DAILY PRIME - NOVEMBER 15, 2014: ROAD SCHOLARS primepucks.com Sat 11/15/14 9:27 AM

Just as Tuesday night was good to be the home team with 10 of 11 teams winning at home, Friday night was good to be out on the road with 5 of the 6 visiting teams taking home the 2 points. The night was sandwiched around shutouts, first by New Jersey's Cory Schneider who seems to be getting into a groove after a rough 4 game stretch and then by, of all goalies, Arizona's Devan Dubnyk. I'm not too surprised by Schneider's 1-0 blanking of the Washington Capitals but Dubnyk?  I guess with the way Mike Smith has been playing of late, even last year's Holey Goalie was a better option. I would continue starting Schneider but don't have a lot of faith in Dubnyk.  Dubnyk may have earned another start, but Smith will be their starter....Schneider played well but the Devils caught a break when Mike Cammalleri intercepted a pass from Washington G Braden Holtby and fired the miscue into the net for his seventh goal and the game-winner. Cammalleri has provided the offense the Devils were lacking last year.  Good signing Lou!.... Arizona D-man Keith Yandle continues to be a somewhat undervalued beast on defense as he scored a goal and 2 assists and now leads the Coyotes in scoring with 14 points in 17 games. Yandle has led the team in scoring the past two seasons and it looks like he is heading for the trifecta....Hats off to Martin Hanzal who had a hat trick in the 5-0 pasting of the Vancouver Canucks. Hanzal is a decent depth fantasy forward but that's about it....I guess you could say that Vancouver's G Ryan Miller was due for a clunker after an 11-2-0 start. Expect Miller to return to form in his next start..... IT was quite a matchup between two teams who have been frequent exchangers of players over the past few years. Steve Mason didn't fare as well as he would have liked against his former team, losing 4-3 and only stopping 34 of 38 SOG. Mason has not fared as well as last season, but the young goalie should shake off the inconsistency.... Jakub Voracek, another ex-Blue Jacket, had a better game with goal and an assist to continue his torrid start to the 2014 season. He now has 24 points in 17 games and is 1 point behind league leader Sidney Crosby. WOW!...Ex-Flyer Scott Hartnell tried his darnedness to get on the score sheet as he took 6 SOG, but Mason gobbled those up....Ryan Johansen had a 4 assist night and along with Nick Foligno (2G, A) are your best options for offense on Columbus....Blue Jacket D-man James Wisniewski scored his first 2 goals on the season and just may be ready to break out of an early slump. The injury-prone Wiz now has 6 points in his last 5 games, so get him in your lineups.... Pittsburgh's backup goalie Thomas Greiss (30/31 SV) was able to stonewall the surging Maple Leafs 2- 1 in Toronto last night. I guess the Penguins were saving up their offense for today's tilt against the NY Rangers, who shellacked the Mighty Pens 5-0 on Tuesday night.... With Pavel Datsyuk (A) back in the lineup, the Detroit Red Wings handily defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 in Hockeytown last night, Dats should get you a point-per-game but has become a little brittle with age, but worth a shot because of his tremendous skill....G Jimmy Howard continued his bounce back season and is now 7-2-4 with a 1.96 GAA & .926 SP.... The New York Islanders are the hottest team in the NHL right now as they have won 5 in a row, 4 of those on the road. Jaroslav Halak has been a steady force in net with 2 shutouts in that span and is now 7-4-0 after the Isles pulled one out in the 4-3 shootout win over Florida. Start him with confidence.....