Daily Brief · Sat, Oct 3
J. Hofer +2.8 GSAx, 25/25
Last night: 5 games · Tonight: 13 games · Tonight in full →
The things that mattered
1J. Hofer was +2.8 goals better than the chances he faced, 25 saves on 25 shots. He stole this one.
2ANA leaned on 2 players well past their usual ice time: T. Luneau 26:58 (usual 13.6), T. Mitchell 20:38 (usual 13).
Recap · Fri, Oct 2
NYR 2@DET 0FINAL
D. Garand +1.8 GSAx, 22/22 · J. Gibson +1.2 GSAx, 19/20
WSH 5@CAR 2FINAL
L. Thompson +2.0 GSAx, 31/33 · B. Bussi -1.8 GSAx on 27 shots
BOS 4@WPG 3FINAL/OT
K. Connor 9 shots (avg 3.3) · J. Peterka 5 shots (avg 1.9)
STL 4@DAL 0FINAL
J. Hofer +2.8 GSAx, 25/25 · P. Suter 4 shots (avg 1.5)
ANA 4@VGK 3FINAL
T. Hertl 5 shots (avg 2.5) · T. Luneau 26:58 (usual 13.6)
What changed overnight
Now out: Alexei Toropchenko (STL), Raphael Lavoie (VGK)
Day-to-day: Aleksander Barkov (FLA), Gustav Forsling (FLA), Nikita Grebenkin (PHI)
ANA transaction: “Fresh off signing a $43.2 million contract, Tristan Luneau logged 26:58 TOI against the defending Western Conference champs At 5v5, he led the team in TOI (23:40), was on the ice f” · @PatrickCPresent
STL injury: “Alexey Toropchenko has an upper-body injury and is “more than day-to-day” according to Jim Montgomery. More is expected to be known on Saturday. #stlblues” · @StLouisBlues
DAL injury: “Roope Hintz said he’s feeling fine and he thinks he got lucky that the injury wasn’t worse.” · @Lassimak
STL injury: “Alexey Toropchenko will not return to the game due to injury. #stlblues” · @StLouisBlues
New lines and PP1
DET PP1: Andrew Copp joined PP1
DET PP1: Viktor Arvidsson joined PP1
DET new line: Keegan Kolesar / Michael Rasmussen / Marco Kasper
CAR new line: Taylor Hall / Sebastian Aho / Jackson Blake
WSH PP1: Tom Wilson joined PP1
WSH PP1: Jakob Chychrun joined PP1
WSH PP1: Pierre-Luc Dubois joined PP1
WSH new line: Alex Ovechkin / Dylan Strome / Ryan Leonard
WPG PP1: Cole Perfetti joined PP1
WPG new line: Mark Scheifele / Kyle Connor / Cole Perfetti
BOS PP1: Hampus Lindholm joined PP1
DAL PP1: Miro Heiskanen joined PP1
Preview · Tonight
SEA @ EDM7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Philipp Grubauer (confirmed) · Devon Levi (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Connor McDavid 86% · Leon Draisaitl 78% · Evan Bouchard 70%
- Out
- Zach Hyman (to Oct 17), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (to Oct 13), Mackie Samoskevich (to Oct 9)
- Line
- EDM -205 · SEA +170 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
WSH @ TBL7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Charlie Lindgren (confirmed) · Andrei Vasilevskiy (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Nikita Kucherov 83% · Brandon Hagel 69% · Jake Guentzel 68%
- Out
- Dominic James (to Oct 13), Rasmus Sandin (to Dec 26), Yanni Gourde (to Dec 2)
- Line
- TBL -155 · WSH +130 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
MTL @ PIT7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Jakub Dobes (confirmed) · Arturs Silovs (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Nick Suzuki 69% · Sidney Crosby 66% · Lane Hutson 65%
- Out
- Bryan Rust (to Oct 5), Benjamin Kindel (to Oct 7), Andrei Kuzmenko
- Line
- PIT +105 · MTL -125 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
OTT @ TOR7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Linus Ullmark (confirmed) · Sergei Bobrovsky (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Tim Stützle 72% · William Nylander 67% · Auston Matthews 65%
- Out
- Andre Burakovsky (to Oct 5), Ridly Greig, Artem Zub (to Oct 10)
- Line
