Colorado gets an epic goaltending performance, Backes drops four on Arizona, another strong game from Mason, lineup news, Fantasy tips and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. Russell Wilson Jersey . HEROES Semyon Varlamov – Recorded a 54-save shutout in Colorado’s 2-0 win at Chicago, the most saves in a road shutout since 1987-88. In his past six starts, Varlamov has a .942 save percentage, a step forward after a relatively slow start to the season, which included a .909 save percentage through his first 15 games. David Backes – The Blues centre scored four goals in a 6-0 rout over Arizona. He now has eight points (5 G, 3 A) in the past six games and comes following my post that included data about how Backes was generating a lower percentage of scoring chances. Steve Mason – Philadelphia’s netminder stopped 41 of 42 shots in a 2-1 shootout win against Ottawa, giving him a .927 save percentage over his past 10 games and he currently has a career-high .919 save percentage. ZEROES Goalies: Anders Lindback – Allowed four goals on 20 shots in a 4-2 loss to Columbus, not unusual for the Stars backup, sporting an .856 save percentage this season. Mike Smith – Arizona’s former starter isn’t going to reclaim the crease from Devan Dubnyk after surrendering six goals on 39 shots in a 6-0 loss to St. Louis; he has a career-low .882 save percentage after 25 games this season. Michael Bournival – The Habs winger only played 6:24 at even-strength against Tampa Bay, but was on for zero shot attempts for and nine shot attempts against, despite starting half of his shifts in the offensive zone. Nail Yakupov – In 11:39 of even-strength ice time against Detroit, the Oilers winger was on the ice for eight shot attempts for and 27 against (22.9%). He has one goal in the past 25 games and seven shots on goal in the past five games. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Claude Giroux – Returned to the Flyers’ lineup, after missing a game with a lacerated leg, and had an assist and 12 shot attempts (8 SOG) in a 2-1 shootout win over Ottawa. Martin Hanzal – Arizona’s 6-foot-6 centre missed Tuesday’s game against St. Louis with an upper-body injury. Adam Larsson – The Devils defenceman played 23:35 against Buffalo, the third straight game in which he played more than 23 minutes. Prior to this three-game ice-time surge, Larsson had played more than 23 minutes in a game once in 84 games since the start of the 2012-2013 season. Nick Schultz – Played a season-high 23:46 in Philadelphia’s 2-1 shootout win against Ottawa. Zach Parise – The Wild winger missed Tuesday’s 4-3 shootout loss to San Jose, spending time with his father, J.P. Parise, who is gravely ill. Jeremy Morin – Played just 5:20 for the Blue Jackets at Dallas, the first time that he’s played under 10 minutes in a game since joining Columbus. Tomas Jurco – Detroit’s winger, a high-end possession player, left Tuesday’s win at Edmonton early with a back injury. Michael Grabner – Returned to the Islanders’ lineup, with Josh Bailey going out due to an upper-body injury. Radim Vrbata – Missed Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the Islanders due to the flu, allowing Alex Burrows to skate with the Sedins on Vancouver’s top line. Mark Letestu – Returned to the Columbus lineup for his first game since October 28, and scored a goal in 9:38 of ice time at Dallas, skating with Jeremy Morin and Jared Boll. Freddie Hamilton – The 23-year-old winger played his first game of the season for the Sharks, playing 8:27 at Minnesota. He had 21 points (6 G, 15 A) and was minus-13 in 32 AHL games when he was called up. SHORT SHIFTS Yet another note on Tampa Bay’s line of centre Tyler Johnson, who scored two goals, and wingers Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov, who each had two assists in a 4-2 win at Montreal. Undrafted Johnson now has 45 points (17 G, 28 A) on the season, behind only Jakub Voracek and Tyler Seguin…Canadiens D Sergei Gonchar assisted on both Montreal goals, giving him five assists in the past six games…Devils LW Patrik Elias