Dougie Grounded, Broberg Prolonged and Injured, Rookies Miner and Commesso Earn Shutouts (Jan 11) – DobberHockey

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Dougie Hamilton shouldn’t be solely anticipated to be a wholesome scratch for in the present day’s (Sunday’s) recreation towards Winnipeg, however he could possibly be sitting for the foreseeable future whereas the Devils work out a commerce. In accordance with Pierre LeBrun, Hamilton’s agent J.P. Barry says that the choice to bench Dougie with Johnathan Kovacevic returning to the lineup is to power Dougie to just accept a commerce. For what it is price, the Devils have a deep right-side protection with Brett Pesce, Simon Nemec, Kovacevic, and Hamilton.

As I mentioned within the Midseason Information within the On the Block part for New Jersey, Hamilton’s cap hit ($9 million) and his harm historical past are causes {that a} commerce will not be straightforward. On high of that, Hamilton has simply 10 factors in 40 video games this season, far beneath his manufacturing averages in his earlier 4 seasons with the Devils. Nonetheless, Hamilton remains to be about 70-75% rostered in each Yahoo and Fantrax leagues. Though he may gain advantage from a contemporary begin, he could possibly be the odd man out in your fantasy roster identical to he appears to be in New Jersey.

It appears that evidently within the Devils’ try to accumulate Quinn Hughes, they requested Hamilton and maybe different gamers if they’d take into account waiving no-trade protections (for instance, Hamilton has a 10-team commerce record however not a full no-trade clause). The fallout of the failed Hughes commerce pitch is that the Devils at the moment are a fractured lot. With a 3-6-1 file of their final 10 video games, they’re now on the unsuitable facet of the playoff bar in a tightly contested Japanese Convention.  

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How about not one, however two hat methods from the Bruins on Saturday. Marat Khusnutdinov completed off a 10-2 rout over the Rangers with 4 objectives, one help, and a plus-6, whereas Pavel Zacha completed the sport with “solely” three objectives. Khusnutdinov is heating up with eight factors over his final 5 video games, whereas Zacha has 5 factors over his final three video games.

Want assists? David Pastrnak had six of them on this recreation. Pastrnak additionally completed with 5 pictures on objective and a plus-5. Along with his latest surge of 14 factors over his previous 5 video games, Pasta is on tempo to complete with over 100 factors for the fourth consecutive season.

Fraser Minten had two objectives and an help with a plus-4, giving him seven factors over his final 5 video games.

Listed below are the Bruins’ strains for this recreation:

VIKTOR ARVIDSSON – PAVEL ZACHA – CASEY MITTELSTADT

SEAN KURALY – TANNER JEANNOT – MARK KASTELIC

ELIAS LINDHOLM – DAVID PASTRNAK – MARAT KHUSNUTDINOV

MORGAN GEEKIE – ALEX STEEVES – FRASER MINTEN

When you’re questioning the place Morgan Geekie was in all of this, he left the sport resulting from a household matter, not due to an harm. His standing for in the present day’s (Sunday’s) recreation is unknown. Elias Lindholm additionally left this recreation with a lower-body harm.

With Igor Shesterkin injured, hopefully you prevented the Jonathan Fast/Spencer Martin goalie tandem. With the minutes almost cut up up the center on this recreation, Fast allowed six objectives whereas Martin allowed 4.

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In his fifth profession NHL recreation, Trent Miner registered each his first NHL win and first NHL shutout. Miner stopped all 29 pictures within the Avalanche’s 4-0 win over Columbus. Miner, who has been recalled to fill in for the injured Mackenzie Blackwood, is the third Colorado goalie to file a shutout this season. The Avalanche are so good that you might begin any one in all their goalies in any recreation. The Avs have now received 17 consecutive video games at house.

Brent Burns scored a pair of objectives within the win. The 40-year-old Burns now has objectives in back-to-back video games. He’s additionally channeling the youthful model of himself by totaling 13 pictures over his final three video games. The truth that Burns is enjoying for the Avalanche can also be boosting his fantasy worth.

