Ilya Sorokin Shuts Out Vegas Golden Knights

New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin shut out the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night. He accomplished something rather rare, too. The Russian goalie gave up zero goals over the weekend. He also went from below .500 to above .500 in two days. Sorokin made a whopping 42 saves versus Vegas. It was the second […]

Denny Hamlin Strengthens His Chances, Finishes Fifth Sunday

Denny Hamlin did not have the best car out there but in the end, he had the best finishing Joe Gibbs Racing car. He finished fifth on Sunday and bolstered his chances of making the Championship Four at Phoenix in two weeks. The No. 11 car is now 32 points ahead of the "Chase Bubble" […]

Kurt Busch Surprises With Fourth-Place Finish

Kurt Busch got his Chip Ganassi Racing car into the top five at the very end of the race on Sunday. As a result, the elder Busch wound up fourth when the checkered flag came down. The No. 1 car was remarkably consistent throughout the race. He was fourth after both stages and after lap […]

Kevin Harvick Shows His Might At Kansas

Kevin Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Racing car were quite strong on Sunday as he finished third at the Hollywood Casino 400. Harvick finished sixth after Stage 1 and fifth after Stage 2. He was fairly consistent throughout the 267 lap race. He never could get by the Hendrick cars but was good enough to end […]

Chase Elliott Finishes Second Sunday

Chase Elliott kept fighting and fighting all afternoon through the raindrops and all. In the end, Elliott and his No. 9 car scraped the wall and got within a few seconds but no further at Kansas. As a result, Elliott wound up second on Sunday at the Hollywood Casino 400. With other drivers having much […]

Kyle Larson Dominates Yet Again At Kansas

Kyle Larson led nearly half the laps on Sunday and took the checkered flag at the Hollywood Casino 400. Overall, the No. 5 car led 131 laps and held off Chase Elliott by more than three seconds. This gave the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver his ninth victory on the season. It also further rearranged the […]

Jakob Chychrun Contributes Other Ways in Arizona Loss

For Jakob Chychrun, it was a long night as the Arizona Coyotes lost yet again. This time it was a shutout defeat at the hands of the New York Islanders. Chychrun attempted six shots and four went on net. The problem is the defender only had one, maybe two quality chances the entire game. This […]

Clayton Keller Held Without Point in Arizona Defeat

Clayton Keller did have several good opportunities on Saturday night versus the New York Islanders. Now, he had four shots on goal with a half-dozen attempts, four scoring chances, and he even won and lost one faceoff each. It was an interesting night for the forward who had to feel like no matter what he […]

Karel Vejmelka Allows Three Goals in Saturday Night Loss

Karel Vejmelka did not have the worst night but did not have the best one either. Vejmelka stopped 21 of 24 shots on Saturday night against the New York Islanders. Again, the Arizona Coyotes' goaltender received little or no support. It will be interesting what Arizona does going forward with their goaltending situation. One thing […]

Cal Clutterbuck Nets Game Winning Goal in Islanders' Victory

Cal Clutterbuck scored some kind of goal for the first tally of the night in Arizona. The winger got eight hits in all on the night as he constantly punished the Arizona Coyotes all game long. Clutterbuck played less than 14 minutes yet still carried an immense impact on the game, Saturday night. Besides the […]

Brock Nelson's Two Points Keys New York Islanders' Win

Brock Nelson got a bit of a break on Saturday when he was paired with Kyle Palmieri. The result was three shots on goal, three scoring chances, a goal, and an assist. That helped the New York Islanders stay ahead of the Arizona Coyotes. The center played 17:53 on Saturday but only eight seconds total […]

Ilya Sorokin Shuts Out Arizona Coyotes Saturday Night

Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 shots in all on Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes. The New York Islanders' goaltender nabbed his first shutout of the season. His numbers in the last three games have been excellent. Those statistics include a 1.32 goals-against-average, a .959 save percentage, and a 2-0-1 record. The injury to Semyon Varlamov […]

Kyle Okposo Continues Hot Stretch with Another Assist

Kyle Okposo assisted on the Dylan Cozens power-play goal during the first period. That gave him four points in five games for the right-winger. Let's face it. The right-winger has enjoyed quite the start to the season. His possession numbers hovered around 60% despite being deployed in the offensive zone just 42% of the time. […]

Dylan Cozens Scores Power Play Tally in Defeat

Dylan Cozens had another rather solid night for the Buffalo Sabres against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. The center scored on the power play during his one shift on the man advantage. He generated a couple of scoring chances as well. The key for Cozens was keeping things simple under the most challenging of […]

Dustin Tokarski Plays Well in Loss to New Jersey

The Buffalo Sabres goalie, Dustin Tokarski, played incredible on Saturday night. He stopped 31 of 33 shots in all during the 2-1 overtime loss. Buffalo was badly outplayed after the first period. Overall, the Sabres yielded 14 high-danger scoring chances including nine during the second stanza. Tokarski stood tall stopping all nine. It was a […]

