Note...Thoughts and Prayers with those in Nashville this morning following last night's devastating Tornados...News is breaking as I write this that at least 19 were killed...
The Best of the West are Hot as They Could Be.
Don't look now, but the Blues and Avalanche are both currently on 7 game win streaks. And it is not just the records, but there is a lot of confidence right now..and some stories that deserve some more attention.
In Colorado...
The best-kept secret (and the story the rest of the NHL needs to take notice of) is how Pavel Francouz is maybe the better goalie, and the numbers show a lot... Pavel Francouz 19-5-0-3 GAA:2.24GAA Save%.929 Philipp Grubauer 18-12-0-4 GAA: 2.63 Save% .916
And it is not just numbers...Francouz often looks more confident and hasn't had a really bad game, where at times Grubauer can look inconsistent...
Tonight's Picks and Updated Final Projected Standings...
Last night's Predictions: 1-1 Thoughts on last night...
*Colorado found a way, but Detroit, to their credit gave them all they could handle last night...The Wings with a -121 goal differential in 68 games are averaging losing by 2 goals a game...that is nuts.
*The Oilers exploded and put up an 8 spot on the Preds, but this game was tied 3-3 going into the third period. The Oilers then put up 5 goals on Pekke Rinne in 5 minutes. Really was baffled that the Preds didn't pull Rinne UNTIL the Oilers had scored 8 goals...
Season So Far: 23-27 *********************** Tonight Predictions: TB over Bos MTL over NYI STL over NYR NSH over MIN WPG over BUF CHI over ANA DAL over EDM LV over NJ TOR over SJ PIT over OTT Note. Apologies for the typo. In the copy and paste I somehow screwed up and missed Pitt over Ott. Which I did have correct but will not count obviously. Sorry for the inconvenience.
New Projected Final Standings
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