Jason Pominville of the Minnesota Wild was tops this week, finishing with 2 goals and 6 assists in four games played, extending his points streak to five games in the week as well. Pominville had his only 2 goals early on in the week against the Jets, where he also added a pair of helpers for a 4-point game. An assist against the Blackhawks on Wednesday, followed by another assist on Friday against the Lightning, capped off by a pair of helpers against the Red Wings on Sunday made up his 8-point week, waiting to the last day of the week to capture the honour.
This isn't the first time that Pominville earned the nod, as his first tap came back in Week Five of the 2014 season, when Dale B. coincidentally picked him that year as well, so there is something to be said about the Minnesota forward on Dale's team. Dale has done well with Pominville, collecting 35 points in 55 games, helping to stay tight in the money race, 8 points back of 1st place to finish the week.
Ryan's forwards were carrying the load for his team this week, as his defensemen and goalies combined for 3 of his 34 points in the week, which isn't much. Nicklas Backstrom of the Capitals led the way with 7 points, followed by Max Pacioretty of the Canadiens with 6 points, Richard Panik of the Blackhawks with 5 points and David Pastrnak of the Bruins with 4 points.
The move to 4th wasn't a huge leap, as he was 6th after Week Seventeen, but he did get a couple of points from one of his latest pick-ups, Brian Gionta of the Sabres. Now, his team, along with Brenda & Seward's, are only 14 points back of 2nd place, which we now have eight weeks left to sort that out.
Back to Ryan's forwards... they have been carrying him all season long, as his group leads the pool with 328 points, to date, which is 23 points better than any other group in the pool. His defense ranks 22nd and his goalies are 21st, yet his team sits in 4th place, right in the thick of the money. Sometimes, going all in up front can really go a long ways.
This past week, Troy's team finished with 12 points, thanks to goalie Tuukka Rask of the Bruins, who finished with 6 points, while Sam Reinhart of the Sabres had 4 points, making up the better part of his weekly total in two slots. This is what you're up against, people!
Did his goons even produce in the week? No. They were only good for 17 minutes in penalties, well below the weekly leader, which we'll touch on in a couple sections below.
3rd place is now being contested by Brenda & Seward and our Mover & Shaker, Ryan, as they finish the week tied, 14 points back of 2nd place. Marcie moved up to 5th place, 4 points back of 3rd, trailed by 1 point by Stacey C. and another 3 points back is both Cam and Jeremy. That's a pretty good spread of points, a Mover & Shaker week away from anyone moving into the money in that group.
Kristy & Don sit in the middle of the two teams, 31 back of Marcie and 22 up on Eric, but they have lost one of their hired goons to injury in the week, which will hurt their chances down the road.
Hopefully in the next weeks, we get a little more life out of this pool.
Week Nineteen is scheduled to have 46 NHL games, so there should be ample opportunity for both teams to get their wins.
NEWS AND NOTES
More bad news for Kristy & Don, as they try and get back to a respectable standing, while completely ignoring that they have a team full of goons. Whatever floats their boat, I guess. They still had a pretty good week, with 32 points, but this injury will hurt them, if it of any sort of term.
Dumba has been Troy's biggest contributor to the PIM pool from the blueline, with 43 minutes this season, so this injury, if it extends for very long, could hinder his chances of possibly making up that huge gap to top spot.
Troy has already collected 4 PIM in three games from the tough guy, but that is far from where he needs his newly hired gun to be. That gap needs to close much faster, but his team is falling further behind instead.
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