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Rick Nash, RW/LW, Columbus Blue Jackets
2010/03/20: Rick Nash had a fine game in Columbus' 1-0 overtime loss to Nashville Saturday night. Nash, who has recently returned from injury, skated well in this contest. He led the Jackets with five shots on goal in 21:19 of ice time. |
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Cody Franson, D, Nashville Predators
2010/03/20: Cody Franson scored the overtime winner as Nashville beat Columbus 1-0 Saturday night. Franson's goal, two minutes into the overtime session, was the lone mistake of Steve Mason on this night. Franson now has six goals on the season to go along with 19 points. Martin Erat and Colin Wilson drew assists. |
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Steve Mason, G, Columbus Blue Jackets
2010/03/20: Steve Mason played extremely well however the Blue Jackets lost to the Predators 1-0 in overtime Saturday night. Mason was truly great in this contest, making 30 saves on 31 shots. He allowed a Cody Franson goal in overtime, his lone mistake. The Jackets seem content in allowing Mason to work his struggles out for the remainder of the year, something good for his progression in becoming elite. He is now sporting a 17-22-8 record for the season. |
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Pekka Rinne, G, Nashville Predators
2010/03/20: Pekka Rinne was sensational Saturday night as Nashville shutout Columbus 1-0. Rinne has been on a bit of a tear lately, winning five straight and seven of his last nine. He was faced with an ordinate amount of Blue Jacket shots, 33 to be exact. He will be relied upon by Nashville to be their goalie of the future. His record improved to 27-13-4. In fantasy leagues, look to Rinne as a solid back-up and potential star next season. |
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Vincent Lecavalier, C, Tampa Bay Lightning
2010/03/20: Vincent Lecavalier scored Tampa Bay's lone goal in a 3-1 loss to Washington Saturday night. Lecavalier has scored six goals in nine games in the month of March after scoring just 15 goals over the first four months of the season. The 29-year old pivot has recorded 62 points in 70 games this season. |
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Alexander Ovechkin, LW, Washington Capitals
2010/03/20: Alex Ovechkin nets game winner as Capitals top Lightning 3-1 Saturday night. The league's leading point-getter got one goal in his return from a two-game suspension for his hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell. The goal tied him with Sidney Crosby for the lead league in markers with 45, and extended his point streak to four straight complete games, with three goals and four assists over that span. |
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Antero Niittymaki, G, Tampa Bay Lightning
2010/03/20: Antero Niittymaki blocked 25 of 28 Capitals' shots in the Lightning's 3-1 loss Saturday night. Niittymaki had been spectacular against the Capitals this season, allowing just four goals combined in winning both of his first two games against the highest scoring team in the NHL. The former sixth round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers falls to 18-16-5 this season, and will be the Lightning's number one goalie the rest of the way. |
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Jose Theodore, G, Washington Capitals
2010/03/20: Jose Theodore turned aside 33 of 34 Lightning shots in the Capitals' 3-1 win Saturday night. Despite ranking 30th in the league with a 2.80 goals against average, and 22nd with a .909 save percentage, Theodore's six straight wins have launched him to one of the league's best win percentages, earning wins in 26 of his 39 starts. The Capitals have not made a decision between the former Hart trophy winner and Semyon Varlamov for the starting job come playoff time, and may decide to go with whoever is the hotter netminder come playoff time. |
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Jaroslav Halak, G, Montreal Canadiens
2010/03/20: Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 of 33 Maple Leafs' shots in the Canadiens' 3-2 shootout loss Saturday night. The 24-year old failed to tie an elite mark for Montreal Canadiens netminders with tonight's loss. Halak would have tied a franchise record with a seventh straight win, the mark Jose Theodore recorded in 2002. Despite his phenomenal play this season, including leading Slovakia to the bronze medal game at the 2010 Winter Olympics, coach Jacques Martin has not named him the starter for the rest of the season in front of Carey Price. It seems unreasonable, but maybe it is contributing to Halak's brilliant play. |
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Jonas Gustavsson, G, Toronto Maple Leafs
2010/03/20: Jonas Gustavsson blocked 25 of 27 Canadiens' shots in Toronto's 3-2 shootout win Saturday night. Gustavsson has played much more like the goaltender that Maple Leafs' management thought he would be since returning from the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he backed up Henrik Lundqvist for Sweden. The 25-year old rookie is 5-0-0 rotating starts with J.S. Giguere, and is averaging just over two goals against over that span. What is even more impressive is that four of those wins were earned against teams currently holding a playoff spot in the Eastern conference. |
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Phil Kessel, RW, Toronto Maple Leafs
2010/03/20: Phil Kessel registered one goal and one assist in Toronto's 3-2 win over Montreal Saturday night. The 22-year old has been on fire since the Olympic break, registering 12 points in ten games, including four points in his past three. With 28 goals on the season, it is unlikely that Kessel will match his career season-high mark of 36 goals he set last year with the Bruins, but he is only ten points back of his career- high points mark of 60 also set last year. Tyler Bozak also recorded a goal and an assist. |
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Brian Gionta, RW, Montreal Canadiens
2010/03/20: Brian Gionta scored two goals in Montreal's 3-2 shootout loss to Toronto Saturday night. The 31-year old winger scored his 22nd and 23rd goals of the season, the second coming on the powerplay at 13:54 of the third period to tie the game at two. Center Scott Gomez assisted on both goals. |
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Brian Boucher, G, Philadelphia Flyers
2010/03/20: Brian Boucher allowed five goals on 28 Thrashers' shots in Philadelphia's 5-2 loss Saturday night. With Ray Emery and Michael Leighton both out with injuries, the Flyers are relying on Boucher the rest of the way. The 33-year old earned his first win since December 14 with a 27-save effort against Dallas on Thursday, but looked very shaky in Saturday's loss. Boucher has never been relied on as the number one goaltender for a playoff team, and has never produced a better save percentage in a minimum 40 games played than the .906 mark he put up in 2003-04 with the Coyotes. |
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Johan Hedberg, G, Atlanta Thrashers
2010/03/20: Johan Hedberg turned aside 25 of 27 Philadelphia shots in the Thrashers' 5-2 win Saturday night. Hedberg has looked good stopping 90 shots combined in three consecutive wins to keep the Thrashers in contention for the final playoff spot in the Eastern conference. The 36-year old has been very streaky in goal for Atlanta over the past month, rotating streaks of three consecutive wins, following four straight losses, on the heels of three straight wins dating back to his final start before the 2010 Winter Olympic break. |
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Daniel Carcillo, LW/RW, Philadelphia Flyers
2010/03/20: Daniel Carcillo scored one goal in the Flyers' 5-2 loss to Atlanta Saturday night. Carcillo made sure to provide his team a spark with playoff points on the line. The 25-year old winger wasted no time dropping his gloves with Jim Slater less than a minute in to the game, then scored his tenth goal of the season at 8:16 of the first period to cut in to the Thrashers' two-goal lead. |
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