recorded a goal and two assists in a 4-1 win over Buffalo, has five points (3 G, 2 A) in his past five games and reached 1,000 points for his career, ranking sixth among active skaters…Devils C Travis Zajac added a goal and an assist, giving him five points (2 G, 3 A) in the past five games…Hurricanes C Eric Staal had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 loss at Nashville, giving him six points (4 G, 2 A) in the past six games…Sharks D Brent Burns had two assists in a 4-3 overtime win at Minnesota, and has 14 points (4 G, 10 A) in the past 15 games…Sharks RW Joe Pavelski picked up a goal and an assist at Minnesota, giving him 17 points (11 G, 6 A) in the past 15 games…Wild RW Jason Pominville had a pair of assists in the 4-3 overtime loss to San Jose; he has 12 points (2 G, 10 A) in the past 11 games. Wild LW Jason Zucker – one of the league’s most efficient goal-scorers – recorded two goals and an assist, with eight shots on goal and team-leading possession stats (21 shot attempts for, 11 against, 65.6%) in the loss…Blue Jackets winger Nick Foligno had three assists in a 4-2 win at Dallas, giving him 15 points (6 G, 9 A) in the past 12 games…Blue Jackets LW Scott Hartnell had a pair of assists, giving him nine points (3 G, 6 A) in the past nine games…Blue Jackets C Ryan Johansen added a goal and an assist, and now has nine points (4 G, 5 A) during an eight-game point streak…Blues RW T.J. Oshie had three assists in a 6-0 win vs. Arizona, and has 11 points (5 G, 6 A) during a six-game point streak…Blues C Paul Stastny notched a goal and an assist against Arizona, giving him eight points (1 G, 7 A) in the past six games…Blues LW Alexander Steen added a pair of assists and has nine points (2 G, 7 A) during a four-game point streak…Red Wings LW Justin Abdelkader had a goal and two assists in a 4-2 win at Edmonton, giving him six points (3 G, 3 A) in the past six games…Islanders C John Tavares was held without a shot attempt in a 3-2 loss at Vancouver; credit to the Sedins, who won the territorial head-to-head matchup…Avalanche RW Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win at Chicago; it’s been a rough stretch for MacKinnon, with six points (2 G, 4 A) in the past 16 games. Lightning D Mark Barberio had excellent possession stats (20 shot attempts for, 5 against) in Tampa Bay’s 4-2 win over Montreal…Blackhawks C Jonathan Toews kept play in the Colorado end (29 shot attempts for, 7 against, 80.6%) in a 2-0 loss. Blues G Brian Elliott had a 23-save shutout in a 6-0 win against Arizona…Senators G Craig Anderson stopped 33 of 34 shots in a 2-1 shootout loss at Philadelphia. FANTASY FOCUS Four games on tap tonight. Here are four players to consider for your lineup: Daniel Winnik – Here’s a limited recommendation for a winger with one goal in 38 games, but the defensively-responsible Winnik is also skating with Nazem Kadri and Phil Kessel on Toronto’s top line. Steve Downie – The Penguins winger leads the league with 141 penalty minutes and has 10 points (4 G, 6 A) in the past eight games. Playing on Sidney Crosby’s wing certainly helps. Joe Colborne – Played a season-high 21:42 last game for Calgary and has three goals in the past four games. Rene Bourque – When he’s not a healthy scratch, the Ducks have been force-feeding Bourque an opportunity on the top line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry and he does have a couple of points (1 G, 1 A) in his past three games. Much of the data included comes from www.war-on-ice.com, www.puckalytics.com, www.hockeystats.ca and www.naturalstattrick.com Scott Cullen can be reached at scott.cullen@bellmedia.ca Michael Wilhoite Jersey .com) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to play spoiler as the Los Angeles Kings will try to match their longest winning streak in over four years in Thursdays battle at Staples Center. Patrick Kerney Jersey . She was 30. The former British No. 1 died peacefully surrounded by family and friends, the Womens Tennis Association said on its website. 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