A productive Oilers winger, Pavelec stars in Dallas while a Stars line dominated play; Fantasy tips and more in Scott Cullens Statistically Speaking. HEROES Benoit Pouliot - Scored both of Edmontons goals in a 3-2 loss at Tampa Bay. He has seven goals in seven games since coming back from a broken foot, giving him 10 goals in 27 games and, just like he has everywhere else, Pouliot is putting up positive possession stats. ROAMING PRODUCTION YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS CORSI% REL. CORSI% SC% 2010-11 MTL 79 13 17 30 54.9% +4.2% 54.2% 2011-12 BOS 74 16 16 32 54.5% +1.3% 54.3% 2012-13 TB 34 8 12 20 50.3% +4.2% 51.5% 2013-14 NYR 80 15 21 36 55.1% +3.4% 55.5% 2014-15 EDM 27 10 5 15 49.9% +0.3% 49.3% Ondrej Pavelec - Turned back 46 of 47 shots in the Jets 2-1 win at Dallas. He had allowed four goals in each of his last four starts, and is getting nudged aside by rookie Michael Hutchinson, but Pavelec was the difference in Winnipegs win. Roussel, Eakin, Garbutt - The Dallas trio of Antoine Roussel, Cody Eakin and Ryan Garbutt had an outrageous possession game in the losing effort against Winnipeg, with all three carrying better than 90% of even-strength shot attempts when they were on the ice, led by Roussel (32 shot attempts for, 2 against, 94.1%). ZEROES Ladd, Little, Wheeler - That Stars line had much of their territorial success matched up against Winnipegs best line of Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler. When matched head-to-head against Roussel, both Ladd and Little were on for one shot attempt for and 22 against (4.4%). Jhonas Enroth - Its tough sledding as a Sabres goaltender this year, but giving up seven goals on 37 shots to Minnesota qualifies as a poor night for Enroth. Ray Emery - Not exactly making the most of an opportunity with Steve Mason hurt, Emery gave up three goals on 12 shots before getting yanked from the Flyers net. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Mathew Dumba - Called up from the AHL and put into the Wild lineup with Ryan Suter suspended and Justin Falk hurt, Dumba scored a goal and had a fight in a 7-0 win at Buffalo. Curtis Glencross - The Flames left winger left the win over Arizona with a lower-body injury. If Glencross is out, that could let Mason Raymond back into the Calgary lineup. Kyle Turris - Ottawas top centre played a season-low 13:54 against Montreal, sitting late in the third period of the Senators 4-1 win. Jonathan Drouin - Lightning rookie had a four-game point streak snapped last game and was a healthy scratch against Edmonton. He also has one goal in his past 32 games. SHORT SHIFTS Senators LW Milan Michalek had a pair of assists in a 4-1 win against Montreal, giving him four points (2 G, 2 A) in the past three games, after he managed nine points in his first 36 games this season…Bruins D Torey Krug contributed a pair of assists in a 3-0 win over the Rangers, giving Krug 10 points (2 G, 8 A) in the past nine games…Wild RW, and former Sabre, Jason Pominville had three assists, and game-best 79.0% possession (15 shot attempts for, 4 against) in Minnesotas 7-0 win at Buffalo, giving him eight points (1 G, 7 A) in the past six games…Lightning LW Ondrej Palat buried a pair of goals in Tampa Bays 3-2 win over Edmonton; in the past 11 games, Palat has put up 17 points (3 G, 14 A)…Avalanche LW Alex Tanguay had a couple of assists in a 4-2 in at Florida; he has six points (1 G, 5 A) in the past five games…Flames LW Lance Bouma had a pair of assists, giving him five in the past three games and, with Glencross hurt, played a career-high 20:17 at Arizona…Flames RW David Jones had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 in at Arizona; he has five points (1 G, 4 A) in the past four games…Rangers RW Mats Zuccarello was stuck in the defensive zone (4 shot attempts for, 16 against, 20.0%) in the 3-0 loss at Boston…Red Wings C Pavel Datsyuk scored the winning goal with a couple of seconds left in overtime, and had stellar possession (16 shot attempts for, 4 against, 80.0%) in a 3-2 win at St. Louis. Bruins G Tuukka Rask had a 30-save shutout in Bostons 3-0 win over the Rangers. After a slow start to the season, Rask has a .943 save percentage in six games this month…Canucks G Ryan Miller recorded a 30-save shutout in a 4-0 win at Philadelphia. Senators G Craig Anderson stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 4-1 win over Montreal…Wild G Devan Dubnyk made 18 saves in his first game for Minnesota, a 7-0 win at Buffalo…Flames G Joni Ortio stopped 27 of 28 shots in a 4-1 win at Arizona. He has stopped 63 of 64 shots in two starts since Karri Ramo was injured…Sharks G Antti Niemi had 24 saves on 25 shots in a 3-1 win over Toronto…Maple Leafs G James Reimer stopped 39 of 41 shots in the loss; Reimer had allowed fewer than three goals once in his previous nine starts. FANTASY FOCUS Here are some players to consider for