By Ethan Haas — Jan 8, 2024

94 Morning Report: January 8th, 2024

Home and visiting teams split the games on Sunday and Alex Ovechkin is starting to heat up.

Results from January 7th, 2024

Home	Away	Score	Matchup Probability
Washington Capitals	Los Angeles Kings	4:3	48.4% : 51.6%
Chicago Blackhawks	Calgary Flames	4:3	33.7% : 66.3%
Arizona Coyotes	Winnipeg Jets	2:6	35.5% : 64.5%
Anaheim Ducks	Detroit Red Wings	2:3	37.6% : 62.4%

Nazim Kadri's 2 goals were not enough for Colin Blackwell's 2 goals and assists as Blackwell led the Blackhawks over the Flames in Chicago.
- This was Blackwell's 1st multi-goal and multi-point game of the season and has 3 goals and 2.95 points per 60 in the last 5 games.
Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves (37 at even strength) in the Capitals' big win over the Kings as they stay tied for the 2nd wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. LA had 41 SOG and 20 more unblocked shot attempts than the Capitals.
- After a slow start to the season, Alex Ovechkin is now on a 5 game point streak (4G/2A) thanks to his assist last night.
Mark Scheifele scored twice to the 40 point mark and Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and assist in the Jets' road victory over the Coyotes.
3 different goal scorers led the Red Wings to win in Anaheim as their scoring depth continues to improve (11 players score 80% of even strength goals).
- Dylan Larkin was on the ice for 26 shot attempts (+11 on-ice shot differential) and scored his 14th goal this season.

**Top 5 Teams**
Team	Project 94 Rating	5 Game Trend	5 Game Win%
Winnipeg Jets	703.408	+35.656	100% 🔥🔥
Florida Panthers	692.977	+54.371	100% 🔥🔥
Edmonton Oilers	672.269	+46.48	100% 🔥🔥
New York Rangers	656.814	-24.788	40.0%
Colorado Avalanche	642.861	+18.988	80.0% 🔥

Home Team	Home Win Probability	Away Team	Away Win Probability
Philadelphia Flyers	52.0%	Pittsburgh Penguins	48.0%
New York Rangers	56.2%	Vancouver Canucks	43.8%
Minnesota Wild	49.4%	Dallas Stars	50.6%
Colorado Avalanche	54.3%	Boston Bruins	45.7%