Ottawa rookie goalie on fire; Dubnyk prevails over Rinne; Price remains right; and more...
Every so often, a goalie comes out of the woodworks and changes the course of action for that luck NHL team, and in our case, fantasy squads starving for a clutch backstopper. Well, Ottawa's Andrew Hammond surely qualifies as he posted his second straight road shutout, this time against the Stanley Cup champs who had won eight straight. The Bowling Green product is currently living a dream during his call-up, collecting four straight wins with a 1.15 GAA and a .962 SP. With Craig Anderson basically already to go, you can be certain that Ottawa will ride Hammond as long as he remains unbeatable. So should you. Pick him up ASAP..
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Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens played a tidy game against the Columbus Blue Jackets winning 5-2. Defense was the offense with P.K. Subban (G, 2A) and Andrei Markov (G, A) contributing to the road win. The Habs will be a force to be reckoned with come playoff time….
Buffalo’s Michal Neuvirth is 3-1-2 in his last six starts and was the recipient of 6 goals in the win over Vancouver last night. Neuvirth is a decent number 2 goalie with the team playing better hockey of late…Chris Stewart, with a goal and an assist, is rumored to be on his way out, most likely to rival Boston. It will be an interesting weekend with the trade deadline on Monday…
The New York Ranger’s beat the Arizona Coyotes with 2 pair against the Yotes 1. Both Chris Kreider (2 PPG) and Lee Stempniak (2G) were enough to get by Arizona who got two power play goals of their own from Sam Gagner. This one wasn’t easy for the Blueshirts as Goalie Cam Talbot continues to play brilliantly in place of the injured Henrik Lundqvist…Kreider shows glimpses of what is to come but hasn’t been able to provide the consistency just yet but his future looks bright….
While struggling at home lately, the St. Louis Blues continued their winning ways on the road with the 2-1 shootout win over Winnipeg. Not much to say here other than it seems no more Ondrej Pavelec in the Jet's goal for now. Thank gosh...
The Monnesota Wild deliver a huge road win, 4-2 in Nashville, to further bolster their playoff chances. Don't worry about Pekka Rinne but remain thrilled about what Devan Dubnyk has done for the Wild goalie situation and his fantasy teams...
Chi-town survives Game 1 without Patrick Kane with Corey Crawford posting the 3-0 shutout in Florida. Brandon Saad(2 pts) might worth adding to your squad as the young forward could make up for some of the scoring void left by the PK injury...
Detroit is back in the winning column while the Sharks are spiralling downward. Goalie Jimmy Howard is almost back to top form as the injury rust is just about shaken off...
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