The draw back concerning the Avalanche subsequent week is that they play solely two video games. That is one thing to remember if you’re desirous about including Miner or Burns.

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Tyler Toffoli scored two power-play objectives, together with the time beyond regulation winner, and likewise added an help within the Sharks’ 5-4 win over Dallas. Toffoli has 5 factors in his final three video games, however he has additionally been in a position to take 19 pictures on internet over his final three video games.

The Sharks trailed the Stars 4-2 at one level throughout the third interval, however this 12 months’s model of the Sharks is a enjoyable group that has the type of offense that by no means appears to be out of a recreation. Macklin Celebrini is main the cost with that. With three assists, Celebrini is now the third participant to crack 70 factors on the season. He additionally has a 13-game level streak during which he has racked up 27 factors. Not even 20 years of age, Celebrini is already an NHL celebrity.

Sadly, Celebrini and his buddies might be held to only two video games subsequent week.

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William Nylander returned to the Leafs’ lineup on Saturday, and he picked up proper the place he left off. Nylander scored a objective and added two assists within the Leafs’ 5-0 win over Vancouver. Though interrupted by a four-game harm absence, Nylander has eight factors over his final three video games. Get him again into your lineup.

So as to get Nylander again into the lineup, John Tavares was moved all the way down to the second power-play unit whereas Matias Maccelli was left on the primary unit. Earlier than you ask whether or not Leafs teaching has misplaced its thoughts, the ability play went 2-for-4 on this recreation. As properly, Maccelli scored a power-play objective. Maccelli has typically carried out beneath expectations as a Leaf, but it surely’s price noting that he has eight factors over his final 11 video games.

Thatcher Demko was pulled after the primary interval after permitting three objectives on six pictures. After the sport, it was reported that he was pulled due to a lower-body harm and never due to efficiency. I feel I’ve heard this tune earlier than. Demko continues to be a significant harm threat.

With the Canucks wanting dreadful, Demko’s latest numbers have been worse than regular with no wins or high quality begins in his final six video games. One thing to have in mind is that the protection in entrance of him presently has two 20-year-olds (Zeev Buium, Tom Willander) and a 21-year-old (Elias Pettersson). The Canucks have a promising blueline, however it’s experiencing rising pains.

Though Brock Boeser has 4 assists in his final 5 video games, he has no objectives in his final 19 video games. Boeser additionally has the worst plus minus within the league (-24). The superior stats counsel the objectives will come in some unspecified time in the future, however the Canucks merely cannot encompass him with sufficient expertise to make sure that occurs. Boeser is unquestionably droppable in lots of leagues.

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Within the Sabres’ 5-3 win over Anaheim, Jack Quinn scored a pair of objectives. Quinn had not registered some extent in his earlier 4 video games or a objective in his earlier 9 video games.

Through the Sabres’ latest run of success, Bowen Byram has been sizzling. With a objective on Saturday, Byram now has 11 factors in his final 9 video games. Solely three of Byram’s 24 factors this season have been on the ability play, so he has been getting it achieved with out time on the highest energy play, besides when Rasmus Dahlin has been out of the lineup. No defenseman with as many whole factors as Byram has fewer power-play factors, so his means to supply offense ought to stay no matter his power-play utilization.  

Leo Carlsson entered Saturday’s recreation and not using a level since mid-December, which was a run of 10 video games and not using a level. Did anybody promote excessive in a single-season format? Carlsson broke that stoop on Saturday, nonetheless, with a objective, an help, and 5 pictures on objective. Despite the fact that his offense actually fell off a cliff, Carlsson nonetheless stays close to the point-per-game mark (43 factors in 44 video games). The Geese have now misplaced 9 consecutive video games, which is expounded to Carlsson’s latest scoring stoop. The 21-year-old Carlsson needs to be positive long-term, though replicating his profitable first quarter (28 PTS in 21 GP) is perhaps an excessive amount of to ask.

