Comfortable Wednesday, Razzball trustworthy!
I do know you’re all getting issues prepared for the vacation, so let’s maintain this transient and centered.
There’s one group of NHL gamers who’re definitely NOT on Santa’s naughty checklist this 12 months. They’d even be completely pleased to seek out only one factor beneath the tree tomorrow morning.
A written assure from Santa that they’ll break the group’s 14-year playoff drought this April.
I swear. I’m not lyin’. Buffalo is definitely good.
Sabres followers can thank Alex Lyon – 24 saves on 26 photographs, and the 3-2 OT win at OTT.
Don’t look now, however the Sabres have received 7 straight video games!
What within the title of Chris Drury and Daniel Briere?!
I imply, with a brand new GM named “Jarmo”, we are able to’t get a lot nearer to a biased vote of confidence out of your Tuesday evening recap man right here.
And the streak all goes again to the anti-jix from this man…
The nice individuals of Buffalo don’t deserve this torture they’ve been put via. pic.twitter.com/ooc34mdlCi
— Spittin’ Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) December 11, 2025
Are you on Staff Whit right here, or do you assume the Sabres are able to shred the naughty checklist and convey pleasure to all these little Whos in North Tonawanda?
Right here’s what else I noticed in Tuesday evening’s NHL motion…
Bowen Byram – 2 G (8), 1 A (9), +3, 2 SOG, 1 GWG, 1 BLK. You realize issues are clicking when this man is placing up 3-point nights.
Linus Ullmark – 22 saves on 25 photographs in a 3-2 OT loss. A little bit of Buffalo payback for the previous staple within the Western New York crease. This one snapped a 4-game win streak for Ullmark. He’s 14-8-5 with a 2.86 GAA.
Tim Stutzle – 1 G (18), -2, 3 SOG, 2 H, 1 BLK, 21:41 TOI. The aim extends Stutzle’s level streak to eight video games (15 pts).
Jeremy Swayman – 23 saves on 29 photographs and the 6-2 loss to MTL. I at all times say that I dislike the Leafs much more than the Habs. Then, once I sit via a sport like this, it jogs my memory how a lot I miss Zdeno Chara introducing Max Pacioretty to the stanchion. Ugh.
David Pastrnak – 1 A (26), -2, 2 SOG, 1 PPA, 1 H. It was a tough one for the Spaghetti Man on Tuesday evening. (Extra beneath).
Nikita Zadorov – Zero factors. -2, 17 PIMs. VIOLENCE! There have been greater than a few tussles in final evening’s Habs/Bruins sport. Zadorov had a pleasant scrap in opposition to Andrej Xhekaj, after Josh Anderson took on Tanner Jeannot after the opening puck drop.
Talking of naughty lists, Zadorov leads the league in penalty minutes with 80.
This sport obtained out of hand within the third, and the Bruins tried to ship a message simply earlier than the ultimate whistle. Boston is 1-3-1 of their final 5 house video games. Discuss a lump of coal.
Jacob Fowler – 26 saves on 28 photographs and his third win. Fowler shut out the Penguins on Saturday evening and adopted that up with an equally sturdy outing in Beantown.
Ivan Demidov – 1 G (9), 1 A (20), +1, 4 PIM, 1 SOG, 1 BLK. The aim was a magnificence breakaway, and the younger rookie deked Swayman out of his jockstrap. Nic Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky had 1G and 1 A every, too.
And talking of Demidovs…there’s just one extra sleep till the following installment of Stranger Issues!
One rookie ahead, plus one-dimensionally challenged pet monster = DemiDog!
Lane Hutson and Noah Dobson – 3 A every. That provides Hutson 30 on the 12 months (35 pts) and Dobson 17 (23 pts). What a nasty one-two punch from the again finish.
Stuart Skinner – 25 saves on 29 photographs and a 6-3 loss at TOR. He’s 11-10-4 with a .886 SV%. Poor Stu.
Bryan Rust – 1 G (13), -3, 3 SOG, and 9 PTS in his final 8 GP.
Sidney Crosby – 1 A (18), -2, 2 SOG, 1 H, and 12/22 faceoffs received. Not a lot to report from a not-so-flashy evening for the Pens, however Sid hit a fairly large milestone this week.
There’s a brand new king of the igloo.
Joseph Woll – 29 saves on 32 photographs and his sixth win of the 12 months. The Leafs are 4-4-2 of their final 10 video games and are trying up on the Sabres? Let’s see what Paul Bissonette has to say about that!
William Nylander – 2 G (13), 2 A (27), +2, 3 SOG, in 18:01 TOI.
Max Domi – 1 G (4), 1 A (10), +1, 2 SOG, 2 H. It’s a pleasant sport from Domi, however nowhere close to what the Leafs hoped for, or want, at this level within the season. 14 factors in 34 video games isn’t sufficient.