your lineup tonight: Ryan Murphy - The smooth-skating 21-year-old was recalled on New Years Eve and has been playing significant minutes since rejoining the Hurricanes. Hes contributed four points in the past three games and Carolina isnt such a mess, going 4-2-1 in seven games since Murphy was promoted. Seth Jones - With Ryan Ellis out of the Nashville lineup, Jones has averaged better than 22 minutes per game in the last three, and has chipped in three points (1 G, 2 A) in his past six games. Brad Richards - In seven games since returning from an upper-body injury, the Blackhawks centre has eight points (3 G, 5 A), enjoying continued success with linemates Patrick Kane and Bryan Bickell. Travis Zajac - The Devils dont score much and Zajac doesnt score much for a forward who plays as much as he does, but he does have five points (2 G, 3 A) in the past five games. Among 153 forwards who have played at least 500 5-on-5 minutes this season, only three - Cody Hodgson, Jarret Stoll and Victor Rask - have fewer points/60 than Zajac. 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Marian Hossa scored in the second period and captain Jonathan Toews added a late goal for the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks, who improved to 3-0-2 on their six-game trip before the Olympic break. Chicago followed up its victory in Los Angeles two days ago with another solid effort against the Ducks, suggesting the defending champs are hitting their stride right before Sochi. "The last handful of games on this trip, weve got back to the way we need to play," Toews said. "Thats a tough team to do that to, and we have to feel good about what we were able to accomplish." After keeping the Ducks off the scoreboard in a fast, well-played game, the Blackhawks also won the Western Conference powers season series, taking two of three from Anaheim. Chicago (35-10-14, 84 points) is right behind Anaheim (40-14-5, 85 points) with one game left before the break. "(Crawford) made some key saves, and we had some breaks and some fortunate bounces," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "(Anaheim) had that run there, 19 of 20 (wins), but I think this trip really put us in a spot where were back in the mix. We played the right way, and were getting some good points." Quenneville also announced Patrick Kane wont be with the Blackhawks when they wrap up their trip in Phoenix. The American Olympians grandfather, Donald, died two days ago, and Kane is going back home to Buffalo before heading to Sochi. Jonas Hiller stopped 23 shots for the Ducks, who have lost four of five. Anaheim also has lost three straight home games after starting the season 20-0-2 at Honda Center. "We will overcome this," Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau saaid.dddddddddddd "I thought we put in a great effort. We just didnt score goals. Were not going to cry about it. Were just going to get back to work and put another big run together." Chicago mostly beat the Ducks with defence, a minor surprise in a meeting between two of the NHLs highest-scoring teams. Crawford turned away every chance generated by the Ducks, who hadnt been shut out in their first 56 games this season before getting blanked twice in their last three games by Dallas and Chicago. Anaheim improved its effort from recent games, yet struggled mightily to get clean scoring chances. The Ducks had a 15-3 shots edge early on, but couldnt score during 40 seconds of 5-on-3 play in the scoreless first period. "We were doing a lot of things right, but unfortunately we cant buy a goal right now," Ducks defenceman Cam Fowler said. "All we can do is continue to push, continue to work on it." Both rosters are dotted with Olympic talent, including five key members of the Canadian team headed to Sochi. In addition, two members of the Swedish team — Chicagos Johnny Oduya and Anaheims Jakob Silfverberg — were scratched. Just 39 seconds into the second period, Hossa sneaked into Anaheims defence and beat Hiller for his 24th goal. The Slovak Olympian also had two goals in Chicagos win over the Ducks last month. The Blackhawks matched the Ducks effort after the midway point of the game. Anaheims Daniel Winnik had an outstanding short-handed chance in the slot in the third period, but couldnt settle a bouncing puck in time. Toews wrapped it up with 2:31 to play with a slippery move off the wall. After Hossa grabbed a turnover by Fowler, Toews went toward the middle and put a shot past Hillers left arm for his 19th goal. NOTES: Oduya missed his first game of the season with a lower-body injury. Quenneville said the injury shouldnt prevent Oduya from playing in Sochi. ... Hossa has scored in five consecutive games. ... Ducks C Nick Bonino missed his third straight game with an apparent wrist injury. Before the game, Anaheim recalled F Emerson Etem for his first game with the Ducks since Dec. 9. ' ' '