PHILADELPHIA
Games this week@ Florida, @ Atlanta, @ Dallas
NotesThe Flyers play all three on the road this week.
Claude Giroux is having a break out season with 63 points in 67 games this year.
Scott Hartnell is having a great fantasy season with 19 goals, 40 points, a plus-10 rating and 130 penalty minutes.
Mike Richards and
Claude Giroux each have 17 power play and five shorthanded points.
Sergei Bobrovsky is 25-11-4 this season with a 2.52 GAA and a .917 save percentage, the same percentage as backup
Brian Boucher.
PHOENIXGames this week@ Calgary, @ Edmonton, @ Vancouver, vs. Chicago
NotesThe Coyotes are in Western Canada this week and then return home for a match against Chicago which starts a six game home stand. The Coyotes play three games in four nights so
Jason LaBarbera could get one start in place of
Ilya Bryzgalov. They are a tired team on Friday when they play a rested Vancouver squad.
Rostislav Klesla (head),
Ray Whitney (lower body) and
Martin Hanzal (lower body) are all out of action.
Ilya Bryzgalov has been shaky of late with a 2-3-2 record but finally picked up his sixth shutout of the season on Thursday.
PITTSBURGHGames this week@ Ottawa, vs. New York Rangers
NotesThe Penguins only play twice this week so we recommend benching all your Pittsburgh players with the possible exception of
Kris Letang.
Marc-Andre Fleury is 3-0-1 in his last four but has given up 11 goals in the four games.
Dustin Jeffrey has three goals in his last five games.
Chris Kunitz returned after a 13 game absence on Tuesday, but the Penguins are still missing
Sidney Crosby and
Evgeni Malkin. Malkin is gone for the season and it is starting to look like the same for Crosby.
ST. LOUISGames this week@ Anaheim, @ Los Angeles, @ San Jose
NotesThe Blues play three times in four nights this week so expect to see
Jaroslav Halak and
Ty Conklin to play as St. Louis play all three in California. They are a tired team on Thursday when they take on Los Angeles after playing the Ducks the previous night.
Alexander Steen and
Barret Jackman are gone for four-six weeks with a high ankle sprain and a broken index finger respectively.
Andy McDonald has seven points in his last four games.
Chris Stewart has nine goals and 12 points in 12 games for the Blues, including five goals on the power play.