Casey DeSmith – 21 saves on 25 photographs in a 4-3 OT loss at DET. He has 2 OT losses and one shootout loss in his final 10 video games. The remaining are wins. He’s 9-1-2.
Mikko Rantanen – 2 A (37), +2, 2 PPA, 20:01 TOI. Two extra factors for Rantanen prolong his streak to five video games (9 factors).
John Gibson – 19 saves on 22 photographs and his EIGHTH straight win! Gibby is on fireplace today, and the Wings are right here for it. I believe should you requested anybody exterior of Michigan who they thought could be main the Atlantic at Christmas, you wouldn’t have heard the Pink Wings talked about.
James van Riemsdyk – 1 G (9), 1 A (2), +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG, 1 PPA, 3 H. Final week, I stated I used to be stunned to see Vladimir Tarasenko was nonetheless taking part in. This week it’s van Riemsdyk. Though with 10:12 of ice time, I assume you would argue that he’s nonetheless taking part in a lot in any respect.
Dylan Larkin – 2 G (20), +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG, 1 PPG, GWG, 2 H, 2 BLK, and a 50% faceoff complete (12/24). 20 objectives for Larkin earlier than the break places him on tempo to shatter his earlier profession excessive of 33 objectives (2022/2023).
Lucas Raymond – 3 A (30), +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG, 2 PPA, 1 H, and 17:42 TOI. That entire first line in Detroit is cooking.
Moritz Seider – 2 A (23), 2 PIM, 4 SOG, 1 PPA, 2 H. Nothing like a little bit of scorching Seider on a chilly winter evening. (Nailed it!)
Igor Shesterkin – 29 saves on 32 photographs and the 7-3 win at WSH. The excellent news is that’s three straight wins for Igor. The unhealthy information is he’s allowed 11 GA in his final 4 GP.
Taylor Raddysh – 2 G (7), 1 A (4), +3, 3 SOG, 3 H. He’s tallied 36% of his factors (11) in his final two video games.
Will Cuylle – 1 G (10), 2 A (13), +2, 1 SOG, 1 PPG, 4 H. An ideal instance of a man that can allow you to in these deeper leagues with classes exterior of your fundamental scoring setups. His 131 complete hits put him third within the league behind Yakov Trenin (182), and Kiefer Sherwood (164).
Vincent Trocheck – 2 G (8), 1 A (12), +2, 2 SOG, 1 PPA, 1 BLK, and 20 factors in 25 video games. He had one aim in his final 13 GP, so hopefully this can be a signal of him turning issues round.
Logan Thompson – 14 saves on 20 photographs and the 7-3 loss to NYR. Whoa. Who was manning the goalie hook on this sport, the man who put collectively Staff Canada’s 4-Nations roster? Ouch.
Aliaksei Protas – 1 G (13), 1 A (11), +1, 1 SOG, 1 H, and 17:04 TOI. Actually? Aliaksei? Man, these Belarussians positive do like their vowels.
Ryan Leonard – 2 A (13), +1, 4 PIM, 2 SOG, 1 PPA, 1 H, 1 BLK. Not unhealthy for his first sport since December fifth (shoulder damage).
Sergei Bobrovsky – 17 saves on 19 photographs and the 5-2 win at CAR. You’re again on the case, Bobrovsky!
Brad Marchand – 1 A (21), +1, 2 PIM, 18:54 TOI. I’m glad I didn’t get an opportunity to take Marshy as my 3-point problem man for Tuesday evening.
Sam Reinhart – 3 A (19), +1, 1 SOG, 2 H, 2 BLK. I’m not glad I didn’t get an opportunity to take Reinhart as my 3-point problem man for Tuesday evening.
Frederik Andersen – 17 saves on 22 photographs. The excellent news is he had the identical variety of saves as Bobrovsky did. The unhealthy information is that Florida had three extra photographs than Carolina did.
Andrei Svechnikov – 1 G (9), +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG, 4 H, 12:52 TOI. That’s 6 factors in his final 4 GP!
Jacob Markstrom – 23 saves on 25 photographs in a 2-1 loss at NYI.
Dawson Mercer – 1 A (14), +1, 2 SOG, 1 BLK. Nico Hischier had one help on this one, too.
David Rittich – 31 saves on 32 photographs within the 2-1 win. Rittich earned his paycheck Tuesday evening and hasn’t allowed greater than 3 objectives in any of his final 8 begins.
Simon Holmstrom – 1 G (7), 1 A (9), 1 SOG, 1 H.
Juuse Saros – 30 saves on 32 photographs within the 3-2 OT win at MIN. All of this pleasure in regards to the Sabres would possibly make a few of you neglect that the Predators are 7-3 of their final 10 video games. They’re on a three-game successful streak of their very own.