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Jaccob Slavin returned to the Hurricanes’ lineup on Saturday, recording one help whereas logging almost 20 minutes. Slavin has been held to only six video games this season resulting from a number of accidents. Slavin, who was named to the USA Olympic roster, ought to assist the Canes defensively, which is nice information for Brandon Bussi and Frederik Andersen.

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Alex DeBrincat scored a objective and added two assists within the Crimson Wings’ 4-0 win over Montreal. DeBrincat now has six factors in his final 5 video games for a Detroit group that has the best level whole within the Atlantic Division.

John Gibson posted a 27-save shutout, giving him high quality begins in every of his final 5 video games. Examine his first quarter along with his second quarter. Clearly a story of two completely different goalies.

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Scorching on the heels of the Crimson Wings within the Atlantic are the Tampa Bay Lightning, who’ve a nine-game successful streak and a greater successful proportion than the Wings despite having one fewer level. In a 7-2 win over Philly, Nikita Kucherov scored two objectives together with two assists, Brayden Level had three assists, whereas Gage Goncalves scored two objectives. Kucherov now has eight consecutive video games with a number of factors.

And sure, meaning Goncalves was on the identical line as Kucherov and Level. Goncalves, who I am virtually sure is accessible in your Yahoo league as a result of he’s 0% rostered there, additionally has eight factors over his final 9 video games. He is perhaps price including for that purpose.

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Simon Holmstrom scored two objectives, together with the time beyond regulation winner, within the Islanders’ 4-3 win over Minnesota. Holmstrom has now scored objectives in three consecutive video games. Holmstrom has a taking pictures proportion of at the very least 20% in every of the final three seasons, together with 24% this season. He has by no means taken 100 pictures in a season despite the fact that he has reached double-digit objectives in every of the final three seasons, together with this one.

Quinn Hughes recorded assists on all three Minnesota objectives whereas firing eight pictures on objective. Since being traded to the Wild, Hughes has 16 factors in 14 video games. All however a type of factors are assists.

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Enjoying in his fourth profession recreation, Drew Commesso earned each his first profession win and first profession shutout. Commesso stopped all 37 pictures he confronted in Chicago’s 3-0 win in Nashville. As a result of each Spencer Knight and Arvid Soderblom had been unavailable resulting from sickness, so Commesso was beginning his second recreation in as many nights. Commesso allowed 5 objectives on 24 pictures in a loss to Washington on Friday night time. The 23-year-old Commesso appears prone to return to the AHL as soon as each Knight and Soderblom return.

In his second recreation again following harm, Connor Bedard registered two assists.

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With a objective, Connor McDavid has prolonged his level streak to 18 video games. That is the longest level streak of his profession. That time streak could possibly be at 23 video games by the top of subsequent week, because the Oilers get the schedule of the week with a whopping 5 video games. I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen as many groups with five-game weeks on the schedule as I’ve this season. The Olympics in all probability has one thing to do with it.

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Earlier than Saturday’s recreation, Philip Broberg signed a six-year extension with the Blues that may end in an $8 million cap hit. Broberg and Dylan Holloway initially signed supply sheet with the Blues, with the Oilers electing to not match them. Broberg leads the Blues in icetime, averaging almost 23 minutes per recreation. His real-life worth has improved in a significant method from when he was in Edmonton.

That wasn’t the top of the story for Broberg on Saturday, although. Broberg left Saturday’s recreation with an upper-body harm after taking successful from Mark Stone. After the sport, coach Jim Montgomery mentioned that Broberg is “doing all proper” they usually’ll “see how he responds.”

Jordan Kyrou‘s help was his first level in six video games. If he continues at a 40-point full-season tempo, Kyrou might be one in all fantasy hockey’s greatest busts this season.

Stone now has objectives in seven consecutive video games. He’s a top-10 participant by way of factors per recreation (1.37 PTS/GP), but he isn’t among the many scoring leaders as a result of he has missed a bit of video games once more this season. Stone is a beast when wholesome, however you possibly can’t depend on that on a regular basis. Stone has not reached 70 video games in a season since 2018-19.

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