Pavel Zacha Wins One for New Jersey in Overtime

Pavel Zacha was invisible at stretches for the early portion of tonight's game. However, he was there when the game was on the line. Zacha was able to convert an opportunity midway into overtime to give New Jersey its third win of the season out of four games. Zacha played over 18 minutes on Saturday […]

Nico Hischier Finally Lights Lamp and It Counts

Nico Hischier had a few goals disallowed in the early going this year. However, down 1-0, Hischier took a beating and looked very hurt. Yet, he soldiered on and found a way to score on the power play. That power-play goal tied the game at 1 and paved the way for the overtime heroics. Hischier […]

Nico Daws Shines for New Jersey in Unexpected Start

Nico Daws was pressed into duty after the ineffectiveness of Scott Wedgewood on Thursday against Washington. For the first 20 minutes, New Jersey fell behind 1-0 but Daws stood tall. He was able to make 24 saves in all. Eventually, the Devils tied the game in the third period. Then, New Jersey won in overtime […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks for 10/24 - PrizePicks

Hello once again everyone!  We hit the Kansas Motor Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400 this week and another edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Now, that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: Hollywood Casino 400 - Monkey Knife Fight

Sunday afternoon features the eighth race of the Chase at Kansas Motor Speedway. The Hollywood Casino 400 is raced on a 1.5-mile tri-oval track. Monkey Knife Fight has an extremely easy fantasy point system: 0.1 points for each lap led and then a set amount of points for their position (20 for 1st place, 19 […]

Conor Garland One to Watch for Vancouver Canucks

Conor Garland has performed well this season for the Vancouver Canucks. About the only thing he has not excelled at is shots on goal. He has just eight in five games for Vancouver. However, he does have two goals and four assists in October. He is averaging 17:21 ATOI for 2021-22. His career average is […]

Josh Bailey Gets Promoted to Islanders' Top Line Saturday Night

Josh Bailey was slotted into the top line on Saturday night ahead of their game against the Arizona Coyotes. Bailey will be playing once again with Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal. The right-winger has struggled mightily with just one assist in four games. Worse, he has just three shots on four attempts despite playing over […]

Kyle Palmieri Dropped to New York Second Line Saturday

Kyle Palmieri wound up being dropped to a line with Anthony Beauvillier and Brock Nelson on Saturday night. The right-winger has struggled a bit with just two assists on the season and 11 shots on goal. Barry Trotz is looking for a spark as he continues to tinker with his lines to boost production. The […]

Thatcher Demko Expected to Start in Net Against Seattle

Thatcher Demko will likely get the nod on Saturday night as the Vancouver Canucks travel down to Seattle to face the Seattle Kraken. The goaltender has two wins on the season in four decisions - one loss and one post-regulation defeat. Demko has looked good in the early going with a 2.66 goals-against-average and a […]

Philipp Grubauer Starts Home Opener for Seattle on Saturday

Philipp Grubauer makes his home debut start on Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks. . The rival Smythe Division foes will face off for the first time in a meeting that counts for two points. Grubauer has not gotten off to the best of starts and neither have the Seattle Kraken. The starting goalie has […]

Karel Vejmelka to Start for Arizona Coyotes Saturday Night

The Arizona Coyotes will look to Karel Vejmelka to get their first win on the season against the New York Islanders. Vejmelka has made three appearances in October. He has a 0-1-1 record with a 2.82 goals-against-average and .908 save percentage. Vejmelka nearly did get that win in his debut start versus the Buffalo Sabres. […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/23): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

The NHL season approaches the end of week number two! Some hockey trends have established themselves but many are still to come. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on both DraftKings and […]

Aric Almirola Could Move Up At Kansas

While Aric Almirola has plenty of risks, he did finish 13th or better in three of his previous four results at Kansas. 2017 even saw him end up 9th which was a +16 place differential. The Stewart Haas Racing driver could have the Kevin Harvick build in use for Sunday too. Though he has never […]

Bubba Wallace One To Avoid At Kansas

Bubba Wallace has seen Kansas not be all that kind to the racing driver. As a matter of fact, the 23XI Racing driver has never finished better than 18th. That 2020 Fall race was his best place differential at +6. He starts 27th and could move up a little but even that seems not so […]

Alex Bowman Has Place-Differential Possibilities At Kansas

Alex Bowman is the one Hendricks Motorsports Racing driver that has been forgotten some. Bowman will start the Sunday afternoon race at Kansas from the 25th position. The No. 48 car has four top-ten results in his previous seven races. That translates to an average finish of 9.86. That is right near Kyle Larson's 9.6. […]