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| NHL Player News and Notes | ||
| Date | Player | News |
| 11/20/2009 | Benoit Pouliot, LW, Min | The Wild placed Pouliot on injured reserve on Friday with an upper-body injury and recalled center Nathan Smith from the AHL. Analysis: Pouliot has two goals and two assists in 14 games this season. |
| 11/20/2009 | Matt Hendricks, C, Col | The Avalanche placed forward Matt Hendricks on the injured reserve list retroactive to Nov. 14 with a groin injury. Analysis: Hendricks doesn't have too much fantasy value. |
| 11/20/2009 | Teemu Selanne, RW, Anh | Selanne scored for the second straight game and added two assists for a season-high three points in Thursday night's 4-3 overtime win over visiting Tampa Bay. Analysis: Selanne has six of his 11 goals over the past nine games. |
| 11/20/2009 | Ryan Getzlaf, C, Anh | Getzlaf continued his stellar play with a goal and two assists in Thursday night's 4-3 overtime win over visiting Tampa Bay. Analysis: Getzlaf has all three of his goals and 19 of his 22 assists in his last 13 games. |
| 11/20/2009 | Bryan Rodney, D, Car | The Hurricanes sent Rodney back to their AHL affiliate in Albany. The team made the move Friday after bringing him up Nov. 11. Analysis: Rodney had two assists in five games and averaged nearly 18 minutes of ice time during his first stint with the team this season. |
| 11/20/2009 | Mike Smith, G, TB | Smith continued his trend of alternating wins and losses in Thursday night's 4-3 overtime loss at Anaheim. He gave up three goals in the first 26:52 before the Lightning rallied to force the extra period. Analysis: Smith has a 3.40 goals-against average in his 10 starts this season. He is 0-4-3 with a 3.34 GAA lifetime versus Tampa Bay's next opponent, Carolina. The teams play on Saturday night. |
| 11/20/2009 | Jonas Hiller, G, Anh | Hiller's struggles continued, but he snapped a two-game losing streak in the Ducks' 4-3 overtime win over visiting Tampa Bay on Thursday night. Analysis: Hiller, who allowed the Lightning to rally from a three-goal deficit and force overtime, has a 3.78 goals-against average in the last four games. |
| 11/20/2009 | Cristobal Huet, G, Chi | Huet earned his eighth win in 10 games in the Blackhawks' 7-1 victory at Calgary on Thursday night. Analysis: Huet has posted a 1.60 goals-against average over those 10 games after starting the season 2-2-1 with a 3.25 GAA. |
| 11/20/2009 | Patrick Kane, RW, Chi | On his 21st birthday, Kane scored a goal in his fourth straight game. He added an assist to extend his point streak to eight in Thursday night's 7-1 win at Calgary. Analysis: Kane has vaulted to the team lead in goals (eight) and points (21). |
| 11/20/2009 | Kris Versteeg, LW, Chi | Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series. Analysis: Versteeg had four goals in his previous 18 games and missed Chicago's previous contest with an upper-body injury. |
| 11/20/2009 | Miikka Kiprusoff, G, Cgy | Kiprusoff was pulled after the second period of Thursday night's 7-1 loss to visiting Chicago. His six goals allowed matched a season high. Analysis: After posting a 0.97 goals-against average during a recent five-game stretch, Kiprusoff has allowed nine goals in back-to-back losses. |
| 11/20/2009 | Duncan Keith, D, Chi | Keith matched a career high with three assists in Thursday night's 7-1 win at Calgary. Analysis: Keith has two goals and eight assists over the Blackhawks' last six games. |
| 11/20/2009 | Patrick Sharp, RW, Chi | Sharp had two assists in Thursday night's 7-1 win at Calgary, giving him seven in the last six games. Analysis: Sharp is second on the Blackhawks with 12 assists, one behind Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith. He also has six goals this season. |
| 11/20/2009 | Troy Brouwer, RW, Chi | Brouwer scored for the third time in five games in Thursday night's 7-1 win at Calgary. Analysis: With six goals this season, Brouwer is closing in on his career-high 10 set in 2008-09. He also had a career-best 26 points last season. |
| 11/20/2009 | Steve Downie, RW, TB | Downie had his second career multipoint performance with two assists in Thursday night's 4-3 overtime loss at Anaheim. Analysis: He has two goals and five assists in 19 games this season. |
| 11/20/2009 | Ryan Malone, LW, TB | Malone had two assists in Thursday night's 4-3 overtime loss at Anaheim to extend his point streak to five games. Analysis: Malone has three goals and six assists during his streak, and he's scored six goals and an assist in his last seven games against the Lightning's next opponent, Carolina. The teams play on Saturday night. |
| 11/20/2009 | Corey Perry, RW, Anh | Perry extended his career-best point streak to 13 games with a power-play goal and two assists in Thursday night's 4-3 overtime win over visiting Tampa Bay. Analysis: Perry has nine goals and 10 assists during his streak. |
| 11/20/2009 | Scott Niedermayer, D, Anh | Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead. Analysis: Niedermayer scored his 13th career OT goal, an NHL record for defenseman, to snap the Ducks' four-game losing streak. He has two goals and 11 assists in 20 games this season. |
| 11/20/2009 | Chris Mason, G, StL | Mason earned only his second win this month with Thursday night's 3-2 overtime victory over visiting Phoenix. Analysis: Mason has allowed two goals or fewer in six straight games but is 2-2-2 in that span. He has a respectable 2.25 goals-against average this season but is 5-6-3. |
| 11/20/2009 | Chris Phillips, D, Ott | Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Analysis: Phillips, who entered with one goal in 18 games, scored goals 2:03 apart in the third to put Ottawa up 5-1 and chase Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. "I'm not expected to, for sure," Phillips said. "It feels good to do it and it felt like one of those high energy games, for us anyways, and it's nice." |
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