94 Morning Report: December 8th, 2023

Latest stats and analytics updates from games played as of 12/07/23

Results from December 7th, 2023

Home	Away	Score	Matchup Probability
Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres	1:3	73.0% : 27.0%
Detroit Red Wings	San Jose Sharks	5:6 (OT)	71.7% : 28.3%
Ottawa Senators	Toronto Maple Leafs	3:4	49.5% : 50.5%
Montreal Canadiens	Los Angeles Kings	0:4	31.6% : 68.4%
New York Islanders	Columbus Blue Jackets	7:3	63.7% : 36.3%
Washington Capitals	Dallas Stars	4:5 (SO)	48.8% : 51.2%
Nashville Predators	Tampa Bay Lightning	5:1	60.8% : 39.2%
Chicago Blackhawks	Anaheim Ducks	1:0	47.9% : 52.1%
Arizona Coyotes	Philadelphia Flyers	1:4	57.4% : 42.6%
Colorado Avalanche	Winnipeg Jets	2:4	54.7% : 45.3%
Calgary Flames	Carolina Hurricanes	3:2	47.3% : 52.7%
Vancouver Canucks	Minnesota Wild	2:0	58.7% : 41.3%
Seattle Kraken	New Jersey Devils	1:2	36.9% : 63.1%

Last Night Highlights

• The San Jose Sharks upset the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 in a back-and-forth battle that required overtime.
  • Mikael Granlund continues his hot streak with a goal and 2 assists. Granlund now has 3 goals and 10 assists in his last 10 games and the Sharks have won 5 of their last 7 games.
  • Robby Fabbri has 8 (4G/4A) points in his last 5 games after 2 assists last night.
• Alex Ovechkin's assist and 15th point of the season was his 1500th point of his career, marking a major milestone as he is now 16th in the all time points leaders.
• The Los Angeles Kings continue their undefeated away record after shutting out the Canadiens in Montreal and improving their road record to 11-0-0.
  • Anze Kopitar had 3 assists, his first game of the year with 2+ points.
  • Quinton Byfield scored twice and has increased is unblocked shot attempts per game to 3.13 with 25 attempts in the last 5 games. That's 1.01 above the league average for players who have played at least 4 games.
• The Buffalo Sabres defeat the Bruins in Buffalo as JJ Peterka scores his 11th of the season.
  • Owen Power played 28.45 minutes last night, 5+ more minutes than his season average (22.93).
• Kyle Connor scored twice in the Jets' road victory in Colorado, jumping the Avalanche in the power rankings to 4th and knocking the Avs out of the top 5.
  • The Jets were outshot the Avs by 6 unblocked shot attempts, the 11th time the Jets have been outshot and 9th game winning when they are outshot.

Who's on Fire

Top 5 Teams

Team	Project 94 Rating	5 Game Trend	5 Game Win%
New York Rangers	694.25	+5.433	60.0%
Los Angeles Kings	691.08	+9.404	80.0% 🔥
Boston Bruins	645.366	+7.152	60.0%
Winnipeg Jets	643.717	+22.655	60.0%
Florida Panthers	625.758	-9.399	60.0%

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Tonight's Matchups

Home Team	Home Win Probability	Away Team	Away Win Probability
Columbus Blue Jackets	36.0%	St. Louis Blues	64.0%
Florida Panthers	66.2%	Pittsburgh Penguins	33.8%
Edmonton Oilers	61.4%	Minnesota Wild	38.6%