NHL Player News
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Mika Zibanejad C | NYR
Rangers' Mika Zibanejad: Slides two helpers Tuesday
Zibanejad supplied two assists and placed two shots on goal in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Calgary.
Zibanejad played a hand in the first of Alexis Lafreniere's three goals in the contest, with the opening goal occurring on a power play. The pair of apples brought Zibanejad up to 34 assists, 61 points, 172 shots on net, 84 hits and 42 blocked shots across 63 games played this season. Over his last six games, the 32-year-old center has five helpers, nine points and 18 shots on goal. He has led by example since Artemi Panarin's departure to Los Angeles via a trade, which has given Zibanejad a high ceiling in fantasy for the remainder of the season.
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Jake Evans C | MON
Canadiens' Jake Evans: Fills empty cage
Evans scored an empty-net goal on four shots and added three hits in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Maple Leafs.
Evans' point streak is up to five games (three goals, three assists) after his empty-netter Tuesday. The 29-year-old forward is at 10 goals, 19 points, 55 shots on net, 59 hits, 37 blocked shots and a minus-6 rating through 49 appearances this season. Evans has reached double-digit goals in three of the last five campaigns, and he's one point away from reaching 20 for the fourth time in that span.
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Martin Necas C | COL
Avalanche's Martin Necas: Pots power-play goal
Necas scored a power-play goal on four shots and went minus-2 in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Oilers.
Necas saw a six-game point streak snapped Sunday versus the Wild. The 27-year-old got right back to it with a first-period tally Tuesday, but the Avalanche weren't able to keep pace with the Oilers in this one. Necas set a career high with his 29th goal of the season. He's earned 77 points (17 on the power play), 155 shots on net, 67 hits, 30 PIM and a plus-42 rating through 60 appearances this season.
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Leon Draisaitl C | EDM
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl: Offers pair of helpers
Draisaitl notched two assists, six shots on goal and two hits in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche.
Draisaitl has five goals and nine assists during his six-game point streak, including two tallies and five helpers on the power play. The 30-year-old is up to 94 points, 182 shots on net, 34 hits and a plus-11 rating over 62 contests. Draisaitl is closing in on the seventh 100-point campaign of his career, which would be his fifth in a row once he gets there.
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Jack Roslovic C | EDM
Oilers' Jack Roslovic: Lights lamp in win
Roslovic scored a goal on three shots in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche.
Roslovic had gone five games without a goal, earning just one assist in that span. The 29-year-old's tally Tuesday tied the game at 2-2 late in the first period. He's up to 17 goals, 27 points, 108 shots on net and a minus-7 rating across 52 appearances. Roslovic does best when he can play in a second-line role with Leon Draisaitl, but that's not guaranteed to happen all the time.
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Connor McDavid C | EDM
Oilers' Connor McDavid: Pair of points in Tuesday's win
McDavid scored a goal on five shots and added an assist in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche.
Both points came on the power play. McDavid has two goals and 13 assists during his eight-game point streak, with six of those efforts including multiple points. The 29-year-old superstar is up to 36 tallies, 110 points (45 on the power play), 240 shots on net and a plus-13 rating across 65 appearances this season.
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C | EDM
Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: Scores twice in win
Nugent-Hopkins scored two goals, including one on the power play, in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche.
Nugent-Hopkins has three goals over four contests in March. The 32-year-old is up to 17 tallies, 50 points, 101 shots on net and a minus-6 rating through 56 appearances this season. He's already surpassed his output of 49 points in 78 regular-season games from last year, and he should be able to push for the 20-goal and 60-point marks.
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Matty Beniers C | SEA
Kraken's Matty Beniers: Scores again Tuesday
Beniers scored a goal on three shots and added five PIM in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Predators.
Beniers put the Kraken ahead 2-0 in the first period. In the third, he participated in his first NHL fight, dropping the mitts with Justin Barron after the Nashville defenseman cross-checked Jared McCann. Beniers doesn't have much of an edge, which typically limits his fantasy value since he has pedestrian offense for a center. He's at 17 goals, 40 points, 121 shots on net, 55 blocked shots, 23 PIM and a minus-6 rating through 63 appearances.
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Fedor Svechkov C | NSH
Predators' Fedor Svechkov: Garners helper in win
Svechkov notched an assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Kraken.
Svechkov has two helpers over three games since he was called up to fill gaps created by Nashville's trades last week. The 22-year-old is filling a bottom-six role, but he should be able to stay in the lineup regularly down the stretch. He's earned 11 points, 57 shots on net, 44 hits, 22 blocked shots and a minus-8 rating over 52 appearances, down from his 17-point effort in 52 contests as a rookie last year.
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Jonathan Marchessault C | NSH
Predators' Jonathan Marchessault: Provides pair of helpers
Marchessault logged two assists and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Kraken.
This was Marchessault's first multi-point effort since Feb. 4 versus the Wild. The 35-year-old winger had a hand in goals by Tyson Jost and Ryan Ufko in the second period as the Predators flipped a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead. Marchessault is up to 11 goals, 10 helpers, 101 shots on net, 57 hits and a minus-18 rating over 45 appearances. He is virtually guaranteed to finish below the 50-point mark for the first time since the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign.