Kariya takes off power play: The Sports Xchange reports a staple on the power play for much of his 15-year NHL career, left wing Paul Kariya was held off of the struggling unit Saturday against the Flyers. Kariya also was moved from one of the Blues' scoring lines onto the team's defensive-stopper unit with Jay McClement and B.J. Crombeen. The Blues, who came into Saturday's game ranked No. 25 in the NHL on the power play, were 0-for-4 with the man advantage in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Flyers. "We were going to use (Kariya) a lot killing penalties," Blues coach Andy Murray said. "It was a matter of not over-taxing Paul. If you check his minutes, he played a ton. And when you're playing on that stopper unit, you're playing a lot, and I always come back with the stopper unit after a power play, so I wanted Paul for that, too." (Updated 11/08/2009).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 11/10/09).
Fantasy Analysis
Of Kariya's 388 career goals, 137 have come on the power play, ranking him seventh among active players and 53rd in NHL history. He has been on the ice for 551 power-play goals in his career, which ranks 75th in NHL history. One of Kariya's team-high four goals this season came on the power play, and two of his three assists have been with the man advantage. Kariya has no points in his last six games and his good start to the season seems like it was last year. Kariya should be back on the power play shortly, but he is a risky Fantasy play until he gets on track. (Updated 11/08/2009).
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Kariya takes off power play: The Sports Xchange reports a staple on the power play for much of his 15-year NHL career, left wing Paul Kariya was held off of the struggling unit Saturday against the Flyers. Kariya also was moved from one of the Blues' scoring lines onto the team's defensive-stopper unit with Jay McClement and B.J. Crombeen. The Blues, who came into Saturday's game ranked No. 25 in the NHL on the power play, were 0-for-4 with the man advantage in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Flyers. "We were going to use (Kariya) a lot killing penalties," Blues coach Andy Murray said. "It was a matter of not over-taxing Paul. If you check his minutes, he played a ton. And when you're playing on that stopper unit, you're playing a lot, and I always come back with the stopper unit after a power play, so I wanted Paul for that, too." (Updated 11/08/2009).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 11/10/09).
Fantasy Analysis
Of Kariya's 388 career goals, 137 have come on the power play, ranking him seventh among active players and 53rd in NHL history. He has been on the ice for 551 power-play goals in his career, which ranks 75th in NHL history. One of Kariya's team-high four goals this season came on the power play, and two of his three assists have been with the man advantage. Kariya has no points in his last six games and his good start to the season seems like it was last year. Kariya should be back on the power play shortly, but he is a risky Fantasy play until he gets on track. (Updated 11/08/2009).
Matt Cooke had a goal and an assist, four other Pittsburgh players scored, and the Penguins earned their sixth straight win by beating the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Tuesday.
The Islanders will likely struggle again this season, but they do have plenty of young talent in place. Our Michael Hurcomb props up one of their early surprises in his Playing the Waiver Wire.
