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A blue-chipper in Big D, Landeskog coming on for Avs, and a rare puck possession night for an enforcer; Fantasy tips and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. HEROES Tyler Seguin – The Stars’ game-breaker scored another pair of goals in a 3-2 win over Edmonton, giving him 10 goals in the last nine games, and a league-leading 17 goals on the season. Since arriving in Dallas last season, Seguin ranks third in the league with 52 goals and is tied for second with 110 points in 101 games and he does a lot of his damage at even strength, with 38 of his goals coming at even strength (tied for second) and Seguin and linemate Jamie Benn are among the league’s most efficient even-strength scorers. Among players with at least 500 5-on-5 minutes since the start of last season: EV POINTS/60 SINCE START OF 2013-14 PLAYER TEAM PTS/60 Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim 3.06 Jamie Benn Dallas 2.98 Tyler Seguin Dallas 2.91 Corey Perry Anaheim 2.89 Taylor Hall Edmonton 2.62 Vladimir Tarasenko St. Louis 2.61 Gustav Nyquist Detroit 2.57 Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 2.56 Thomas Vanek Minnesota 2.56 Phil Kessel Toronto 2.54 Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado’s captain scored a pair of goals in a 4-3 overtime win at Arizona. He now has six points (2 G, 4 A) during a four-game point streak and is Colorado’s only positive possession player, with 50.4% Corsi. Chris Neil – A rare night for the Senators’ enforcer, who entered the game with 42.9% Corsi for the season but, in a 3-2 shootout win at St. Louis, Neil was on for 14 shot attempt for and zero against, bumping his possession north of 45% for the season. ZEROES Reto Berra – The Colorado goaltender was yanked after surrendering three goals on eight shots against Arizona. In his past six starts, Berra has allowed 20 goals on 142 shots, good for an .859 save percentage. Joakim Lindstrom – The Blues’ winger started more of his shifts in the offensive zone, yet was only on for two shot attempts for and 13 against (13.3%) in a 3-2 shootout loss to Ottawa. Derek Roy, Matt Cullen, Olli Jokinen – The veteran Predators forwards were on the wrong end of the possession game against Los Angeles, with all three coming in under 15% of even-strength shot attempts, despite starting more than 75% of shifts in the offensive zone. Roy was at the low end, with one shot attempt for and eight against (11.1%). Their most common line match-up of the night was Dwight King, Trevor Lewis and Kyle Clifford – not exactly the best the Kings had to offer. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Brian Elliott – The St. Louis goaltender left Tuesday’s game early with a lower-body injury, with suspicion that he may be out for quite a while, after D Chris Butler fell on top of him. Jake Allen will have to handle the bulk of the workload with Elliott out, and 2011 third-round pick Jordan Binnington may get a chance to fill the backup role. Calvin Pickard – For the second straight game, Pickard relieved Berra and backstopped the Avalanche to a win, stopping all 25 shots he faced at Arizona. Pickard has stopped 98 of 105 shots (.933 SV%) in four appearances this season and is slated to start the next game for the Avalanche. Tobias Enstrom – The Jets’ No. 1 defenceman, who averages more than 25 minutes of ice time per game, missed Tuesday’s win at Columbus with a lower-body injury. Grant Clitsome returned to the Winnipeg lineup and Jacob Trouba played Drew Doughty – The Kings defenceman played a career-high 33:40 – his second straight game over 33 minutes – in a 4-3 shootout loss at Nashville. He also has five points (1 G, 4 A) during a five-game point streak. Alex Burrows – Returned to the Vancouver lineup, after a couple games’ absence due to an upper-body injury, and scored a goal with strong possession stats (20 shot attempts for, 7 against, 74.1%) despite starting one quarter of his shifts in the offensive zone during the Canucks’ 2-0 win over New Jersey. Justin Schultz – Defensive questions are coming home to roost with Schultz, who played a season-low 15:13 in a 3-2 loss at Dallas. Mathieu Perreault – The struggling Jets centre left Tuesday’s game against Columbus with an apparent shoulder injury. Francois Beauchemin – The Ducks’ veteran blueliner left Tuesday’s game with an upper-body injury. Erik Johnson – Colorado’s workhorse defenceman took an elbow in the head from Arizona’s Martin Hanzal and left the game. Peter Harrold – Played 19:42 in his first game of the season for New Jersey, with Eric Gelinas the healthy scratch on the Devils’ defence. Paul Carey – Called up to the Colorado lineup after putting up nine points (4 G, 5 A) in 15 games for Lake Erie of the AHL, 26-year-old Carey played 9:13 at Arizona Tuesday. SHORT SHIFTS Stars D John Klingberg put up another goal and an assist in a 3-2 win over Edmonton, giving him eight points (2 G, 6 A) during a five-game point streak…Flames D T.J. Brodie recorded a goal and an assist in a 3-2 loss at Anaheim; he’s now tied for third in defence scoring with 18 points (5 G, 13 A) in 23 games…Jets LW Evander Kane scored a pair of goals, with nine shot attempts (6 SOG), in a 4-2 win at Columbus…Ducks LW Matt Beleskey had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win over Calgary, giving him four points (3 G, 1 A) in the past four games… Predators RW Craig Smith scored a goal and an assist in a 4-3 shootout win against Los Angeles, giving him five points (2 G, 3 A) in the past five games…Predators LW Colin Wilson had a pair of assists and now has five