DAILY PRIME - MARCH 9, 2014: SPEZZA, MILLER TIME, BOBROVSKY SHINES ... primepucks.com Sun 3/9/14 9:32 AM

Lots of action in the NHL yesterday with 10 games played. Ottawa and Winnipeg played an afternoon game with the Senators prevailing 5-3.  Both Ales Hemsky and Jason Spezza had 3 assists for Ottawa. Hemsky is having a disappointing season with only 29 points in 57 games.  Spezza is doing a lot better with 50 points in 59 games played, but I would have expected him to be a point per game player.  Craig Anderson was terrific in goal with 46 saves as the Jets really carried the play. Unfortunately for fantasy players he has not that way for most of the season as his 3.08 GAA and .908 SP would indicate.  Well now he is 4-0 as the goaltender for the St. Louis Blues.  It's Miller time!  26 saves for Ryan as the Blues beat Colorado 2-1.  Miller has a 1.50 GAA and a .933 SP for the Blues.  Talk about being rejuvenated, Miller is now on fire in St. Louis.  He will be one of the top fantasy goalies for the rest of the season.  Toronto beat Philadelphia 4-3 as right wing Joffrey Lupul had a goal and an assist, but with only 38 points on the season has been a disappointment. Defenseman Kimmo Timonen doubled his goal production on the year with 2 goals. With 26 points on the season he is at best a marginal 6th forward.  Defenseman Johnny Boychuk had a good night for Boston with a goal and an assist in their 4-3 win over Tampa Bay. We once thought that Boychuk would be more of a scorer, but he has settled into more of a defensive defenseman with only 19 points on the year. Center Carl Soderberg had a goal and an assist as well for the Bruins, but with only 35 points on the season he is not worth looking at. Tuukka Rask got his 24th win, but he only made 17 saves. Still a win is a win!  The Devils outlasted Carolina 5-4 as a bevy of disappointing players finally had good nights.  Devils forward Travis Zajac had a goal and 2 assists, but he has only 34 points on the year. Adam Henrique had 2 goals for New Jersey, but with 38 points in 65 games played he has not stepped his game up this season. Finally, Alexander Semin had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, but again he has only 35 points on the year. Jaroslav Halak had 31 saves and looked sharp in goal in his debut performance with Washington after his trade from St. Louis, as the Capitals beat Phoenix 3-2. We will have to wait and see how the Capitals goaltending situation settles out. Defenseman Keith Yandle had 2 assists for Phoenix, and this guy is fantasy money in the bank with 7 goals and 43 points on the season. Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had a great night with a 1-0 shutout over Nashville. Bobrovsky is not having the Vezina winning seaon he did last year, but he does have 24 wins. His 2.53 GAA and .917 SP are okay, but hardly great.  Foward Artem Anisimov scored the only goal, but with just 33 points on the season we can't recommend him.  Pekka Rinne looked very sharp in goal the Predators, alowing only the one goal with 35 saves. With his third game back from his long absence with hip injuries, he is finally starting to look like the old Pekka.   Big night for Dallas forward Tyler Seguin in their 4-3 win over Minnesota as he had a goal and 2 assists. At 22 years old Seguin is really developing into the big star he was expected to be when taken with the second pick by Boston in the 2010 Draft, as he has 29 goals and 66 points on the year.  Really Boston Loui Eriksson?  Stars right wing Erik Cole had a goal and an assist, but with only 28 points he does not have fantasy value.   Cole once had some promise scoring 61 points for the Canadiens in 2011-2012, but he has developed into a 40-50 point player. Eddie Lack has the knack: The new starting goaltender for Vancouver Eddie Lack had a nice game with 22 saves as the Canucks beat Calgary 2-1. Lack rebounded nicely from his 6-1 shellacking by Dallas on Thursday. That's a good sign, as he did not lose his confidence.  He should be solid for the rest of the season.  His metrics are good with a 2.15 GAA and a .922 SP.  Finally San Jose shutout the Montreal Canadiens as Shark goaltender Antti Niemi had 27 saves. Niemi is a premier fantasy goaltender with 31 wins on the season.  Center Logan Couture had a goal and 2 assist for San Jose, and he has 41 points on the year, but it is in only 49 games. Love his speed.