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    Mike Brophy | November 9, 2009

 
TW LW Team Our Take
1 2
(12-4-2) 		Dany Heatley is 13th in league scoring, but has just one multi-goal game this season.
2 2
(12-5-0) 		After opening the season 7-0-0 away from home, the Penguins have dropped two straight on the road.
3 3
(12-4-2) 		The Avs remain one of the NHL's best teams, but they played to their worst crowd in club history last week (11,012) when Phoenix was in town and ranked 26th in league attendance Nov. 7.
4 4
(10-3-4) 		No word yet on how long Alexander Ovechkin will be out, but rumours suggest 3-5 weeks. Ouch!
5 10
(11-4-0) 		David Clarkson has emerged as the NHL's best power forward in the early going.
6 13
(10-4-1) 		Nothing goofy happened when Dion Phaneuf and Sean Avery came face-to-face for the first time since the Ranger shot his mouth off last year while playing with the Stars, but the Flames won their third straight game.
7 9
(10-5-2) 		Half of Michal Handzus's six goals this season have been game-winners.
8 11
(10-8-0) 		Andrew Raycroft and Cory Schneider have filled in admirably with Roberto Luongo on the sideline.
9 14
(9-5-2) 		Rick Nash has ramped it up with five goals in as many games.
10 5
(10-7-0) 		The Desert Dogs are slipping back to the pack after a wonderful start, but it is not a free fall, just a bump in the road.
11 19
(9-4-1) 		Jeff Carter has just two goals (scored in the same game) in his last 10 outings.
12 6
(10-7-1) 		You have to go all the way to 26th place (St. Louis Blues) to find another team that has just three regulation wins in its past 10 games.
13 7
(9-4-1) 		After failing to score in his first 11 games, Derek Roy has scored in the Sabres last three games.
14 12
(7-4-6) 		James Neal is lighting it up with six goals in as many games.
15 16
(7-5-3) 		Good news for the Wings: Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk have kicked it into gear and are starting to produce.
16 8
(8-5-2) 		What was supposed to be one of the most exciting young teams in the league is having a terrible time scoring goals.
17 17
(6-4-5) 		Slowly, but surely (and without much help from Vinny Lecavalier) the Lightning is rounding into shape.
18 22
(6-6-5) 		After dropping two in a row and scoring just once in that span, the Islanders got goals from six different players beating Atlanta 6-3.
19 17
(7-5-2) 		Mike Fisher is fitting nicely into the No. 2 centre slot with four goals in six games.
20 21
(7-7-2) 		Think the Bruins miss Phil Kessel or injured Marc Savard? Their leading goal-scorer has five.
21 15
(8-8-1) 		After being shut out in three of four games and scoring just once in another outing, the Oilers popped four power play goals en route to a 5-3 win over Colorado Sunday.
22 18
(8-9-0) 		Carey Price played his best game of the year beating Boston but then lost to the Lightning.
23 20
(7-7-1) 		Fifteen games and still no goals for David Legwand.
24 24
(7-6-1) 		Rich Peverly continues to demonstrate he is a frontline forward with six points in four games before being blanked by the Blues.
25 25
(6-7-2) 		Ryan Getzlaf is averaging a point per game, but has just one goal in 15 starts.
26 28
(6-10-0) 		Three wins in four games is about as good as it gets for this bottom feeder.
27 26
(5-6-4) 		Four losses in five games has the one promising Blues sputtering and spiraling.
28 29
(3-7-5) 		Phil Kessel returns to action and immediately shows the world why GM Brian Burke paid such a high price to obtain him.
29 27
(5-9-1) 		The offensively-challenged Panthers have surrendered 15 more goals than they have scored.
30 30
(2-11-3) 		As if things weren't bad enough, now goalie Cam Ward is out for at least four weeks and has been replaced by Manny Legace.