News: Theodore (31 saves) extended his personal-best winning streak to 10 in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over Pittsburgh. [+]
Impact: Theodore, who is 20-7-4 with a 2.87 GAA, needs a victory to set the team mark for consecutive wins previous held by Pat Riggin in 1983-84. ( STATS - Mon. Feb 8, 2010) |
News: Ovechkin was dominant for the Caps on Sunday, scoring three goals and recording an assist in 25 minutes of ice time in a come-from-behind win over the Penguins. [+]
Impact: Ovechkin, the league's leading goal scorer, and the Capitals have been on a tear as of late, winning 14 straight games since mid-January. The hat trick was Ovechkin's first of the season. ( RotoWire - Feb 7, 2010) |
News: Ovechkin notched his first hat trick of the season and assisted on Mike Knuble's game-winner in overtime as the Capitals beat Pittsburgh 5-4 on Sunday for their 14th straight victory. [+]
Impact: Ovechkin's three goals gave him a league-high 42, pulling away from Sidney Crosby after the Pittsburgh star had tied him at 39 by scoring a pair in the first period. It was the ninth hat trick of the Russian's illustrious career, but the first in nearly a year since he did it at Florida on Feb. 15, 2009. ( STATS - Sun. Feb 7, 2010) | |
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News: Weiss (lower body) is expected to return to the lineup Tuesday against Atlanta, the Miami Herald reports. [+]
Impact: Weiss missed Saturday's game when the nagging undisclosed injury flared up, but the team seems confident he will return as is evidenced by Michal Repik's reassignment to AHL Rochester. ( RotoWire - Mon. Feb 8, 2010) |
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Michal Repik (FLA) News: Repik has been returned to Rochester of the American Hockey League, according to the Miami Herald. [+]
Impact: Stephen Weiss is expected to return to the Panthers' lineup Tuesday, as the team wraps up its pre-Olympics schedule. Repik's production faded a little bit lately, which led the Panthers to believe it would be better to dress Nick Tarnasky in the short term. ( RotoWire - Mon. Feb 8, 2010) |
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Keaton Ellerby (FLA - Defense) News: Ellerby was returned to Rochester of the American Hockey League on Sunday. [+]
Impact: No surprises here, as Ellerby was recalled just for the second of the Panthers' back-to-back games this weekend a scenario which forces Bryan Allen and his surgically repaired knee to take a day off. ( RotoWire - Mon. Feb 8, 2010) | |
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