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Here are today's Game Notes for
@Covers
๐ NHL GAME NOTES
๐ป CHI @ FLA | FLA 71% | O/U 5.5 OVER
๐ Florida ranks 8th in xGF/60 and 9th in xGA/60; Chicago ranks 29th and 30th.
โก Panthers have the 10th-ranked PP, while Chicago sits 32nd.
โฑ๏ธ Florida continues to lead the league in PP time per game by a wide margin.
๐ Chicago has scored 2 or fewer goals in 6 of its last 7 games.
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Florida has been winning despite sub-.890 save percentages from Markstrom and Schmid.
๐ฅ Chicago's PP1 could feature Frondell, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Bedard and Kantserov.
๐ Patrick Kane is expected to miss a couple of games.
๐ฆฌ OTT @ BUF | BUF 54% | O/U 6.5 UNDER
โ๏ธ Both teams return from the West Coast: Ottawa went 1-3, Buffalo went 3-1.
๐จ Ottawa allowed 7 PP goals on its trip; Buffalo allowed 4.
โก Buffalo has seen 8 special-teams goals over its last 2 games, going 4-for-6 on the PP.
๐ Ottawa ranks 14th in xGF/60 and 12th in xGA/60; Buffalo ranks 17th and 19th.
๐งค Ullmark hasn't been ruled out. Ottawa is 7-1 SU with him and 2-5-1 without.
๐ฅ Batherson carries an 8-game point streak, while Tage Thompson had 5 goals and 3 assists in 3 games.
โฑ๏ธ Ostlund has averaged 19:16 over his last 10 games, while Jack Quinn has 14 points in 14 games.
๐ Ottawa's PP ranks 31st; Buffalo's ranks 25th.
๐ฅ CGY @ SEA | SEA 56%
๐ Seattle ranks 28th in xGF/60 and Calgary ranks 30th.
โก Calgary's PP ranks 5th, compared to Seattle's 13th.
๐จ Seattle's penalty kill ranks 30th, while Calgary's is 10th.
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Seattle beat Calgary 6-2 on Friday, but the Flames have since played Colorado and San Jose.
๐ Cooley and McCann are out.
๐ Wright was traded for Matthew Wood, who is playing alongside Stephenson and Gaudreau.
โญ Coronato had a goal and 3 assists in Friday's meeting; Farabee added a goal and 2 assists.
๐ Stephenson has recorded a point in 10 of 14 games.
๐ฆ SJ @ LAK | LAK 60% | O/U 6.5 OVER
๐ Los Angeles ranks 13th in xGA/60, while San Jose ranks 32nd.
๐ San Jose has scored just 1 goal in each of its last 2 games.
โ๏ธ The Sharks are coming from Calgary after travelling from the East Coast; LA comes off a Saturday game in Buffalo.
๐ฅ The Kings have seen 6 special-teams goals over their last 2 games.
โฉ๏ธ Kempe is expected back, rejoining the top line with Panarin and Laferriere.
โก San Jose's PP ranks 15th, while LA's ranks 23rd.
๐งฑ The Kings have the major edge on the penalty kill, ranking 6th compared to San Jose's 32nd.
โฑ๏ธ Sherwood, Misa and Marchment are playing the second-most 5-on-5 minutes among the Sharks' forward combinations.