Ryan O’Reilly – 1 G (11), 1 A (21), -2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG, PPG, PPA, and 6/12 in faceoffs. 0/1 in not driving his truck right into a Tim Hortons drive-through wall.
Steven Stamkos – 1 G (15), 1 A (7), -1, 4 SOG, 1 PPA, GWG, 3 H, and seven/9 in faceoffs. Stammer has a 3-game aim streak going and has scored 7 in his final 7 video games.
Filip Gustavsson – 26 saves on 29 photographs in an OT loss to NSH. I hoped Gustavsson would slip up in some unspecified time in the future simply to get us some extra Wallstedt begins. This was his first loss in 5 video games, although. He’s not getting the bench anytime quickly.
Quinn Hughes – 1 A (24), +1, 1 SOG, 29:11 TOI. Man nearly performed half of your entire sport. Pardon the vacation pun, however…Jesus.
Vitek Vanecek – 25 saves on 26 photographs and a tricky luck 1-0 loss to Colorado.
Lawson Crouse – 3 SOG, 1 H, 1 BLK. It was between him and Jack McBain (4 H, 5 BLK) for the secondary stats.
Scott Wedgewood – 32 saves on 32 photographs for the 1-0 shutout vs UTA. That’s his second shutout of the 12 months and three wins in a row for Wedgewood. He’s 16-1-1.
Samuel Girard – 1 G (2), +1, 1 SOG, and I wager you’ll be able to guess if this was the sport winner or not.
Dustin Wolf – 34 saves on 39 photographs and a 5-1 shellacking in EDM. This one was a basic “Battle of Alberta” with 89 PIMs for the Flames and 65 PIMs for the Oilers.
Zayne Parekh – Calgary’s loss is the Canadian Junior group’s achieve. Thanks, Flames followers, to your sacrifice.
Connor Ingram – 18 saves on 19 photographs, and one man who’s pleased that Stuart Skinner is in Pittsburgh and Tristan Jarry is damage.
Connor McDavid – 5 A (44), +1, 2 PIM, 6 SOG, and 67 factors in 38 video games. It’s form of foolish that this man makes the remainder of the NHL seem like he’s taking part in in opposition to excessive schoolers.
Leon Draisaitl – 3 G (20), 4 SOG. Solely 55 factors in 38 video games? Pssh.
Zach Hyman – 1 G (10), 2 A (9), +1, 6 SOG. Extra importantly, frequent commenter ASHTRAY with the 3-point problem victory! Nicely carried out!
Evan Bouchard – 2 A (29), 2 SOG, PPA, 4 BLK. Perhaps if McDingDong didn’t hog all of the assists, I might’ve cashed in on the 3-point problem too!
Samuel Ersson – 2o saves on 21 photographs within the 3-1 win at CHI. Ersson’s first win in 5 begins.
Travis Konecny – 1 G (11), 1 A (22), +1, 2 SOG, 1 PPA. Is that this man on the Mount Rushmore of underrated forwards? 33 factors in 36 video games.
Spencer Knight – 23 saves on 25 photographs and a 3-1 loss to PHI. His 4th loss in a row. What? Would you like him to flip his pads off and go rating a pair every sport, too?
Ryan Donato – 1 G (9), 5 SOG. One help went to Matt Grzelcyk, and the opposite one went to Joe Juneau. Okay, possibly I’m laying the ‘former Bruins’ factor on slightly thick there.
Yaroslav Askarov – 12 saves on 16 photographs, the early exit, and the eventual loss.
Alex Nedeljkovic – 7 saves on 10 photographs and the no-decision. Simply preparing for baseball season.
Carter Hart – 21 saves on 23 photographs and the 7-3 win over SJ.
Pavel Dorofeyev – 13 completely different skaters had not less than one level in final evening’s sport earlier than the beginning of the second interval. That’s…not simple to do on the NHL stage.
Mitch Marner – 2 G (9), +2, 5 SOG, PPG, 1 H. That’s 9 factors in his final 5 video games. Mark Stone, Reilly Smith, and 4 others had two factors on this one.
Joey Daccord – 35 saves on 37 photographs and a 3-2 win at LA.
Joey with an enormous sport? Whoa!
Eeli Tolvanen – 2 A (17), +1, 2 SOG, 3 H, 1 BLK.
Pheonix Copley – 25 saves on 28 photographs and the loss. Phoenix? Come on. A few of these spellings are making me assume it’s not simply soccer that has some ridiculous names.
There’s NO 3-Level Problem evening as a result of the league is off till Saturday!
I hope you loved it. When you have any questions or feedback, go away them beneath. I’ll get again to you as quickly as I can!
Comfortable Wednesday, Merry Christmas…and I’ll see you subsequent week!
Observe me @marmosdad on Twitter/X and Bluesky @marmosdad.bsky.social
