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From the reasoning behind Tyler Seguin’s well-hidden tattoo to the price of Darryl Sutter’s Thanksgiving dinner, we’ve dug up and compiled a page full of knowledge nuggets so you don’t have to.
In this week’s NHL Power Rankings, we give you, our studious reader, one fun fact for each NHL club. It’s the NHL Power Rankings: The More You Know Edition. Get schooled.
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Max Pacioretty now has a game-winning goal in four straight meetings versus the Columbus Blue Jackets. The NHL record for consecutive game-winning-goals against a single opponent is five (Patrick Marleau vs. Ottawa). |
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| 2 |  |
Braden Holtby ripped a career-best seven consecutive wins to close November and was named the NHL’s second star of the month. |
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| 3 |  |
Tyler Seguin has a stick figure tattooed in his armpit because the tattoo artist said it was the most painful spot to get tattooed. |
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| 4 |  |
Henrik Lundqvist played in a Swedish rock band called Box Play. (He also does some acting on the side, as Claude Julien knows.) |
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| 5 |  |
Kings coach Darryl Sutter ate a $13.95 turkey dinner on U.S. Thanksgiving. |
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| 6 |  |
After defeating the Avalanche Monday, the Islanders are now 9-2-1 against Western Conference foes and fare better against the West than any other Eastern Conference club. |
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| 7 |  |
Boston’s power play is so good… |
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| 8 |  |
Ken Hitchcock accused the Blue Jackets of cheating in the face-off circle, but Columbus may need to. The Jackets are winning an NHL-low 46.8 per cent of their draws. |
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| 9 |  |
The Sharks’ 5-1 loss Tuesday was their first home-ice loss to the Penguins since 1997, when Hanson was a thing humans listened to. |
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| 10 |  |
Patrick Kane’s 20-gamer marks the longest scoring streak by a U.S.-born player in NHL history and the longest such streak by any player since Sidney Crosby’s 25-game run in 2010-11. |
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| 11 |  |
Andrew “Hamburglar” Hammond’s “free food for life” card from McDonald’s turned out to be $1,000 worth of coupons. |
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| 12 |  |
Olli Määttä’s name has as more umlauts (three) than the defenceman has goals (two) this season. |
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| 13 |  |
Roberto Luongo moved into sole possession of eighth place on the NHL’s all-time games played list among goaltenders (884) this week and he should pass Tony Esposito (886 games) next week. |
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| 14 |  |
Ryan Suter prefers to be partnered with a right-handed shot on defence. |
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| 15 |  |
Despite hailing from an Alberta town of only 70 people, Shane Doan wrote this week that “a decent percentage of the adults I knew growing up played professional hockey in some capacity.” |
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| 16 |  |
So frequently lauded as one of the NHL’s best defensive teams, Nashville’s penalty kill has dropped to sixth worst league-wide (77 per cent). |
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| 17 |  |
Steven Stamkos does not have an NHL contract for the 2016-17 season. |
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| 18 |  |
Dylan Larkin, the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for November, potted a goal in six of the month’s last seven games. |
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| 19 |  |
Statistically, New Jersey is the seventh-best defensive team in the league, yet an informal SN poll reveals that the average sports junkie can’t name more than one Devils defenceman. |
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| 20 |  |
Cody McLeod led all players in fighting majors last season (19) and has jumped to an early lead in the category this season, dropping the gloves a league-high six times already. |
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| 21 |  |
Ryan Kesler dropped his gloves to fight Blackhawks enforcer Jonathan Toews in a Western Conference final rematch, but a linesman intervened before the rivals could scrap. |
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| 22 |  |
Rookie defenceman Shayne Gostisbehere became the fastest player to score multiple overtime goals – nine games played – since the NHL introduced the five-minute OT format in 1983-84. |
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| 23 |  |
No NHL player has taken more minor penalties this season than Dustin Byfuglien (17). Roughing and holding are his go-to infractions. |
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| 24 |  |
The Toronto Maple Leafs are the only NHL club with zero fights this season. |
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| 25 |  |
Hockey Canada is hoping the Canucks will loan teenage rookies Jared McCann and Jake Virtanen to them for the the world juniors. Vancouver has until Dec. 19 to make a decision. |
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| 26 |  |
John Tortorella calls Ryan Johansen “Joey.” |
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| 27 |  |
A cross-check to the throat Saturday dented Carlo Colaiacovo’s trachea but did not dent his sense of humour. Reflecting on the injury, the defenceman said, “It was hard to swallow.” |
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| 28 |  |
Captain Mark Giordano thinks anger might be the solution to the Flames’ losing ways: “We have to start getting mad at each other in here.” |
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| 29 |  |
The Edmonton Oilers currently have the best odds at winning the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft, which would give the franchise five first-overall pick in seven years. |
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| 30 |  |
After Monday’s loss, the Hurricanes are a dismal 1-18-0 in their last 19 games against the New York Rangers. |
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(knowledge via SN Stats, Elias Sports Bureau, NHL.com, SI, Twitter, and sometimes just counting things)
