With two shutouts to his name, Thrashers goaltender Kari Lehtonen is now leading the pool players in points with eight. Lehtonen shut out the Panthers on Saturday night and then the Lightning last night. The Thrashers were in desperate need of this kind of goaltending early last season, but Lehtonen had gone down with a groin injury that kept him out of the line-up for quite some time. Now, the Thrashers have a legitimate chance of reaching the playoffs and making a run as well. Only two teams in the pool have selected him... Clayton and Greg.
Looks like the injury bug has bitten the Bud's blueline again. Pavel Kubina (Box 22) suffered a knee injury in the game against Florida last night. Kubina, new-acquired in the off-season, joins a huge list of Leaf defenseman struggling to make it back into the line-up. Kubina will be missed from the 8 sheets he has been selected on, including the pickup that was made on the weekend.
The marquee matchup tonight sees the Flyers (0-1-1) in the Big Apple to face the Rangers (2-0-0). The Rangers have 40 selections in the pool (9 picked Martin Straka and 8 picked Jaromir Jagr)... much more than the lesser-favoured Flyers, who only have 13 (Simon Gagne, Joni Pitkanen and Robert Esche all picked twice). If the Flyers make a big game out of it, it's the sort of thing that will drive up only a few teams in the Standings rather than a big game by the Flames, which nobody gets a clear advantage from.
On television tonight, the Canucks and Wild battle for top spot in the Northwest Division on TSN tonight. That game faces off at 7pm MT. See if the Canucks can go 3-for-4 on their opening road trip or if the Wild can remain undefeated to start the season.
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