2 hours agoNew York Rangers left wing Artemi Panarin made it goals in back-to-back games on Sunday, netting the team's second one in a 3-2 loss to Vancouver. Jesper Fast also scored and added an assist, while Mika Zibanejad notched his 11th point of the year with his seventh assist. Panarin now has four goals for the year, failing to get one in just two outings so far. He's been a great addition for the team, even if their start to the year hasn't gone exactly according to plan. The Rangers have now lost four straight after opening the season with back-to-back wins. Facing the Coyotes on Tuesday could be a good bounce-back spot, though. Panarin has 10 points in 10 career games against Arizona.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
2 hours agoVancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom had a great 38-save outing on Sunday against the Rangers to record his third straight win. The Swede started the season with a pair of losses when the Canucks struggled to score, but he's since then enjoyed some nice goal support and his own performances have been solid, too. Markstrom boasts a 3-2-0 record for the season with a 2.19 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage. Thatcher Demko has been great for Vancouver as well, which has created a tricky situation for fantasy managers. It's hard to tell who will emerge as the nailed on No. 1 guy between the pipes.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
2 hours agoVancouver Canucks forwards Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser made sure the team would bounce back from a 1-0 loss suffered on Saturday by scoring in Sunday's matchup against the Rangers. Jay Beagle was also on target when the Canucks jumped out of the gates and won the first period 3-0. Elias Pettersson bagged two assists. Horvat opened the scoring in the eventual 3-2 win with a power-play marker to get his 100th career goal. He became the fourth player from the 2013 draft to reach 100 goals. It's not been a pretty start to the season by him, as he was sitting on just two points ahead of Sunday's game, but the Canucks captain should be able to get going now and produce another solid year.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
6 hours agoLos Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter tallied a goal and an assist, leading the Kings to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames. It was Carter's first goal of the season, after a rough start that has seen him score only three points in his first eight games. Ilya Kovalchuk and Anze Kopitar were the other goal scorers for the Kings. Jonathan Quick also had a bounce-back game after a terrible start to the season, stopping 23 of 24 shots. Despite the solid game, Quick still has an abysmal 5.06 GAA and .828 save percentage.
--Nate Duffett - RotoBallerSource: NHL.com
13 hours agoDallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop was on top of his game on Saturday against Philadelphia, producing 38 saves and a .974 save percentage in a 4-1 win. Sean Couturier beat him inside the opening minute, but Big Ben stood tall for the rest of the way to improve his record for the season to 2-4-1. The team has struggled at the start of the season, but Bishop has been solid with a 2.57 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage. He'll look to make it two wins on the bounce against his former team Ottawa on Monday against whom he has a 9-1-4 career record.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
13 hours agoPhiladelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier netted the team's only goal in Saturday's 4-1 loss to Dallas. He provided a great start for the team by scoring his second goal of the year just 43 seconds into the game, but the Flyers couldn't get anything more past Ben Bishop. Couturier has produced back-to-back 76-point seasons and he's been one of the team's best offensive players at the start of 2019-20 as well, notching four points in six games. He'll take a three-game point streak into Monday's battle with the Golden Knights. Couturier has recorded four points in four career games against Vegas.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
13 hours agoDallas Stars right wing Corey Perry recorded his first points for the team in Saturday's 4-1 win at Philadelphia, scoring once and tallying two assists. Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell, and Miro Heiskanen also scored for Dallas. Perry missed the start of the season through injury and he didn't look too great in his first couple of outings of the year, but he kicked into gear on Saturday night. He skates on the second line with Jamie Benn and the red-hot Hintz, who already has six goals for the season, while also logging power-play time on the second unit, so Perry in a good situation to start picking up points on a regular basis.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
