Knocking on the door to first place all season, Colorado kicked that door wide open this week. Going undefeated in week 3 and currently on an 18 game win streak. Shutting out Vegas in the game of the week match up. Riding the hot goaltending of Rancher and sporting a balanced forward attack with Stamkos, Desy, Woyt, toslick, and P0itraz2z. Sedin and Eggman continue to lockdown the back line, Colorado is a team on a mission. Eggman’s team made a huge statement this week, even taunting the league in a way, “Catch me if you can”.
Tampa Bay had a strong week going 8-1-1. Lost a surprising one to Ottawa in overtime and got a smacking from Colorado 5-1. Truelegend, kinglyme and redflag continue to be the go to line up front. Even with Louieduece being available only three games PGHFanatic, VinceT, Gonzo, Chitown and Nemmiss did well to fill in at defense. Last week was defense by committee, will Louie be more available in week 4?
Minnesota also went 8-1-1. The core group of ttommyboii, shaynestaa, Sudzy and Harty continue to lead this team. The backline is averaging a point per game combined. While the front line of Sudzy and Hartysauce have 58 and 44 points respectively. The Wild grinded out their games with 8 of the games being decided by one goal. The only blow out being their decisive victory over Vegas 5-2.
The biggest surprise was the fall of Vegas last week who went .500. Losing big games to Dallas and Colorado by large margins. Availability appeared to be an issue for Vegas, with the star combination of Prodigy and Hypey not seeing too much action in week 3. What will Redconcept do to bounce back after such a disappointing week?
Last week the question was asked what would Dallas do to fix their goaltending situation? Well, they went out and grabbed BiPolarBear, however the goals are still going in. While prior to acquiring BiPolarBear they were giving up 3.1 goals per game. After this deal they are giving up 3.0 goals per game. Not much of a difference, at least is going down, we will have to see how this week will turn out.
Not too much movement at the bottom. Edmonton did fall three spots from 13th to 16th. Most of the movement this week was at the top of the standings. One surprise was the surge from Ottawa, who ended the week off on a strong 5 game win streak.
Game of the week for week 3, has to be the Colorado vs Minnesota match up on Monday night. A match up of the two top scoring teams. The difference in this game will be goaltending and defense. Colorado only gives up 1.27 goals per game. Will it be a shootout a battle of offense? Will Minnesota solve the Colorado defense? Tune in Monday night to find out!
Top Forwards Week 3
Player Points
Diirty_Triix_13 28
Mg2452 28
Mjvoell44 28
TrueLegend07 28
GrammyHands 27
Top Defenseman Week 3
Player Points
GunzThe4th 11
Eggman–1 9
II-Entryy-II 9
SliyumShady 9
Sedinpower 8
Top Goaltenders Week 3
Player Save Percentage
Speedyturtle2017 96.97
Rancher12345 91.30
tim_gray19 88.46
Brodtshadow13 88.37
chadkillz134 86.79
Fun Facts for the league after Week 3.
Dallas leads the league in scoring with 99 Goals
Colorado has only let up 28 goals this season
Vegas still boasts the best power play clicking at 34%
Boston has the best penalty kill at 83.7%
Colorado is on an 18 game win streak.
Dallas has players one, two and three in points. MjVoell with 74pts, Sfic with 65pts and Diirty_Triix with 62pts.
Sfic has 31 goals this season
Some closing thoughts. It was mentioned last week how quickly things can change in the standings. For those teams fighting for a playoff spot, you could find yourself in the top five by the end of the week. Any teams willing to step up to that challenge? Bit worried about Philadelphia, Cuban is struggling to find guys to play, forfeiting four straight games.