Hockey Today
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Feb. 23
San Jose at Dallas (8 p.m. EST). Jeremy Roenick returned to San Jose’s lineup Saturday after missing 28 games because of a shoulder injury. The 39-year-old Roenick, playing on a line with 43-year-old Claude Lemieux, had his 700th career assist to help the Sharks beat Atlanta 3-1.
STARS
Sunday
— Matt Cullen, Hurricanes, had his first career hat trick to help Carolina beat Colorado 5-2.
— Alex Ovechkin, Capitals, scored his NHL-leading 43rd goal in Washington’s 5-2 victory over Pittsburgh.
— Vaclav Prospal and Karri Ramo, Lighting. Prospal scored on a power play with 1:33 left, and Ramo made 40 saves in Tampa Bay’s 4-3 victory over Boston.
— Josh Harding and Peter Olvecky, Wild. Harding made 44 saves, and Olvecky broke a tie early in the third period with his first NHL goal in Minnesota’s 2-1 win over Chicago.
— Niklas Hagman and Vesa Toskala, Maple Leafs. Hagman scored on a power play 3 minutes into overtime, and Toskala made 39 saves in Toronto’s 3-2 road victory over the New York Rangers.
SALUTE
The New York Rangers honored Hall of Famers Harry Howell and Andy Bathgate on Sunday night, retiring Howell’s No. 3 and Bathgate’s No. 9 before their 3-2 overtime loss to Toronto. Bathgate will share his No. 9 in the rafters with Adam Graves, a member of the 1994 Stanley Cup championship team whose version of No. 9 also was retired this month.
SCOUTING
Edmonton first-round pick Jordan Eberle scored the winning goal and had three assists in the Regina Pats’ 4-1 victory in Moose Jaw on Sunday night in the WHL. … Fellow Edmonton prospect Philippe Cornet helped the Rimouski Oceanic win their 14th straight game, scoring in regulation and adding the deciding shootout goal in a 6-5 road victory Sunday over QMJHL-leading Drummondville.
SPEAKING
“What I can say about him? He is a good player, but he talks too much.”— Washington star Alex Ovechkin on Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby after the Capitals’ 5-2 victory over the Penguins on Sunday.
“Like it or lump it, that’s what he does. Some people like it, some people don’t. Personally, I don’t like it.”—Crosby on Ovechkin’s theatrics, which included a “bye-bye” wave in the final minute of the second period.
San Jose Sharks vs. Dallas Stars
The Sharks exploded in the third period for a 3-1 win over the Thrashers at HP Pavilion Saturday.
San Jose won as a -369 home favorite while the final score played under the 6-goal total.
Steve Ott scored the only goal for Dallas in a 3-1 loss to Chicago on Saturday afternoon.
The Stars lost as -110 favorites, while the final score played UNDER the total of 5.5.
Current streak:
San Jose has won 3 straight games.
Team records:
San Jose: 40-8-9
Dallas: 29-22-7
San Jose most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-3-1
Before playing Toronto are 3-3-2
After playing Atlanta are 3-7
After a win are 7-3
Dallas most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Los Angeles are 3-7
After playing Chicago are 3-7
After a loss are 9-1
A few trends to consider:
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose
Dallas is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 7 games
Next up:
San Jose at Detroit, Wednesday, February 25
Dallas home to St. Louis, Thursday, February 26
SAN JOSE (40-8-0-9, 89 pts.) at DALLAS (29-22-0-7, 65 pts.)
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 16-19 ATS (-17.2 Units) in February games over the last 3 seasons.
DALLAS is 18-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) in February games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 22-12 ATS (+6.5 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 11-4 ATS (+6.4 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
DALLAS is 141-83 ATS (+16.5 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
DALLAS is 16-8 ATS (+7.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
DALLAS is 24-16 ATS (+41.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 13-12 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 13-12-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
10 of 20 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.9 Units, Under=-0.8 Units)
SAN JOSE vs. DALLAS
San Jose is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 7 games
Hot teams
-- Dallas is 14-1 in game following its last fifteen losses. Sharks won last three games, allowing five goals.
Cold teams
-- None.
Totals
-- Under is 7-3 in last ten Dallas games; four of last five San Jose games went over the total.
Back-to-Back
-- None.
Series Records
-- Sharks won three in row, five of last six games against Dallas.