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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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I mean, it doesnt really come into play for me -- but in the aftermath, its pretty cool. Those guys have done a lot for this game, and hopefully I can be in their shoes one day down the road." Cron went deep for the third straight game, helping the Angels pull within five games of AL West-leading Oakland. Calhoun was credited with the first run of the game on a replay reversal in the first inning that led to the ejection of Texas manager Ron Washington by plate umpire Bill Miller. Shoemaker (5-1) allowed a run and eight hits in 7 2-3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks. The only run against him came in the sixth, when his attempted pickoff throw to first hit Elvis Andrus and rolled away from Cron, allowing Leonys Martin to score. Joe Smith allowed Brad Snyders two-out homer in the ninth before Chris Gimenez grounded out to end the game. Snyder entered in the fourth after first baseman Donnie Murphy left because of soreness in his left knee. 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Washington, who lost Alex Rios and Michael Choice to ejections in Saturday nights extra-inning loss for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Vic Carapazza, came out of the dugout yelling at Miller -- who motioned to him that he wasnt allowed to argue a replay reversal. But the argument continued, and Washington was tossed. "What got me thrown out was the call that was made out of New York," Washington said. "Youre not supposed to come out and question that, but you cant stop instincts of the game from happening. And to me, that was an instinctive play. There were no intentions of blocking the plate. The ball took him there." NOTES: Shoemakers only loss came in relief against the New York Mets, when he gave up a home run to Anthony Recker in the 13th inning on April 12 at Angel Stadium. ... Darvish has allowed just three first-inning runs in his 14 starts this season. 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