A New No. 1 in the NHL Power Rankings
Hurricanes surge to the top
NHL POWER RANKINGS
1 Carolina Hurricanes (10-3)
2 Montreal Canadiens (9-4-2)
3 Tampa Bay Lightning (10-3-1)
4 Boston Bruins (10-2-2)
5 Vegas Golden Knights (10-3-1)
6 Colorado Avalanche (8-4-1)
7 Toronto Maple Leafs (11-3-2)
8 Washington Capitals (7-4-3)
9 Florida Panthers (9-2-2)
10 Winnipeg Jets (9-5-1)
11 Philadelphia Flyers (8-3-2)
12 Calgary Flames (8-6-1)
13 St. Louis Blues (9-5-2)
14 New York Islanders (8-4-3)
15 Pittsburgh Penguins (7-6-1)
16 Chicago Blackhawks (8-5-4)
17 Dallas Stars (5-3-4)
18 Edmonton Oilers (9-8)
19 Arizona Coyotes (7-6-2)
20 New Jersey Devils (5-3-2)
21 Columbus Blue Jackets (7-6-4)
22 Minnesota Wild (6-6)
23 Los Angeles Kings (5-6-3)
24 Buffalo Sabres (4-6-2)
25 Nashville Predators (6-9)
26 Vancouver Canucks (7-11-1)
27 Anaheim Ducks (6-7-3)
28 San Jose Sharks (6-7-1)
29 Ottawa Senators (4-12-1)
30 Detroit Red Wings (4-10-3)
31 New York Rangers (4-7-3)
Digging Deep
Every newsletter I will recommend one player that is owned in 5% or fewer of Yahoo leagues. It may be a player to add right away or simply a head’s up – keep an eye out for this one to see if he can keep it up.
Today, look to Devils defenseman Damon Severson, who has four points (1 G, 3 A) in his past four games, it just so happens that there was a 16-day gap between games the last two games. Severson is playing a career-high 23:50 per game while his shot rate has spiked up to 2.4 per game this season, up from 1.65 per game last season. (Rostered in 4% of Yahoo leagues.)
WEDNESDAY GAMES
N.Y. Islanders 3 Buffalo 0
Staal, Skinner no shots on goal; Eichel, Hall one each
NYI LW Anders Lee 2 G (3 G, 1 A in past 4 GP)
NYI C Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 1 A during a 4-game point streak)
NYI RW Josh Bailey 2 A (5 A in past 4 GP)
NYI G Ilya Sorokin 20-save shutout (.895 SV% in first four starts.)
Washington 3 Pittsburgh 1
WSH RW Richard Panik 2 A
New Jersey 5 N.Y. Rangers 2
NJ LW Janne Kuokkanen 3 A (1 G, 4 A in past 3 GP)
NJ RW Nick Merkley 1 G, 1 A (1 G, 2 A in 4 GP)
NJ G MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 37 of 39 shots for the win. (.948 SV% in four starts.)
Colorado 3 Vegas 2
VGK C William Karlsson 2 A (1 G, 6 A in past 7 GP)
COL LW Brandon Saad 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 4 A in past 7 GP)
COL RW Joonas Donskoi 2 A (3 G, 4 A in past 7 GP)
COL LW Brandon Saad was on the ice for three goals for and none against during 5-on-5 play.
Minnesota 0 Los Angeles 4
LAK C Jaret Anderson-Dolan 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 2 A in 5 GP)
LAK G Jonathan Quick recorded a 28-save shutout. (.887 SV% in 7 GP)
TUESDAY SHOTS/EXPECTED GOALS (Via Natural Stat Trick)
WEDNESDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
WEDNESDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
VAN C Bo Horvat $4800 at CGY
WPG C Paul Stastny $4400 at EDM
OTT RW Evgenii Dadonov $3300 at TOR
WPG RW Mason Appleton $2800 at EDM
WPG D Neal Pionk $4600 at EDM
EDM D Evan Bouchard $3900 vs. WPG