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Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- The NHL suspended Laraque five games for a hit on Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: The Montreal Canadiens enforcer received the suspension for an incident on Nov. 21. against the Red Wings when he collided with Kronwall resulting in a leg-on-leg, open-ice hit. The NHL said Laraque, who was assessed a minor penalty for tripping on the play, deliberately extended his knee and, through his actions, caused an injury to Kronwall. Kronwall will be out four to eight weeks with a sprained ligament in his left knee because of the hit.
Sun, Nov 22
- RW Georges Laraque picked up six minutes in penalties on one shift in the first period Saturday. He was given a double minor for high-stocking Darren Helm and two minutes for a knee-on-knee hit which sidelined defenseman Niklas Kronwall.(Yahoo! Sports)
Wed, Nov 18
- Laraque (back) has been cleared to return, Habs Insideout reports.(Rotowire.com)
Recommendation: He could be back on the fourth line on Friday night. With Brian Gionta likely headed to injured reserve, the Habs won't have to send anyone down when Laraque is activated.
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- RW Marty St. Louis had three assists against Atlanta, marking his first multi-point game since Oct. 12 against Florida.(Yahoo! Sports)
- St. Louis had three assists Sunday in a 4-3 overtime win over Atlanta.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: St. Louis has six points in his last four games.
(TB - D) DTD
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- D Mattias Ohlund missed his fourth consecutive game with a lower body injury, believed to be with his right ankle. Ohlund said he hopes to play on Wednesday.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sun, Nov 22
- D Mattias Ohlund missed his third consecutive game with a lower body injury, believed to be with his right ankle, and he will not play on Sunday in Atlanta. "In a perfect world, I'll be able to play on Wednesday," Ohlund said.(Yahoo! Sports)
Thu, Nov 19
- D Mattias Ohlund missed his second consecutive game with a lower body injury, believed to be to his right ankle. After moving around with a walking boot for three consecutive days, Ohlund has since shed the boot and is showing signs of improving. He could return at some point this weekend at Carolina or Atlanta.(Yahoo! Sports)
Wed, Nov 18
- Ohlund missed practice Tuesday and was seen with his right foot in a walking boot, reports the St. Petersburg Times.(Rotowire.com)
Recommendation: He is day-to-day but says he expects to play Thursday. Roll someone else if you can and let his health improve before you activate him.
(Van - LW)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- LW Daniel Sedin admits it was hard to deal with the first significant injury of a nine-year NHL career, fighting through nearly six lonely weeks of boring rehabilitation and struggling against the urge to try to come back too soon from the broken foot he suffered during an Oct. 7 game. That might explain why he tried to come back two weeks earlier, only to be forced back to the sidelines until returning for Sunday's 1-0 loss to Chicago. The good news though, is the Canucks shouldn't have to wait nearly as long for Sedin to start contributing regularly again, not when he's being reunited with lifelong linemate and identical twin brother Henrik. In fact, despite Henrik recording 18 points -- including an eye-popping 10 goals for the pass-first center -- in 18 games without Daniel, coach Alain Vigneault believes his top line is instantly better with twins' unique cycling game back together.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sat, Nov 21
- LW Daniel Sedin hoped to return from a broken foot suffered on Oct. 7 during the Canucks' recently completed five-game road trip after he traveled all the way to Dallas to rejoin the team on Nov. 7. But after experiencing pain during a tough team skate in his first practice back that weekend, Sedin was instead sent back to Vancouver for further testing, staying off the ice early this week before returning to practice on Wednesday. He took part in the game-day skate Friday, but couldn't play against the Avalanche, delaying his return until Sunday's game against Chicago. Despite the dual delays, the Canucks insist he did not re-injure himself or suffer any setbacks in his recovery during that ill-advised hard-skating practice in Dallas.(Yahoo! Sports)
Wed, Nov 18
- Sedin (foot) skated on his own prior to Wednesday's practice, TSN.ca reports.(Rotowire.com)
Recommendation: The Canucks haven't provided any additional information regarding Sedin's chances of playing against Colorado on Friday, but we should know more depending on his participation in practice Thursday.
(Min - LW) IR
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- The Wild have traded former first-round draft choice Pouliot to Montreal for left wing Guillaume Latendresse.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: The 23-year-old Pouliot has been one of a handful of first-round disappointments for the Wild in recent years after being drafted fourth overall in 2005.
Sat, Nov 21
- LW Benoit Pouliot was placed on injured reserve Friday and missed his third game in a row with a hand injury. He's been skating on his own.(Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, Nov 20
- The Wild placed Pouliot on injured reserve on Friday with an upper-body injury and recalled center Nathan Smith from the AHL.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Pouliot has two goals and two assists in 14 games this season.