points (2 G, 3 A) in the past four games. Canucks G Ryan Miller had a 20-save shutout in Vancouver’s 2-0 win over New Jersey…Jets G Michael Hutchinson stopped 32 of 34 shots in a 4-2 win at Columbus…Senators G Robin Lehner turned aside 27 of 29 shots in a 3-2 shootout win at St. Louis…Stars G Kari Lehtonen stopped 35 of 37 shots in a 3-2 win against Edmonton. FIRSTS Mat Clark – The Ducks’ 24-year-old defenceman registered his first NHL assist, in the fifth game of his career, against Calgary. FANTASY FOCUS There are nine games on the schedule Wednesday night. Here are some players to have an eye on: Matt Moulson – It was a brutal start to the year for the Sabres winger, who had no goals and two assists through 14 games, but he’s coming on since, with seven points (3 G, 4 A) in the past seven games. Stephen Weiss – Too soon to go offering up recommendations, given Weiss’ shaky history over the past couple seasons, but he’s set to play with Pavel Datsyuk and that’s a situation worth monitoring. Alex Killorn – The Lightning winger has five points (4 G, 1 A) during a five-game point streak, and moved up to play with Ryan Callahan and Steven Stamkos last game. Dmitry Kulikov – Had only one point in the first 10 games of the season for the Panthers, but has five points (0 G, 5 A) in his past five games and is getting quality time on the Florida power play. 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 J.J. Watt Jersey . Jeter doubled high off the left-field wall and scored on Jacoby Ellsburys first hit in pinstripes in the fifth. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in the Yankees 112th opener in New York. In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142 -- even when his double-play grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored Solarte in the third inning for the first run. Lonnie Johnson Jersey . 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Greg Monroe added 21 points and 12 rebounds. He and Drummond combined to go 18 of 21 from the field. "I would say that were better than our record," said Gores, the California-based owner who has been at a handful of Detroits home games this season. "My focus right now is how to get this team to the next level." The Pistons have won back-to-back games at The Palace for the first time since their first two home games of the season. Detroit is 9-15 at home and 19-27 overall. Philadelphia was without rookie of the year candidate Michael Carter-Williams, who sat out with a sore right shoulder. "We decided to give him some time off and he needed it," 76ers coach Brett Brown said. "Day to day is a fair assessment." Tony Wroten led the 76ers with 18 points. Brandon Jennings and Kyle Singler added 20 points apiece for Detroit. The Pistons signed Josh Smith and traded for Jennings in the off-season, but with the team still struggling, theres been talk that another move could be coming. Monroe has been at the centre of that speculation, since Detroit has a logjam of frontcourt players -- but he and Drummond were both outstanding Saturday, and Smith added nine points, nine rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Gores indicated that the upcoming trade deadline is not a major focus -- or at least, its no more important than a number of other aspects of team management. "We arent focused on the deadline or anything like that. We are looking at getting the guys better," Gores said. "Were doing a lot of homework, but our main job is to make sure our players are at their maximum." Monroe and Drummond went a combined 9 for 9 in tthe first quarter, and Detroit led 32-22 after one thanks to that inside presence.dddddddddddd "That was something that I think just happened in the flow of the game -- its not something that we really talked about," Monroe said. "Once it worked a few times, we kept going back to it." Late in the second, Philadelphias Evan Turner drew a foul on rookie Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Turner appeared to flip the ball back at a group of players under the basket. Jennings responded by throwing the ball at Turner, and both he and the Philadelphia forward were hit with technical fouls. "I lost my balance and as I was trying to catch the ball, I guess I hit him in the face with the ball," Turner said. "It wasnt intentional. It was an unfortunate mistake." The Pistons led 57-49 at halftime, and they broke the game open with a 16-2 run in the third quarter. Singler and Caldwell-Pope made back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 74-56, and another 3 by Singler capped the run and gave Detroit a 23-point lead. "I think were still attacking, instead of trying to keep the lead and playing conservatively," Detroit guard Will Bynum said. "I think we were attacking in the fourth quarter until we pretty much got the win." The Pistons led by as many as 28. Drummond finished 10 of 11 from the field, and Monroe was 8 of 10. Detroit was coming off a three-day layoff because its game at Atlanta on Wednesday was postponed because of bad weather in Georgia. Singler had 10 rebounds, giving the Pistons three players with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds for the first time since Dec. 3, 1997. Grant Hill, Bison Dele and Lindsey Hunter all did it in that triple-overtime win over Phoenix. NOTES: The Pistons had 22 offensive rebounds and outrebounded the 76ers 57-44 overall. ... Philadelphia had 64 points in the paint to Detroits 60. They entered as the top two teams in the NBA in that department. ... The Pistons are 3-0 against the 76ers this season. ... Philadelphia is 3-22 when held under 100 points. ' ' '