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| Date | Player | News |
| 5/13/2008 | Pavel Datsyuk, C, Det | Datsyuk notched the first hat trick of his entire career, sending the visiting Red Wings past Dallas 5-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Analysis: Datsyuk scored twice in the first period and again with 2:41 left for his first career three-goal performance in 518 total NHL games, including 73 playoff contests. The center has five goals and seven assists in his last seven games, giving him eight tallies and nine assists in 13 postseason games. Datsyuk has established a career-best with 17 playoff points, tying him for second in the league - one point behind teammate Henrik Zetterberg. |
| 5/13/2008 | Henrik Zetterberg, LW, Det | Zetterberg contributed a goal and two assists, sending the visiting Red Wings past Dallas 5-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Analysis: Zetterberg has registered at least a point in eight consecutive games, totaling seven goals and eight assists in that stretch. In 13 playoff games, the left wing has nine goals and nine assists to lead the NHL with 18 postseason points - the most in a single season for Zetterberg. |
| 5/13/2008 | Brian Rafalski, D, Det | Rafalski contributed two assists, sending the visiting Red Wings past Dallas 5-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Analysis: This was Rafalski's third multipoint performance in the postseason - his first since he had two assists in an April 24 win over Colorado. Rafalski, who matched a career-best with 55 points in the regular season, has two goals and eight assists in 13 playoff contests. |
| 5/13/2008 | Chris Osgood, G, Det | Osgood stopped 16 of the 18 shots he faced, sending the visiting Red Wings past Dallas 5-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Analysis: Osgood improved to 9-0-0 with a 1.47 goals-against average as a starter since replacing Dominik Hasek on April 18 in Game 4 of the Red Wings' first-round playoff series against Nashville. The goaltender is 34-12-0 with three ties, four shutouts and a 2.19 GAA in 50 career appearances versus the Stars. Osgood is 15-7-0 with a tie, three shutouts and a 1.94 GAA in 23 games in Dallas. |
| 5/13/2008 | Marty Turco, G, Dal | Turco gave up a postseason-high five goals on 21 shots as the host Stars fell into an 0-3 deficit in the Western Conference finals with a 5-2 loss to Detroit on Monday. Analysis: The five goals Turco allowed match the most he has surrendered in the playoffs in his career. He gave up five in Vancouver on April 11, 2007, during a four-overtime defeat. Turco has lost five of his last six decisions, posting a 2.39 goals-against average in that stretch. He fell to 8-7-0 with a 2.09 GAA in 15 postseason starts overall. Turco dropped to 2-4-0 with three ties, a shutout and a 2.80 GAA in nine all-time starts against the Red Wings in Dallas. |
| 5/13/2008 | Brenden Morrow, LW, Dal | Morrow contributed an assist as the host Stars fell into an 0-3 deficit in the Western Conference finals with a 5-2 loss to Detroit on Monday. Analysis: Morrow has three goals and two assists during a five-game points streak, giving him eight goals and six assists in 15 postseason games. The left wing was on the ice after he and his wife, the daughter of Montreal coach Guy Carbonneau, had twins Sunday, a boy and a girl. |
| 5/13/2008 | Jordan Staal, C, Pit | Staal is dealing with the death of his grandfather, but he is expected to be in the lineup for the Penguins' game against Philadelphia on Tuesday. Analysis: Staal will participate in Game 3 of the teams' Eastern Conference final playoff series, then head to Canada for the funeral before rejoining the club Wednesday in Philadelphia. Staal scored a goal on Sunday in the Penguins' 4-2 victory that gave the club a 2-0 series lead. |
| 5/13/2008 | Lars Eller, C, StL | The Blues signed Eller to a three-year, entry-level contract, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Analysis: Eller's deal, pending a physical, is the rookie maximum for a 2007 first-round pick - $875,000 plus incentives. The 19-year-old Denmark native was the 13th overall pick last summer. Eller helped Frolunda to the Swedish under-20 title in early April. The center also competed with the Danish national team in the IIHF World Championship this month. |
| 5/13/2008 | T.J. Oshie, C, StL | The Blues have inched closer to signing top prospect T.J. Oshie, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Analysis: The Blues made Oshie the 24th overall selection in the 2005 draft, and while the center has yet to sign a contract, he was in St. Louis on Monday to take a physical. Oshie just completed his junior season at the University of North Dakota, leading the Fighting Sioux to the NCAA Frozen Four. Hockeyfutures.com ranks the 5-foot-11, 181-pound Oshie as the 13th-best prospect. |
| 5/13/2008 | Ryan White, RW, Mon | The Canadiens have agreed to terms with White on a three-year contract, according to the Canadian Web site, tsn.ca. Financial terms were not disclosed. Analysis: The Canadiens selected White in the third round of the 2006 draft. The 20-year-old concluded his four-year junior career with Calgary of the Western Hockey League with 237 points and 411 penalty minutes in 275 regular-season games. The right wing led his club in scoring in each of the past three seasons, including recording 72 points, 98 penalty minutes and a plus-24 rating in 68 games in 2007-08. |
