Tyler Johnson – 2.6 (4.3); he has only played in 22 of 48 games this season, but he hasn't been above 2.6 since he was at 3.3 in 2014-15 when he had 72 points in 77 games with Tampa Bay. Devon Toews – 1.4 (2.4); last season he was at 2.0, but he has been between 1.2 and 1.4 in each of his other four seasons.
RALEIGH — The Hurricanes host the Sharks on Friday, the first game of a three-game home stand for a Carolina squad that has played 26 games on the road to 21 at home so far this season. Evgeny will play on a line with former Hurricanes forward Steven Lorentz, who will be playing his first game at PNC Arena since being traded to the Sharks in the deal that brought Brent Burns to Carolina.
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In case you missed the news earlier today, the Vancouver Canucks announced that they've signed pending free agent Andrei Kuzmenko to a two year contract extension worth $5.5 million per season. But today NHL insider Nick Kypreos reported in his column for The Toronto Star that both the New Jersey Devils and the Dallas Stars have come on aggressive in their pursuit of Horvat and that both teams "want an extended playoff run this spring and seem willing to pay for it."
Playing largely in the shadows of superstar teammates Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, it can be easy to overlook that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman are both in the midst of career seasons with the Edmonton Oilers. While not even in the top two in scoring on their team – and outside the top nine in the league – Nugent-Hopkins sits second, and Hyman is tied for third in points among Canadian players this season behind only McDavid.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Oilers and Kyle Connor of the Winnipeg Jets are the only two players in the NHL with as many points who did not get invited to the festivities in South Florida." "Erik Karlsson of the San Jose Sharks is the lone defenseman on the Pacific Division roster and there are a few others who could have been selected, including Alex Pietrangelo of the Golden Knights.
We just don’t have a lot of confidence for whatever reason in overtime,” coach Pete DeBoer said. Jason Robertson scored his 33rd goal for Dallas, and 19-year-old rookie Wyatt Johnston got his 13th.
“He’s had a lot of years in the NHL and there’s not going to be a lot of years left in the NHL for him,” Sabres coach Don Granato said of Anderson. “It’s obviously nice,” said Power, who scored two goals in eight games last season.
As the NHL season approaches the All-Star break and soon the trade deadline, we are starting to very faintly get a picture of what the postseason is going to look like. The Oilers, Islanders and Penguins are examples of clubs yo-yo-ing up and down the rankings, and then there are the bottom feeders who have their eyes on their own, different prize — Connor Bedard.