This is the early morning edition of S&D.

STUDS

Ray Whitney

Whitney has quietly had a very impressive start to this season. Last night he led the way with a goal and two assists while finishing plus-3 with four shots in a 4-1 win over the Blackhawks. Overall he has 21 points in 23 games. Not bad for a guy pushing 40.

Kiprusoff shutout

Shutouts are so important in fantasy hockey so when they happen they must be noted. Miikka Kiprusoff has also quietly had a great start to the season with a 10-9 record and a .920 save percentage. Last night he made 26 saves in the 1-0 win over Nashville.

Sausage fest

Cory Schneider was bombarded with shots in last night's game versus Columbus. He stopped 47 of 48 in an impressive 4-1 outing. This continues his impressive run of late and pushes Roberto Luongo a bit farther down the bench.

Honourable mention

Chris Phillips finished with two assists and a plus-4 rating.


DUDS

New coach, same dull outcome

For all three of you who don't know yet, Bruce Boudreau was fired and Dale Hunter is his replacement. For many this marked the end of the slumping Capitals and the beginning of a resurgence. Well the bounce back will have to wait one more game as the team only generated one goal on 19 shots. It is worth noting that Nicklas Backstrom scored assisted by Alex Ovechkin.

Crawford chased from crease

Crawford allowed four goals on 21 shots in a 4-1 defeat against the Phoenix Coyotes. He was replaced by backup Ray Emery for the final 15 minutes.

Not cleared for take-off

In a 6-4 loss to the Ottawa Senators, Jets' captain Andrew Ladd was blanked from the score sheet and finished a terrible minus-4.

Dis-honourable mention

The Carolina Hurricanes were also playing their first game in front of a new coach. They did not fare better than the Capitals as the team lost 3-1 to the Panthers. Tomas Kaberle finished minus-2 with no points to continue his season of misery.

Also:

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I'd actually put muller in the honorable mention section. While Carolina lost he got e.staal to pickup an assist. I'm sorry but warrants a good mention!!!!!!!

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g/a/+-/PIM/PPP/SHP/SOG/W/GAA/SV%/SHO
play 4c/4lw/4rw/6d/2g (2min start)
Center: Datsyuk, Getzlaf, Marleau, Ribiero, Brian Boyle
RW: Hossa, Horton, Downie, Franzen, vrbata, Cole
LW: Kovalchuk, D.Sedin, Semin, Fleischmann,
Defense : Enstrom, E.Johnson, Goligoski, Wisniewski, Hamilton
Goalies: Lundqvist, Brodeur, S.Mason, Garon

Farm noteables: Niederreiter, Avtsyn, Greiss, Frazee, Kinkaid

Fixed in post above.

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Feels like desperation is pulling down our standards a tiny bit here

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

Awesome! Was awesome when I made a mention in dobbers daily ramblings and now a mention here!

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12 team H2H Keeper League
g/a/+-/PIM/PPP/SHP/SOG/W/GAA/SV%/SHO
play 4c/4lw/4rw/6d/2g (2min start)
Center: Datsyuk, Getzlaf, Marleau, Ribiero, Brian Boyle
RW: Hossa, Horton, Downie, Franzen, vrbata, Cole
LW: Kovalchuk, D.Sedin, Semin, Fleischmann,
Defense : Enstrom, E.Johnson, Goligoski, Wisniewski, Hamilton
Goalies: Lundqvist, Brodeur, S.Mason, Garon

Farm noteables: Niederreiter, Avtsyn, Greiss, Frazee, Kinkaid

Also of note, Byfuglien and Kane went nutty in the shooting department.

Kane had 2 goals in under a minute with 7 SOG while Buffy picked up an assist and 12 SOG.

Dud to Kirk Muller for having Tomas Kaberle out on the ice with under 5 minutes left in the game.

All those in favour? Kaberle really blows.

Also I said this yesterday before he scored his two goals but Evander Kane has been so much better than the numbers show which are already pretty damn good. Next thing you know he pots two goals in under a minute. Beauty.

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Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

The S&D is kind of like the hall of fame voting process. We have to do 3/3 plus honorable mention(s) every time. On busy nights it's nearly impossible to include all the great stats. On other nights I have to list the team mascot as a stud just to meet the quota.

I also wanted to include Shawn Matthias and Al Montoya but ran out of space.

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Yea, not critiquing your choices. Just tossing out a few names who had big performances.

Yeah i wasn't trying to complain or anything, I actually like seeing people reply with additional candidates. Makes my job easier.

Although I do like explaining why the mascot is one of the night's top studs...

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