14 hours agoVegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was again back at his old stomping ground in Pittsburgh on Saturday, shutting out his former teammates in a 3-0 win. Paul Stastny scored on a power play, William Karlsson registered a short-handed goal and Mark Stone joined in on the fun as well. Fleury had 29 saves in his 57th career shutout. He became the sixth goalie in league history to produce a shutout against 26 different franchises. Sitting on a 6-2-0 record, Fleury now leads the league in goalie wins. He's so far allowed just over two goals per game (2.18) while pushing aside 93.4 percent of the shots he has faced.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
14 hours agoColumbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones scored his first goal of the season in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Islanders. Sonny Milano and Jakob Lilja bagged the helpers, while Boone Jenner notched his first goal of the season as well. Jones had only nine goals last season, but he was just one short of tying the league-lead for goals among defensemen in 2017-18 when he lit the lamp 16 times. His shooting percentage is at a lowly 4.3 percent so far this season, so he should be able to pick up his goal-scoring pace soon. Jones has four points in eight games overall.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
14 hours agoNew York Islanders forward Brock Nelson was the hero of the night in Saturday's matchup against Columbus, scoring the game-winning goal 33 seconds into overtime. Mathew Barzal and Michael Dal Colle also scored for the Isles in a 3-2 win. Anthony Beauvillier had two assists. Nelson also ended the night with multiple points as he bagged a helper on Dal Colle's first goal of the season. The 28-year-old forward now has three multi-point performances already this season, notching a total of seven points across eight games to share the team-lead in scoring with Barzal. Nelson had a career year in 2019-20 with 53 points, which looks very much reachable again this season.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
24 hours agoArizona Coyotes forward Conor Garland has shown he belongs in the Arizona lineup so far this season, scoring his fourth goal in a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. He also chipped in an assist to increase his total to five points in seven games. It was a balanced attack for the Coyotes, with 11 players tallying points. Kyle Capobianco, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and Lawson Crouse all scored their first goals of the season, while Carl Soderberg added the other. Antti Raanta stopped 34 of 36 shots for the victory.
--Nate Duffett - RotoBallerSource: NHL.com
24 hours agoBoston Bruins forward David Pastrnak continued his goal-scoring streak, tallying another goal and assist in a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was Pastrnak's 15th point in his last six games, increasing his totals to nine goals and six assists in eight games. A matchup with their rival seemed to be just what the Bruins needed to kickstart their offense, as Danton Heinen and Jake Debrusk with his first goal of the season also chipped in with goals. After a start to the season that saw the Bruins first line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, and Pastrnak score 14 of the team's 19 goals, it is a good sign for others to start chipping in to generate offense.
--Nate Duffett - RotoBallerSource: NHL.com
24 hours agoToronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly scored the first and last goals of the game, tallying his second with 1:06 remaining in the overtime period to lead the Leafs to a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins. Mitch Marner also chipped in with two assists, while Alexander Kerfoot and Dmytro Timashov added the other two goals. It was Timashov's first career goal, as he had possibly his best game as a Leaf. Look for Timashov to possibly get a shot farther up in the lineup with the injury of John Tavares and the pending injury of Andreas Johnsson who left the game and didn't return.
--Nate Duffett - RotoBallerSource: NHL.com
1 day agoToronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen carried the team to a 4-3 victory over their rival Boston Bruins in a shootout, stopping 43 of 46 shots. Toronto's goaltending tandem was under scrutiny coming into the game, ranking 29th in the league in combined save percentage, but this game-stealing performance could help in swaying the critics. With the Leafs below-average defensive play, Andersen will need more games like this if they want to capitalize on their Stanley Cup window. Regardless, Andersen will continue to pile up saves and wins with the number of shots that the Leafs allow, making him one of the best fantasy goalies no matter how many goals he allows.
--Nate Duffett - RotoBallerSource: NHL.com
1 day agoSt. Louis Blues forward Jaden Schwartz scored his first goal of the season in Saturday's 5-2 loss to Montreal, extending his point streak to four games in the process. Alex Pietrangelo and Vladimir Tarasenko helped him out with the assists, while David Perron also scored for the Blues. Schwartz managed just 36 points in the regular season last year, but he scored a team-high 12 goals in the playoffs and racked up 20 points in 26 games. He's carried the good form into the new season, finishing without a point just twice so far in eight outings.
--Taavi Pailk - RotoBallerSource: ESPN
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