Place/Team
|
Games Played
|
WINS
|
LOSSES
|
OTL
|
Points
|
ROW
|
GF
|
GA
|
DIFF
|
HOME
|
AWAY
|
S/O
|
L10
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Streak
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Dallas Stars
|
72
|
39
|
28
|
5
|
83
|
33
|
189
|
192
|
-3
|
20-13-3
|
19-15-2
|
6-4
|
7-2-1
|
LOST 2
|
2. San Jose Sharks
|
71
|
36
|
25
|
10
|
82
|
29
|
194
|
181
|
+13
|
21-11-3
|
15-14-7
|
7-5
|
4-3-3
|
WON 2
|
3. Los Angeles Kings
|
72
|
35
|
25
|
12
|
82
|
30
|
167
|
158
|
+9
|
19-13-4
|
16-12-8
|
5-7
|
7-3-0
|
WON 4
|
4. Phoenix Coyotes
|
72
|
35
|
26
|
11
|
81
|
30
|
188
|
186
|
+2
|
18-12-6
|
17-14-5
|
5-8
|
3-5-2
|
LOST 1
|
5. Anaheim Ducks
|
72
|
31
|
30
|
11
|
71
|
27
|
179
|
200
|
-21
|
19-15-2
|
11-16-9
|
3-6
|
3-6-1
|
LOST 1
|
The Pacific division is providing some excellent hockey as of late and will hopefully continue that way. The standings are close and it looks like maybe 3 teams will get in to the playoffs. With 4 teams for 3 spots it is going to be very exciting to watch as we enter the 2nd last full week of the season.
15 Points
1 in 1 out - The Anaheim Ducks have signed goaltender John Gibson to a 3-year entry-level contract. While Goaltender Dan Ellis will have groin surgery keeping him out for 4 - 6 weeks.
New Level - Ducks prospect Emerson Etem scored his 60th goal of the season for the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers. He now has a total of 61 goals for 107 points in 65 games.
Marathon Men - Saku Koivu played his 1000th career game and was honoured on Wednesday night for his accomplishment. Andrew Cogliano played his 400th career game and has never missed a game in his entire career. Teemu Selanne reached the 1400 point plateau this week.
Hobey Baker Award - Dallas Stars Prospects Reilly Smith and Austin Smith (no relation), are 2 of the 10 nominees for the NCAA Top player award.
Rolling - Although the Dallas Stars have lost 2 straight, they are 7-2-1 in their last 10 and sit atop the Pacific Division.
He's Back - The Stars have activated forward Brenden Morrow off of Injured reserve, he is having an immediate impact on the pesky Stars. He has a goal and an assist in 4 games since returning.
4 Lines - The Los Angeles Kings got a goal from all 4 of their lines in their 4 - 2 win against Nashville on Saturday night. This excellent for a team that has struggled with goal production.
4 Straight - The Kings have strung together 4 wins in a row to pull within a point of the division lead.
16 - 16 goals in their last 4 games has been a key to recent success for the Kings, they are finally giving Quick and Bernier legitimate goal support.
10 down - San Jose Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi has started 10 consecutive games for the Sharks, going 4-3-3 in those 10 games.
Mr. February - Sharks captain Joe Thornton was named by the club as the Brocade "Sharks Player of the Month" for February.
Advantage - The Sharks may sit in 8th in the Western Conference standing but they have a couple games in hand on most of the teams in front of them.
Milestones - The Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Derek Morris is 5 games away from 1000 in his career. Forward Ray Whitney is 8 points away from 1000 in his career.
Bill Masterson Nominee - Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith is the Coyotes nominee for the Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy. Smith produced a .952 SV% for the month of February.
Bounce Back - The Coyotes are still struggling in the month of March but are turning it around with just 10 games left on their schedule.
Divisional Games:
1) Anaheim @ San Jose - Monday, March 19
2) Phoenix @ Dallas - Tuesday, March 20
3) San Jose @ Los Angeles - Tuesday, March 20
4) Phoenix @ San Jose - Saturday, March 24
Things to Watch:
1)Divisional games - Huge this week with just 10 games to go, especially for San Jose who has 4 divisional games this week
2)Ray Whitney - Could hit the milestone this week.
3)Kings O - Kings are starting to produce when it counts.
4)Mike Smith - Power to steal games by himself
5)Division lead - There are 4 teams within a span of 2 points for the division lead.
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