was over the earlier two years (comparatively talking). Like Montour, Trouba can be simply high-quality in multi-cat codecs as a result of his price of blocks (2.0/sport) and hits (2.3/sport) are stout, however it is vitally unlikely he posts 35 factors the remainder of the best way – count on that quantity to be nearer to 25 if we’re fortunate.
Adam Pelech (New York Islanders)
It has been a really robust begin to the season for Pelech with no targets and only a pair of assists in 23 video games. As we are able to think about, his IPP has been abysmal in comparison with his two prior seasons:
If Pelech’s IPP had been regular (for him), he’d be on tempo for over 30 factors. As an alternative, he is on tempo for seven factors. Clearly, he will not keep this low the remainder of the best way, however there are two compounding points. The primary is that with the emergence of Matthew Schaefer, Pelech has misplaced 1:31 per sport in ice time, and fewer ice time is never a great factor. That leads us to the second problem, which is that he is dropped from 3.3 hits/60 minutes throughout his prior two seasons to simply 1.33 hits/60 this season. That, plus the drop in ice time, has taken him from practically 1.2 hits per sport to a bit over 0.4 hits per sport. Even with a rebound in level manufacturing, his multi-cat worth is minimal until he begins laying the physique extra usually.
