By Ethan Haas — Feb 8, 2024

94 Morning Report: February 8th, 2024

Leafs hold on for a 5-4 victory over the stays and the Rangers upset the Lightning in New York.

Results from February 7th, 2024

Home	Away	Score	Matchup Probability
New York Rangers	Tampa Bay Lightning	3:1	43.9% : 56.1%
Toronto Maple Leafs	Dallas Stars	5:4	42.4% : 57.6%
Chicago Blackhawks	Minnesota Wild	1:2	36.3% : 63.7%

The Maple Leafs narrowly hold on and beat the Stars in Toronto as William Nylander scored twice with an assist.
- Evgeni Dadanov scored twice for 25 goals this season.
- Auston Matthews scored a PPG to continue an 8 game point streak. 11 of Matthews' 41 goals this season have been on the powerplay.
The Rangers, despite being home underdogs, defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning
- Jimmy Vesey had 2 goals and Barclay Goodrow had 2 assists as the 4th line provided the scoring for the Rangers. The Rangers are tied for the 2nd fewest number of players scoring 80% of their goals.
- Nikita Kucherov had an assist to take the lead of the scoring race with 86 points (4.69 Points/60 and 1.72 Points/Game).
The Wild beat the Blackhawks in Chicago as Filip Gustavsson only faced 21 SOG and 31 unblocked shot attempts.
- The Wild have just over .25 more goals per game in the last 10 games than their season average.

**Top 5 Teams**
Team	Project 94 Rating	5 Game Trend	5 Game Win%
Edmonton Oilers	724.827	-3.666	80.0% 🔥
Vancouver Canucks	693.042	+6.216	80.0% 🔥
Florida Panthers	649.78	+13.005	80.0% 🔥
Boston Bruins	645.368	-18.498	60.0%
Colorado Avalanche	644.303	-22.603	60.0%

Home Team	Home Win Probability	Away Team	Away Win Probability
New Jersey Devils	54.3%	Calgary Flames	45.7%
Florida Panthers	73.6%	Washington Capitals	26.4%
Philadelphia Flyers	46.2%	Winnipeg Jets	53.8%
Boston Bruins	45.2%	Vancouver Canucks	54.8%
Carolina Hurricanes	51.9%	Colorado Avalanche	48.1%
New York Islanders	35.1%	Tampa Bay Lightning	64.9%
Arizona Coyotes	42.0%	Vegas Golden Knights	58.0%