| 5/13/2008 | Johan Franzen, C, Det | Franzen was expected to undergo tests early Monday, but general manager Ken Holland does not have an update on the extent of the center's head injury yet, according to the Detroit News. Analysis: The Red Wings were without Franzen for the second consecutive game on Monday night because of concussion-like symptoms that have bothered him since early in the second round. Holland said Franzen was experiencing headaches daily "for a week or 10 days or whatever it was." Franzen didn't travel with the team to Dallas on Sunday and will likely sit out Game 4 on Wednesday. |
| 5/13/2008 | Braydon Coburn, D, Phi | Coburn is expected to miss Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals after taking a puck in the face on Sunday night. The defenseman's left eye was swollen shut after a deflected puck hit him early in the Flyers' 4-2 loss at Pittsburgh. Analysis: Coburn escaped without any broken bones, without an injury to the eye, and without a concussion. Once he does return to action, the defenseman said he will wear a facial shield to protect the area. He will be replaced by Ryan Parent in the lineup, but his absence is a big blow to the Flyers' defense corps, which will be without Kimmo Timonen for the rest of the playoffs due to a blood clot in his left ankle. |
| 5/13/2008 | Gary Roberts, LW, Pit | Roberts will be a game-time decision for the Penguins' game against the Flyers on Tuesday. Game 3 of the teams' Eastern Conference playoff series is in Philadelphia. Analysis: Roberts, who was sick Tuesday morning, has already missed five games of the postseason with a groin injury. He has appeared in each of the last four, contributing an assist in Sunday's 4-2 victory. The left wing has two goals and an assist in six playoff games. |
| 5/13/2008 | Brad Richards, C, Dal | Richards scored a goal as the host Stars fell into an 0-3 deficit in the Western Conference finals with a 5-2 loss to Detroit on Monday. Analysis: Richards scored his first goal in seven games - a span in which he was limited to just two assists. Overall, the center has three goals and nine assists in 15 postseason contests. Richards had 20 goals and 62 points in 74 regular-season games with Tampa Bay and Dallas. He was acquired by the Stars at the trade deadline. |
| 5/12/2008 | Sidney Crosby, C, Pit | Crosby contributed a goal and an assist, helping the Penguins take a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Flyers 4-2 Sunday night. Analysis: This was Crosby's seventh multipoint performance during the playoffs, the second such effort in his last three games. He has two goals and three assists during a three-game points streak, giving him four goals and 13 assists in 11 postseason games. Crosby and teammate Evgeni Malkin are tied for the league lead in playoff points with 17. |
| 5/12/2008 | Johan Franzen, C, Det | The Red Wings were without right wing Johan Franzen for the second consecutive game on Monday night because of concussion-like symptoms. Analysis: Franzen has had recurring headaches since early in the previous series against Colorado. Franzen has 15 points in 11 playoff games, tying Jaromir Jagr of the already-eliminated New York Rangers. |
| 5/12/2008 | Sergei Gonchar, D, Pit | Gonchar contributed three assists, helping the Penguins take a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Flyers 4-2 Sunday night. Analysis: This was Gonchar's second multipoint performance of the postseason, his first since he had two assists in an April 29 win over the New York Rangers. Gonchar has a goal and eight assists in 11 playoff games. |
| 5/12/2008 | Marian Hossa, RW, Pit | Hossa scored a second-period power-play goal, helping the Penguins take a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Flyers 4-2 Sunday night. Analysis: Hossa has three goals and an assist during a three-game points streak, giving him six goals and six assists in 11 postseason games. Three of his goals have come with the man advantage. |
| 5/12/2008 | Marc-Andre Fleury, G, Pit | Fleury stopped 30 of 32 shots, helping the Penguins take a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Flyers 4-2 Sunday night. Analysis: Fleury has won his last three starts, posting a 1.92 goals-against average in that stretch. In 11 postseason games, he is 10-1-0 with a 1.80 GAA. Fleury went 2-2-0 with a 2.01 GAA in four regular-season contests versus the Flyers, but both defeats came in Philadelphia, where the series is headed on Tuesday. He posted a 2.52 GAA in those losses. |
| 5/12/2008 | Mike Richards, C, Phi | Richards scored his second short-handed goal of the postseason, but it wasn't enough as the visiting Flyers lost, 4-2, to Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Flyers are down 0-2 in the Eastern Conference finals, which shifts to Philadelphia on Tuesday. Analysis: Richards has scored three of the Flyers' four goals in this series, and has four goals and an assist during a three-game points streak. The center has seven goals and seven assists in 14 postseason games. |
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