Wed, Nov 18
- LW Benoit Pouliot missed his second game in a row Wednesday vs. Phoenix with a hand injury. He's been skating on his own.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Van - D)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- D Willie Mitchell can't seem to stay out of the spotlight against the Chicago Blackhawks. During last season's playoffs, the Canucks' shutdown defenseman made disparaging remarks about pint-sized Chicago star Patrick Kane's unwillingness to venture into high traffic areas after the first game, comments Kane mentioned after scoring three goals in the Game 6 elimination of the Canucks. This season it's a clean but wicked check on Chicago captain Jonathan Toews in the first meeting that has the focus back on Mitchell, who stepped out of the penalty box and into Toews with a thunderous but clean hit that left the latter barely able to get off the ice and out with a concussion for two weeks. It sparked the Canucks to a come-from-behind 3-2 win and was the talk of the town as the two prepared to face each other again for the first time Sunday. But Mitchell, who seemed genuinely concerned about Toews' health after the last game and has since spoken to him about the incident, didn't want to talk much about it. "It's just hockey, it was on the ice, it was a clean hit," Mitchell, who didn't leave his feet or lead with his elbow, said Saturday. "Ask Jon about it. He'll tell you that, too."(Yahoo! Sports)
Sat, Nov 21
- D Willie Mitchell was among the Canucks players that elected not to get a shot for the swine flu, but the rest of the team's vaccination against the H1N1 virus on Sunday and Monday created a stir after the Chief Health Officer for the province of British Columbia accused them of jumping the queue. A similar move by the Calgary Flames two weeks earlier resulted in two health officials being fired.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- The Minnesota Wild have traded former first-round draft choice Benoit Pouliot (BEHN-wah, POO-lee-aht) to Montreal for Latendresse.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Latendresse had two goals and an assist in 23 games for the Canadiens this season.
(Atl - RW)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- RW Maxim Afinogenov failed to record a point in Sunday's loss to Tampa Bay, snapping his five-game point streak. However, Afinogenov got on the scoresheet in a different way, picking up a double-minor for roughing in a third period shoving match with Steve Downie.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sun, Nov 22
- RW Maxim Afinogenov scored his sixth goal in the past five games with 18 seconds remaining in the third period of Saturday's loss to Pittsburgh. It's the second straight game Afinogenov has scored in the game's final minute. Afinogenov has six goals and three assists over the past five games and 20 points in 19 games overall.(Yahoo! Sports)
Thu, Nov 19
- RW Maxim Afinogenov scored his fifth goal in the past four games with 42 seconds remaining in the third period of Thursday's shootout loss to Boston. Afinogenov has five goals and three assists over the past four games and 19 points in 18 games overall, ranking third on the team.(Yahoo! Sports)
(TB - D)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- D Mike Lundin finished a minus-2 in his season debut against Atlanta while playing 13 minutes, it was not indicative of his play. That means he likely earned himself another opportunity when Tampa Bay returns to the ice on Wednesday at home against Toronto.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sun, Nov 22
- D Mike Lundin was recalled from Norfolk of the American Hockey League on Saturday. With the team banged up with the short-term loss of Mattias Ohlund and having to play on back-to-back nights, Lundin was brought up as insurance.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- RW Patrick Kane's five-game goal-scoring streak and nine-game point streak ended.(Yahoo! Sports)
- Kane was held without a point for the first time in 10, ending his streak at 13 points Sunday in a 1-0 win at Vancouver.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Kane will try to start a new streak Wednesday at San Jose.
Sun, Nov 22
- Kane had a goal and an assist as the Blackhawks won their sixth game in a row, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Kane has five goals and eight assists in a 13-game point streak.
Sat, Nov 21
- RW Patrick Kane continued his hot play with a goal and an assist. He has a four-game goal streak and nine-game point streak going. The point string matches the Hawks' longest of last season, when Cam Barker and the departed Martin Havlat had points in nine in a row.(Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, Nov 20
- 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.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Kane has vaulted to the team lead in goals (eight) and points (21).
Thu, Nov 19
- RW Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, running his goal streak to four games and his point streak to eight.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- Pavelec has lost two straight starts, falling to 6-5-3 after stopping 36 of 40 shots Sunday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Pavelec has a 2.96 GAA.
Thu, Nov 19
- Pavelec will start in goal Thursday against Boston, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.(Rotowire.com)
Recommendation: Pavelec is coming off his best game of the season, and the Thrashers have won four straight. Also, Boston has lost three in a row so this summing up to be a good play.
