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Date	Player	News
2/9/2010	Rob Scuderi, D, LA	Scuderi left the Kings' 4-2 loss to Anaheim on Monday, their first in 10 games, with flulike symptoms. Analysis: Scuderi doesn't really have much fantasy value. He has seven assists in 50 games, though he is a plus-10.
2/8/2010	Ryan Getzlaf, C, Anh	Getzlaf sprained his left ankle during the second period of Anaheim's game against the Los Angeles Kings. He scored his 15th goal earlier in the game before spraining his ankle and hobbling to the bench. X-rays on Getzlaf's injury revealed no broken bones, but the Ducks said he wouldn't return to Monday night's game. Analysis: Getzlaf has 57 points in 55 games for the Ducks and earned his first Olympic selection alongside Canadian teammates Scott Niedermayer and Corey Perry.
2/8/2010	Fredrik Sjostrom, LW, Tor	Sjostrom missed Monday night's 3-2 loss to visiting San Jose because of the flu. Analysis: Sjostrom will have three days to get better before the Maple Leafs travel to St. Louis on Friday night.
2/8/2010	Christian Hanson, C, Tor	Hanson missed Monday night's 3-2 loss to visiting San Jose because of the flu. Analysis: Hanson will have three days to get better before the Maple Leafs travel to St. Louis on Friday night.
2/8/2010	David Koci, LW, Col	Koci has left the team's game against the St. Louis Blues with a hand injury and did not return. Analysis: Koci suffered the injury when he fought Blues forward D.J. King 2:21 into the game Monday night. He left the ice without going to the penalty box. Koci has one goal in 42 games.
2/8/2010	Ray Emery, G, Phi	Emery has not played since Feb. 1 because of tightness in his hip. Analysis: The extent of Emery's still isn't known, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Emery is 16-11-1 with a 2.64 goals-against average this season.
2/8/2010	Anssi Salmela, D, NJ	Salmela said he had a headache, but was otherwise OK after being taken off the ice on a stretcher following a scary hit to the face from the Philadelphia Flyers' Jeff Carter on Monday night. Analysis: Moments after scoring a short-handed goal that gave the Devils a 2-0 lead in the second period, Salmela was struck hard by Carter's right shoulder as he skated by. Salmela tumbled to the ice and remained face down for several minutes, until the Devils' medical staff lifted him onto a stretcher. The 25-year-old Salmela was playing in his second game with his new team. The goal was his first with the Devils and second this season.
2/8/2010	Jose Theodore, G, Was	Theodore (31 saves) extended his personal-best winning streak to 10 in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over Pittsburgh. Analysis: Theodore, who is 20-7-4 with a 2.87 GAA, needs a victory to set the team mark for consecutive wins previous held by Pat Riggin in 1983-84.
2/8/2010	Marco Sturm, LW, Bos	Sturm scored twice to help Boston win 3-0 over the Canadiens on Sunday. Analysis: Sturm, who had two goals in his previous 10 games, had his first multigoal game since Dec. 2.
2/8/2010	Tuukka Rask, G, Bos	Rask stopped 36 shots, including 15 in a frantic second period, in Sunday's 3-0 win over the Canadiens. Analysis: Rask, who recorded his fourth career shutout, was making his third straight start for the Bruins. He is 1-0-2 with a 1.26 GAA in those games.
2/8/2010	Sam Gagner, C, Edm	Gagner has returned from the Oilers' road trip to have his knee examined, the Edmonton Journal reported. Analysis: He'll miss Monday night's game at Phoenix but said he could be back Wednesday at Anaheim if nothing is wrong with the knee. Gagner has 35 points in 56 games.
2/8/2010	Mark Fistric, D, Dal	Fistric went on injured reserve with a knee injury. Analysis: Fistric injured a knee Thursday against Columbus and will have arthroscopic surgery. He will out until after the Olympic break, which ends March 2.
2/8/2010	Ryan O'Reilly, C, Col	O'Reilly suffered a bruised foot in the third period of Saturday night's win over Edmonton and did not return. Analysis: The rookie has three goals and no assists in his last 33 games after starting his career with 17 points in his first 24 games. According to the Denver Post, X-rays were negative but O'Reilly will likely miss Tuesday's game against St. Louis.
2/8/2010	David Krejci, C, Bos	Krejci suffered an undisclosed injury during Sunday's 3-0 win over Montreal. Analysis: Details of the injury are unknown and the center is considered day-to-day.
2/8/2010	Benoit Pouliot, LW, Mon	Pouliot is out with an upper-body injury. Analysis: Details of the injury are unknown, and the left wing is considered day-to-day.
2/8/2010	Marc-Andre Bergeron, D, Mon	Bergeron is hampered by a lower-body injury. Analysis: Details of the injury are unknown, and the defenseman is considered day-to-day.
2/7/2010	Niclas Wallin, D, SJ	The San Jose Sharks have bolstered their defense by acquiring Wallin in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes. San Jose also acquired a fifth-round pick and sent a second rounder to Carolina to complete Sunday's deal. Analysis: The Sharks had been shuttling defensemen back and forth from Worcester of the AHL for much of the season. General manager Doug Wilson says he hopes Wallin's playoff experience from winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 with Carolina will benefit the Sharks.
2/7/2010	Jordan Staal, C, Pit	Staal scored twice to give the Penguins a 4-1 lead, but Washington came back to beat Pittsburgh 5-4 in overtime on Sunday. Analysis: Staal now has at least one point in three straight games after going six straight contests without a point. He's still on pace to easily surpass his career high of 49 points.
2/7/2010	Sidney Crosby, C, Pit	Crosby briefly tied Alex Ovechkin for the league lead in goals with 39 after scoring two in the first period at Washington on Sunday, but Ovechkin had the last laugh, regaining the top spot with a hat trick in the Capitals' 5-4 overtime win, their 14th straight victory. Analysis: Crosby couldn't have been happy with the outcome, but he has to be pleased with his recent play. Between Jan. 7 and Feb. 7, he has 15 goals and 10 assists in 15 games.
2/7/2010	Alex Ovechkin, LW, Was	Ovechkin notched his first hat trick of the season and assisted on Mike Knuble's game-winner in overtime as the Capitals beat Pittsburgh 5-4 on Sunday for their 14th straight victory. Analysis: Ovechkin's three goals gave him a league-high 42, pulling away from Sidney Crosby after the Pittsburgh star had tied him at 39 by scoring a pair in the first period. It was the ninth hat trick of the Russian's illustrious career, but the first in nearly a year since he did it at Florida on Feb. 15, 2009.
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