By Ethan Haas — Feb 28, 2024

94 Morning Report: February 28th, 2024

82 goals and 78 goal scorers fill up the action in a 12 game Tuesday night.

Results from February 27th, 2024

Home	Away	Score	Matchup Probability
Montreal Canadiens	Arizona Coyotes	4:2	51.5% : 48.5%
Toronto Maple Leafs	Vegas Golden Knights	2:6	69.8% : 30.2%
Florida Panthers	Buffalo Sabres	3:2	71.6% : 28.4%
Philadelphia Flyers	Tampa Bay Lightning	6:2	44.1% : 55.9%
Detroit Red Wings	Washington Capitals	8:3	66.7% : 33.3%
Winnipeg Jets	St. Louis Blues	4:2	63.5% : 36.5%
Minnesota Wild	Carolina Hurricanes	2:3	48.7% : 51.3%
Nashville Predators	Ottawa Senators	4:1	62.9% : 37.1%
Calgary Flames	Los Angeles Kings	4:2	60.1% : 39.9%
Colorado Avalanche	Dallas Stars	5:1	54.2% : 45.8%
Vancouver Canucks	Pittsburgh Penguins	3:4 (OT)	65.0% : 35.0%
San Jose Sharks	New Jersey Devils	2:7	36.4% : 63.6%

The Detroit Red Wings win their 6th straight, beating the Capitals convincingly 8-3. Detroit has 27 goals in their last 6 and are now 4th in the league in Average Goals For (3.58).
- This was the Wings' 20th game with 5 or more goals, tied for 1st in the NHL with Colorado.
- Patrick Kane is now on a 9 game point streak and has 14 points in the last 10 games.
Gustav Nyquist (1G/2A) and Roman Josi (2G/1A) each had 3 points in the Preds' win over the Senators. The Predators stay 2nd in the Wild Card Race in the West with 5 points over Calgary, but have played 1 more game.
The Penguins, with just a 35% win probability, beat the Canucks in Vancouver thanks to an OT winner from Erik Karlsson.
- Despite the loss, J.T. Miller scored his 30th goal of the season.
In another road upset, the Golden Knights scored 6 goals in Toronto to beat the Leafs 6-2. Jonathan Marcessault led the scoring with 2 goals and 1 assist to reach 51 points on the season.
Though the Flyers won 6-2, Brandon Hagel extended his point streak to 14 games.
With 10 points in the last 5 games, Brandon Montour has increased his Points per 60 by 0.49 without increasing his shot attempts. In fact, he has decreased his Shot Attempts per 60 by 0.3 and has increased his Shots on Goal per Game by 0.1.

**Top 5 Teams**
Team	Project 94 Rating	5 Game Trend	5 Game Win%
Florida Panthers	716.303	+8.656	80.0% 🔥
New York Rangers	672.417	+12.96	80.0% 🔥
Winnipeg Jets	670.57	+38.418	80.0% 🔥
Detroit Red Wings	669.782	+45.502	100% 🔥🔥
Edmonton Oilers	667.426	-54.117	40.0%

Home Team	Home Win Probability	Away Team	Away Win Probability
New York Rangers	76.8%	Columbus Blue Jackets	23.2%
Edmonton Oilers	65.1%	St. Louis Blues	34.9%