- TOR -130 · OTT +110 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
UTA @ CBJ7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Sebastian Cossa (confirmed) · Jet Greaves (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Clayton Keller 66% · Zach Werenski 66% · Dylan Guenther 60%
- Out
- Damon Severson (to Oct 9), Ivan Provorov (to Oct 9), Maveric Lamoureux (to Feb 12)
- Line
- CBJ -108 · UTA -112 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
CHI @ BUF7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Spencer Knight (confirmed) · Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Rasmus Dahlin 64% · Tage Thompson 63% · Josh Norris 55%
- Out
- Connor Bedard (to Nov 7), Jason Zucker (to Oct 15), Olen Zellweger (to Oct 3)
- Line
- BUF -230 · CHI +190 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
CAR @ PHI7:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Pyotr Kochetkov (confirmed) · Joseph Woll (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Travis Konecny 58% · Sebastian Aho 56% · Andrei Svechnikov 53%
- Out
- Seth Jarvis (to Oct 24), Denver Barkey (to Oct 13), Helge Grans (to Oct 5)
- Line
- PHI +110 · CAR -130 · total 5.5 · DraftKings
NJD @ NYI7:30 PM ET
- Goalies
- Nico Daws (confirmed) · Ilya Sorokin (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Jack Hughes 72% · Jesper Bratt 60% · Nico Hischier 56%
- Out
- Mathew Barzal (to Oct 6), Connor Brown (to Oct 6), Johnathan Kovacevic (to Oct 6)
- Line
- NYI +110 · NJD -130 · total 5.5 · DraftKings
BOS @ MIN8:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Michael DiPietro (confirmed) · Jesper Wallstedt (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Quinn Hughes 69% · David Pastrnak 68% · Matt Boldy 68%
- Out
- Charlie McAvoy (to Oct 13), Brock Faber (to Oct 15), Matthew Poitras (to Oct 5)
- Line
- MIN -180 · BOS +150 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
DAL @ NSH8:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Casey DeSmith (confirmed) · Juuse Saros (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Mikko Rantanen 69% · Jason Robertson 66% · Wyatt Johnston 63%
- Out
- Matt Duchene (to Oct 25), Cameron Hughes (to Oct 5), Tristan Bertucci (to Oct 5)
- Line
- NSH +114 · DAL -135 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
STL @ COL9:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Jordan Binnington (confirmed) · Mackenzie Blackwood (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Nathan MacKinnon 83% · Martin Necas 73% · Cale Makar 71%
- Out
- Logan O'Connor (to Oct 7), Zachary L'Heureux (to Oct 3), Alexey Toropchenko
- Line
- COL -298 · STL +240 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
LAK @ SJS10:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Anton Forsberg (confirmed) · Yaroslav Askarov (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Macklin Celebrini 78% · Artemi Panarin 67% · Will Smith 59%
- Out
- Kevin Fiala (to Oct 17), Adam Gaudette (to Oct 10), Quentin Musty (to Dec 1)
- Line
- SJS -120 · LAK +100 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
CGY @ VAN10:00 PM ET
- Goalies
- Devin Cooley (confirmed) · Leevi Meriläinen (confirmed)
- Point chance
- Elias Pettersson 57% · Marco Rossi 54% · Brock Boeser 50%
- Out
- Jonathan Huberdeau (season), Filip Chytil (to Oct 8), Jack Thompson (to Oct 11)
- Line
- VAN -110 · CGY -110 · total 6.5 · DraftKings
Streamers · under 20% owned
Josh Norris BUF C0.87%
Igor Chernyshov SJS L0.774%
Zach Benson BUF L0.7513%
Jack Quinn BUF R0.7216%
Shane Pinto OTT C0.7114%
Projected points tonight · ESPN roster %
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