(Van - C)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- C Kyle Wellwood had one of his better games in a so far disappointing season against Colorado on Friday night, picking up an assist for just his second point of the season and winning 12 of 16 faceoffs. But his brief three-game stint on the second line ended with the return of top-line winger Daniel Sedin on Sunday against Chicago, dropping Wellwood back down to the third line. The good news is that with the Canucks finally getting close to complete healthy up front, Wellwood actually has decent linemates on the third unit in Steve Bernier and Jannik Hansen, a rarity early this season.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Van - D)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- D Shane O'Brien was a healthy scratch for the fourth straight game because 40-year-old veteran Mathieu Schneider appears to have asserted himself. Schneider has been in the lineup regularly following a slow start after missing the first three weeks recovering from shoulder surgery. That means O'Brien, who got into trouble for barking about a benching last season, will likely only play if another defenseman is injured or when the aging Schneider is scheduled to get a break in back-to-back games. So far, however, O'Brien appears to have learned his lesson and is staying quiet.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- Niemi stopped 30 shots Sunday in a 1-0 win at Vancouver.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: It was Niemi's second shutout this season. "Maybe the most confident (I've felt) in the NHL today," Niemi said. "I don't know why, but I didn't worry about anything else, just make the next save." - G Antti Niemi made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season. The first came in the second game against the Florida Panthers in his native Finland.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sat, Nov 21
- G Antti Niemi is the projected starter in goal against the Canucks on Sunday. It'll be his first start since a shootout loss at Colorado on Nov. 6.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- D Niklas Kronwall is out four to eight weeks with an sprained medial collateral ligament suffered on Saturday.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sun, Nov 22
- D Niklas Kronwall is out a minimum of two weeks with an apparent sprained medial collateral ligament suffered on Saturday. The club won't know for sure the severity of the injury until Kronwall undergoes tests on Sunday(Yahoo! Sports)
- The banged-up Red Wings have lost Kronwall for at least a month with a sprained ligament in his left knee. Kronwall had a leg-on-leg, open-ice collision with Montreal enforcer Georges Laraque on Saturday.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: The Red Wings were not happy with the injury, calling the play "dirty." "You know it's something that shouldn't happen in hockey," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "A guy shouldn't hang his leg out there and hurt another guy. It's unacceptable and it's disappointing, obviously. We just lost a good player for a period of time. Our doctors will look at him, but he's out for a chunk for sure."
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- LW Matt Pettinger was the odd man out with Daniel Sedin returning from a broken foot Sunday against Chicago. Pettinger, who was signed as a free agent with the Canucks missing six forwards to injury on Nov. 2, was sent down to Manitoba of the American Hockey League after first clearing waivers to make room on the 23-man roster for Sedin's return. Pettinger was actually pretty good, picking up a goal and an assist in his seven games while providing good energy and effective penalty killing. He was arguably a lot better than enforcer Darcy Hordichuk, who was a healthy scratch for a third straight game on Sunday, but the Canucks want to have that element of toughness that Hordichuk is capable of bringing as a 13th forward playing part-time.(Yahoo! Sports)
Sat, Nov 21
- LW Matt Pettinger appears to be the odd-man out with the impending return of Daniel Sedin after missing six weeks with a broken foot as the Canucks placed the veteran on waivers before he played Friday against Colorado. Pettinger has played well since being signed to a two-way contract out of the AHL when the injuries up front began mounting in late October, recording a goal and an assist in seven games while also killing penalties and forechecking effectively.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- D Duncan Keith's value to the Hawks has always been appreciated, but this season he brought something more than defensive skill. He has 13 assists, which is just one less than team leader Patrick Kane and is tied for fifth in the NHL in scoring among defensemen. Last season Keith had a career-best 37 helpers in 77 games. So far this season he has played in just 21, so he's on pace for a 52-assist season. "His points are really piling up," said coach Joel Quenneville. "Defensively he's played great hockey. Game in and game out he plays quality minutes and gets the job done."(Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, Nov 20
- Keith matched a career high with three assists in Thursday night's 7-1 win at Calgary.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Keith has two goals and eight assists over the Blackhawks' last six games.
Thu, Nov 19
- D Duncan Keith had three assists. He has a goal and six helpers in the last three games.(Yahoo! Sports)
(TB - D)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- Foster had a goal and an assist Sunday in a 4-3 overtime win over Atlanta.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Foster had just one point in his first 11 games.
Sun, Nov 22
- D Kurtis Foster picked up his first point of the season with a power-play assist on Saturday. Foster was brought in with the idea of getting key power play time, but that has been sporadic when Foster has been in the lineup.(Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- RW Slava Kozlov scored his second goal of the season in Sunday's loss to Tampa Bay. Kozlov and linemates Todd White and Bryan Little ended the game with a combined rating of plus-3, an impressive stat in a game that was severely lopsided in Tampa Bay's favor.(Yahoo! Sports)
- Kozlov had a goal and an assist Sunday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Kozlov has 10 points this season, including two goals. Those are not terrific fantasy numbers for the winger.
Mon, Nov 23Recent News
- LW Todd Fedoruk was a healthy scratch for the third time this season. The rugged fourth-liner has two goals this season, but his minus-5 rating is tied for worst on the team.(Yahoo! Sports)