Friday Chum Bucket: Introducing your new NHL scoring leaders
Your daily assortment of links to news and analysis from around the hockey world.
- Recaps of last night's 5-3 comeback win over Phoenix. [Fear The Fin] [Mercury News] [CSN Bay Area] [SF Chronicle] [The Gackle Report] [Five For Howling] [NHL.com]
- As of this morning, here are your NHL point and goal scoring leaders. [Twitter]
- Patrick Marleau on whether it feels good to get off to a hot start after last year's continuation of the annual ritual of questioning his playoff performance: ""It’s nice having three big games anytime." [Working the Corners]
- The last time a player opened a season with three straight multi-goal games was in 1982 when Peter Stastny accomplished the feat. [Pro Hockey Talk]
- So having a home opener in mid-January feels a bit weird. [Mercury News]
- Is there any tactical or strategic value to fighting in the NHL? [Backhand Shelf]
- Here's Katie Baker's always-awesome column reviewing the week that was. [Grantland]
- Chicago dominated Dallas, Eric Staal scored a hat trick, the Senators stayed undefeated and more in yesterday's NHL action. [SB Nation]
- If you missed it, here's the entirety of the final sequence of regulation time in the Kings/Oilers game last night, including Nail Yakupov's incredible celebration: